The Secret Garden window display

I've just finished the first part of the window display unit at college. We split into groups and chose a theme to base our display round, and my group chose "The Secret Garden" as our theme. We made five arrangements for the display - a twig pot arrangement, a topiary tree, a jam jar trio posy, a heart wreath and a hand tied. We got a distinction for our display so we must have a done a good job, and I certainly think we did!

The last photo shows my group - me, Rebecca, Amy and Louise.

Sympathy: Week 4

This is the result of week 4 of my sympathy course, and I think my favourite design so far. This one was really simple to make, but it was quite tricky to get decent bark with everyone else on my course fighting for it! It looks more natural though when they don't all match perfectly.

I need to work on my pin work though - if you turn this upside down there are pins sticking out everywhere! Not ideal when a customer could pick it up and stab themselves! We'll be using pins again next week so I can keep it in mind and try and prevent them sticking out.

Sympathy: Week 3

This is the result of week 3 of the sympathy unit of my floristry course, and I think my favourite design so far! The weaving was a little tricky to get the hang of at first but it looks so effective. The red fabric underneath is for when the china grass dries out and shrinks, so you can see the red through the gaps. Another reason why this design can also be used for Valentine's Day.

I also remembered to take step by step photos this week, which is good to see all the separate stages.