Dannevirke's Yukimi Brown is a floral artist with flair and a winning way with her creative designs.
"She's got the X-factor in design," Joy Charmley, president of the Dannevirke Floral Art Society, said.
"We were all buzzing when Yukimi's name was called out as a winner at the annual conference."
Last year the Dannevirke group nominated two of Yukimi's designs to the prestigious Floral Art Society of New Zealand for its 2018 diary.
Both were accepted to be included in the diary, along with 52 other designs. Yukimi's design, Ribbons of the Sea, won the Gean Kerr Salver for the best use of leaves.