Top 50 Recognition For Vale of Glamorgan Florist

Tue, 15 Mar 2011

A florist from the small town of Wenvoe in Wales has been named as one the top 50 florists in Britain.

Alison Bentley, who has worked with a host of celebrities, was chosen as part of the Independent’s newspaper’s special list of the 50 Best Florists in the UK.

"I was really surprised when the newspaper phoned me up and told me that I had been chosen - it was quite a shock," she said.

"I originally trained in nursing as my parents wanted me to have a ‘proper job’. But I gave it up and went to UWIC to do a course in Horticulture and Garden Design ."

Alison,50, has worked for the likes of Madonna, Kylie Minogue and Sir Anthony Hopkins, and was responsible for the flower displays at the civil partnership of actor John Barrowman, and at the wedding of actress Connie Fisher and her husband Jeremy Reed.

Her floral arranging work has also featured in celebrity magazines Hello! and OK!, but her career highlight came in 2006 when she was given the chance to present her flowers to the Queen during the official opening of the Senedd.
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