THE UK’S BIGGEST-SELLING FLORAL DESIGN MAGAZINE Celebrate autumn The colour Divine orange dahlias 10+ Fabulous floral events 03 9 770046421084 AUTUMN2022 £4.99 Plus YOU BE THE JUDGE | FRANÇOISE WEEKS | THE FLOWER ARRANGER’S GARDEN | PUZZLES ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE Divine dahlias, autumn’s heralds in shades of apricot, amber and orange, dazzling from the cut flower bed and signalling the changing palette of the year. k n a Fr af Ass h: p a gr o ot h P Welcome Editor Chloë Bryan-Brown Email: [email protected] Designer Amanda Hawkes Was there ever a better a Hart EKdaitthorryina lS Tteaanmgaard (Chair),  title for a flower festival Alici Sylvia Loader (Distribution Officer),  h: Linda Lyons, Christine Saunders, Pat South p this year than Salisbury a gr Social Media o Cathedral’s ‘Celebration’? hot Email: [email protected] P I was lucky enough to visit on Advertising Manager Georgina Humphrey Tel: 07956 639714  staging day and enjoy the truly buoyant atmosphere as Email: [email protected] arrangers came together to work with their favourite Printer Warners  materials and share their astonishing creativity with The Maltings, West St, Bourne,  Lincs, PE10 9PH thousands of delighted visitors. 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Thank you to all of them for their appley, orangey, twiggy and spooky ISSN 0046-421X © 2022 NAFAS Enterprises Ltd. ideas and also to international florist Françoise Weeksfor her whimsical woodland and exquisite botanical designs. You’ll also find our Christmas cards ready to order with two brand new designs for 2022. Why not purchase some of our floral notecards at the same time – they make a wonderful Volume 62  Issue 3 gift for a flowery friend or stocking filler for a family member. The Flower Arrangeris the quarterly  As ever, we love to see your creations and hear your floral magazine of the National Association of  Flower Arrangement Societies (NAFAS), news at @flowerarrmag on Facebook and Instagram. Or you published by NAFAS Enterprises Ltd. can email me at [email protected] NAFAS Osborne House,  12 Devonshire Square,  London, EC2M 4TE Tel: 020 7247 5567 Chloë www.nafas.org.uk Registered charity no. 1101348 NAFAS Chair  Katherine Kear The NAFAS logo is a trademark registered within the UK. It can be a criminal offence to copy or use registered trademarks and designs without Front cover Paula Brewster’s harvest permission. To use our logo please seek design features an abundance of authorisation from NAFAS, Osborne House,  12 Devonshire Square, London EC2M 4TE autumn flowers, fruits, foliage, grasses and seed heads arranged in water Opinions expressed by contributors and services tubes supported in bamboo.  offered by advertisers are not specifically Step-by-step instructions on page 40. endorsed by the Editor or the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies Cover photograph: Oliver Gordon 2003 Ltd. (NAFAS) | 2 AUTUMN 2022 16 12 38 59 33 40 Inside this issue REGULARS A fitting floral memorial 30 Gather it all in a bunch  In season 7 Autumn tones 36 of heather 31 You be the judge 42 Sometimes less is more 41 Recycle and reuse 32 Botanical brainteasers 60 Party tricks 44 Crab apple bowl with  caged effect 34 Subscribe 62 Well connected 55 Autumn in a pot 37 The flower arranger’s  Grand designs 56 garden 65 Created in New Zealand 59 Hearty welcome 39 Christmas cards and  Wild garden 64 Harvest basket with  handbooks 68 a difference 40 Five ways with  chrysanthemums 72 FEATURES EVENTS All about orange 16 PEOPLE Strawberry Hill House  Star of the season 33 Françoise Weeks 10 Flower Festival 24 How I did it 38 Meet the flower farmer 22 Celebration at  Salisbury Cathedral 46 Judging viewpoints 54 Tall for fall 57 STEP-BY-STEPS TREND Apple glory 4 INSPIRATION An autumn garland 9 Autumn blues 61 Gorgeous gourds 6 Magic lanterns 17 Mellow fruitfulness 19 Orange and black 18 GIVEAWAY TIME Curvilinear 20 All round for autumn 28 Reader offers 60 STEP-BY-STEP Apple glory Apples are the stars Method of Sally Taylor’s 1 Cut the soaked floral foam to fit seasonal design inside the container. 