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Last Updated: 23/04/2025
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Sorceress weaves floral magic ahead of Harrogate Spring Flower Show

by John Grainger

| 23 Apr, 2025
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Ewa's headdress was made by Helen James and Laura Pannitt.

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Floral sorceress Ewa Mawdsley cut a spellbinding figure ahead of the Harrogate Spring Flower Show, which opens at the Great Yorkshire Events Centre tomorrow (Thursday, April 23).

Decked out in flowers and foliage, Ewa wove her magic over a bubbling bloom-filled cauldron to reflect one of the floral art themes at this year’s show – ‘Swords & Sorcery: Fantasy Heroes’.

The mystical masterpiece was designed by Harrogate florist Helen James and her colleague Laura Pannitt and included alliums, artichokes, achillea and asparagus fern.

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Ewa weaving her magic.

Organised by the North of England Horticultural Society (NEHS), the Harrogate Spring Flower show is expected to attract 40,000 visitors over the next four days.

The NEHS staged its first Spring Flower Show in 1920 to provide northern growers with their own platform, independent of the Royal Horticultural Society.

Highlights for 2025 include the spectacular Grand Floral Hall featuring displays of stunning spring blooms, inspiring Show Gardens and Creative Borders and the biggest exhibition of creative floral art in the UK.

The Harrogate Spring Flower Show runs from Thursday, April 24 to Sunday, April 27, from 9.30am till 5pm daily. Tickets are available through the Flower Show website.

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