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Drake Algar Events

Events are important occasions for most people, especially those special events whereby every detail of presentation is of the utmost importance. A company wants to express a professional image of their company or service. We at Drake Algar provide the most bespoke arrangements for these specialist events, our designs are unique and bold.

Flowers are an essential ingredient of any successful event and our impressive arrangements will give yours the extra edge. We thrive on creativity and our floral designers can create arrangements to compliment any theme, and set your event apart from the rest. From cocktail parties to dinners, from product launches to birthday celebrations, whatever your budget, whatever your event, Drake Algar will ensure your flowers are the talking point.

Drake Algar provides flowers for a number of clients:

Caledonian Club

The Caledonian Club, founded in 1891, is a private members' Club situated in the heart of Belgravia, adjacent to Hyde Park Corner and only a five minute walk from Victoria Station. It's a Club consisting of five floors which comprise of the Members' Dining Room, Drawing Room, Smoking Room and Library, together with five meeting and private dining rooms, with capacity from 4 to 250.

Whilst the Club has three key events a year, the Burns Supper, St Andrews Day Dinner and the Summer Ball, there are a host of other events from ceilidhs to dinners for new Members. These provide Members with an opportunity to entertain friends and colleagues and meet with other Members.

Grosvenor House

Built in 1928, The Grosvenor House maintains all the luxury of its Edwardian past while continuing to meet the needs of the modern business and leisure. World-renowned as a first-class five-star hotel and a favourite amongst celebrities and international figureheads, it is the place to stay and be seen when in London. In the heart of Mayfair, The Grosvenor House overlooks the 360 stately acres of Hyde Park, a memorizing view overlooking England's most renowned park.

Intercontinental

Intercontinental is one of the most prestigious hotels in London and with a worldwide portfolio of over 150 hotels in 65 other countries. InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has been welcoming travelers for more than half a century. A leader in the development of the hotel industry, InterContinental properties successfully blended consistent global standards with the distinctive cultures of their locations to deliver a truly authentic experience.

It's hotel based in Park Lane, London is one of modern elegance its perfectly situated near locations such as the Tower of London, Big Ben and Trafalgar Square, it's also worth seeing is the Victoria and Albert Museum, Madame Tussauds and The National Portrait Gallery.

Drake Algar are always happy to provide flowers for such a well established brand and hotel, some images of the arrangements can be seen below:

The Football Association

The FA was founded in 1863 as the governing body of the game in England. The FA is responsible for all regulatory aspects of the game of football in England.

The Football Association:

• Promote the availability of the sport to the greatest possible number of people.
• Regulate the game on and off the field of play through the "Laws of the Game" and the "Rules of The Association".
• Organizing a number of senior men's, youth and women's national competitions and the participation of England national representative teams in international matches, most notably the men's senior team in the FIFA World Championships and the UEFA European Championships and friendly fixtures.

Drake Algar provided flowers for the FA Cup Semi Final. It was a spring inspired theme within the April period for the reception, tables and bathrooms. A few images of the arrangements are seen below:

Wrest Park

This is one of the most magnificent yet least well-know gardens in England. Wrest Park's formal gardens provide a fascinating history of gardening styles, laid out over 150 years and inspired by the great gardens of Versailles in France. The gardens are overlooked by a stylish French-style 18th century mansion and contain wonderful garden buildings.

Visitors looking for an unusual day out will find Wrest Park a wonderful place to explore in the company of our audio tour.

Events at Lords

Lord's, ‘The Home of Cricket', is renowned as the most famous and historic cricket ground in the world. It is also an ideal venue, throughout the year, for

• meetings or conferences
• exhibitions
• product launches
• wedding receptions
• dinners, parties or any celebration

Drake Algar is Lords supplier of flower for these various events and have displayed amazing floral compositions for an array of events at Lords,

One of the events we held was the Slaughter & May Dinner:

Slaughter & May Dinner at Lords

Slaughter and May was founded on 1 January 1889 by two young solicitors who met while training together in the City.

From the start they have had a prestigious, international client base and a reputation for excellence. Over the years they have been at the forefront of many significant legal developments and have strived to maintain their position as one of the leading law firms in the world.

They a held dinner in the stunning long room of the pavilion at the Lords Cricket Ground, there were stunning arrangements of rose covered Candelabras, mantle arrangements, bar vases and bathroom flowers

Others flowers we have supplied Lords includes dinners and varous events some images of these can be seen below:

Drake Algar Event flowers clients is forever growing already prodiving flowers for a number or well known companys including:

-Lords Cricket Ground (MCC)

-Lloyds TSB Development Capital

-The Football Association

-England & Wales Cricket Board

-Betfair

-Wembley National Stadium Ltd

-Hampstead Theatre

-Oriental Restaurant Group

-Ruby Bar Group

-KPMG Corporate Finance

-Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth

-Wellington Hospital

-Middlesex County Cricket Club

-Bombay Bicycle Club

-Lister Hospital

-Phaidon Press

-Danubius Hotel

-GW Professional

-Deutsche Bank

About the Author

Thomas Ball, a publisher from Drake Algar revealing all the lastest news and information focused on floral events, occasions and industry news!!

Analogies test...help?

choose the word or number in the second pair that is most closely related to the first:
Potatoes are to peanuts as apples are to:
carrots lilies peaches tomatoes cucumbers?

Spain is to Argentina as Portugal is to:
Trinidad Brazil Mexico Guyana Canada?

Celsius is to 0 as Fahrenheit is to:
100 0 32 212 112

Drachma is to Greece as peseta is to:
Mexico Italy Canada Brazil Spain

Loops is to spool as straw is to:
pinker hay painting warts rosy

Napoleon is to Melba as macadam is to:
roads poinsettia overshoes tress food

Rich is to money as leafy is to:
vase foilage mountain flower dog

The number 2 is to 8 as 5 is to:
15 100 125 10 60

1789 is to France as 1648 is to:
Germany Switzerland New Zealand United States England

The letter A is to E as B is to:
C D G H Q

(if you have any explaination for your answers include them)

1) Brazil. In both Spain and Argentina (in S America) they speak Spanish. Portuguese is spoken primarily in Brazil.
2) 0 celsius = 32 Fahrenheit.
3) Drachma was a Greek coin. Pesetas were coins in Spain. (Note: both use Euros now.)
4) Warts. turn the word backwards.
5) Wow, this one was tricky. Both Napoleon and Melba had foods named after them. So the answer would be "Poinsettia," since both macadam and poinsettia are objects named after people.
6) Foliage. A person who has money is rich, foliage is leafy.
7) 2 is to 8 as 5 is to 125 (5 cubed), among these choices. Actually, there could be as many answers as you have rules to make them up if only given two numbers, as this example. Follow these:
2 is to 8 as 5 is to 11 (add 6)
2 is to 8 as 5 is to 20 (multiply by 4)
2 is to 8 as 5 is to 23 (multiply by 5, subtract 2)
2 is to 8 as 5 is to 617 (raise to the fourth power, subtract

1789 is to France as 1648 is to England, since the English Revolution was in 1648.
9) A is to E as B is to H
Another one where you could have multiple answers. The rule I used here is "4 letters away." Another pefectly good rule is "next vowel/consonant," which would give you "C" as an answer.

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