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The cutting table

Eight close photographs of bouquets, arrangements and event flowers, licensed for commercial use and listed with their sources in ASSET_SOURCES.md. None is presented as work completed by this business.

  • Allium, lisianthus and eucalyptus arranged in a pink ceramic pot against a dark background.
    01 Allium, lisianthus and eucalyptus in a pink pot. Cutting the stems short and setting them wide gives an arrangement that reads across a table rather than over it.
  • A compact bouquet of cream roses held in front of a white bridal dress.
    02 A round bridal bouquet tied to sit in one hand. The binding point is set low so the bouquet balances against the body instead of being carried out at arm's length.
  • A loose blush bouquet of roses and foliage resting on pink lace.
    03 Blush roses gathered loosely on lace. A bouquet built this open needs stems stiff enough to hold their own spacing once the wrap comes off.
  • A raised centrepiece of red flowers and green foliage on a dressed event table.
    04 A raised centrepiece on a dressed table. Height is kept either below the eye line or well above it, so that guests across the table can still see one another.
  • Pink peonies arranged in a pale stoneware vase.
    05 Peonies in stoneware. Peonies are cut in tight bud and opened in the studio, because a bloom that travels open arrives with its petals already bruised.
  • An autumn arrangement of orange roses and yellow orchids on a burgundy cloth.
    06 An autumn table arrangement in orange and burgundy. Seasonal colour is both cheaper and stronger than colour brought in against the season, which is why it is offered first.
  • A tall arrangement of pampas grass, a carnation and a blossom branch in a ceramic vase.
    07 A spare arrangement built around a blossom branch. Line material is placed first and the flowers are set into the gaps it leaves, never the other way round.
  • Wildflowers arranged in a tall clear glass vase.
    08 Wildflowers in a tall glass vase. Clear glass shows every stem, so everything below the water line is stripped of leaves before a single stem goes in.

Buckets, bench, wrapped

The three stages an order passes through, shown with three of the same licensed photographs used above. They illustrate the stages of the work. None of them is a photograph of an order made by this business.

  1. In the buckets
    A loose blush bouquet of roses and foliage, gathered but not yet tied.

    The flowers are read first. Stems are stripped below the water line, cut on an angle and left to drink overnight, and the order is agreed in words before anything comes out of the bucket.

  2. On the bench
    A round bouquet of cream roses held level, tied at one point and trimmed.

    The bunch is spiralled in the hand, tied at one point and trimmed level, with foliage worked in as it is built rather than pushed in afterwards.

  3. Wrapped
    Pink peonies standing finished and watered in a pale stoneware vase.

    The finished work is watered, checked from every side and wrapped for the journey, so that it arrives standing the way it left the bench.

Ask about an order

A description of the occasion, the colours wanted and the date is enough to start. The studio replies with what is in season for that date and what it would cost.

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