Botanical elegance
This round arrangement is stitched on an Oasis Nature BioBase wreath (Ø 41cm) whose edge is coarsely finished with plate moss for the botanical effect. Inspiration is a colorful picking garden - with garden roses in particular. The arrangement is made straight up (like shapes in a garden) from a beautiful mix of Gerbera 'Pasta Rosata', Dahlia 'Pink Magic', Rosa 'New Design', Clematis 'Star River' and Asclepias 'Soulmate'. The lilac Clematis provides an exciting contrast. As a detail, small copper leaves are strung and hung along the stems.
Pure Natural
This hand-tied 'wild' bouquet consists of few materials: fresh Ammi visnaga 'Casablanca', artichoke (Cynara) 'Green Globe' and Nigella 'White Lady'. The whole is finished with stripped branches of Asparagus - leaving only the skeleton of the branch. For green contrast, large wild, spent dill flower heads with seed pods from the roadside were used. A very beautiful natural ensemble, in a transparent glass vase.
Garden Bouquet
For the base of this hand-tied garden bouquet, we started with a large branched head of wild dill from the roadside. Other flowers such as Rosa 'Darlington', Gerbera 'Pasta Rosata', Anemone 'September Charm', Gloriosa 'Rothschildiana', Lilium 'Red Velvet' and Clematis 'Star River' were incorporated into a hand-tied corn sheaf bouquet, the rose-red roses from our own garden completed the look. The bouquet is placed in a blue chandelier earthenware pot. Graceful tendrils of passion flower are wrapped around the entire bouquet, stripped Asparagus branches create an airy effect.
Bali vibes
For the base of this plant arrangement, a round circle was cut from a sheet of MDF. Metal pegs were sprayed gold and attached to the wooden board. Blue velvet was then stretched over this, which was attached at the bottom with a tacker. The bases of sapucaia nuts were drilled in and attached to the pegs. A mix of different species of Philodendron plants were playfully incorporated into the nuts. The whole thing was finished off with homemade brown Bio Oasis pebbles placed between the plant roots with satay sticks. Tendrils of passion flower finish it off.
Italian grandeur in floral art
From May 20 to 25, the beautiful Italian Amalfi Coast was the
setting for the prestigious workshop La Bella Vita. Here Per Benjamin, Max van de Sluis and Vincenzo Antonuccio presented an
international floral wedding and event experience in floral art.
'From the impermanence of flowers comes much beauty'
Floral artist Franca Logan-van den Berk is originally from the Netherlands from where, via Canada and England, she ended up in New Zealand where she has been living for the past eighteen years. She still speaks Dutch well but prefers the English language for answering the interview questions. Her passion for the trade is undeniable: "Flowers are my livelihood and also my hobby.