Flower trends autumn 2008

The Flower Council of Holland monitors the flower trends every year. For every season they have selected a theme which is in tune with the season and that season’s consumer.

The themes are selected to inspire florists, so that you can easily keep up with the developments in society and the floral market. They aim to provide florists with the tools to create new and original arrangements.

Autumn 2008 | Folk Design

1 September - 30 November

Atmosphere: genuine, natural, original, relaxed, essence, country life, artisan, fresh.

Arrangements: fresh country arrangements and bouquets. The use of white underlines the contemporary image.

Ideas: 1. a compact base of wooden sticks (available ready made) is used to create a casual arrangement of lilies and Echinops;

2. lily and aster; the compactly tied straw allows the bouquet to stand independently on a dish;

3. a corn sheaf tied bouquet of lilies and Triticum. Leaving the stems of the lilies long allows them to be pushed into the vase and allows the Triticum to dry.

Flowers: Lilium, Callistephus, Aster, Carthamus, Gladiolus, Scabiosa.