Flower Festival Aalsmeer
June
26 to 28 2026, Aalsmeer
The
Flower Art Museum and the Historical Garden Museum have been organizing the
Aalsmeer Flower Festival for many years.
A well-attended event combining floral art, visual arts, heritage, and music.
This year, the theme was “Masterpieces.”
Nine famous artworks were selected to serve as a source of inspiration during
this festival.
Due to the renovation of the Flower Art Museum location on the Kudelstaartseweg, this year the Mennonite Church at Zijdstraat 55 in Aalsmeer
was dedicated to visual arts and floral
art.
My coat Still*Life was part of the exhibition.
One of the inspirational artworks was the painting Bloem Stilleven by Rachel Ruysch.
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| Rachel Ruysch, Still Life with Flowers, 1709 |
The work of Rachel Ruysch intrigues me
enormously. Like her teacher Van Aelst and other contemporaries, she composed
bouquets of flowers that bloom in different places and seasons, which she
arranged in stunning color combinations that could never exist in real life.
The bouquets, garlands, and fruit arrangements are enlivened by an
ever-changing group of insects, birds, snails, rodents, and reptiles. I have
incorporated all these elements into the coat with great pleasure.
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| Still*Life |
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| Still*Life, detail |
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| Still*Life, detail |
What happens when art and flowers meet?
During the Flower Festival in Aalsmeer, the Masterpieces theme took center stage. Inside the Mennonite Church, works of art were translated into unique floral arrangements. Each creation demonstrated how flowers can tell a story and how creativity opens new perspectives. An inspiring example of the versatility of floral design.
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