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By Melissa Camacho
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Colorful flower sculpting competition is mellow, creative.
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The Big Flower Fight
What's the Story?
Hosted by Natasia Demetriou (What We Do in the Shadows) and Vic Reeves, THE BIG FLOWER FIGHT is a British reality competition featuring ten pairs of amateur florists, garden designers, and sculptors from all over the world building big and bold works of art. Working from a giant greenhouse dome, each episode features the contestants competing in challenges the require them to build impressive sculptures, like giant insects and couture dresses, using thousands of flowers and plants. Judging their work is celebrity florist Kristen Griffith-Vanderyacht, along with a rotating panel of world renowned horticultural experts, including Sarah Eberle and James Alexander-Sinclair. The winner of each challenge earns the title "Best in Bloom," and.the losing team is eliminated. The team that wins the overall competition gets the chance to create a unique exhibition at London's Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew.
Is It Any Good?
This colorful competition series reveals the artistry and skills required to create living, environmentally sustainable sculptures. It shows the process by which they are constructed from beginning to end, and highlights the characteristics each must have to win, like strong color patterns, interesting textures, and plants that attract lots of insects.
However, despite each team's effort to outdo the other, the energy throughout the show is pretty low. Even the reveal lacks excitement, despite the use of spotlighting and other effects to make it more dramatic. Avid gardeners (and possibly viewers who like Rose Parade floats) may find The Big Flower Fight interesting. But most who tune in will find themselves wilting after an episode or two.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the different knowledge and skills one needs to create plant and flower sculptures. What different kinds of expertise do the contestants of The Big Flower Fight bring to the competition? Which ones seem more beneficial than others?
Constructing live sculptures require thousands of plants and flowers. How is this environmentally sustainable? What things are done so that these structures benefit the ecosystem in some way?
TV Details
- Premiere date : June 5, 2020
- Cast : Natasia Demetriou , Vic Reeves , Kristen Griffith-Vanderyacht
- Network : Netflix
- Genre : Game Shows
- Topics : Animals ( Bugs ) , STEM
- Character Strengths : Perseverance , Teamwork
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- Last updated : September 30, 2025
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