Floral Design

Custom Funeral Flower Designs

10 January 2012

There is a long history of flowers being offered as a tribute to the deceased. These days, bouquets are often placed at the scene of a fatal car accident or a shooting. There was a large display of orange blooms at Toronto City Hall and at the constituency office of the late Jack Layton when [...]

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A Cozy Christmas Centrepiece

12 December 2011

One set of our Christmas arrangements for 2011 is  Christmas Cozy and Christmas Comfort. These two arrangements  have a sophisticated country feel. With plaid ribbons and a knitted star ornament, there is a hand-crafted quality to them.  Here is the Christmas Cozy: This is a round arrangement to be used as a centrepiece for a [...]

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CAFA Design Show

21 October 2011

Once a year, the floral artists of CAFA put on a design show and induct new members. This year’s show was “A Tribute to All Things Canadian.” Our Head Designer, Susan Wetheral, is a proud member of the Canadian Academy of Floral Art. She was part of a team that depicted Canadian Wine. Her first [...]

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New Bridal Bouquet Designs

9 September 2011

In the quieter summer months, we have had some fun trying new techniques for bridal bouquets. Inspired by Rene van Rems‘ new book, Rene’s Bouquets for Brides, we created these stylish designs: This took quite some time, as lily petals were glued in concentric circles to form one large “flower.” The handle is made of [...]

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Floral Art Demonstration at AIFD Symposium 2011

1 September 2011

Natasha Lisitsa demonstrated floral art in ‘Exuberant Floral Art on a Large Scale’. Natasha studied Sogetsu, a free and creative style of Ikebana. Then she developed  her own style, a fusion of Eastern and Western design. Her company Waterlily Pond Floral Design Studio is based in the San Francisco Bay area. Her work at the [...]

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Design Presentation at AIFD Symposium 2011

23 August 2011

One of the design seminars was presented by Rene Van Rems, ‘Designing through the Centuries’. Rene covered period design from western regions of the world:  Britain, Germany, Italy, Holland, France and USA. Here are a few examples of his work: Rene travelled through history right up to modern and contemporary design. Here is an example [...]

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AIFD San Francisco Flower Market Tour

4 August 2011

At 6:30am we were on a bus trip to the San Francisco Flower Market. Greeted with fresh coffee and donuts, we meandered through  Brannan Street Wholesale Flowers and many other vendors taking in the visual feast. It was the floral equivalent of being a kid in a candy store. Throughout the market J Schwanke AIFD [...]

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San Francisco Touristing

2 August 2011

My second day at the AIFD Symposium was a tourist day. After perusing the ‘must see’ brochures, I decided to take a walking tour of Haight/Ashbury, the hippie mecca of the 60s. Stan, the tour guide was a walking encyclopedia. Everyone we passed seemed to know him, there was a real community feeling in this [...]

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Floral Designs at AIFD Symposium 2011

28 July 2011

At the beginning of July I had the good fortune to attend the AIFD (American Institute of Floral Designers) National Symposium in San Francisco, a working vacation you might say. The theme this year was ‘Imagine – Dream, Create, Share.’ When I arrived at the hotel I immediately knew that I was in the right [...]

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It’s All About Design

23 July 2011

Two of Martin’s staff members recently attended the fabulous Symposium of  AIFD (American Institute of Floral Designers). It was held from July 4 to 9th in San Francisco. The theme of the event was IMAGINE: DREAM. CREATE. SHARE. Leading floral designers from around the world showed their current style in front of an audience that [...]

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