Botanical elegance
This round arrangement is set on an Oasis Nature BioBase wreath (Ø 41cm) with the edge coarsely finished with sheet moss for a botanical effect. The inspiration is a colorful picking garden – with a focus on garden roses. The arrangement is made upright (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 Asparagus branches – so only the skeleton of the branch remains. For the green contrast, large wild, faded dill flower heads with seed pods from the roadside ditch were used. A very beautiful natural whole, in a transparent glass vase.
Garden bouquet
For the base of this hand-tied garden bouquet, a large branched head of wild dill from the roadside was used. Other flowers such as Rosa 'Darlington', Gerbera 'Pasta Rosata', Anemone 'September Charm', Gloriosa 'Rothschildiana', Lilium 'Red Velvet' and Clematis 'Star River' are incorporated into a hand-tied sheaf bouquet, the pinkish-red roses from our own garden complete the picture. The bouquet is placed in a blue luster earthenware pot. Graceful tendrils of the passionflower are wrapped around the entire bouquet, stripped Asparagus branches provide an airy effect.
Bali vibes
For the base of this plant arrangement, a round circle was sawn from a sheet of MDF. Metal pins are sprayed gold and attached to the wooden plate. Blue velvet is then stretched over this and attached to the bottom with a tacker. The bottoms of sapucaia nuts are drilled and attached to the pins. A mix of different types of Philodendron plants are playfully incorporated into the nuts. The whole is finished with self-made brown Bio Oasis stones that are placed between the plant roots with satay skewers. Tendrils of the passionflower complete it.
Italian grandeur in floral art
The beautiful Italian Amalfi Coast was the setting for the prestigious La Bella Vita workshop from May 20 to 25. 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.