Long lasting

Inspired by the early autumn morning. The base is an Oasis Eychenne All Black cushion (Ø 50cm) whose edge is covered with plastic tape, after which oats (Avena sativa) are clamped and tied behind rope. Then, the thin birch branches are placed, and all materials, including Papaver somniferum, Scabiosa stellata, rapeseed, globe thistle, wheat, and ground elder, are inserted into the oasis. The Miscanthus protrudes above the birch branches. As a finish, ornamental fruits, sunflower hearts, and loose leaves are applied. All materials dry nicely.

Wind spinner

Straw is wrapped around a sturdy iron wire with binding wire, and then it is twisted around a sturdy tube to create a spiral shape. Nicandra and Malva are individually wrapped together with bullion wire, sweet chestnut husks are wrapped with rope and then knotted to rope, and Raphanus is threaded onto binding wire. All these strands are fastened to the spiral shape with raffia. The Eryngium is glued onto the spiral, with Tillandsia applied underneath here and there.

'Autumn is full of admiration and amazement'

Florist Willy Pardijs of Vrij Geschikt loves every season, but autumn is her favorite when it comes to the many beautiful materials to work with. She works from the rural Wichmond in the Achterhoek. ‘If you look around carefully in late summer and autumn, you will see so many beautiful materials in nature that it is sometimes difficult to choose what you want to use.’

'Autumn also has something magical, the early morning, the mist that slowly rises and the beautiful warm autumn light that slowly makes its entrance and shows the beautiful colors of nature.'

‘I mainly get my inspiration from nature and I also like to work from my feeling, not thinking but doing. Nature, it provides admiration and wonder. The leaves on the trees get the most beautiful colors and flowers and plants often get the most beautiful fruits and seed pods.

Mushroom hat

This autumn bouquet is inspired by the cap of a mushroom. 'A free interpretation, admittedly.' A frame made of welding rods, subsequently wrapped with Oasis Rustic Wire, serves as the base. The flowers – Gloriosa, Kniphofia, Crocosmia, and tendrils of Rosa 'Smeralda' – are woven through the frame, with some flowers incorporated inside the frame. This creates depth in the bouquet. The stems are deliberately left long so that the whole looks like a kind of mushroom.

Playful

In a beautifully mossy piece of cork, holes have been drilled in which Craspedia has been inserted, increasing in length. Various materials that dry nicely have been glued onto the cork: seed pods of Eucalyptus ‘Bellgum’, rose hips, and prepared oak leaves. To give the whole of this longer-lasting arrangement on cork a playful character, grasses have been clamped between the glued materials.

Autumn basket

A half hollow polystyrene ball is covered on the outside with birch bark and on the inside with terracotta-colored clay. An Oasis ball filled with chrysanthemums is placed in the bowl shape. Materials that dry nicely, such as Rudbeckia, rosehip, Viburnum berries, and Scabiosa stellata, are then glued to the edge of the bowl.