Add the tiniest of floral details below calla lilies to craft a dramatic but still easy to wear fascinator.

Trendy fascinator design using long lasting (read can be designed ahead of time) floral details.

Love anchovies cans. And if you fold over the pull tab just so it is perfect for keeping even longer stem flowers upright.

Pull tab support for "canned" Calla lilies and bunny-tail grass.

Using those much treasured dried autumn details to bridge the gap between the bright green of summer and the brightness that is yet to come.

Getting the balance just so... so that you lean into the first sights of Autumn.

Carefully bubble out a tied bunch of grass to make a cavity to display gorgeous flowers.

A grass bubble to frame two of the most beautiful calla lilies.

Hook the calla lilies over the edge of a vase to create a support for your taller floral details.

Hang the arum lilies from the edge of a container to support all the other floral details.

Wire seeded Eucalyptus into a long tinsel garland.

Wire a sparkling tinsel garland to dress up a single, elegant Arum lily.

The second design I did for my book launch demonstration looking at aspects that influences my effortless style of designing.

Create a barely there armature with sturdy end of season vines.

Weave tiny wreaths on the stems of Wisteria vines

It is possible to curve or adjust a curve in plant material

Gently curve plant material.

Create a minimal design by placing a single flower on a platform

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

My article and wedding direction board design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine

Decorate an artificial wreath with fresh flowers and frosted twigs

Petroleum jelly is both waterproof and not water soluble it creates a waterproof barrier to keep the water from leaking out of the vials when you hang it upside down. In fact,...

Create a floral ceiling

Rolled leaves offer support for floral stems

Roll autumn leaves to create a frog to keep flowers upright

Weave a few spheres to create a simple design

This is my article that I wrote for the Mother's Day Design Issue of Canadian Florist Magazine

String Autumn leaves to fall down in a design

Stack and glue a large twig rectangle to hang as room divider

Retail florists and wholesalers are already designing, ordering and preparing their product range for Mother's Day. This is my article that I wrote for the Mother's Day Design...

An easy going design of ripped grass and calla lilies. But look a bit closer. See if you can find Mr. Stalk relaxing somewhere between the blades of grass.

Open an arum lily up by rolling the funnel shaped spathe (petal) over

My Chameleon is mono-botanical. Made from coiled grass

The only thing I needed to make these avocado green arums perfect was a small admirer...

I have always been fascinated, as a designer, by the idea that there is a point when extremes or direct contrasts flip into its opposite.

Follow the flower's natural curve but you can also curve only sections to create an elegant crescent or a curve at the tip of the stem

Freely translated it means Each Moment, Only Once. It is a saying associated with Japanese tea ceremonies.

August is Arum Lily Season in the Western Cape.