Moniek vanden berghe biography definition

Belgian floral designer Moniek Vanden Berghe's spectacular natural floral displays have brought her international acclaim, while her workshops attract aspiring arrangers from all over the world.

We asked her to tell us why she likes teaching, how she got started and to explain her love of weeds

ECT: When did your interest in flowers begin?

MVB: My abiding childhood memory is the sheer joy I experienced at seeing willow trees come into life along the fields, and the daises in the grass.

But I didn’t make flowers my profession until I was in my thirties.

Moniek vanden berghe biography definition

I’d been working as a graphic designer and in those days we did everything by hand, but I knew that the computer was coming and I didn’t want to spend my days in front of a screen because I love that connection between head, heart and hand.

As I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do, I enrolled at two art schools and studied a whole range of creative subjects from painting and ceramics to sculpture and floristry. I discovered