A 27-year-old florist from Abergavenny has been selected to design part of Interflora's exhibit at this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show – one of just five young florists chosen from around the country. Charlotte Cooke, who currently works as senior wedding florist at Hilary's Floral Design, won silver for her Chandelier design at the 2012 RHS Chelsea Flower Show and came third in Interflora's Florist of the Future competition in 2012. Charlotte started her floristry career in 2006, aged 19 when her mother, Hilary, started up Hilary's Floral Design. She fell into the business unexpectedly after finishing her Foundation Art & Design degree and has never looked back. In 2009 she competed in and won UK World Skills at Tatton Park, which was her first major competition. She was then hooked to the competitive side of floristry and went on to compete at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2010, 2011 and 2012 - first winning bronze for her Jockey Silk, then silver for her Chandelier. Charlotte recently competed at the senior level for Interflora Florist of the Year 2013. She has given many demonstrations in floristry, most recently at 'The Ideal Home Show @ Christmas' in their Craft Theatre at Earls Court. She says she loves working with flowers to create original pieces of floral art and is really looking forward to being on Interflora's RHS Chelsea Flower Show team this year, learning new techniques and skills from some of the best florists in the country. Each of the five young florists has been given the opportunity to design one of the suspended wire frames on Interflora's exhibit. They have been given a colour palette of pinks, oranges and yellows to work with and these colours will be carried in the flowers, accessories and other decorative features they choose.  All the frames will be unique and individual in appearance and hung around the elliptical canopy in succession. Common threads will link all the frames together. The team will be mentored by RHS Chelsea gold medal winning Interflora florist David Ragg to create their individual element of the design. On Charlotte's frame, she will be focusing on using wool banded hoops to create view holes which the public can use as portholes to see inside the frame. Using all her skills and ability combined with the guidance of David, she hopes to achieve a unique and individual style identifiable to her as a florist.