Floral floats honour city of Saint Petersburg at flower festival

(19 Aug 2024)
RUSSIA FLOWER FESTIVAL
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
St. Petersburg, Russia - 17 August 2024
1. Wide of floral float Scarlet Sails driving
2. Mid of man and woman on Scarlet Sails floral float waving
3. Mid of flower platform Kronstadt
4. Wide of flower carriage being pulled by horses
5. Wide of flower procession, people watching
6. Mid of floral float Kronstadt
7. Cutaway of people watching
8. Various of drummers parading
9. Close of gastronomic floral float 'St. Petersburg is about happiness'
10. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Galina Kharitonova, florist designer:
"Hydrangeas, roses, gladioli - they are all very beautiful, have flowering plants that look like marshmallows, like cakes. Gypsophila was used a lot, white roses. That's what creates this openwork, airiness, like cream foam on a cup of coffee."
11. Various of floats driving
12. Close of people filming parade with smartphones
13. Various of float Bank Bridge, musicians, woman posing for photo
14. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Varvara Potselueva, florist designer:
"The most difficult thing in creating this composition was that the structure, unfortunately, could not withstand the weight of the flowers on the first day and it had to be urgently repaired. Therefore, when our colleagues were already finishing, we were somewhere in the middle of the installation process."
15. Wide of stadium
16. Various of women wearing flower dresses onstage
17. Various of participants showing bouquets onstage
18. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Irina Kimovich, florist designer from Belarus:
"The bouquet is on a frame. And the theme of the bouquet is the Summer Garden. Well, what is the Summer Garden for us? It is an abundance of flowers, an abundance of colors, an abundance of smells. That's why my frame is made in the form of the flower itself. You see, these are the imitation petals of the flower. And the flowers themselves are inside. What is the frame made of? You know, this technique is called 'paper plasticity'. And these petals, they are paper, made of masking tape, I'll tell you the secret."
19. Close of bouquet
20. Wide of float "Summer Garden"
21. Various of costumed characters on "Summer Garden" float
22. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Irina Kimovich, florist designer from Belarus:
"The Summer Garden float, if we talk about the theme, in principle, it is all easy and simple. Because what is the Summer Garden? How do you imagine the Summer Garden? These are flowers, lots of greenery. There are six arches on our platform. And they are all simply strewn with greenery and flowers, in such abundance, in such beautiful colors, that you just don't want to leave!"
23. Various of Scarlet Sails float
24. Mid of people filming float with smartphones
25. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Alexander Bogatyryov, festival visitor:
"Flower arrangements are very interesting, there are several presented here. I liked them, they impressed me. Some are extraordinary, some figures are cool. There are clowns. It's very interesting, in short. I liked everything. I didn't expect such a scale, that is, I thought the festival would be smaller. But the influx of people and just the excitement is more impressive than the festival itself."
26. Wide of site
27. Mid of flowers on float
28. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Elizaveta Nikitina, festival visitor:
"Oh, I really love flowers in all their manifestations. It's very cool! When you pass by, it smells delicious, you feel the scent of fresh flowers. Joy, happiness, a good mood on a day off."
29. Close of spectators
30. Various of Scarlet Sails float
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