FA Summer 2015_OFC:FA Summer 2015_OFC 12/04/2015 12:29 Page 1 FL WER THE A rranger THE UK’S BIGGEST-SELLING FLORAL DESIGN MAGAZINE Easy step-by-steps Cutting-edge European Wedding designs flowers £1,500 Cool callas worth of prizes to be won 02 9 770046421060 SUMMER2015 £4.20 FA Summer 2015_OFC:FA Summer 2015_OFC 12/04/2015 12:29 Page 2 FA Summer 2015_text:FA Summer 2015_text_ 01/04/2015 15:22 Page 1 IDEAS & INSPIRATION n E3 L L O W R E N H E L D/ L O G E N A M G R Ö J H P A R G O T O H P designer Christian Platzner wool FM Flausch Mirabell FA Summer 2015_text:FA Summer 2015_text_ 27/03/2015 14:57 Page 2 Welcome SUMMER 2015 Volume 55 Issue 2 A letter from The Flower Arranger’s Editor, Judith Blacklock N A H Many of us don’t have a garden large S K WI enough to grow flowers for cutting. E L In my London garden I cut my foliage H P A prunings rather than flowers to bring R G O indoors but Angela Coulton’s article has OT H inspired me and I will be filling every P nook and cranny in my patch with seeds rather than shrubs and COVER DESIGN vegetables this coming year. A summer medley of Dianthus (carnation), Hydrangea,Alchemilla mollis, Symphoricarpus I love this colourful issue of the magazine, which is packed and Chrysanthemum, with detail provided by with articles coming from different angles but all sharing the OASIS®Home & Hobby, Lehner Wolle3Woolfelt, in a semi-sphere covered with Stachys byzantina common theme of cut flowers. Wool may not be a product that leaves. you immediately associate with the warm days of summer but Designer Derek Armstrong Lehner Wolle3in Austria have created products that work every Photographer Oliver Gordon month of the year with our favourite medium. Hardwick Hall was the location for the North Midlands Area Show. This was one of the most magnificent places I have had the fortune to use as a backdrop for floral designs. The staff at this Editor Judith Blacklock National Trust property were delightful –so accommodating and 52 Suffolk Road, London SW13 9NR thrilled to be involved with flowers. It was a truly wonderful event Email: [email protected] and I thank everyone involved. Advertising Cabbell Group, Deer Park Studios, Oliver Ferchland and Carles J. Fontanillas are the international 12 Deer Park Road, London SW19 3TL For displayand classifiedadvertisements designers featured in this issue of The Flower Arranger. contact Kathryn Levell Their designs are inspirational and innovative, using a wealth of Tel: 020 3603 7939 Email: [email protected] beautiful plant material. Distribution Ann Gibson is on the board of the editorial team. Her daughter All distribution enquiries, contact Ann Gibson Tel/Fax: 0191 581 8178 Mon–Fri 9am–5pm was married last year and Ann has written (together with her Subscriptions daughter, of course) an amusing account of how they worked For single magazine subscriptions together to create the perfect wedding flowers. contact Warners Tel: 01778 392491 Fax: 01778 421706 Email: [email protected] While in Cumbria last year I visited the Lakeside Hotel for my Address: The Flower Arranger, c/o Warners, mother’s birthday and was thrilled to find an impressive exhibition The Maltings, West St, Bourne, Lincs PE10 9PH Subscribe online: www.nafas.org.uk of Moorcroft pottery there. Nearly every Collector’s Club piece was decorated with flowers and suddenly I was on a mission! I am delighted to have an article about the flower decoration on this iconic British pottery and also to be able to offer two magnificent prizes to winners of a competition. In another competition we have 12 free tickets to see Sunny Afternoon, the hit musical about The