Naturally fused

Over an open organic form made of black pokes (1.4 mm) is woven a basket form of Clematis tendrils. Attaching elder branches to this will keep this basic form standing by itself. Next, Clematis Amazing Tokyo flowers are attached in a natural growth form over the braided Clematis tendrils, moving with the movement of the object. The stems of the tulips and Ranunculus were inserted through the frame directly into the water. All flower species have their own height so that natural groups are created, giving the whole object a very natural look.

Freestanding

The structure of Cornus branches appears as if floating and very light. To achieve this effect, black pokes (1.8 mm) were drilled into a weathered block of wood, and the Cornus branches were impaled on the pokes. The whole is given strength by connecting each Cornus stem in at least three places with bindwire and pierced with pieces of black pokes. The flowers, Papaver, Clematis Amazing Kansas, Tulipa, Ranunculus, are placed only at the top to show off the structure and make the whole look elegant.

Water source

By connecting branches of elder (Sambucus) with wire, an open branch structure was created in this vase. In the openings, Delphinium 'Guardian Lavender,' Delphinium 'Bella Andes Azure,' Clematis Amazing 'Star River,' Eryngium and Pennisetum were grouped in parallel and inserted directly into the water.

'Vegetative is difficult to execute commercially in the current zeitgeist'

The theme Nature, Naturally! can be approached in different ways, according to floral designer Max van de Sluis. 'For me as a florist, vegetative is the most obvious and perhaps the most ultimate in its beauty. Yet in the current zeitgeist, vegetative is difficult to execute commercially.'

'Reason that I went in a more realistic direction, using as a starting point the materials you can easily obtain at wholesale, and then using them to make arrangements with a natural look.'

'I wanted to achieve that natural look by processing the flowers in a certain way. Think of solutions like processing each species at a more or less distinct height, a more parallel placement, growth forms, movement, finding combinations with old natural flower forms from outside and or by incorporating branches.'

'This expands the possibilities quite a bit and makes it possible to put your style, emotion and feeling into this. This path is more commercial and more realistic in its feasibility.'

Today's time

In the background, a piece of wooden beam (leftover wood), in a regular rhythm, a number of gold-colored metal fern-like leaves are placed: very tightly straight up. On the contrary, to create a nice contrast between the two elements, the flowers are placed organically. The arrangement symbolizes the times of today where the golden ferns are the people, and the flowers are the surrounding nature. Very different and yet not clashing, they form a beautiful whole.

Back to nature

A beautifully robust slate container is filled with Oasis Terra Brick. Incorporated in this are many different unusual varieties of flowers placed as they naturally grow from the earth. A beautiful mix of French tulips, orchids, Cambria, Ludisia, Cornus, Talinum 'Long John', Osmunda fern curl, Ranunculus and Nerine are incorporated here. All materials are biodegradable, and can be returned to nature.