More with less
The inspiration for this bouquet is the theme of sustainability – how to create a lot of impact with few flowers. The base is a structure of fine branches: Salix and Chaenomeles japonica. Vertical branches are attached to two circles of fine Salix branches. When the branches are firmly interlocked and the structure remains stable, the fine flowers can be added: Craspedia, Gloriosa, French tulips, Sandersonia and leaves of Begonia maculata leaves. Then, the whole is placed in a flat gold-colored bowl with water.
High contrast
Faded grasses from the garden are tied into small bundles with fine bullion wire – for this arrangement, some 350 bundles have been inserted into a base of Oasis Sec floral foam. Centrally in this grass object, or table piece for Easter, glass tubes have been inserted into the floral foam and filled with spring flowers: Craspedia, French tulips, mimosa ‘Mirandol’, small-flowered daffodils and Ranunculus ‘Butterfly’.
A touch of sun
The mix of light-colored grasses and flowers in all shades of yellow, together with a soft and airy structure, ensures that this bouquet radiates energy and optimism. The base is a metal wreath on which fine grasses such as Stipa pennata and yellow hare tails (Lagurus) are bound. In the heart, a sheaf-bound bouquet with soft yellow Ranunculus, warm yellow spray roses, cream-green Helleborus, green-yellow Fritillaria, and sturdy yellow Craspedia.
Spring welcome
The sturdy base is made of a wooden pillar of scaffolding wood to which birch logs are attached. The two large water pipes are each mounted on wooden panels with a structure of gold-colored tile adhesive. The whole is interconnected by a branch construction made of wild honeysuckle vines. The following materials are incorporated in the water pipes: French tulip, Crassula 'Paintball Pop', Sandersonia, Viburnum 'Roseum', Chaenomeles, and pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana).
Powerful
A superb flower to work with is the Craspedia; they also dry nicely. However, for the final result, it is important to find spheres of the same size. They are individually placed on a 1.6 mm wire and run nicely from thin to thick towards the Craspedia sphere. The stems are individually attached to a gold-colored ring wrapped with wire – always with the same distance between the wires. Not many extra flowers and materials have been added to this powerful shape: one beautiful Ceropegia sandersonii tendril, Tillandsia dyeriana flowers, Gloriosa, and various orchids.
Sweeping
This dynamic wrist corsage features a base of Craspedia 'Paintbal Pop' and Limonium 'Max Diamond'. It is further decorated with Astrantia 'Roma', Scabiosa Bon Bon Scoop 'French Vanilla', Clematis Amazing Havanna, Helleborus 'Anna's Red', lisianthus 'Botanic Pink', Peperomia carperata, Narcissus, and Nerine.