In this post I would like to explain my creative approach in creating 3 themes for a unique flower bar. For the different themed creations I gathered images to make mood-boards and then carefully chose each colour palette. The first step was to gather images to create some moodboards and then I chose the colour palette. Only after these two steps I developed the three different themes.
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7 flowers for a unique autumnal bouquet
Early in October I organized a one-day floral master-class in a former industrial space. In this first post I’ll talk to you about the autumnal bouquet we created.For this floral arrangement I was inspired by the image of ‘a young barefoot woman in a small garden picking flowers for her bouquet!’. The style and mood was bohemian but with my own personal twist.
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Intensive floral workshop spring 2022 in Milan
In March I organized the spring intensive two day floral workshop in Milan in an amazing space . Over the weekend the focus is both on practice and theory. Two awesome days among spring flowers learning the basic of floral design
Read MoreMay blossoming in my garden and terrace
May is an awesome month for my garden and terrace, every day there is surprise awaiting. I’ve been watching the peony bush for some days and just yesterday the first white flower blossomed. There is such a lot of life within it, ants are running up and down its branches and insect are nestling among the petals.
A poppy with its delicate red petal has just blossomed and I really don’t know where the seed came from.
The plants that we chose for the terrace are growing very well.
The green wall that we created is fully blossomed: in April the Osmanthus plants were a perfumed white cloud and now all the roses are opening up. There are different rose plants and each one has its own distinctive colour and perfume. The huses range from pale white to deep purple. The perfume from the white roses is very delicate whereas that of the deep purple ones is so rich and timeless. These roses remind me of the English garden ones which I really love.
The seeds that we planted in early March are growing beautifully. We planted some sweet peas, nigella and cornockles, but we have to wait patiently to see them bloom.
The herbs are coming on splendidly and the first strawberries were delicious.
Yellow, pink and red roses run along the garden fence. Like paint from an artist’s palette splashes of colour brighten every corner of the garden.
On Sunday afternoon I was sitting on the terrace in the shade reading an article about the use of the rose in the cosmetic industry. I discovered that the rose it the most studied flower by biologists and botanists. The only two roses that are used in this sector are the antique cabbage rose and the damask rose. The cabbage rose is cultivated in the South of France and Morocco in the valley of roses and I strongly recommend that you go there! The damask rose comes from Turkey and Bulgaria. Elisabeth de Feydau, professor of the Ecole of Perfumiers of Versailles, describes the scent of the cabbage rose : as herbaceous, poudrè and gourmand. The damask rose however has a fruitier scent with notes of litchi, raspberry, geranium and verbena.
Still on the same topic have a look at the video about the “Rose of Grainville” which was coultivated for the first time in Grainville in Normandy by the Dior. The villa and garden became a museum in 1997.
That’s all for now. I’ll be back next month to tell you how white lavender and seeds are coming along.
Flower Design Course at the Villa La Valverde #1
March 29th, 2014 was the date that Floral Design Courses covered the subject of floral spontaneity at the Villa La Valverde. Splendid bouquets were created when mixing cut flowers with flowers and plants found at the Villa.
We have gathered some photos of the welcoming flowers we found as well as the creations we made.A warm thank you to all of the participants whose energy and passion translated into the optimum results displayed.
