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Cut short bamboo lengths to keep your flower material upright in a shallow and narrow container

Multiple tiny twigs create a flower frog to keep the delicate buds and leaves in the exact spot you want.

Break the water flow when you fill a vase with details in that can move with the stream of water

New growth is really difficult to design with and definitely needs to be conditioned and placed in a water source

Rolled leaves offer support for floral stems

Komiwara is a classic and traditional Ikebana technique used in a Rikka design. Designers would usually bundle straw to keep the flowers in place.

Roll foliage to create tubes

Latch a few bamboo pieces together to create a scaffold for the flowers to hang from

Create a panel for the flowers to hang on

Combine sisal string and flexible bamboo to weave with

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

Glue a bit of grass snippets to suspend over the design

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

Some designs really do just make themselves. I received this tiny vase for Christmas from Marius (thank you, Marius!) and while cleaning out my design room I found this little...

A cut stem flower frog for the heavy Hanging Heliconia flowers

Fill eggshells with moss to create an upright container... with a surprising balancing trick.

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

Tie a bundle of grass to support your floral details

I would definitely describe my own personal style as minimalist classic... but with an edgy twist.

Stacking green stems to create an armature for short stemmed flowers.

Whether it’s a solid foot for floating flowers, the tips of new growth or the curve of a dried twig your design needs help to stay upright.

Viola and chives cleverly dancing upright in a row.

Standing your delicate flower stems in a fern frond.

Adding our own "bit" to our floral design work.

An all natural shallow container design solution...

Place short twigs, leaning to one side to create a flower frog

Spiral grass to create a nest for the lady slipper orchids

A sneaky way to condition new growth to add into your Spring design

Roll autumn leaves to create a frog to keep flowers upright

Be inspired by traditional Ikebana techniques

Manipulate fresh willow stems to create a sprouting armature for long tulip stems

Split a few bamboo sections to create a happy water source for miniature orchids

Traditional Hana-Kubari flower mechanic

Lash a few bamboo pieces together to create a scaffold armature