By mid-August, autumn is already in the air. The atmosphere is changing. It is moister, there is dew on the grass, you smell the earthy scent and there are lots of cobwebs in often unexpected places.
With shorter days and lower sunlight, muted, foggy light and rich light-shadow play emerge. This season calls for touch: texture makes a difference, adds depth and surprise - and lets even neutral hues speak.
In arrangements we combine beady shiny berries with fluffy clematis seeds, mosses with juicy or prickly fruits and dried or impregnated leaves. Swirling tendrils, for example of vine and rosehip bring movement.
Autumn offers many materials with different textures. The combination of robust seed pods, think of teasel, lantern plant, Agapanthus, with just delicate fluffy seeds and grasses, from trill grasses to full plumes, play an important role. Flowers stand out, have volume, drama, stature: Eremurus, gladioli, sunflowers, dahlias, hanging Amaranthus.
All these seasonal materials set the tone in warm, saturated autumn colors. This Autumn special translates that lush abundance into inspiring tone-setting arrangements and applicable ideas for the store. Pure texture, pure autumn.
