Revival

Old leather was cut into strips, from which beautiful vases were made and placed on a base of cork. Watertight paper drinking cups were placed in the vases. The leather vases hold spring bouquets in fresh shades of white. Flared alder ¬props, Allium, hyacinth, ranunculus and fragrant Freesia.

Surprising

Iron rings have been attached to sturdy platinum branches with wool. The rings are wrapped and spanned with different colors of wool, creating beautiful bouquet frames. The spring bouquets combine bright cheerful flower colors with the fresh green of Asparagus and Chasmantium. Bright yellow French tulip, Sandersonia, small white Allium, Ranunculus 'Cloony', ginster and Scabiosa. All stems were tied together with Thypha leaves and each bouquet was placed in a tall narrow vase.

Spring Swing

For this beautiful hanging spring object, beautiful robust vines were tied together with string for the background and filled with blue multiflora hyacinths and Muscari. Between these, some glass tubes with Clematis 'Star River' were placed as an extra surprise effect. Great for a spring event.

'Also, play primarily on smell'

Spring is bursting forth and the splash of color is appearing in the form of budding branches, bulbs sprouting from the ground and blossoms shooting into bloom. Green stylist Sjacco Gerritsen can get excited about it every year. 'Spring is the period from which we get a lot of energy at Fleur Inn green styling. New year, new opportunities and every time you notice that the customers are looking forward to making their homes and gardens cosy again with spring flowers.

'We use a lot of flared branches and a lot of natural materials. It is also very exciting and surprising to play on smell. That sometimes gets a little into the background.'

'The smell of spring: daffodils, mimosa, hyacinths, lilies: you can tell from the customer in the store that they love it. Real spring is in color, fragrance and design - we as florists can do a lot with that. And above all also seduce the customer.'

'Spring to me means color and wonder'

In addition to running her business Hilde in house, flower decorator Hilde Pit teaches four days at a VMBO green school where she introduces students to the floral profession during flower & design classes. 'Students inspire me by their wonder about certain materials, all the more fun to inspire them again with new materials.'

'I grew up with National Park Weerribben-Wieden as my backyard. This is where my love for being outdoors and beautiful materials from nature was born. Spring for me means fine materials, color and wonder. Seeing the buds coming back on the trees and the first fresh sprigs in the garden: fantastic.'

'In this season I use bright colors in combination with pastels, all mixed together. I like stubborn materials: fragile ranunculus, but also tulips that decide for themselves which way to grow. Today's customer appreciates flowers much more the way they are now: few leaves, purity. That's something we've seen in recent years, but I'm sure customers will appreciate it even more in the future.

Spring symphony

Spring is arriving. And it can be felt as early as February, although of course it can still be quite a winter well into March and even April. But for now, the outside temperature has been very mild for weeks this year, reason why the bulbs in the garden are sprouting out of the ground, the branches are budding and the birds, judging by their whistling, already have spring clearly in the air.