This arrangement of viburnum opulus is over a metre tall and wide. It addresses three
different themes - 'Using only one kind of material', 'Mass and lines' and
 'Floor Position Arrangement'

My strelitzia nicolai has many flowers but, unfortunately, they are too high to reach.
These three were cut for me by my husband who climbed to the very top of the
ladder to reach them. The vine is wisteria with the leaves stripped off.

Hello all,

I am, currently, enjoying (or suffering) the embarrassment of riches. With spring, the plants in my garden seem to be trying to outdo each other and I have more materials than time or containers to arrange them all. I know that this will not elicit much sympathy for me from those of you with small or no gardens, but, in fact it puts pressure on me to arrange as many as possible. Mainly because I can't bear to let some of these gorgeous seasonal materials be wasted.

With the abundance of materials in mind, I set a double themed exercise for the advanced students - 'A Variety of Materials' and 'Seasonal Materials'

Vicky used Japanese flowering quince, cottage gladioli, viburnum opulus'
magnolia, green Goddess lily and lilac

Bredenia used iris, euphorbia, mollis azalea, lilac and cherry
blossom

I used wisteria, viburnum opulus, crab apple blossoms,cottage
gladioli and cymbidium orchid

Lucy used Mahonia berries, clivias, banksia rose,viburnum opulus and aelstromeria
psitachina leaves

My wall arrangement is also on the same theme.

Shaneen's arrangement of 'Using Two or More Containers'
She used smoke bush and roses

On a previous class I had set the theme 'Floor Position Arrangement' from Book 5 for the advanced students.

Lucy used gymea leaves, New Zealand flax and arum lilies

Vicky used kiwi vine and oriental lilies

Nicole used willow and green Goddess lilies

Bredenia used a dried piece of unknown material and green Goddess lilies

I used pine, clivias and strelitzias under the curved staircase 

Bye for now,
Emily