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Water... lots of water- that is the answer to designing flower arrangements that survive the summer heat.

For my design I wanted the wreath to look wind blown so I added a few loosely woven twigs into the weave. I also wanted to emphasize the autumn colours so I added a twirling...

Passion fruit flowers never lasts long. Not even growing outside on a vine. But the buds continue to open once cut making a wreath display ideal for an even changing passion fruit...

Most stems, twigs and even sturdier branches can be bend into shapes. It takes practice and more than a bit of patience. The main idea is to slowly manipulate the branch without...

Weave tiny vine wreaths on the leave stems of a stripped Wisteria vine

A zero waste and sustainable floral design solution to keep your flowers exactly where you want them without using floral foam.

This is both a decorative and functional design solution. But most importantly, I think, there is absolutely zero waste.

Weave a few small wreaths to connect

I wanted my willow armature to hint of a web-like dreamcatcher that grows in the wild rather than being a precise replica of the traditional craft technique. But I did weave it...

Make a wire wreath frame with wire and cover it with growth mesium or moss to design on

Inca lily, Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas

Granadilla, passionflower, passion vines

A fun way to elevate a few bud vases into a display.

Tiny tomato vine design to celebrate Summer.

Weave a web of jasmine vine to support orchid stems

Gorgeous Aquilegia vulgaris spring flower... with it's own springy thing!

Frame a passion flower in a vine wreath for a short lived but so pretty arrangement.

Weave tiny wreaths on the stems of Wisteria vines

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.

A sustainable, absolutely no waste floral design using willow to suspend your flower head in your arrangement.

weave a few wreaths to link

Take inspiration from a traditional Dream-catcher design to create a floral armature

Roll and set willow twigs into a spring

Contemporary Wreath Design demonstration as part of the Durbanville Garden Club's annual Garden Festival, Western Cape, South Africa

Bright and sunny cymbidium orchids and roses, lilies, lisianthus and pincushions