Joseph Massie is widely regarded as one of Europe’s top floral artists.
At just age fourteen, Joseph began working spending his weekends working in his hometown of Huyton, Liverpool, UK. Perhaps to some it was an uncommon interest for a fourteen year old boy, but Joseph quickly found his vocation amongst the buckets of blossoms and buds.
Taking steps to pursue his passion, Joseph self funded his education and began to hone his practice and develop a creative ethos, participating in intense training sessions with top international designers. To further build his artistic vocabulary, Joseph began to participate firstly in regional, followed by national, floral design competitions, and aged nineteen, won his first national design competition, the BFA Young Florist of the Year 2007.
“The desert has taught me to be more responsible for my designs, choosing plants and flowers that are drought tolerant, sustainable, and beautiful. I like to think of my design aesthetic as eco-chic.” ~ Colleen LaFleur
Certain varieties of dahlias can change appearance during their flowering. Shown below is the “Coupe Soleil” which starts orange and gradually becomes white!
Over the past year, we have noticed an increasing presence of floral crown designs represented in social media, floral newsletters, blogs and websites.
These over-the-top crowns by Passionflower in Ann Arbor, MI are both gorgeous displays for a lovely summer day!
A ward-winning contemporary artist and Syracuse University art professor Sam Van Aken grew up on a family farm in Reading, Pennsylvania, but he spent his college years and much of his early career focused on art rather than agriculture.
While Van Aken says that his work has always been “inspired by nature and our relationship to nature,” it wasn’t until recently that the artist’s farming background became such a clear and significant influence, first in 2008 when he grafted vegetables together to create strange plants for his Eden exhibition, and then shortly after that when he started to work on the hybridized fruit trees that would become the Tree of 40 Fruit.
It is interesting about the daisy. Many people adore them and consider them fun, refreshing and charming. Others consider them less than quality “filler” flowers. Our florists have found a wonderful alternative!
During summer months, try asking for Chamomile or Feverfew blossoms!
