On Pumpkin Coloured Days

The word ‘Besom’ derives from the old English ‘besma’ meaning ‘bundle of twigs’.

This is the easiest way to keep flower in place

Break the sturdy twig on the scribe line.

Create a free moving autumn leaf screen

Curl the wire at irregular intervals to create a natural wire tendril similar to that of a passion fruit plant

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Create a grid to rest some plant material so that it floats and some with their stems to rest in the water below

Tape a grid at the edge of a container

Give a loosely woven wreath legs to stand on to hover lightly around a pumpkin

Create a delicate design that rests lightly on the edge of a container

Hanging pumpkins and tiny vases to create a Autumn mobile floral design.

An all plant zero waste, levitating, twig (with just a splatter of autumn leaves, a breath of spiderweb and float of roots) Halloween decoration with an eerie bat skeleton made...

A simple way to keep the plastic mesh the pumpkins are sold in from becoming trash: wrap it around the container as an armature for a quick Fall design. Replace the flowers as...

Create a floral circlet to rest the little pumpkin on... but above the water line.

A hint of a wreath table top design for pre-Halloween decorating.

Heat proof floral design for summer.

An it's not too early to decorate for Autumn, Autumn design

A minimal Thanks Giving design that is a modern take on a wreath

An easy get ahead with Halloween decoration that will last.

Designing for somewhere not still summer not yet autumn weather...

Oh my... a corn leaf mummy head for autumn... looking ahead to Halloween styling.

A fun woven spider for Halloween decorating

A final rosy burst of fiery autumn colour.

Time to cut down vines... and enjoy them a bit longer in a Halloween display.

There's no need to rush the seasons. Take it slow and enjoy the plant material that are still available even if you are excited about what is to come...

A quick and easy design for summer

Clear containers need clear grids to keep the flowers in place

Weave an invisible grid to float the plant material on

A veil of green wool, Spanish moss and dried hydrangeas hang over white lilies

Celebrate the bright colours of autumn with lilies and Chinese lanterns

Build a twig porcupine armature for fall flowers

A twig structure with roses

Stack and wire twigs to create a twig mushroom with attitude for summer

I have always been fascinated, as a designer, by the idea that there is a point when extremes or direct contrasts flip into its opposite.

Thanksgiving pumpkin with Chinese lanterns and spiral blossoms

A twig and stick design with sweet dumpling pumpkins and rosary vine (Ceropegia woodii). I also made a cherry twig and skeleton leaf Stick Insect