ABOUT US

OUR STORY

SOLOMON BLOEMEN is the design studio owned by award winning floral designer Dr. Solomon Leong. Here at SOLOMON BLOEMEN we provide expert floral consultation and design services ranging from big events, such as weddings and corporate occasions, to small couture items such as bouquets and corsages.

Floral services provided by SOLOMON BLOEMEN are artistic, bespoke, and distinctively original. Throughout the years, Dr. Leong’s aesthetic approach to floral designs has won him a wide spectrum of clientele ranging from the social elite and celebrities to professionals with eclectic tastes.

Dr. Solomon Leong also provides floral design lessons for those who are interested in designing with flowers. Courses are comprehensive and class sizes are usually small. Serious learners and hobbyists are all welcome.

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Dr. SOLOMON LEONG AIFD PFCI CFD

Influenced by the English garden style and the European flower arranging ethos, the work of the Hong Kong based floral designer Dr. Solomon Leong have been described as ‘extraordinary’ and ’striking’ by international media such as the BBC.

Competitions have formed an important part of Dr. Leong’s professional life. In 2019, Dr. Leong represented Hong Kong to compete in the FTD World Cup, the world’s most prestigious floral competition held every four to six year. At the same year, he has won the Leeds Castle flower festival designer award at the castle’s 900th anniversary. In 2006, 2008, and 2014 he was awarded the Gold Medal and the Best Floral Arrangement Award at the world renowned Royal Horticultural Flower Show at Chelsea in London, UK. At the same show, he has also won the Gold Medals for 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 and Silver Gilt for 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2018.

In 2014, 2015 and 2016 he was invited to be one of the leading international designers at the World Flower Garden Show in Nagasaki Japan, where he won Gold medal for both years. At the same show he also won a series of awards including the ‘Best Use of Colours Award’ (2014), ‘Best Innovative Design Award’ (2015) and ‘Best in Show Award’ (2015).

As well as competitions, Dr. Leong is also an active floral demonstrator who has demonstrated regularly at the Hong Kong Flower Show and other locations both locally and abroad. In 2019, his footsteps are all over the world. He was invited to become artist-in-residence at Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland where he participated in the ‘Flowers to Arts’ exhibition. And at the same year, he was also invited as the featured international designer at FleurEx, the UK most prestigious industry show by the British Florist Association. And he was also the sole representative from Hong Kong at 2019 Fleuramour at Belgium.

He presented floral art demonstrations in the Putrajaya Malaysia International Flower Show ‘Flora’ in 2011, and in the Singapore Garden Festival in 2012 and Leeds Castle Flower Festival in the U.K. in 2017, 2018 and 2019. He was the feature designer for the AIFD symposium in 2017 in Seattle and also the 18th China Horticultural Expo in 2018, as the sole representative from Hong Kong.

As a doctor of philosophy in cultural studies, Solomon’s extensive knowledge of cultures and history in relation to floral art has turned him into a successful commentator of floral designs. He has been interviewed by media such as the BBC, TVB, the Radio Television Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Economic Journal as well as the South China Morning Post, amongst many others. Cosmopolitan Bride Beijing named him ‘one of the 50 influential Chinese voices in the wedding world’.

His unique approach to floral styles and aesthetics has made him a regular contributor in fashion and lifestyle magazines such as Elle, Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire, both in Hong Kong and China. In 2010, His works were featured in the prestigious Floral International Biannual 2010/11, 2014/15 and 2015/16 which showcases the most creative floral designers around the world. In 2010, ‘Solomon’s Blooming Chic’ was published in Chinese. ‘Secrets of Flowers’, the bi-lingual book which Dr Leong as author, floral designer and photographer of all his floral designs, was published in 2016 Spring.

Dr. Leong is the director of SOLOMON BLOEMEN bespoke floral design studio, a renowned bespoke design studio based in Hong Kong providing expert floral services for a distinguished clientele. Since 2012, he has been repeatedly appointed as the artistic consultant for various prestigious shopping mall and hotels in Hong Kong including ELEMENTS, MGM and Shangrila, specializing in bringing cutting-edge floral designs into the retail environment.

