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a class of the more privat kind
in the very large scene in hongkong/kanton was a very well organised school with the students of the school. mr kenny chen, a friend of mana many years brought it togethter joe the coorganiser, with all of them arround him, not to forget, in a topinvironment. one of the most beautiful schoolplaces in the world... in the humanlife - dschungle of this large city]]>

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flowers an faces in class and demonstration in mexico
mr yilmaz did alot of the prep. for the demonstration. he also went to mexico, a few days before the fresh flower prep. alot to do. some people helped : marco sandoval, norma rodriguez, carlos hernandez... the teacher. carolina nunes, norma torres and camillo... angelika.... faces of a very special part of the world, ... and others more. welding. handeling some tecniques of wood and more. the class was not small. eliseo and gloria the best hosting people imaginable. sobre todo:pluma blanca desde muchos annos: senora roxanna barrientos see in the pictures some friends... and also some works... a big togetherthing]]>

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ukraine ...
the days in the ukraine. works in the school flowershow-kiew gre]]>

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good times, in a rougher blowing wind.
there where friends, like juan and diana. the teachers of the new spanish school in santiago de compostella, and in valladolid in the heart of the kastilia. it was surprising, how many people still try to learn, in the hardly effecting mediterranian financial pressure. how the days could not be long and intense enough for them, who could come. the two teachers took good care for me, in many ways... helped to get the materials together, the same as much the family of my old friend xavier fom valladolid, with his son in law oscar and his wife maria, opening their garden for greens and materials of many kind. the sorrow, to not make it suitable enough for this countries florists, who face a situation, that everything in this market can only cost the half. "la mitar... " thats the word for the half. I am more than impressed, that the spanish collegues still cultivate their profession in between themselves..... not related purely on the businesses. which means, that the creative process is not interrupted in a rougher blowing wind. I hope some of them reed this, that they know, how much I appreciated their engagement. the flowers where just homeproduction of spain, no rare beauties of the world most important auctions. it works also in a little more pollied way.... or not??? gre]]>

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Gregor Lersch
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much of information... everything, which" was born" from handtieds and bouquets. " bound plus..... " is the titel and it is not a trendy outbreak of the only actuel figurs in this field.
its a craftmenship-textbook with hundreds of pictures. a book, tostudy with, to share information. craft as a strong impact on the development of floral works. I dont want to say: buy it..... if its good, it will find the way to you !
gre

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the necessary numbers of blogs cannot be done in the last time...
...because of the works and changes of spaces are too many... to make them in following numbers... but I also dont want so!!! there wars gran decor bad neuenahr, france, kalinigrad etc, more to share...]]>

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...at the "kurische nehrung ", the long split in the sea in the b
a first step into a eastern european teacher meeting. 3 days in a dream of a landscape, not forgetting to take the "longleg underwear... hard working people behind like mrs natascha, mrs olga danilova, the translater -light like a feather, also light and precise and lively and also precise in her good work. the assisting juniors sascha and mascha -bilingual and kosmopolitan, open in their mind. the very silent energetic person in the background, the organizer natalia veselova... mrs. veselova, responable and caring for the whole event. northeastern-european structural material as from the island, well selected springtype of flowers for everybody. it was most neccessary to get across, that the the meeting is not a class like for the florist-professionals in general... its an event with some analysis done, talking about teaching-processes... etc. but on top of it, like in every activity :craftmenship and design... the hunger for good proportions, also to give substance ahead. sharing expieriences with the ones, who teach for longer, incouraging the ones, who want to go in to teaching... russia wants and needs more of this experts. in all onesty, I hope I could do a suitable work for this people from russia, ukraine, estonia and beloruss. my thought, my wish, a desire, is that the western and eastern instructors getting together...maybe it will work out one day. see the pictures from the young fotographer : xenia berschanskaya the teachers works, I cannot put here, but it is their result of processes. but there was stunning work done, and still enough time, to share the subject, methods of teaching. gre]]>

