The Flower Arranger - Autumn 2022

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THE UK’S BIGGEST-SELLING
FLORAL DESIGN MAGAZINE
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Divine dahlias, autumn’s heralds in
shades of apricot, amber and orange,
dazzling from the cut flower bed
and signalling the changing
palette of the year.
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Welcome
Editor Chloë Bryan-Brown
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Designer Amanda Hawkes
Was there ever a better a Hart EKdaitthorryina lS Tteaanmgaard (Chair), 
title for a flower festival Alici Sylvia Loader (Distribution Officer), 
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I was lucky enough to visit on Advertising Manager Georgina Humphrey
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staging day and enjoy the truly buoyant atmosphere as
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arrangers came together to work with their favourite
Printer Warners 
materials and share their astonishing creativity with The Maltings, West St, Bourne, 
Lincs, PE10 9PH
thousands of delighted visitors. Flowers were also centre
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stage during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee festivities with Newstrade Distributor
floral crowns a feature at RHS Chelsea Flower Show and at Select Publisher Services
P.O. Box 6337, Bournemouth, BH1 9EH
festivals and events all over the country. A big thank you to Tel: [phone]
all those of you who sent in Platinum Jubilee designs –we’ll
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celebrating getting back to normal with this bumper issue For non-NAFAS members
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created by flower arrangers from the South West. Thank you
to all of them for their appley, orangey, twiggy and spooky ISSN 0046-421X
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ideas and also to international florist Françoise Weeksfor her
whimsical woodland and exquisite botanical designs.
You’ll also find our Christmas cards ready to order with two
brand new designs for 2022. Why not purchase some of our
floral notecards at the same time – they make a wonderful
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gift for a flowery friend or stocking filler for a family member.
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autumn flowers, fruits, foliage, grasses
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Inside this issue
REGULARS A fitting floral memorial 30 Gather it all in a bunch 
In season 7 Autumn tones 36 of heather 31
You be the judge 42 Sometimes less is more 41 Recycle and reuse 32
Botanical brainteasers 60 Party tricks 44 Crab apple bowl with 
caged effect 34
Subscribe 62 Well connected 55
Autumn in a pot 37
The flower arranger’s  Grand designs 56
garden 65 Created in New Zealand 59 Hearty welcome 39
Christmas cards and  Wild garden 64 Harvest basket with 
handbooks 68 a difference 40
Five ways with 
chrysanthemums 72
FEATURES EVENTS
All about orange 16 PEOPLE Strawberry Hill House 
Star of the season 33 Françoise Weeks 10 Flower Festival 24
How I did it 38 Meet the flower farmer 22 Celebration at 
Salisbury Cathedral 46
Judging viewpoints 54
Tall for fall 57 STEP-BY-STEPS
TREND
Apple glory 4
INSPIRATION An autumn garland 9 Autumn blues 61
Gorgeous gourds 6 Magic lanterns 17
Mellow fruitfulness 19 Orange and black 18 GIVEAWAY TIME
Curvilinear 20 All round for autumn 28 Reader offers 60

STEP-BY-STEP
Apple glory
Apples are the stars
Method
of Sally Taylor’s 1 Cut the soaked floral foam to fit
seasonal design inside the container.
2 Group three foxtail lilies at varying
heights towards the back of the
Plant material
container and two to the lower
l 5 Eremurusx isabellinus ‘Emmy Ro’ right of the container.
(foxtail lily) 
l 5 RosaHoney Colorama  3 Place the sedum in front of the
l 4 stems Hylotelephium spectabile upright foxtail lilies at several
‘Autumn Joy’ (sedum, ice plant) different heights.
l a few stems of Euonymus fortunei
‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’ (spindle) 4 Put five tree ivy leaves either side
l 10 x Fatshedera lizei‘Variegata’ of the sedum.
(variegated tree ivy) leaves
5 Impale the eating apples on
l 4 eating apples and 40–50 crab apples
kebab sticks and group slightly to
l 12–15 fairly large Cotoneaster franchetii
leaves (mature and leathery, if possible, the left of the sedum.
for easier threading)
6 Use the spindle leaves to fill in
Mechanics and sundries gaps at the sides and back.
l a low container 7 Place the roses at the front, at
l soaked biodegradable foam    slightly different heights, coming
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l lime green aluminium wire   through the sedum.
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8 Cut three 40cm lengths of
aluminium wire and thread on the
crab apples in ones and twos. (If you
cut the wire tips in a point it will be
easier to thread the crab apples
but be careful as they will be sharp.)
9 Form each of the crab apple
garlands into a curve and place
over the design at different heights
cascading to the right.
10 Now cut three 30cm lengths of
aluminium wire and thread crab
apples onto them – stop short of
piercing through the last apple so it
forms a finial. Place these upright at
different heights in front and behind
the foxtail lilies to add depth.
11 Cut three more 40cm lengths 
of aluminium wire and stitch
Cotoneaster leaves onto them, all
in the same direction and right side
up. Bend the wires into a curve and
place at different heights to both
sides of the design.
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feature crab apples in
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INSPIRATION
Gorgeous gourds
Gourds and copper-
coloured roses take
centre stage in
George Smith’s
original
design
This multi-layered design
by George Smith was
arranged on a rusty shelf unit
and features beautiful RosaHot
Chocolate (rose), lightly painted
gourds, Hosta‘Gold Standard’
leaves, apples, spathes, dried
lotus heads, Angelicaseed heads
and trails of Tillandsia usneoides
(Spanish moss) hanging between
and linking the placements.
The arrangement, which was
photographed in the cart shed
at George’s home near York,
exemplifies layered repetition
and the coming together
of plant material
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IN SEASON
In brief
Sandy roses New additions
to LEGO®botanicals
Famous grower Alexandra
Farms, a worldwide leader in
Two new additions have been
garden roses, has released a
introduced to the LEGO®Botanical
sales report showing demand is
Collection. Aimed at adults and
spiking for sand-colouredroses.
plant-lovers who seek a new way to
Sandy shades are a great way to
destress, the projects include an
coordinate with classic
impressive flowering orchid with
autumnal hues. The best-sellers
buds and open blooms, as well as
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