contents |February 2007

4 Alden Biesen, Belgium

Report and photography by Peter and Chris De Houwer

The castle at Alden Biesen was awash again this year with fabulous floral designs by the best in the region.

16 Garden Art, New Zealand

Report and Photography by Tricia Legg Graphic Design by Lynne Simkin

Jill Verhoeven has the amazing ability to turn a garden's litter and ordinary into extraordinary outdoor floral art.

24 Inspire, UK

Report and photography by Chrissie Harten

The annual UK Society of Floristry show was the place to be if you wanted inspiration and practical designs that could be reproduced.

32 Sponsored by the Takapuna Floral Art Club of New Zealand, Clement Lee, from Perth, Australia, has a favourite wiring technique to share.

34 Kazuhide Egawa from the UK goes all woolly with sticks and a limited supply of flowers.

36 Dorothy Turner from New Zealand helps you out, if you are a beginner, to create a silver gift of flowers.

38Chrissie Harten from the UK, shows you what do with another bunch of supermarket flowers to make them look fabulous.

40 Adapting the style of Belgian florist, Stef Adrianssens, Colleen Fernie shows you how to simplify it for a sideboard.

42 Ting Chen from Melbourne finds a round glass vase.

30 Fabulous Florals from Mexico with Pepe Amiga.

Photography supplied by Pepe Amiga, Report by Tricia Legg

43 Ikebana installations make great window displays.

44 New Zealand flax, it's story and uses, Part 2, accompanied by Ikebana designs by Vivienne Pascoe

Designs and report by Vivienne Pascoe with photography by Tricia Legg

48 Subscriptions and the last of the available backcopies.

49 Competitions, special offers and discoveries!

Styling by Pepe Amiga.

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