2 Group three foxtail lilies at varying heights towards the back of the Plant material container and two to the lower l 5 Eremurusx isabellinus ‘Emmy Ro’ right of the container. (foxtail lily)  l 5 RosaHoney Colorama  3 Place the sedum in front of the l 4 stems Hylotelephium spectabile upright foxtail lilies at several ‘Autumn Joy’ (sedum, ice plant) different heights. l a few stems of Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’ (spindle) 4 Put five tree ivy leaves either side l 10 x Fatshedera lizei‘Variegata’ of the sedum. (variegated tree ivy) leaves 5 Impale the eating apples on l 4 eating apples and 40–50 crab apples kebab sticks and group slightly to l 12–15 fairly large Cotoneaster franchetii leaves (mature and leathery, if possible, the left of the sedum. for easier threading) 6 Use the spindle leaves to fill in Mechanics and sundries gaps at the sides and back. l a low container 7 Place the roses at the front, at l soaked biodegradable foam    slightly different heights, coming ENTHUSIAST l lime green aluminium wire   through the sedum. l kebab sticks 8 Cut three 40cm lengths of aluminium wire and thread on the crab apples in ones and twos. (If you cut the wire tips in a point it will be easier to thread the crab apples but be careful as they will be sharp.) 9 Form each of the crab apple garlands into a curve and place over the design at different heights cascading to the right. 10 Now cut three 30cm lengths of aluminium wire and thread crab apples onto them – stop short of piercing through the last apple so it forms a finial. Place these upright at different heights in front and behind the foxtail lilies to add depth. 11 Cut three more 40cm lengths  of aluminium wire and stitch Cotoneaster leaves onto them, all in the same direction and right side up. Bend the wires into a curve and place at different heights to both sides of the design. TIPI love finding ways to feature crab apples in designs. If they rot on the wire, n o d you just pull them off and thread or er G a few more on. Kept in the right Oliv conditions, all the apples will ph:  dry out and can be used to a ogr add interest to future designs. ot h P | AUTUMN 2022 5 INSPIRATION Gorgeous gourds Gourds and copper- coloured roses take centre stage in George Smith’s original design This multi-layered design by George Smith was arranged on a rusty shelf unit and features beautiful RosaHot Chocolate (rose), lightly painted gourds, Hosta‘Gold Standard’ leaves, apples, spathes, dried lotus heads, Angelicaseed heads and trails of Tillandsia usneoides (Spanish moss) hanging between and linking the placements. The arrangement, which was photographed in the cart shed at George’s home near York, exemplifies layered repetition and the coming together of plant material with different forms and textures. TIPTester pots of paint are perfect for flower n o projects. George d or G suggests Farrow & er v Ball matt emulsion in Oli Terre d’Egypte and ph: a Cooking Apple Green. ogr ot h P FEATURE In Season Celebrate autumn with news, ideas ht) g m ri and trends from Hannah Dunne o ott b ers ( Where to find autumn gems w o Fl h et b a Autumn is an exciting season for British-grown fresh flowers are y Eliz dried materials –from lichen to seed still available of course. Dahliais the ar M heads, reindeer moss, nuts, pods, star of the season, sold in abundance, eft); shells, cones, lotus heads and more. but you’ll also find Chrysanthemum, m l o This autumn, look out for putka pods, Cosmos, Zinnia, Scabiosa(scabious), ott g (b which look like tiny, dried pumpkins. 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For the hottest dried flowers,look example, Ammi majus(false bishop’s o erst out for Lagurus ovatus(bunnies’ weed), Miscanthus sinensis‘Zebrinus’ utt tails, hare’s tail grass), Triticum (zebra grass), Dipsacus(teasel), and h S er/ (wheat), Lavandula(lavender), Allium, as well as the seed heads of n oe Achillea (yarrow), Acroclinium Anethum graveolens(dill), Lunaria h Sc (everlasting flower) and Cenchrus annua(honesty), Papaver(poppy), e Ol americanus(pearl millet, babala). and late-flowering Clematis. eft); p l o m (t o Extend summer with a c ck. o flower press erst hutt Gather the last blooms of the S / a garden and preserve them in this ov yn new flower press designed by a a Kr dried flower specialist n An Mary Elizabeth, of her phs: eponymous brand. gra Bunnies’ tails in Natural, £14.99 from maryelizabethflowers.co.uk oto Inside Out Living (ioliving.co.uk) h P | AUTUMN 2022 7 IN SEASON In brief Sandy roses New additions to LEGO®botanicals Famous grower Alexandra Farms, a worldwide leader in Two new additions have been garden roses, has released a introduced to the LEGO®Botanical sales report showing demand is Collection. 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