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Hi,
After passing my last assessment with flying colours (yee ha!) I'm now under pressure to maintain the standard for the next one! I am doing a parallel arrangement & have thought about using just white flowers, tulips, stocks, gerberas (if I can get white?) maybe roses...
Has anyone used just white flowers in this kind of design and how did it look? Can you suggest any other flowers or colour combinations that look good. I have to use 3 groups of flowers with varied texture and shape. Thank you in anticipation!! x

Here's quite a simple 'parallel' design that won some points

http://www.gardencentral.org/ncafgc/...esignsfontnob/

'White' probably gives you a larger range of shape/texture/size etc than any other colour, so you really are spoilt for choice.

Go on then..lets see you do something very wild and wonderful...think of something that no one else would dare to do,.. then post a pic on here for all of us!

I'll even try and talk admin into giving you some free money for you efforts.

Thank you for your encouragement and for the picture link, I can use those as my research for current trends! We are restricted to keep within a certain criteria but I will do my best to create a design with impact!
Thanks again x

Going down a bit of a gothic route with the assignement that accompanies my parallel arrangement, it will be staged in a gothic conservatory (I think!) any ideas how I can put a tiny bit of gothic into the design????

I could lend you my 12yo daughter for a day. She has all the gear at the moment.

ha! ha! nice phase! I remember my Mum being delighted!!!
Thinking more on the lines of fleur de lys, is that from a gothic era? I think so.

Think gothic and white won't go together will they? Would need to be doing reds blacks and purples. do you agree?

Hallo I´m from Denmark, so please excuse my poor english.

When i think gothic, I must admit, that I think dark collors.
but I also think that lillium have the perfect shape for gothic.

since I´m skandinavien, my style may be different from yours in the Uk.
we use a lot of "mother nature"
Have you considered using "twigs" from trees. perhabs from an old appletree.
It has a very nice dark collor, and a good "rustik" surface.
gothic era was known for it´s way of reaching for the sky.

Hope you understand what I´m trying to say

hello bellis welcome to the site we also have one of your fellow country men as member here you will enjoy I certainly have enjoyed joining in the chats. Rach

Thank you Rach

This is an amazing place. Wish we had one like it in Denmark.
Hope you can see throught my spelling.

I know Nephentes, she and I work together. she told me about this forum.