Jitters!

Adding tension to a design with a grass frame and collar.

Gently pull the petals ( Ray floret) from the seeded part of the sunflower

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

The finish of every design should be flawless. Make sure there are no bits of glue visible in your design by carefully removing all traces of spills.

The trick to any freestanding design is to get your first three stems standing stable and secure in the water. Once you have that you can build the design around it.

An grass armature that looks scattered but is actually very secure

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

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

Sunflower

Phalaenopsis, Moth orchid

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

An all natural, zero waste design using only plant material.

Spike a wire frame into a disk floret for a light summer design.

When life hands you dyed flowers you make... well creatively speaking it turned out to be not such a bad thing after all!

Create a upright design by supporting the flowering stems

Durbanville Flower Club: Nature's Treasures, A Floral Art Exhibition at D'Ville Shopping Center Durbanville, Western Cape, South Africa

Leaning floral stems to stand on their own in a shallow container

Stack and wire twigs to create a twig mushroom with attitude for summer

Filling a trumpet flower cup... with more flowers!

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

Scatter some dried grass to make a floral armature

A contemporary cascade of rosary vine and dried petals.

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