Dr. Leong is a member of the AIFD (American Institute of Floral Designers), a Professional Floral Communicator – International (PFCI), the World Flower Council (Hong Kong Chapter), the Royal Horticultural Society and an honorary member of the Good Florist Guide UK. He is the technical advisor for Employees Retraining Board HKSAR. He is also the Honorary Advisor for the Hong Kong Flower Club (an affiliated club with NAFAS under the region of London and Overseas) and President of the Hong Kong Association of Flower Arranging Societies.

Selected credentials

Positions

• Director at SOLOMON BLOEMEN Bespoke Floral Designs Studio
• Member of the American Institute of Floral Designers (AIFD)
• Professional Floral Communicator- International (PFCI)
• Honorary member of the Good Florist Guide UK
• Member of the Royal Horticultural Society
• Technical Advisor of Employees Retraining Board HKSAR
• Honorary Advisor of Hong Kong Flower Club
• President of the Hong Kong Association of Flower Arranging Societies
• Liaison Officer for Society of Chinese Members of AIFD
• Advisor of the World Flower Council Hong Kong Chapter
• Member of the World Association of Flower Arranging Societies
• Member of the Ikebana International Society
• Artistic Consultant at ELEMENTS
• Artistic Consultant at Island Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong
• Artistic Consultant at MGM Cotai, Macau

Awards

Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show London
- 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018 Silver Gilt Medal Award
- 2006, 2008, 2014 Gold Medal Award and Best Flower Arrangement Award
- 2011,2015,2016,2017, 2019 Gold Medal Award

Hong Kong Flower Show
- 2006 Grand prize for design excellence (for HK Flower Club)
- 2007 Special prize for design excellence (for HK Flower Club)
- 2008 Special prize for unique feature (for HK Flower Club)
- 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019 Special prize for design excellence (for SOLOMON BLOEMEN)
- 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Grand prize for design excellence (for SOLOMON BLOEMEN)

Fusion Flowers International Designers of the Year

2014 Silver Prize, FREE CHOICE Category
2014 Bronze Prize, CIRCLES Category
World Flower Garden Festival, Huis Ten Bosch, Japan
- 2014 Gold Medal and the Best Use of Colours Award
- 2015 Gold Medal, Bestin Design Innovation, and the Best of the Show Award

2019 Leeds Castle Flower Festival Designer Award

Judging

Singapore Garden Festival
- Junior/young adult section, 2006
- Junior/young adult section, 2012

Hong Kong Flower Show

Western flower arranging, 2009, 2010, 2012-2018
Western flower arranging (students category), 2011
World Flower Garden Festival, Huis Ten Bosch, Japan 2018

AIFD PFDE Evaluator 2018, 2019
Shenzhen Exhibition Cup 2018, 2019
Shenzhen Flower Council 2019

Workshops

2006-2013 Hong Kong Flower Club
2008 Hong Kong World Flower Council
2008, 2012 Pui Wah Flower arranging academy (Macau)
2009 Capel Manor design group (UK)
2010 Capel Manor design group (UK)
2011WoodfordLondondesigngroup(UK)
2012 Southern Demonstrators design group (UK)
2012 Stimulus Design Group (UK)
2014 Spectrum Design Group(UK)
2015 Education and Workshop Series, Guangzhou (China)
2016 Masterclass for design group 'New Visions’
2016 British Floral Seminar, Floral Su Shenzhen
2016, 2017 International floral workshop for UK : Focus 2000
2016 Floral Master Class at Park Hyatt Shanghai
2017 Lower Kingswood Evangelical Free Church, Tadworth UK
2017 Vanguard Floral Design Group, Kent UK
2017 International Class for NFD, Fukuoka Japan
2021 Hong Kong Association of Flower Arranging Societies, 'Floral Feast'

