Happily floating

For this summery floating wreath, pieces of styrofoam are glued under the floral foam wreath with mounting adhesive – allow to harden for 24 hours. The styrofoam keeps the wreath afloat. The floral foam is then ajour arranged with various flowers in pastel shades: Italian Ruscus, soft pink spray rose 'Pepita', golden yellow Rosa 'Golden Lady', pink-yellow Rosa 'Romantic Vuvuzela', Clematis Amazing Miami, feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium), lisianthus 'Blue Château', Lathyrus 'Mango', lilac Campanula medium, and Panicum 'Heavy Metal'.

Summer joy

A frame is bound from two rings, rattan pith, and binding wire. The flowers are sheaf-bound ajour through the frame, allowing the elongated flower shapes to be displayed to their full advantage. Green materials used: Eremurus stenophyllus, bright blue Delphinium belladonna, cobalt blue Delphinium ‘Guardian Blue’, Centaurea montana, Anethum graveolens, Umbrella fern, mustard yellow Rosa Spoiler, and Panicum ‘Umbrella’.

'Materials that are pure are always my preference'

Master florist Diny Blom has had her Blomatelier in the heart of Gouda for 33 years. As the daughter of growers and florists, she grew up on the edge of the forests of the Southern Veluwe. 'Nature always appeals to the imagination and is always a source of inspiration. I still remember the large barrel with Icelandic moss in the corridor of the nursery – and my father's secret of adding some salt to it for a clear color. But also the trunks and
pine cones that came from the forest.'

‘Materials that are pure are always my preference. My
nursery-friends in Boskoop also have great Pinus species in addition to beautiful Cryptomeria. They also keep old roots for me. And the Ilex grower keeps the crooked and bent branches especially for me. I always drive away from there super happy with beautiful materials!’

‘The trend I see is a growing appreciation for nature and simplicity, with soft colors such as powder pink, gold, ivory, green and white, but also red, orange, bright pink.’

Peace

There is no way to peace, peace is the way. On a peace symbol made of corten steel, a large number of deep dark red and some salmon-colored florets of the Santini chrysanthemum are glued. A powerful statement with flowers.

Enjoying the scent of roses

Take a seat, stop time, and be amazed; life is extraordinary! In these fast-paced times we live in, it is important to slow down and enjoy life. Roses in different shades are naturally arranged on different sizes of water dishes. By placing them at different heights around the pouf, you can literally sit among the flowers and fully enjoy the rose scent.

Let the sun shine

We can't miss a summer sun. A ball made of pieces of floral foam is wrapped with chicken wire. A snap hook is attached to the chicken wire to hang the sun. The ball is shortly inserted with sunflowers, Tanacetum, Leucanthemum, Craspedia and dried, colored palm leaves.