Flowers Every Day by Florence Kennedy

Author:Florence Kennedy
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781911595328
Publisher: Pavilion Books
Published: 2017-06-09T04:00:00+00:00

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Instead of filling one vase at a time with flowers, work on the table as a whole, mixing textures, colours and shapes as you go.

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As you get into it, you’ll find you have a tendency to focus heavily on one area, so keep stepping back from the table to view it in its entirety.

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It’s lovely to end by linking the vases with long tendrils and swooping vines. I’ve used sweet peas here, but jasmine, clematis and passion flower vines are all great, too.

AUTUMN

AUTUMN

Autumn is that magical time of year when there’s still warmth in the sun and a return of freshness in the air after the sticky heat of summer. It’s the most dramatically picturesque season, with the sudden turning of the trees from the bright, chlorophyll-rich greens of spring and summer to an array of golds, silvers and bronze, and with rich, rusty red and crisp, curling brown leaves carpeting the floor.

There is something about the beauty of the imperfect that constantly pulls at my heartstrings and that makes working with nature such a joy. Autumn lends itself to this imperfect beauty with such ease, the leaves giving us all shades of fiery colours, the grasses and seed pods brittle and dried after summer, berries aplenty to work with – and all paired with the flowers that thrive at this time of year. It’s a unique and exciting palette to work with.

Harvest is traditionally a big part of autumn, and you can reflect this beautifully when you’re working with flowers. I think that as long as they look beautiful, fruits and vegetables should be used in flower arrangements, too. They can really stamp the season on an arrangement and help to showcase nature’s best stuff.

I love using little strings of cherry tomatoes dripping over the edge of a low-lipped vase, or a pomegranate or fig sliced in half and resting at the foot of an arrangement to emphasise the colours in the flowers. Mixed with dried hops and autumn flowers like dahlias or heirloom chrysanthemums, or with the last of the hydrangeas and roses, the arrangements at this time of year feel incredibly rich and abundant.

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