Kinks, in the best seats! I saw this production courtesy of a friend of my daughter and it was so good I just knew that flower arrangers, many being of a very special vintage, would love it too. © NAFAS 2015 ‘All profits from NAFAS Enterprises Ltd My best wishes to you all this summer go to the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies’ Registered charity no. 1101348 Judith 2 THE FLOWER ARRANGER SUMMER 2015 FA Summer 2015_text:FA Summer 2015_text_ 27/03/2015 14:58 Page 3 Contents IDEAS & INSPIRATION STEP-BY-STEPS 4 Oliver Ferchland 22 Perky pepper 25 Carles J. Fontanillas 24 Nuts and bolts 35 A cut above 24 Bouquet of 36 A contemporary contrasts window ledge 30 Summer sizzler 31 Beautiful bark 43 Take five 53 Summer by the sea 63 Painting peonies FEATURES 10 Growing flowers for a British wedding 14 W. Moorcroft Ltd 26 30 top tips 27 Put down your knitting needles! 38 Inspiration from around the world 47 Glimmer 48 The 1920s READER COMPETITIONS 9 Win a pair of tickets to s ee the West End FLOWER FESTIVAL musical & EXHIBITION Sunny 16 ‘Florescence’ at Afternoon Hardwick Hall 23 ‘Painting Paradise’ at Buckingham Palace REGULARS 32 Zantedeschia (calla lily) 60 You be the Judge 44 Could I have done better? 66 Shopping 50 Perfect harmony – the art 67 Books of creating wedding 68 From the Chairman flowers to remember of NAFAS 15 Win a pair 52 Cruise liner flowers 69 The Flower Arranger of Moorcroft 54 The Victorian table subscriptions vases worth 56 Decorating the table for 70 You be the Judge results nearly £800 weddings and events 71 Classified advertising THE FLOWER ARRANGER SUMMER 2015 3 FA Summer 2015_text:FA Summer 2015_text_ 27/03/2015 14:58 Page 4 n IDEAS & INSPIRATION All images in this article are from BELOW AND LEFT Lathyrus, Phytolacca, ‘Floral Contemporary’ by Olivier Dupon Dianthus, Cotinus, Phlox, Lysimachia, Ammi, (Thames & Hudson 2014) Rhodochiton, Achillea, Oncidiumand blackberry in a homemade ‘vase’ in the form of a disc projecting from a central axis. Designer Oliver Ferchland RIGHT The rhythmic flow of plant material in this design was intended to give the impression of deliberate composition. Included are Triticum(wheat), Allium, Sandersonia, Gloriosa, Viburnum, Zinnia, Dianthus(carnation), Cotinus,Anethum (dill) Alstroemeria, Amni, Asparagus asparagoides, Phytolacca and Rubus(blackberry). Designer Oliver Ferchland FA Summer 2015_text:FA Summer 2015_text_ 27/03/2015 14:58 Page 5 Oliver Ferchland Oliver Ferchland has been working with flowers since the age of 14. Now a German Master Florist, his work takes him all over the world. FA Summer 2015_text:FA Summer 2015_text_ 27/03/2015 14:58 Page 6 n OLIVER FERCHLAND Oliver has developed a naturalistic style of design that is innovative and exciting. When planning a design he first identifies a core idea or material and then works on several experimental ideas at the same time, before arriving at his preferred outcome. He believes that cut flowers should ‘dance and be free’ which is exactly what we see in the designs on these pages. He has captured grace in motion here for our enjoyment. 6 THE FLOWER ARRANGER SUMMER 2015 FA Summer 2015_text:FA Summer 2015_text_ 27/03/2015 14:58 Page 7 OLIVER FERCHLAND n The sheer joy in this handtied design of Gloriosa, Zinnia, Xanthorrhoea (steel grass), Sandersonia, Gerbera, Anethum(dill), Dianthus(carnation), Helichrysumand Asparagus asparagoides(smilax).The structure was created with fine raffia and glue. Designer Oliver Ferchland THE FLOWER ARRANGER SUMMER 2015 7 FA Summer 2015_text:FA Summer 2015_text_ 27/03/2015 14:58 Page 8 n OLIVER FERCHLAND 8 THE FLOWER ARRANGER SUMMER 2015