Rest a bit here

Add a leaf to a large-ish vase to create a small puddle of water for your short flower stem to rest in.

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

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

Cut a small wedge out of a stack of waxy leaves to keep the flower and twig in place.

Slip a leaf into the gap between two glass containers to keep it upright... and add a plastic lining to support the flowers nestled into it.

Suspend a flower for an unusual but minimalist design over a leaning container lid.

Cut the Phalaenopsis orchid with a bit of green stem attached. This will make them last longer.

Fold a single blade of grass or slender leaf around a small container to stand your flower in position

Hide the water source in a rolled leaf

Cattleya orchids

Ooooh! Am I excited to show you this design. It is an ordinary fishbowl vase... balanced on it's side.

Deceptively simple. A design that relies on you working with not against what is already there.

Position foliage to create a smaller, shallow pond for your floral details to shelter in.

Give a minimal design a few grass "whiskers" to feel that Spring breeze.

New growth... too cute to resist!

... a something to look forward to design that makes you lean in closer to see what might still be.

Oh my! Picked from my balcony garden... after I thought I completely missed it blooming.

A easy going summer design that makes full use of the imperfections you harvest from your cut garden.

Support a small bundle of spring florals to stand upright in water with two Monstera leaves.

Making what makes your floral details unique the focal point of a design

Weave a basket with dangling edges for a single orchid display

Weave a willow bird nest

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

Weave tiny wreaths on the stems of Wisteria vines

Create a minimal design with a few leaves to keep is all upright.

Dutch floral designer Pim van den Akker, from Flower Factor invited me to participate in a FloraHolland initiative promoting the versatility of Freesias entitled ...

Urgh… my glass cake stand broke leaving me with a still beautiful, but now mismatched and extremely inspirational lid...

Stack two vases to create a small gap at the side to keep a leaf upright

This week we look at the design featured in the Flower Guide Chapter at the very end of my book

Skewer Dracaena leaves into a roll that supports a tiny water source for the Oncidium orchids

Use snips and snippets and leftovers to create a design of it's own