Exhibitions

2002-2019 Hong Kong Flower Show
2007-2010, 2012, 2017 Guangdong Flower Council exhibition
2007NAFAS national show, Harrogate
2008-2017 World Flower Council Winter Exhibition Hong Kong
2008 World Flower Council Silver Jubilee Exhibition Macau
2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017 NFD annual exhibition, representing Hong Kong
2011 Putrajaya Malaysia International Flower Show 'Floria' representing Hong Kong
2011 World Association of Flower Arranging Societies Boston World Show, representing Hong Kong
2012 Singapore Garden Festival International Designers 'Web of Life'
2014-2016 World Flower Garden Show, Nagasaki, Japan Honorary Exhibition
2014 WAFA World Flower Arranging Show Dublin, representing Hong Kong
2014 Guest and Feature Exhibitor, Flower@Oxford
2005-2012 Asian Floral Art exhibition Hong Kong
2016 Feature design at TangShan International Horticultural Exposition, China
2016-2017 Hong Kong Association of Flower Arranging Societies,'OdetoAutumn'
2017 World Association of Flower Artist, Barbados
2017 Leeds Castle Flower Festival
2018 Leeds Castle Flower Festival
2019 ‘Flowers to Arts’, Aargauer Kunsthaus
2019 Leeds Castle Flower Festival
2019 Fleuramour

Demonstrations

2002-2019 Hong Kong Flower Show
2005-2011 Asian Floral Art exhibition Hong Kong
2007-2010, 2012, 2017 Guangdong Flower Council Exhibition
2008-2017 World Flower Council winter exhibition, Hong Kong
2008 World Flower Council Silver Jubilee exhibition, Macau
2011 Putrajaya Malaysia International Flower Show 'Floria’, representing Hong Kong
2012 Singapore Garden Festival International Designers, 'Web of Life'
2013 International Flower Design Show, World Flower Council Sapporo
2014 Flower@Oxford
2014 Guest and Feature Educator, World Flower Council Summit, Zagreb, Croatia
2015 Dutch Lily Days China, Beijing, China
2016 CIFF Guangzhou, China
2016 Floral demonstration at Eslite Bookstore
2016 World Garden Flower Show, Huis Ten Bosch Japan
2017 World Association of Floral Artists (WAFA) World Show, Barbados
2017 American Institute of Floral Designers (AIFD) Symposium, Seattle
2017 Leeds Castle Flower Festival
2018 18th China Horticultural Expo
2018 Leeds Castle Flower Festival
2019 ‘Flowers to Arts’, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland
2019 Leeds Castle Flower Festival
2019 Naul & Gardening Club, Ireland Dublin
2019 FleurEx by the British Florist Association
2021 Online demonstration for Institute of Floral Design (IFD) India

Industry publication features
• China Flower and Gardening News 2007
• Floral International bi-annual 2010-2011
• International wedding floral design magazine 'Fusion Flowers Wedding' 2010
• Korean international floral design magazine 'Leaf' 2010-2018
• International floral design magazine 'FusionFlowers'2012,2013/2014
• International floral design magazine 'FusionFlowers'Wedding Supplement, 2013/2014
• UK international flower arranging magazine 'The Flower Arranger' 2012, 2013, 2014 (Autumn and Winter issue)
• FLORA International February/March 2013
• Russian floral design magazine 'Flowers', Mar 2013
• Florist and Wholesale Buyer Chelsea Flower Show Special, 2014
• Industry Design Blog ‘Flower Today’
• Florist and Wholesale Buyer (UK) Chelsea 2014 Special Coverage
• Feature Designer Interview, Floral Today (USA), July 2014
• Belgian International Flower Journal ‘Fleur Creatif’ 2015
• International Floral Art, 2014-15, 2016-2017, 2018-2019
• International floral industry magazine ‘Florology’, July 2016
• Japanese international floral design magazine ‘Florist’ (Japan), October 2016
• 花藝目客 Issue 2, 2018
• Artistic Floral Design 2020
• Thursd – with every crisis come opportunity, 29 April 2020
• The Flower Arranger, July 2020
• Thursd – so much to see at SOLOMON BLOEMEN, September 2020
• Creativity, A Global Floral Introspective, October 2020
• Thursd - Gorgeous Helleborus and Anthurium, October 2020
• Thursd - Warm Sunsets in Summer and Glowing Fire in Winter, November 2020
• Thursd -What the Theme Scorched Earth Means to Me, November 2020

