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Sustainability Statement

‘The more we shift our mindset towards practices that include all things related to sustainability, the better. Besides using all organic materials for this first challenge, I also wanted to consider seasonality in my locale. When I look out my window today, what do I see? There are still hints of winter with dried botanicals that were left to weather but with sweet-scented, colourful blooms emerging with the change of seasons and Spring arriving! In the spirit of the gardening season, I included “natural seed packets” as a gift to the bouquet’s recipient, who will be able to collect their own lunaria seeds to plant or give away by peeling back the husks - a bouquet that keeps on giving!

I decided to use all locally grown botanicals, either purchased, grown or responsibly foraged, just to get a real good jumpstart to the FREESIA challenge! My grapevine “window” armature symbolizes the physical aspect of my painted picture, as well as metaphorical, in that this challenge is a window of opportunity for myself and others to commit ourselves to better our world of floristry and making changes to keep our future bright!’

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Materials List

Grapevine, dried
Beeswax coated hemp twine
Hyacinth
Ranunculus, butterfly
Zantedeschia
Spray chrysanthemum
Spirea
Hydrangea macrophylla, dried
Allium flower, dried
Dipsacus, dried
Lunaria annua, dried with husks & seeds
Miscanthus sinensus, dried
Flint corn husk, dried
Daucus carota, dried
Seteria grass, dried
Astilbe, dried
Nigella damascena, dried pods
Hellebore, fresh & dried
Phormium tenax, dried
Asparagus plumosus, dried
Glass vase