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DPK Floral magazine 2025-4

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Midwinter Magic

In the winter season, the world sounds just a little softer. The colors
shift to grayer tones, shapes and textures clearly outline themselves. In arrangements, each flower and branch is given its own stage.

Christmas, feast of light

Just when the days are shortening, floral designers can add warmth, glow and a festive touch to interiors with their arrangements. Handcrafted creations, natural materials and playful accents in wine red, bronze, gold or surprising black link an individual story to every room. Family and friends gather around the table, floral creations bring warmth and coziness. In the darkest time of the year, Christmas is rightfully the feast of light.

Winter & Christmas inspiration

Articles

Reflection

Jan van Doesburg

Dominant Christmas decorator

If you ask yourself what the most prevalent Christmas material is you would first think of pine greens and other traditional materials. Yet worldwide first place must surely be ceded to the poinsettia. Dominantly present, widely accepted as a Christmas symbol, and the most cultivated potted plant in the world.

Opinion

Anita Meuleman

'The flowers have chosen me'

Norwegian florist Stein Are Hansen is outspoken in his opinions, committed to the floral profession and averse to lazy solutions. He advocates a model that re-establishes floral design in craftsmanship, sustainability and a businesslike approach. For his colleagues, he has a clear message: read the commission (giver) carefully, choose your own signature and dare to take the lead.

Leading Flower Shops

Anita Meuleman

'Always inspired by nature'

On the outskirts of Eersel lies Domein Oogenlust, a world where nature, craftsmanship and experience coincide. On the eight-hectare estate, nature forms both backdrop and starting point. But for visitors, the most striking features are the inspiring concept store (500^m2) and the event location (900^m2). Oogenlust is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year and is the life's work of Marcel and Monique van Dijk. Meanwhile, a new chapter has begun: son Wim took over the company on Oct. 30. We speak with Marcel van Dijk about signature, sustainability and the future of the trade.

Event

Anita Meuleman

Lights & Shadows

Féerie Florale returned to the Landcommanderij Alden Biesen in 2025, for its second edition, as the largest floral event in Belgium, with four days of floral installations, demonstrations and competitions. The organization was again in the hands of Be-Florist, the Belgian professional federation of florists. The festival took place from Friday, Sept. 26 to Monday, Sept. 29.

Event

Anita Meuleman

A theatrical season symphony

In September, Kyrgyz floral designer Petr Anokhin put capital city Bishkek in flowers with the event FloraFusion Kyrgyzstan, a grand project at the intersection of floral expo and theatrical art spectacle. In addition to a spectacular evening floral show, the city was a meeting place for florists, designers and art lovers for several days; a place where craftsmanship, nature and culture came together. The project was dedicated to the International Day of Peace as well as the five-year anniversary of the Guild of Florists in Kyrgyzstan so that aesthetics and meaning reinforced each other.