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Ming Veevers-Carter is a florist and author, who represented New Covent Garden Market at the 2016 Chelsea Flower Show. She designed a floral portrait of the Queen which was the centrepiece of 10,000 flowers and foliage stems in a display called "Behind Every Great Florist". Photographs of this with the Queen appeared in the press, and the display won a gold medal and the Royal Horticultural Society's New Design award. Veevers-Carter's creates floral installations for events at places such as the National Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, Tate Modern and Victoria and Albert Museum. She is also an author, and wrote Celebration Flowers: Designing & Arranging (1990), as well as a number of other books on flower arranging.

Life

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Veevers-Carter was born in the Seychelles, and lived there for nine years. Her parents were Mark and Wendy Veevers-Carter.[1][2][3] She represented New Covent Garden Market at the 2016 Chelsea Flower Show.[2] She designed a floral portrait of the Queen which was the centrepiece of 10,000 flowers and foliage stems in a display called "Behind Every Great Florist". Photographs of this with the Queen appeared in the press, and the display won a gold medal and the Royal Horticultural Society's New Design award.[4][5][6][7]

Veevers-Carter established her eponymous company in 1986, which then became a part of the Event Concept Group in 2017.[8] Her work now focusses on creating floral installations for events at places such as the National Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, Tate Modern and Victoria and Albert Museum.[9] These are large floral displays built on armatures.[9] Florist Robbie Honey was one of Veever-Carter's students.[10]

Veevers-Carter wrote Celebration Flowers: Designing & Arranging (1990),[11] which Library Journal called a "useful as an idea book and as a guide to the techniques and materials used in flower arranging."[12] She has written a number of other flower arranging books.[13]

Selected bibliography

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1990 - Celebration Flowers: Designing & Arranging. Sterling Publishing, New York. ISBN 9780806973005[12][14]

1990 - Festive Decorations: Over 80 Decorative Ideas for Flowers, Wreaths, and Trees. Sterling Publishing, New York. ISBN 9780806974743[15]

1990 - Decorating with Nature: Trees, Wreaths, Garlands & Arrangements for a Beautiful Home. Merehurst, London. ISBN 9781853910708[16]

1993 - 200 Easy Flower Arrangements. With Jane Newdick. Premier Editions, London. ISBN 9781897730157[17]

1994 - Step by Step Art of Dried Flowers. Whitecap, B.C. ISBN 9781551100746[18]

1995 - Dried Flower Arranging. Coombe Books, Bristol. ISBN 9781858138299[19]

1998 - The Complete Flower Arranger. With Jane Newdick. Quadrillion Publishing. New York. ISBN 9781858333090[20]

References

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  1. ^ "About — Veevers Carter Floral Design". Veevers Carter. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  2. ^ a b "60 Seconds with floral designer Ming Veevers-Carter". The Florist. 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Astove Atoll, Seychelles February 2018". Tarquin Millington-Drake. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  4. ^ Foggett, Clare (25 May 2016). "New Covent Garden Steal The Show At Chelsea". The English Garden. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  5. ^ Vincent, Alice (26 May 2016). "New Covent Garden: behind the scenes at the UK's biggest flower stall". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  6. ^ Wheeldon, Rona (20 May 2016). "Florist Friday: Interview with Ming Veevers Carter of Veevers Carter". Flowerona. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  7. ^ Wheeler, Alex (24 May 2016). "Chelsea Flower Show 2016: Photos of the Queen, Prince William and Kate Middleton's royal visit". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  8. ^ Marshall-Foster, Caroline (11 October 2022). "Veevers Carter welcomes Joanna Rhodes as new MD". Floristry Trade Club. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  9. ^ a b Lemon, Hannah (May 2018). "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". Marylebone & Fitrovia. No. 24. Runwild Media Group. pp. 16–17. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023 – via Issuu.
  10. ^ "Authors". Clearview Books. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Review: Ming Veevers-Carter, Celebration Flowers". Magazine Home. 36 (7–12). Hudson Publishing Company: 13. 1990. Retrieved 15 April 2019 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ a b Daubenspeck, Pamela R. (15 April 1990). "Celebration Flowers: Designing & Arranging (Book)". Library Journal. 115 (7): 114. ISSN 0363-0277.
  13. ^ "Ming Veevers-Carter". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  14. ^ Veevers-Carter, Ming (1990). Celebration Flowers: Designing & Arranging. New York: Sterling Publishing. ISBN 9780806973005. OCLC 20491597.
  15. ^ Veevers-Carter, Ming (1990). Festive Decorations: Over 80 Decorative Ideas for Flowers, Wreaths, and Trees. New York: Sterling Publishing. ISBN 9780806974743. OCLC 21677027.
  16. ^ Veevers-Carter, Ming (1990). Decorating with Nature: Trees, Wreaths, Garlands & Arrangements for a Beautiful Home. London: Merehurst. ISBN 9781853910708. OCLC 26362886.
  17. ^ Veevers-Carter, Ming; Newdick, Jane (1993). 200 Easy Flower Arrangements. London: Premier Editions. ISBN 9781897730157. OCLC 41843980.
  18. ^ Veevers-Carter, Ming (1994). Step by Step Art of Dried Flowers. British Columbia: Whitecap. ISBN 9781551100746. OCLC 670287778.
  19. ^ Veevers-Carter, Ming (1995). Dried Flower Arranging. Bristol: Coombe Books. ISBN 9781858138299. OCLC 36159047.
  20. ^ Newdick, Jane; Veevers-Carter, Ming (1998). The Complete Flower Arranger. New York: Quadrillion Publishing. ISBN 9781858333090. OCLC 38990291.
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