On election day — Saturday, Oct. 20 — Fort Langley florist Alice de Crom and three co-workers got up at 6 a.m. and flower-bombed Fort Langley with a colourful surprise.
They put a huge installation of fresh and artistically arranged florals at the corner of Glover Road and Mary Ave — on a garbage can.
“I’ve seen it done by a florist in New York City,” said de Crom, owner and principal florist at Floralista.
In the Big Apple, flowers have been left in unexpected places, including the subway and in garbage cans.
On election day in B.C., a time when people might be getting a little stressed, flower-bombing seemed a perfect way to lighten the mood, de Crom said.
“The thought of doing it as a surprise for the community seemed like fun” she said.
“We felt it was good thing.”
De Crom thinks she will do another flower-bombing some time, but hasn’t set a date or selected a location.
“(It will be) when people least expect it,” she said.
“Just totally random.”
She was reluctant to say how much it cost her, but insists she got a deal on the flowers, and the point really wasn’t the money, it was the fun.
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The original flower-bombings were perpetrated by New Yorker Lewis Miller, a floral designer who likes to leave giant bouquets in unusual locations.
Miller, described in some accounts as a “vigilante florist” reportedly also calls his installations “flower flashes,” or “random acts of flowers.”
dan.ferguson@langleytimes.com
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