Somewhere in the Middle

Hide the water source in a rolled leaf

When you need to keep a tiny stem hydrated this is just what you need. If you can't find a suitable drinking straw... I also have an upgrade: tiny food grade pipe water tubes.

Orchids grow in long flower spikes. It is great to use the entire stem but sometimes you need shorter section. There is a trick to cutting the stems without leaving a visible...

Great way to use all the autumn leaves you collect on walks during the season. Slowly build up the leaf rosette and let the leaves dry before adding a few more.

Roll foliage to create tubes

Long stemmed autumn leave tubes as a floral armature

Rolled leaves offer support for floral stems

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

I used to make baskets full of these when I was a little girl. We had a big Acasia thorn tree and I used to spear my “roses” onto the tree pretending I was the fairy responsible...

Dancing lady

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

Curl foliage to use as a natural armature for delicate buds.

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

Quick and easy: Stack autumn leaves onto a wire for a... tiny table top Christmas tree.

Gently curve a shallow area with a leaf to showcase a gorgeous flower with a short stem in a water filled vase

Skewer a few leaves to turn a single carnation in a bud vase... into an occasion... all by itself!

An enclosed design that invites the onlooker to lean in closer to explore the pretty orchid.

Sweet spring design to hold some buds

New growth... too cute to resist!

Adding the smallest details to absolutely make the design.

Beautiful Bletilla striata (Chinese Ground Orchid) deserves it's own elaborate frilly skirt display.

Connect a unit of leaves... and a pretty floppy stem with thorns.

A nod to a summer filled with flowers... and the quite possibly the last of the season flowers still there to be picked.

A glowing autumn display of vases to scatter around every here and there.

Floral Sushi Dinner, for two

A rosette of fall leaves to celebrate the beauty of autumn

Silhouette design using glasses filled with water

Roll autumn leaves to create a frog to keep flowers upright

Bend dried fall leaves to balance on the edge of a glass container

Cut lengths of bamboo to place in a shallow container as a flower frog

Traditional Hana-Kubari flower mechanic

Convert a dowel stick into a container for delicate flower stems

Tie a bundle of grass as a floral mechanic

Weave a loose basket to display a single flower... or three

A Floral Art Demonstration by Floral Trends Design Group with music, narration and pictorial presentation.