The Goyang Flower Grand Prix in South Korea, organized by Jinny Park and Alex Choi, has a winner. On the 27th of April, the grand final was held. Especially for this event a huge tent was set up to have a dinner and award ceremony for nearly 200 guests. The program was delightful for all flower lovers. There was music, dance, a demonstration by the World Cup Winner 2019 Bart Hassam, and a short demo by Alex Choi himself. And of course the most important: the final surprise task for the competitors. International Horticulture Goyang Korea attracts 500K visitors and the Goyang Flower Grand Prix is a part of this garden and flower show.
GFGP Winner Kim Jong Kook
Kim Jong Kook runs his flower shop in Yeongwol, Gangwon-do, South Korea. Being 40 his time has finally come to take home a prestigious trophy like this. This was his first international competition and this came as a huge surprise to him that he was first. He gave his very best, practiced a lot, and tried to bring many skills to his design. He was moved to tears to see it worked.
Saturday 27th April
Task 4:
After Task 1, Task 2, and Surprise Task 3, there was another surprise task on stage for all of the 10 competitors. Designers were given 3 baskets, bamboo, green Cornus, and a package of beautiful flowers supported by DivFlo, a global exporter of flowers and plants. The assignment was to make a design for AIPH, as a token of appreciation for being an approved AIPH Horticultural Festival. The three baskets had to become one structure, and the assistant had to be able to move the design to its place of delivery. The Florint Jury consisting of Simon Ogrizek, Thomas Ratschker, Ferenc Kruzslicz, and Alex Choi had a huge task to judge these 10 designs and give scores.
Here are the 10 stage masterpieces the competitors made.
Aniko Kovacs
Daisuke Yamakawa
Jenny Thomasson
Jenny Thomasson
Arman Voskanyan
Florence Ling
Hong Ye Chan
Natalia Hoogenraad
Howard Pang
Krisztián Kövér
