contents |January 2006

ALDEN BIESEN, BELGIUM

Top European florists design in a large outdoor frame.

INTERFLORA AUSTRALIA CUP FINALS

Narelle Huf combines beads and umbrellas for a stunning design reminiscent of the flapper era.

A bloke's shed is the venue for this proposal of marriage, designed by Vicki Halabarec.

ELLERSLIE FLOWER SHOW

The theme was a contemporary wedding and the top designers went for strong colours and contrasts.
hot    bold    classic

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floral projects

Lily Karmatz from Brisbane, Australia shows you how to arrange without a pinholder, or floral foam.

Chikako Shindo introduces you to a very traditional school of Ikebana in Japan.

Cissie Ruizendaal from The Netherlands shows you how to build a bouquet grid.

Ting Chen from Studio Flora in Australia, shares the secrets to making a fabulous Lily bouquet.

Try out the floral foam colours! Chrissie Harten, of the UK, adds romance for St Valentine's Day.

Have you tried out the new dyed, preserved Hydrangeas? Nina Sherson of New Zealand shows you how to create a stylish, modern design.

Floral Impressions from Tauranga, New Zealand, take pink to new levels, with this garden tea party for two.

Colleen Fernie, from New Zealand, continues her series on structures with a grid that leaps out of it's container.

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IKEBANA INTERNATIONAL AUCKLAND NZ.

Chic designs for the modern home and it's Ikebana!

the world as one

BOX HILL AUSTRALIA

The Whitehorse Flower Festival challenged the designers to be ultra modern or very traditional with Carnations.

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Happenings! Hiro Eba gives Nature a chance at Toowoomba and Hennie de Bruin reports in from South Africa.

Subscriptions and backcopies.

Clinton Bowyer has the cover story. about Dahlias

Back page features...Margaret McLaughlin.

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