• International floral design magazine 'FusionFlowers’ January 2021

• UK Floral Magazine – 2021 Spring Issue

• Thursd - Doctor Solomon Leong in an Exclusive Floral Interview, October 2021

Media Coverage

2021

RTHK 3 - 'Morning Brew' – Chinese New Year Flower, January 2021
TVB Big City Shop, Chinese New Year Flowers, February 2021
HK Economic Journal, picking and choosing your CNY flowers, February 2021
RTHK 3 - 'Morning Brew' – Roses, April 2021
TVB Big City Shop, Mother’s Day flower gift ideas, April 2021
TVB Big City Shop, Creative floral animal making, May 2021
TVB Big City Shop, Edible flowers, August 2021
TVB Own Sweet Home programme, Home Flower Deco, August 2021
TVB Big City Shop, Chrysanthemum special, September 2021
RTHK 3 - 'Morning Brew' – Magic of Drying Flowers, September 2021
Dolce Vita – Different Flower Palette for Home Matching, November 2021
Jessica Magazine – December 2021 – Christmas Adventure

2020
• TVB Pleasure and leisure programme Christmas Decoration, December 2020
• Elle Academy – Be a professional florist, December 2020
• RTHK FM926 – Find happiness through flower, November 2020
• RTHK 2 Culture Con. Adventures Sharing in the floral industry, September 2020
• TVB Pleasure and leisure programme Mid-Autumn Festival Special, September 2020
• RTHK 3 - 'Morning Brew' – Dried flowers trend, August 2020
• RTHK 3 – 'Morning Brew' – Mother’s Day flowers, May 2020
• TVB Pleasure and leisure programme Valentine Special, 13 February 2020
• RTHK 3 - 'Morning Brew' - flowers can help our well-being during times of stress
• TVB App Interview about the road of entrepreneurship
• Bazaar Magazine Feb 2020 - A crossover between modern cuisine and floral design

2018 / 2019

TVB Pleasure and leisure programme Christmas Special, 19 December 2019
Bazaar Magazine Oct 2019
Men’s UNO magazine Oct 2019
RTHK 3 – Saturday SQUAD May 2019
Singtao Daily (Hong Kong) interview, March 2019
Brand Hong Kong Interview, Feb 2019

2017

TVB programme “生活一百錯”, 2018
TVB Pleasure and leisure programme Valentine’s Day Special, 2018
TVB Dolce Vita Mother's Day Special, 2017
Singtao Daily (Hong Kong) interview, 23 April 2017
Cable TV Hong Kong Close to Culture Interview, 1 February 2017
TVB Pleasure and leisure programme CNY Special, 26 January 2017
Headlines Daily Interview, 25 January 2017
Hong Kong Economic Times Interview, 25 January 2017
Hong Kong Economic Times TopPick Interview, 18 January 2017
AM730 Interview, 13 January 2017
Skypost Interview, 13 January 2017

2016

TVB Pleasure and leisure programme Christmas Special, 21 December 2016
Harper's Bazaar Magazine Interview, September 2016 issue
TVB J2 ‘All Things Girl’, 13 June 2016
TVB Jade ‘Leisure and Pleasure’ Mother’s Day special, 5 May 2016
TVB Jade ‘Green Room’, 3 May 2016
Guangzhou TV ’Project S’, 16 March 2016
HK01 Weekly feature article, 12 March 2016
RTHK Radio 3 ‘Bookmarks’ interview, 2 March 2016
New Monday interview, 15 February 2016
ME! Online special video interview, 11 February 2016
Hong Kong Tatler Special Feature, February 2016 issue
Apple Daily Chinese New Year Floral Design series, February 2016
TVB Jade ‘Leisure and Pleasure’ Chinese New Year Special, 3 February 2016
U Magazine interview, 29 January 2016s RTHK Radio 3 ‘Morning Brew’, 28 January 2016
Mingpao Daily News Chinese New Year Special Feature, 28 January 2016
AM 730 interview, 28 January 2016
The Sun (Hong Kong) interview, 18 January 2016
Oriental Daily Chinese New Year Floral Art feature interview, 10 January 2016

