'My strength lies primarily in the use of color'
Flower stylist Franka Roenhorst (34) became Dutch champion Floral Art in January 2024. Together with her partner Hans Zijlstra, she runs flower store Bloemstylist Hans Zijlstra in Groningen. Currently she is preparing intensively for the World Cup Floral Art, which will take place in August 2024 in The Hague and in which she will compete for the Netherlands. For Franka, her participation in the World Cup is a major milestone in her career, a personal dream come true.
Mirror
A good number of rolled Magnolia leaves, with the velvety brown side to the outside, are connected by cocktail sticks. An aluminum bowl, in the same brownish shade, is filled with these rolls. In this arrangement, flowers of Clematis Amazing Seville are incorporated in mirror form of the bowl. Also note the mirroring of the shape and color of the Magnolia rolls in the buds and petals.
By and Through Clematis
A bouquet consisting of only Clematis. The circular frame is spirally knotted and braided from Clematis tendrils. Over this and through it, Clematis Amazing Tokyo is incorporated into a wreath shape.
Summer! Party!
For the base of this arrangement, an old Calocephalus brownii was spray painted a bronze color and placed on a bronze-colored pot. In it, widely "fanning out" from the base, white peacock feathers, sagebrush (Polygonatum), grasses and, slightly lower, beautiful Paeonia 'Claire de Lune' are inserted. The structure of Calocephalus fixes the plastic tubes of flowers well and invisibly. This impressive arrangement full of air and light is a real eye-catcher for a summer party!
Summer cocktail
Long colored straws are placed in two tall black vases, between which are arranged beautiful summer flowers, Columbine and Monarda, Tagetes and sunflowers, in various heights. A single beautiful deep red branch of Berberis connects the flowers to the black vases.
Tenderness with spunk
On a beautiful soft pink vase is an Oasis sphere. For stability, a tonkin stick was inserted into the sphere to the bottom of the water-filled vase. Around the top edge of the vase, a border of grasses was attached with double-sided Oasis tape that was then finished with ribbon in a matching shade. In the Oasis sphere, sagebrush (Polygonatum), Paeonia 'Claire de Lune' and yellow dill (Anethum graveolens) were then inserted in different heights. Nostalgic-looking dandelions and dandelion seed bulbs add that extra bit of spice and tenderness to the soft color palette.