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we did a church...
not just a church.. it was. is. the most beautyful 1000 year old building st genies de morgues in the longuedoc southern france... beginning in the romanique period boing through the gothic phase, and also getting touched in the barock age. all in the most unique stonecolor of the mediteanean coastarea. not painted ans overload, just a quiet piece of architectural harmony, different in forms and shapes, but with a mutual getting as a unit, the colors and texturs of the building. gilles didier from remoulin, did all the finetuning of the translation, but my french would be not good enough for all that, what I want and need to say. he is a coteacher inj many classes in the country, and manfred hastenrath from our hometown in germany, my brother in law, did all the technical prep with the welding and woodn structures, and much more, with me. it was a class of the floriform, the educational wing of the french floristassociation, coorganized by the chambre syndical de longeguedoc in montepellier. the french system is very helpful for all the ones, who want and do really come back to educational courses during the whole carriere and not only for the innicial beginning of the professional way. and this is oviously happening there, and much more like in most other countries. the project was full 3 days. with a longer tecnical preparation as usual... welding. building bases for grapevines and also made out of olive wood. i thought, that the teamwork was very intense... longer days all together til 8plus minus in the evening. jaques pastor, the leader of the floriform and madame carol from the chamberoffice organised very well all products needed, and looked with the members of the viilage community warm and hospitable after all of us.thankyou... madame bernadette, madame denis, the friendly and competent mayor of the city, see just the moments of flowers, 120 meters of olivegarlands roundbound and the nice people of all the south. please love the french, they deserve it. gre]]>

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where I am, should be some floral
at home... at the small bedtable with the wagenfeldlamp... a modern classic from the bauhouseperiod... or the green goddess callas in franz steiners farewellpräsent, the glassvase on the e.gray-table. the white proteaceas which are seldom to see like the white taelopea, like the white protea cynaroides, the stunning big caudex cyclamen in a glass in the kitchen at the window.... and the vase I did in kenny chens place in hongkomg... infront of his fantastic macrophotography, very inspiring... new insights.. another plantedicted friend.... like florian seyd from holland and timo bolte in austria... franz steiner in rome..... all this people I shared the hobby in the profession with. edicted to floral beauty... not only bringing according to the own will everything in a shape or a colorconcept... letting them go and do what they want... theese flowers : "adoration plant "said ad behrens, the dutch great marketingguy for our field, I couple of years ago...... yes.. yes... mentionning this mutual interested ones... and many more. there is need to kook forewards, to look and discover more. this summer going with dominik ketz the photographer to the forrest, to climb with the lense into the heart of botany... lets see, what will happen ? I am standing with a big poster at the next borderline to changethinking... which has a sentence written:" let me go over, to the next field of new discoveries !!"" I have a " roadmap " but are the streets ready for this ?? you will tel me. gre]]>

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illinois
here is now the time to speak more about others, about an extraord. well done event in the middle of the state illinois. franky peltiere as the teamhead and rae roberts griffith, barbara carter and michell oneill -babicky, judy borah, ronda hess, laronda lambert, and garret, fairbanks, sheryl timmermann, becky huffdmann, ami steiner, maria buskirk, dan ludwig, mark miller, john windisch sandra prince, tina davis many more at the spot... (please forgive me, when I forgot the one or the other, which is not for po. ), organized a well done programm over the three days : illinois state association "wonderland. "in the harder times after the peaks of the crisi in the us, there are specially the ones, who slowed down over last few years, to see something going under, that there is something "big " in this profession to believe in. new, just starting very young boardmembers, working with the very expierienced ones, working in the event ; scholarshipcontests, statescompetitions, decoration of the whole steup, organizing perfectly done classes with bob freese, keath white, john husak and myself and more events in between, the presidential main -party with the honorpresentation to the ones, who showed achievements in the association or throughout of the whole country. it was warm for the professional souls, to see that such a modern and dynamic country holds the professional values up and high. the workshop for inov. bridalbouquets I did, was well visited, and I expected with all my "fiddelings", that some of the coll. would walk out of the room at 7 in the ev. wrong : I faced a workmanship and craftquality, which really was not depending to just fix flowers in something.... no... creating all armatures and structures, including them like invisible in the floral substance. I brought the kiogywood from japan for each student.... every bouqut was different and the first people walked out of the class at 4 as it was ment from the organizers. the level of people was very even... level... it was as I say somtimes, like an army in the "same step and pace" frankly to say : thankyou and a big compliment for the result of the whole event see some pictures of the work and some people. special thanks to my helpers, stacy, barbara and carol and tammy. the big hug for my friend rae roberts-griffith, who found me years ago in the symp. in seattle and brought me for the first time to springfield ill. gre]]>

