'As a florist, I like to showcase our craft'

When floral designer Johannes de Boer thinks of autumn, he immediately thinks of mushrooms. And he puts his money where his mouth is by taking the special shape of the mushroom hat as the starting point for an arrangement.

'In terms of materials, the fall season naturally has a rich assortment. Branches, berries and grasses, so wonderful to work with! Basic shades suit us very well, but the warm autumn colors are also definitely a favorite.'

'In the autumn period, we often see that our customers want to make their homes cozy again. After having lived mainly outside during the summer, they want to go back inside. Flowers and plants provide a lot of atmosphere then. In our store we mainly sell many bouquets, preferably as natural as possible. Field bouquets are the most popular.'

'As a florist, I like to show our craft, which is why I make many bases and frames myself. Customers really appreciate that and come back for it. It's also ideal for subscriptions, because you can reuse the bases each time with a different application and have them rotate.'

Mushroom hat

This autumn bouquet was inspired by the hat of a mushroom. 'A free interpretation, admittedly.' As a base, a frame was made from welding wires that was then wrapped with Oasis Rustic Wire. The flowers - Gloriosa, Kniphofia, Crocosmia and tendrils of Rosa 'Smeralda' - were woven through the frame with some of the 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 beautiful mossy piece of cork, holes were drilled into which, increasing in length, Craspedia was inserted. Various materials were glued onto the cork, which dried nicely: seed pods of Eucalyptus 'Bellgum', rose hip and prepared oak leaves. To give the whole of this longer-lasting arrangement on cork a playful character, grasses were sandwiched between the glued materials.

Autumn Bowl

Half a hollow Styrofoam ball is pasted with birch bark on the outside and terracotta clay on the inside. An Oasis ball filled with chrysanthemums was placed in the bowl shape. Materials that dry nicely such as Rudbeckia, rose hip, Viburnum berry and Scabiosa stellata were then glued to the edge of the bowl.

Indian summer

Glued around an Oasis wreath are dried sunflower stems of various lengths. These stems are a harbinger of autumn. The whole is topped with orange candle wax. Several flowers were inserted into the floral foam wreath, including Dianthus 'Green Trick,' nutans (Leucospermum cordifolium), Dahlia, Freesia, Tillandsia, Heliopsis, Stipa grasses, Crocosmia and Begonia leaf. Glass stitch tubes were placed in some sunflower stems, in which flowers were also placed. The Indian summer coloring emphasizes the fall season.

Stacking balls

A stack of nuts and styrofoam balls of various sizes were glued to an iron peg. The Styrofoam balls are smeared with terracotta-colored clay. Bromeliad plants were placed in some of the nuts. In the remaining openings, glass plug tubes were clamped into which Dahlia flowers and dot leaves of Begonia maculata were inserted. One type of flower with also a round shape was deliberately chosen. To reinforce the design of the arrangement, the round shapes can be found in all the materials used. As a finishing touch, seed pods of Eucalyptus 'Bellgum' and mossed twigs were glued between the round shapes.