It takes more than one person to invent a trumpet!

A hidden water source small enough to fit into a dainty flower.

Cyclamen stems are so close together that it is easy to damage the plant when cutting stems.

When you need to keep a tiny stem hydrated this is just what you need.

How to keep Lilies in bud for longer. Removing the pollen. Stringing a Lily Garland.

Easy way to fill test tubes and easiest way to remove water from a vase

Create a contrasting base to lift the heavy flower-head to design in

Dry fall leaves to create a ball shape structure

Set the rosary vines into the natural cavity of the flower head.

Curl the wire at irregular intervals to create a natural wire tendril similar to that of a passion fruit plant

Lily

Cyclamen, English sowbread

Zig-zag grass details add a bit of tension to the design

An all out effective way of keeping a flower stem in the exact spot you want it to be in a clear water vase design.

Weave around the stamens of a lily to create a daffodil like inside.

Use the heart of a sunflower as a platform to place your autumn floral details on.

Complete the picture by drawing a lily flower with delicate vines.

Use the petals of your flower to cleverly keep all the other floral details of your design firmly in place.

Adding more to an autumn design... but leaving everything out that you don't need.

… and why we call this the special craftsmanship edition

Balance the heavy Protea flower head to lean against a rock.

Hoard a few acorns in the fork of a twig to show off a single oncidium orchid.

dry autumn leaves into an acorn shape

A contemporary cascade of rosary vine and dried petals.

The design for the cover of my book, the effortless floral craftsman, crafted from Fiddlehead Fern and Red Lipstick Hanging Heliconia.

Place a water tube at an angle in lumber so that the Zantedeschia float just above the base to show off the delicate grass snippets scattered up the stem