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a month of travels
some places east and west. and in between as well. its ok... tourist class seats and 1,9m and feet like a boat is the other side of the story. don't complain gregor: still be able, to do all this, be happy]]>

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5 days 5 stories
the next international class in june is coming. this year we want to go forewards to a form, which is focussed on the words expierience and education together. it is one of this classes in the world, where studies, fun and networking get together. its intense, its a time for new expieriences, its atime for" no_relaxing. " see it as a workingtime with all the adventages of new impactes. I that, what you want? her you get to see some impacts of the last year. moments, works etc. see a bit from our garden in the summer, the lunches under the sun, the meetings at the centertable for a coffee, for a chat..... the 2 girls from singapore, with the student - girl from finnland... the longtherm guest linda from us in a talk with the lady from wladiwostok.. they all get together under the wings of the search for more education and / or interchange... enough time and hours everyday, to fullfill the expectations for such a long trip. all the airports francfort, cologne, hahn, and düsseldorf are just 1 til 1 and 1/2 hours away. mail to christian lersch, what your questions are? he can tell you what to do. gre]]>

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where I am, should be some floral
yes. I need very much this writing of some blogs like this... need the going down to the essence of this. need to say, that not only the placed and positioned, the sometimes "pushed in a situationflower "is my fullfillment.... to see the green in our garden, in forms, patterns and tones, the flowers in our home. let me say the truth: designed flowers to see is work for the brain sometimes.. is judging for yes and no... is deciding for "its possibles" or not. this little story is for yours, who are looking into our pictures an pages everytime, often, sometimes: thankyou. where I am... I will repeat somtimes... hope yours all find the same rest in it like me... I just do it.. ok!!! thanks also for 10000 followers of this little stories... thanks to my little telefoncamera, thanks for my son chtristian, who always brings as a graficly working designer everything on a good spot an in a good shape]]>

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werkformen : forms of work
... the class... puhhhhh... its done and this thanks the heaven, the three days before valentinsday. what a terrible stupid thing I did, planning the class for such a floristryunfriendly date... but it worked out, it could successfully go through. but what do I tel you first ? the interesting group of people, which participated? the still rich variety of flowers, which provided our friend and partner from holland daan? our that still many florists where there, to rush last minute home to go into the valentins presence... ?expierienced people from the flowerarrangers side. it was one of this classes, I dont forget so quick of the good communication, we had in this seminar: form of work with major fresh structural designing... not wire and wood in the foreground. not thinking only of the lasting forever: a green little world... the last day was very little one. as one picture shows. but this time I want to put up the name of my very important collegue and often present partner in the classes: elke lumetsberger. many people meet her here til now and she also knows alot of the mostly back coming people her. she goes now to moscow for class... worked as a austrian floristmaster in several countries and continents. at home in austria is very involved in the educational board, to help the forewards coming of the profession there. her collegue erwina from chateau roux in france did all the extra technical insights. a young, very involved person in the class. people said, that not only the lecture and demonstration was in important: no, it was very much erwinas tecnical step by step - presentation.]]>

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found an old gravyard in munich - old northern cementary
it was on a grey day... oh... what a grey one. actually a good day, but the german weather again... if you think, you know why germans are like they are.... I believe it is the weather. its the constant unexpected grey and miserable, when it should not be like that. my son martin brought us to the cementary... we have that together in common.. loving graveyards... you remember last year the blog about a cementary in france with the enormously large cuttet taxustrees there? wonderful... love it, when very modest plants look like watching the people in the ground... when evy is playing arround stones... its a harmony in itself. loved the dark cloudy heaven than, see the pictures... no no.. not floristry to see, only here on our blogpage. want to share all, what I like... the sketching, the "adoration plant"architecture.... yes, and much more. but thats enough for today. the cementary was full of history, even about our darkest times, what we created in the middle of the last century. sometimes good to stop for a moment, knowing again, that we are not enderless. (and surely not wonderful at all... )..... a lesson for modesty.]]>

