Flowers and Fashion

Video presented by Sandy Knapp and Nick Knight

Flowers and Fashion
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Flowers are perhaps nature's most flamboyant display; but it's not only bees they attract. Humans have long been drawn to their colours, forms, and scents, and used them for our own decorations and advertisements. Join botanist Sandy Knapp and fashion photographer Nick Knight to find out about cross-pollination between the worlds of fashion and nature.

  • Presented by: Sandy Knapp and Nick Knight
  • Date: 06 March 2005
  • Duration: 26:00

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