Melissa Richardson is a florist, entrepreneur and founder of JamJar Flowers. In 1982, Richardson founded the leading modelling agency Take 2, having worked as a photographers agent, casting director and stylist in the past. In 2009, she decided to close the agency and start something new, founding JamJar Flowers from her kitchen table. What began as a small flower delivery service quickly expanded. Today, JamJar Flowers has two studios, an online shop and a small team of talented florists and artists. They have created a hanging ceiling of 60,000 flowers at Sketch in London, two giant badminton players constructed entirely from flowers at Badminton House and have decorated the Gates of the Chelsea Flower Show for the RHS twice.
An RA exhibit details attempts to wipe out Ukrainian culture – and what survived
The parallels between the threat to Ukrainian culture in the 1930s and today are unmistakable.