From L: King Charles; Flowers on the Farm; Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty Images; Flowers on the Farm; Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images
The florals atKing Charles' upcomingcoronationwill have extra-special meaning.
Flowers from the Farm, the nonprofit organization supplying the event’s botanical décor, has provided the floral arrangements that will decorate Westminster Abbey for Saturday’s crowning ceremony, and the sentimental choices include a nod to the monarch’s late parents,Queen ElizabethandPrince Philip.
The High Altar will also be decorated with seasonal foliage such as crab apple blossom, amelanchier, camellia, acer, hazel, rhododendron, and azalea alongside beech cut from an ancient cluster of trees at RHS Garden Bridgewater.
Flowers on the Farm.Flowers on the Farm
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Locations for the florals will include adornments on not only the landmark building’s High Altar, but also the Quire, the Great West Door and theGrave of the Unknown Soldier.
To keep the day’s festivities alive following the king’s coronation, “the yews will be replanted in the new biodiverse topiary garden at Sandringham, which will be open to the public,” the release states.
Symbolism will also reign supreme at the Grave of the Unknown Soldier, where “fresh Spring flowers that are symbolic of remembrance” will be displayed, “echoing the colorful British wildflower meadow seen on the hand-painted invitations to Their Majesties' Coronation.”
“These include sprigs of rosemary, bay for virtue, bluebells and forget-me-nots for constancy of love, daffodils for chivalry, cowslips, lilac for memories of youth, and lily of the valley and auriculas, which both appearedin Her Majesty’s weddingbouquet in 2005,” the release shares.
Seasonal florals will adorn the Quire, being placed at either side. As the release states, these blooms will be surrounding the Coronation Theatre, where most of the ceremony for King Charles, 74, will take place on Saturday.
Westminster Abbey.DAN KITWOOD/POOL/AFP/Getty
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Guests will notice “rich golds, burgundies, purples, pinks and reds of the High Altar and the Cosmati Pavement, as well as Their Majesties' Robes of State and Estate” in these arrangements.
“The installations will feature hellebores — a particular favorite of The King, which appeared in His Majesty’s buttonholefor Their Majesties' weddingin 2005, honeysuckle, tulips, ranunculus, blossom, jasmine, and aquilegia, which is an ancient symbol of the Holy Spirit, with foliage of rosemary, birch, bay and hazel, and wild broom grown on the Isle of Skye,” the release states.
source: people.com
