Your tutor Max van de Sluis

Max is a Dutch florist who owns, with his parents, the family business " Max Bloemsierkunst" in ZeelandIn 1999 he was second in the European Championship in Linz, Austria.

He is part of Life 3, a group of three friends who are all exceptional florists, who currently travel the world demonstrating and working at Trade Fairs.

Their website is www.life3.net

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Max van de Sluis

EMAG: Max was spotted demonstrating at a large floral fair in Ede, The Netherlands, where the theme was wedding bouquets. The three ideas he presented for moderm wedding bouquets are featured in this floral design magazine wedding special.
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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, Layering, Parallels, twirls and weaving are just some of the styles he used in his designs.


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!

Hot new trends out of Europe

EMAG:Visit three florists in Delft, The Netherlands, Floralies in Ghent, Belgium, the Alden Beisen Flower Happening in Belgium and an exhibition in Antwerp with painters and a florist, all in this edition of floral design magazine as you get to see the latest in flower arranging trends with expert European floral designers.

The inspirational photos come with written instructions for most designs so you can have a go yourself and learn more of the current European trends in floral design.
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VISIT ALDEN BIESEN AND MEET AND VIEW THE WORK OF EUROPE'S BEST FLORISTS.
DVD: Alden Beisen: Belgium's style on DVD with extensive and revealing interviews with international florists, more sensational European contemporary floral designs, and a comprehensive tour of the show.

Go behind the scenes at the Flower Happening at Alden Biesen Commandery in Bilzen Belgium and get answers to the tricky questions on how to construct mechanics for competitive flower arranging from Belgian's best international floral designers

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