Bompas & Parr presents the world’s first Bioluminescent Flower Parlour

London, 2024: The world’s first glow-in the-dark flower parlour, where art and science combine to make blooms respond to blacklight and fluoresce, revealing the natural veins of petals and leaves.
The parlour includes photographic artwork from Maggie West’s acclaimed ‘Ultraviolet’ series, which uses ultraviolet light and fluorescent ink to illuminate the process in which plants absorb water. West photographed white flowers absorbing fluorescent ink under black lights, with her unique time lapse photography process revealing the hidden pathways that flowers use to sustain life.
It’s proven that visual exposure to flowers and plants can increase positive emotions, including relaxation, comfort and cheerfulness, while decreasing negative emotions, among them tension, depression and stress.
The Flower Parlour will be open from 10am to 2pm on the following dates :
• Thursday 10 & Friday 11 October
• Tuesday 15 – Saturday 19 October
• Tuesday 22 & Wednesday 23 October