'Providing ideas and creating a welcoming atmosphere'

Créatrice florale Charlotte Bartholomé cannot let the 10th anniversary of her flower store go unnoticed. 'Such a special moment should be celebrated, a unique opportunity to color the store in party mood and invite customers, friends and suppliers.

For all occasions, the store is transformed into an enchanting experience. For Christmas, too, the entire store should shine and exude a special Christmas atmosphere. 'I am going to decorate a very large Christmas tree anyway. A real one, which will be up to four meters high. Every year I change the color of the decoration. This year I'm going for bronze, brown, gold and a little green, with each corner having its own color. In the center will be a beautiful table decoration with floral arrangements. It's important to give people ideas.'

Charlotte loves the cozy warm atmosphere of Christmas, of making her customers happy. 'Classic shapes like stars and wreaths remain a fixture, but I also like to experiment with new shapes and materials. Besides red and green, pale tones combined with gold and bronze will play an important role this year. And certainly also creations with light.'

Graphic silhouette

This fan is constructed as a frame bouquet: fresh Tillandsia is tightly wrapped around 5mm aluminum wire to form a resilient support. In this frame, Clematis Amazing Kansas gets the stage, complemented by sophisticated accents of Talinum 'Long John', Polianthes tuberosa, Phalaenopsis, Gloriosa and beautiful foliage for some added depth and detail. The combination of airy plant textures and slender flower stems delivers a light and graphic winter silhouette.

Sober elegance

Two cylinder vases on bases are tightly wound with dried branches, with the tight and neat binding lines being a deliberate part of the design. Flowers are sandwiched between the branches, allowing for quick and efficient work, provided the wood is completely dry - in fact, fresh branches still shrink. Flower varieties such as Sanguisorba and Gloriosa are shown off elegantly in this austere setting.

Hibernation

A bouquet in soothing colors and high pettability that shows the power of simplicity. The support is a wreath of dried Davallia roots. A compact mass of Gypsophila 'Million Daisy' is placed in the center. A few brown Tillandsia xerographica provide winter texture, while three white flowers of Clematis Amazing Vienna brighten the scene.

Strong and bright

A fan built with florist wire (1.6mm) on a central pin. The whole thing is sprayed in copper color and then wrapped with copper-colored bouillon wire. Water tubes make changing and refreshing flowers easy. The slender lines allow Phalaenopsis, Gloriosa, Talinum 'Long John' and Scabiosa to stand out well within a strong and clear silhouette.

Green Power

A generous bowl demonstrates the power of reuse within plant arrangements. A straw wreath features an additional ring to create a saucer shape,
fully taped and sprayed brown. On top are glued roots of Davallia fern, with a simple plastic saucer underneath. As a base,
swaying Scindapsus plants provide volume and movement, with soothing rosettes of Echeveria, compact Euphorbia and a few specimens of Tillandsia xerographica in between. Between the plants, decorative branches made of rustic wire and paperwire add the necessary rhythm.