In September I went on holiday to Menorca an incredible Unesco heritage site. It’s a bewitching island with its unique landscape, amazing colours and magnificent light.
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A Summer Wedding in a Provençal palette
The lovely couple Francesca and Marco, celebrate their wedding near Verona. The floral wedding arrangements are in a summer Provençal style. For the tablescape floral design I recreate a summer flower garden in the delicate Provençal palette of lilac, pink, white and a touch of deep burgundy.
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Total White for an Elegant Wedding in the Vineyard Valley of Valpolicella
A very sweet German couple, chose the beautiful vineyard valley of Valpolicella in the North of Italy, near Lake Garda, for their wedding. The bride chose a total white palette in different shades for the day’s elegant floral scenography.
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A Modern Natural style Wedding near Verona
In the early days of last September, Natalie and Julius, a young couple from Holland, celebrated their wedding in an Italian countryside villa near Verona. They loved this venue for the very romantic atmosphere and amazing view over the hills. Natalie wanted a modern, natural look for her wedding floral decorations, to highlight the style of the Italian villa.
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4 Summer Flowers for a White Wedding on Lake Garda
Last September, in a country venue surrounded by olives and vineyards on Lake Garda near Verona, I created the florals for a lovely Italian couple living in London. Since the location had that countryside vibe Greta, chose a timeless green and white palette and a natural romantic style.
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A Joyful Summer Wedding in an Italian Countryside Villa
For this summer wedding the bride told me she wanted a joyful, relaxed vibe for her big day. The couple chose a romantic countryside villa near Verona, with a dreamlike wood. The colours that expressed her vision best were: bright orange, sunny yellow, shades of pink, combined with a touch of delicate peach and white.
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3 Perfect Palettes for your Wedding with Pantone 2024
Being January I always like to start the year with Pantone’s chosen colour. Peach fuzz’ is this year’s choice. Three colours schemes that Iike most
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5 Summer Flowers for an Amazing Bridal Bouquet
In September I created the wedding floral decorations for a sweet, young couple. The bride Siè was from Colombia and the groom Patrick, from Germany. Being an international couple with friends and family coming from all over the world, they decided to celebrate their union in romantic Italy. Siè and Patrick immediately fell in love with the location, a very dreamy estate near lake Garda, set amongst vineyards and olives.
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The Manhattan Flower market in New York
As soon as I found out that there was a Flower market in New York, I immediately decided to put it on my bucket list!So I organized my expedition to leave bright and early 6.30 am. I was so excited as I approached West 28th, I had butterflies in my stomach!
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Iconic New York
In October I was lucky enough to visit iconic New York and its incredible vibe amazed me in a thousand ways!
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An Italian wedding in Verona with flowers, herbs and fruit
Last May Georgina and Freddie, a lively English couple, decided to celebrate their wedding in Verona.The couple wanted a very romantic and Italian country style reminiscent of a lighthearted summer Italian day .The dinner decoration was a mix with herbs, dried flowers, peaches and apricots.
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An amazing wine event with flowers, fruit and vegetables
At the beginning of April the well known Verona wine fair was held. I was asked to create a floral backdrop for three soirees in a magnificent Renaissant villa nestled in the Valpolicella vineyards. The palette was lively colourful mixing flowers, fruit and vegetables.
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4 colour palettes for my Design week in Milan
This year I show you my Design week in Milan with 4 colour palettes: lively, earth, pink and light blue.
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14 perfect flowers for the 2023 pantone!
Being January I always like to start the year with Pantone’s chosen colour. ‘Viva Magenta’ is this year’s choice and I absolutely love it!
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Everything about these flowers fascinates me: their origin, history, legends, meaning and the many varieties and colours.
The tulip comes from the East, from Turkey to be precise, where it’s the national flower. It’s first appearance, in Europe was in Wien in the 16th century imported by the ambassador of the Roman empire. Then popularity spread throughout Europe.
From 1644 till 1647 the Dutch people became obsessed with tulips. During this period the price of the bulbs increased so much that people made a lot of money and others lost their entire fortune. Finally in the 19th century the government decided to regulate the prices making them accessible to everybody.
Nowadays the 16h of January in Holland is the national tulip day. In the biggest square in Amsterdam, Dam Square, an awesome temporary garden is created with more than 200.000 tulips. Ten thousand people visit Dam Square every year and receive a tulip.
A few of my favorites are:
French tulips: the stems are long and very willowy. It’s fascinating to see how these tulips move around and bend while time is passing.
Double tulips: the head has at least 15 petals and when it opens up it reminds me of a peony. A variety which is ideal for brides-to-be in late winter and early spring is the “Fox- trot”. The hues vary from white to pale pink.
Parrots tulips: their petals remind me of colourful feathers of a parrot
I’m always bewitched to see how tulips change during their lifetime. They grow, bend, open up and change the hues of their blossom. They’re a true gift from nature.
Tip: don’t put more than 5 fingers of water in the vase. It’s incredible how much they grow, so keep this in mind when creating your floral arrangement.
