Bowl Bouquet
An impressive autumn bouquet with a brown frame, handmade vase, and flowers in mostly orange hues. The base is made using the chicken wire technique with 1.6mm florist wire. Young shoots of fruit trees, pruning waste from the garden and therefore free, are woven through this. Together with the wire, these form a kind of basket. Woody mossy branches that blew out of the trees in the garden after a heavy storm are also incorporated into the basket. This old dead wood is not only decorative but also technical: they lend themselves well to incorporating the Physalis seed pods between them. The seed pods are individually wired and joined together to form branches. Beautiful striking flowers are placed between all the branches: Celosia, Gloriosa, Zantedeschia, Guzmania, germinis, chrysanthemums, and beautiful accompanying materials such as Talinum, Hypericum, and Sanguisorba.
Twins
This set on two beautiful handmade bowls is arranged in bio-foam from Smithers Oasis. The bowls are also the starting point for the shape – continuing the shape of the surface in the floral work is always particularly powerful. All flowers and berries have been thoroughly cleaned. The leafless stems really participate decoratively in this story. The flower heads and berries are inserted in a kind of screen. Many chrysanthemums and also Hypericum berries are used: real autumn materials. Also discover the processed Astrantia, Scabiosa, Guzmania, Phalaenopsis and Dianthus.
Better together
A wonderful set of beautiful objects of which the base can easily be reused. The base is self-made from two decorative garden stakes in flower form – they were flat when purchased. The two stakes are drilled into the wooden blocks and unfolded to make them spatial. To create even more possibilities, thick aluminum wire is incorporated through and around it – so that tubes can easily be attached to it and flowers woven through it. Zantedeschia is perfect for weaving through the frame, with the stems also participating beautifully. Talinum ‘Long John’ is processed dry here – it always dries beautifully. Furthermore, Gloriosa, some orchids, and Scabiosa are beautifully in place in these autumn objects.
Stewed pears
The stewed pears that blew out of the tree after a heavy storm were given a new lease on life. The colors in the pears are beautiful and, together with the beautiful flower hues, form a lovely whole. The base is a wooden MDF board with small water tubes drilled into it. The board is spruced up with metallic spray paint from Smithers Oasis. For an extra accent, satin cord is glued around the edge of the disc. This object can be reused many times. The flowers used are Cambria orchids, lisianthus, chrysanthemums, dill, Scabiosa, and Phalaenopsis.
Autumn wreath in the mix
On a bio-wreath from Smithers Oasis, many dried skeletal Physalis seed pods are glued. All kinds of dried flowers are incorporated on this base, which makes this wreath largely durable. There are many small buds to be found as well as Helichrysum, Gomphrena and Zinnia. Some beautifully drying fresh materials have also been incorporated. To break up the whole and create a contrast between the natural materials, beautiful (fully biodegradable) satin cord has been incorporated.
Warm orange
A stook sheaf tied bouquet, supported by a ring, in beautiful warm orange tones with flowers in autumn colors and berries. The frame consists of a ring that is wrapped with rope and gold-colored wire, to which four sticks are attached. Materials used: Rosa ‘Kahla’, Dahlia, artichoke, Viburnum, Crocosmia, Campsis, Setaria and Echinacea.