Flowers are my passport
By: J. Barry Ferguson
Publisher: J. Barry Ferguson
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Warkworth, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780473336769
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Florists; Biography; Flower arrangers
Description: "Have flowers, will travel. From a baby Austin 35 in Christchurch, New Zealand, to chauffeured limousines in Manhattan where J Barry Ferguson designed floral installations for special events. David Rockefeller, Horst, Malcom Forbes and many others of the New York's glitterati were his clients. A combination of timing, good luck and hard work, plus chutzpa, allowed him to seize unique opportunities. And then, when New York was frozen over, JBF led botanical tours to extraordinary places"--Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Growing up in New Zealand; title: Off to see the wizard; title: Let's make a theatre; title: Hello New York; title: Home in Oyster Bay; title: Flowers on Fifth; title: Leading ladies; title: Remarkable men; title: Botanical journeys; title: Favourite flowers; title: Mahurangi.