2015

TVB Jade ‘Leisure and Pleasure’ Christmas Special, 23 December 2015
RTHK Radio 3 ‘Morning Brew’, 22 September 2015
She.com feature article, 31 August 2015
TVB Pearl ‘Dolce Vita’, 9 July 2015
Tie the Knots (Bridal portal) feature interview, June 2015
ELLE Wedding Hong Kong, June 2015
TVB Jade ‘Leisure and Pleasure’ Mother’s Day Special, 7 May 2015
MingPao Weekly, 2 May 2015 and 5 June 2015
Zcoop Hong Kong Edition, 3 April 2015
Mings@ MingPao Weekly, 4 April 2015
Yangcheng Wanbu (Guangzhou Evening News) interview, 1 April 2015
Cosmo Bride (China) feature interview, April 2015
S Channel (mobile magazine) feature interview, March 2015
TVB Pearl ‘Dolce Vita’ Valentine’s Day special interview, February 2015

2014

TVB Jade “Culture Plaza”, 30 November 2014
TV Interview at WAFA World Flower Arranging Show, RTE One (Ireland), July 2014
Crave Magazine, May 2014
U Magazine, 5 March 2014
Modern Home, February 2014
NOWTV ‘Lifetival’ Chinese New Year Special, 30 January 2014
NOWTV Hong Kong Channel Chinese New Year Special, 30 January 2014
TVB Jade “Pleasure and Leisure”, 29 January and 8 May 2014
Xinhuanet, 28 January 2014
Apple Daily Hong Kong, 28 January 2014
ME! TV issue 371, 23 January 2014 and issue 381, 9 April 2014
Lisa’s Magazine, January and February 2014

2013

South China Morning Post, 14 December 2013
Crave Magazine, November 2013
Good Housekeeping China, Late September issue 2013
Lisa’s Magazine, October-December 2013
TVB Jade “Pleasure and Leisure”, 18 September 2013
ELLE Wedding (video interview), September 2013
Style-tips.com (wedding special feature), July 2013
Christian Times, 20 July 2013
Tie the Knots (wedding portal), June 2013
Jessica Code, June 2013
Jessica Dream Wedding, June 2013
ELLE Wedding Hong Kong, June 2013
ME Magazine, 8 June 2013
More Magazine, 29 April 2013
RTHK Radio 3 programme ‘Morning Brew’, 29 April 2013
Milk X Magazine April 2013 “Time to Blossom”
FlashON. 21 March 2013
ELLE.com, March 2013
TVB Jade “Youth Nation”, 16 March 2013
NOW TV “Lifetival”, 9 and 23 February, 14 April, 17 and 31 August 2013
TVB Jade “Pleasure and Leisure”, 6 February 2013
Suddenly Weekly Fresh, 2 February 2013
Lisa Living Magazine, January 2013
City Magazine, February 2013

2012

Cosmopolitan Bride China, October 2012
The Standard, 13 November 2012
PEAK Magazine, November 2012
Hong Kong Economic Times, 3 November 2012
Hong Kong Economic Journal, 24 October 2012
RTHK Radio 3 “Morning Brew”, 15 October 2012
Ming Pao Weekly, 4 August, 20 October and 2 December 2012
Elle Wedding, June and December 2012
Home Journal, June 2012
PCCW i.Shop Magazine, June 2012
TVB “Culture Engine 4U” (3 Episodes), April 2012
Milk X, March 2012
Lisa Living Magazine, March – December 2012
She.com, 24 February 2012
Jiu Jik 24, February 2012
Sky Post, 15 February 2012
Hong Kong Economic Journal, 13 February 2012
Milk X, February 2012
Apple Daily, 16 January and 14 February and 12 May 2012

2011

Lisa Living Magazine, December 2011
Home Journal, December 2011
Psychologies Magazine China, November 2011
Phoenix Satellite TV “Winifred Lai’s Trend Show”, 10 October 2011
City Magazine, September 2011
In Magazine, May and March 2011
Jessica Code, March 2011
Crave Magazine, March 2011
Wen Wei Pao, 21 January 2011
Metro Hong Kong, 21 January 2011
Ming Pao Weekly, 15 January 2011

2010

Darizi Magazine, October 2010
The Rail, August/September 2010
Apple Daily “Issue”, September 2010
Sing Tao Daily, 23 August 2010
TVB “Pleasure and Leisure”, 5 May 2010
Hong Kong Economic Journal, 3 May 2010
Wen Wei Pao, 6 April 2010

2009

Concierge Magazine November 2009

2008

Ming Pao Weekly, 2 February 2008

2007

Ming Pao Weekly, 3 February 2007