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finding the way to have a well done class
thinking... what can be done? how can it look here... even the dining-room for the large decoration class. what pieces can do everybody... each person an other one... welding, constructing before... even showing this in front of the classmembers. geting a big statement in the room, without loosing a fortune: this is, what people are looking for in such an event. diversity of flowers...? is it not to onesided? do you.. ( greg) have enough pieces planned, for the less expierienced ones, for the people, walked long ways of studies before? enough project for all people together in a team......? is the 1000 year old church in ahrweiler the right place to study the more decorative subject with them? the hall, very modern as an alternative? and than scetches... ok? no!!!! good enough? better? ... more botanycally interesting... ore just the decorativness in mind? friends: many questions: from hospitality during the projects, to proportion between theory and the handson part: all this is important. some people travel thousends of miles, to get together here: it is worthwile, to think so much in advence a promise for the end of this blog: it will be a class with many aspects of floral design. see the pictures of first plans for the singe design day of each person: stand prepared. flowerdesign by the classmember, the projects for the group... details. the winterly scene in the lersch-garden. the church from another time.... and much more, even a long piece from fare away guatemala, I did there. large roomdesign is a highly needed professional theme.]]>

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where I live should be floral...
always "tuned "? no!, sometimes color, somtimes single flower form, sometimes allovershape, sometimes mood, sometimes... always I feel: there should be something... should be something to adore, which does not move or speak, act, or demand... and still lookes always balanced in the way of to be a living beeing. there, there wars that must to say so. gre]]>

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the decoration-seminar for large rooms is coming
in march will be the best time before the season of weddings, an out look and motivativ event in the spring... early enough, when the days and the "grass" gets longer... decorations for some different events.and beside the design-skills: sharing tecniques, craft and workmanship. the time for orientation in the very important business for florists and flower decorators. look up our website]]>

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Gregor Lersch
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http://www.gregorlersch.de/e_seminare.php#formofwork


form of work - craftmenship seminar
working fresh and sponataneous with the craft and the tecnical skills. working with the variations and compatability of craftways together. sure, the flower is always in the foreground. this time the works should be smaller and useful for the dayly life with the floral creations. for example : which forms tecniques and patterns we see in the jadegrass...... what do we get in craftinspiration from the scotch broom, beargrass chinasilk, new increadible barks in agolden tone from south china........ and absolutely important, from the the flowers, getting a caracteristique form within this processes. the seminar in february is a longdayclass, intense, full of information, demonstration, good preparation for the next year, seasons in floristry and flowerdesign. http://www.gregorlersch.de/e_seminare.php#formofwork]]>

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...JUST PLAYING, THINKING ... IN BETWEEN 2 FINGERS?!?!]]>

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there was a country, with a meter of snow...
with 3m of snow piled up in the streets... there was it cold, but the hearts for the flowerartpeople really hot: japan, hokkaido, in sakiko sans school... hana ami style... some of them already international teachers. the room of helping hands was full of good souls. and kazumaza kubo, we demonstrated in the wonderful modern theater in sapporo -city.... concrete walls, black roof stainless steel in good harmony within some elements, sakiko san hired the best stage firm, some people coming from tokyo, it was the jubilee of the school... some faces, quick shoots with the phone... christmas work from mr. kubo and from me. by the way, there are some youtube clips... "hana amy style "... all, who speak japaneese, can understand it.]]>

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corea
there is a country with many friends. fare away from europe, and with highly motivated youth... a big class with mostly young people, working hard in the few hours they had in the two days. high degree of workmanship,a good eye for form... to make it short: well educated... they seem to know, that there is a future in this country and profession, mrs lee chang a flowers, mrs.jinny. park. and mr m. park, both ex worldcup competitors from. corea are the organizers. 60 people in the class, that was impressiv]]>

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winter meets summer
what a year.....year of tensions, contrasts, impressions of diversity there is the august with lovely guests from all over :going into small, tender, little, tiny, soft .... seeing the world different at home in the old garden .....putting glasses on the old nose, to see and create all the details . there is the december with some lovely people from our town, to take the time with me together to put up the hughe structures of grapevine and clematis, frozen and covered with snow, bare hands, or with wed gloves, creating pleasure for the visitors of our little town .... winter, rough, plantmaterial without leaves and life ......just celebrating it all in the darkness of the nights, illuminated to be in a focus : ... is christmas really coming ??????...gre]]>

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