Award winning Dutch Florist, Max van de Sluis shared the latest in Dutch and European floral design at this demonstration at the Northern Flower Growers Association of New Zealand conference, in July 2002. Layering, Parallelism, twirls and weaving are just some of the latest trends he used in his designs. To catch up with what the leading European designers are doing now, click here

.	Large leaves of aspidistra were wired up the middle and then stacked and glued to make the arc resting on the construction underneath.Arum/Calla lilies  took up the line of the leaves and the tubes keeping them turgid were hidden with glued flannel plant and lambs ear leaves.

.  Green goddess Arum lilies  rose from the swirls made from leaves which were tightly packed and glued into the shallow dish.
Hard to photograph but this was a mat of woven Tenex phornium attached to a  glass, holed dish, with an opening on one side.	Flowers were poked through the mat into the water in the dish. Cut up foliage also floated in the dish.
	A classic parallel design in a box, Max used a variety of plant material including sunflowers with petals removed.
	A glass dish with floral foam curved in it, was covered with multiple layers of cut up foliage. Each layer was spray glued and then  the foliage added, creating a mat effect. Quick, easy and effective!

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