Monique Durrant
Monique Durrant has been in the floral design business for 8 years. She studied floral designing at Humber College for one year. After graduating from Humber, she went to the Netherlands to study flowers further. While in the Netherlands, she apprenticed in three flower shops and one greenhouse where she gained invaluable experience. In the eight years that she has been a florist, she has worked in many of the high-end flower shops in Toronto. Two years ago she decided to branch out on her own and started Mondu in a studio. Four months ago she opened a storefront in downtown Toronto. Her shop specializes in contemporary designs for weddings, parties and corporate events.
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| Photos by ©Alexis Finch |
Floral Products
• hydrangea
• roses
• cymbids
• calla lilies
Hard Goods
• floral foam
• square 4x4" vase
• chicken wire
• tape
• cone
Construction:
In a low dish (square 4" by 4" vase) place dried floral foam in the centre. Cover vase with chicken wire and tape vase to secure. Place fresh floral foam around vase in the low dish and tape the two containers together. Insert hydrangea, roses and cymbids in the foam, keeping all flowers in groups when designing.
Soak half a block of floral foam and place in a 5" liner inside of a cone. Place a liner inside the cone and secure wire around the top. Insert calla lilies, roses and hydrangea into the floral foam. Make a half an inch hole in chicken wire to insert base of cone. Place cone into the centre of the vase and secure with wire for stability.
 Floral Products
• lilies
Hard Goods
• floral foam
• feathers
• river rocks
• tray
Construction:
Soak one block of floral foam and insert lilies in full bloom into a quarter of foam from the top. Layer white feathers from the top of the arrangement below the lilies. Place the arrangement into the tray and place river rock.
 Floral Products
• bromeliad leaves
• monstera leaf
• salal leaves
• roses
• Gerbera daisies
• tulips
Hard Goods
• floral foam
• copper wire
• tape
• ferning pins
Construction:
Soak four blocks of fresh floral foam and tape them together. Wrap silver vase bromeliad leaves into loops. To insert loops into floral foam, insert ferning pins into half an inch of leaves on both sides and place into floral foam on one side of arrangement. Take one large monstera leaf and wrap it around the side of the exposed floral foam. Secure with copper wire and insert salal leaves to hide floral foam that may be visible through slashes of leaves. Insert roses into bromeliad leaves without losing the shape of the design. Add Gerbera daisies and tulips to completed design.
 Floral Products
• bromeliad
• roses
• monk grass
• pussywillow
Hard Goods
• glass cylinder vase
• tape and wire
• floral foam
• low dish
Construction:
Wrap clear glass cylinder vase with bromeliad using tape and wire. Then insert frame into vase. Loop monk grass into and around the frame. In a low dish place half a block of green floral foam and secure with tape. Cut roses short and design in a ball shape inside of frame. Remove buds from pussywillow and place them into the centre of roses.
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