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“When a floral design becomes a statement piece, everyone will want to know where it came from!” – Design Note
Photography by Bochsler Creative Solutions. Product donated by Hofland.
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Botanical Copies
• one stem magnolia leaves
• one package bamboo sticks
• two molucella branches
• one berry spray
• three wild kiwi
• one-quarter bunch sword grass
• 15 orchid heads
Hard Goods
• one ‘Afrika’ vase
• Styrofoam to fill vase
• one-quarter jar decorative gravel
Construction
• Fill bottom half of vase with rocks or a filler of your choice to add weight to the vase.
• Fill remainder of vase with Styrofoam.
• Insert bamboo sticks in a fan shape.
• Wire molucella to top of the bamboo sticks in a crescent movement with paddle wire.
• Wire on wild kiwi in the same manner.
• Glue orchids into position.
• Glue in berries and sword grass.
• Cover top of Styrofoam with gravel.
Kathy Mustard aifd, cafa, is president of Creative Floral Concepts Inc., in Hamilton, Ont. The company specializes in window display, visual merchandising and consulting.
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