Festive Thinking Gallery 2022
Contributing Designers
As part of Flower Thinking's Festive Thinking program, a group of floral designers, artists and arrangers created festive designs inspired by the themes in the Festive Thinking eBooks Shooting Star and Star Up High.
Join us for a tour of the designs created and be inspired, perhaps, to create festively too.
Annita Bokobli
Phalaenopsis, Anthurium clarinervum, Roses, Woody pear, Banksia attenuata, Straw flower, Golden Willow
Design - Annita Bokobli
Photography - Annita Bokobli
David Berger
A free-standing bound design. Based on a frame, all materials rest in water in the saucer. The battery pack for the stars are concealed in the base.
Chrysanthemum. Singapore Orchid, Sedum, Spear Grass, Tractor Leaf
Design - David Berger
Photography - David Berger
Deb Collett
A bound design centred on a star structure allowing the design to be free-standing with all materials reaching the dish containing water
Disbud Chrysanthemum, Gypsophila, Roses, Carnations, Hypericum berries, Spear Grass
Design - Deb Collett
Photography - Deb Collett
Hannah Beckley
Anthurium andraeanum, Liatris spica, m, Heliconia sp, Hypericum sp, Scabiosa sp, Blackberry Scoop, Bamboo, Corylus avellana, Asparagus fern
Design - Hannah Beckley
Photography - Hannah Beckley
Helen Mitchell
Birch, strelitzia, Forest lace, Chrysanthemum, Rosa
Design - Helen Mitchell
Photography - Helen Mitchell
Jeff Smith
[botanicals to be advised]
Design - Jeff Smith
Photography - Jeff Smith
Laura Leong
Rosa Red Naomi, Pinus, Cornus, Phormium, Aspidistra, Illex, Calla
Design - Laura Leong
Photography - Laura Leong
Linda Taneja
Archintophoenix cunninghamiana, Agapanthus praecox, Aspidistra elatior
Design - Linda Taneja
Photography - Linda Taneja
Megan Parker
Hydrangea, Pōhutukawa, Clematis, Passiflora edulis, Paua shells, Cornus, Birch, Rosa
Design - Megan Parker
Photography - Megan Parker
Michael Cordeiro
Dianthus caryophyllus, succulents, Dianthus barbatus green trick, spear grass, Eucalyptus
Design - Michael Cordeiro
Photography - Michael Cordeiro
Miho Finch
Phalaenopsis, Hellebores, Stachys byzantina, Conus, Nepeta variegated (creeping Lamium)
Design - Miho Finch
Photography - Miho Finch
Natalie Raffaele
Leucandron, Aranthera James Storie, Leucospermum, Fagus, Stachys byzantina, Helichrysum
Design - Natalie Raffaele
Photography - Natalie Raffaele
Priya Shah
Epidendrum, Nephrolepis, Rhapis, Palm Inflorescence
Design - Priya Shah
Photography - Priya Shah
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