A book about all aspects of bamboo! Bamboo is increasingly finding its way into the garden. It is a plant that appeals to the imagination because of its appearance and origin. Yet it also scares some. Is it really an invasive plant and what about the mysterious flowering of bamboo?
greenEmotion; green experience and green movement, and Back to the roots; back to the roots and the original passion of the craft, were the starting points for Marcel van Dijk and his team when designing the indoor exhibition of Floriade 2012.
In Belgium, he has been known since the 1990s for his furniture designs in metal and the furnishing of private and commercial spaces.
Bomen behoren tot de oudste en tevens grootste levende getuigen van het leven op aarde. Hun imposante aanwezigheid maakt nog altijd indruk. Steeds weer weten ze te overleven in de meest extreme omstandigheden.
Daniel Santamaria’s Christmas creations combine unexpected colours and quirky materials to create unique, festive eye-catchers. Far away from the over-the-top Christmas kitsch, Santamaria creates a personal universe full of new, original ‘evergreens’ for the winter holidays: atmospheric table pieces, sturdy ornaments, special interior elements and other alternatives for the obligatory Christmas tree.
It is difficult to compete with the beauty of trees, with their tall grandeur and high tops. And yet, the ambition of the Parckdesign project call lies in the challenge to use urban furniture to emphasise the age-old bond between man and nature, between his artificial interventions and his relationship with plants and flora. Placed in a contemporary context, park furniture expresses the desire to experiment, to test, and to value and discover green spaces in a quest for a more specific identity.
For 10 years, the Bonsai Association Belgium has organised an annual international bonsai exhibition in Heusden-Zolder. Each year, the exhibits were photographed by professional photographers, resulting in a wealth of visual material. On the occasion of the 10th edition of the Noelanders Trophy, 250 photos were selected for publication.
2012 will be an important milestone for Life3, the partnership of florists Per Benjamin, Tomas De Bruyne and Max van de Sluis. 10 years of successful cooperation and 11 books later, it is time for a festive look back at the past decade, a look back with a touch of nostalgia but also with fresh energy – the best proof that this jubilee is not an end but rather the beginning of a new era.
Moniek Vanden Berghe’s colourful and innovative bridal bouquets have become an international standard of excellence.
The aim of Stichting Kunstboek’s biennial ‘International Floral Art’ is to provide an international platform for the exchange of ideas.
Faithful to their three basic principles – beauty, purity and quality – Japanese YouKaEn has gone from being a relatively small, unknown company to one of the major players in inventive and creative floral work. There is no doubt that beauty lies hidden in every flower, but it is the task of the designer to transcend that inherent beauty and create an object that combines the best of nature and imagination; a creation that is pure, refined and graceful.
Marcel Vrignaud can rightly be called a European Ikebana pioneer. After studying for three and a half years in Nagoya, Japan, Vrignaud founded his own Ikebana Floral Art Centre in Paris, where he is still one of the permanent professors. With a wide variety of nationalities in his training centre, Marcel Vrignaud’s style and vision is spread worldwide and the less popular Ohara style is revived every time. Readers will find in My Ikebana a reflection of the fantastic creations of this Ohara master, arranged with a multitude of plants, collected during the different seasons, in original combinations, unusual vases and bowls and in all known and less known Ohara bouquet styles: moribana, heika, landscape, rimpa, bunjin, morimono, freestyle, ikebana sculpture, micro ikebana,…
That Japan is synonymous with refinement and minimalism is proven by the work of floral designer Yuko Takagi. The subtlety of her finely crafted creations, which are composed with care and precision, displays the same aesthetics as traditional Ikebana art.
The first comprehensive publication in Dutch on the winter flowering plant Helleborus. The early flowering of Helleborus in a spectrum of colours makes it a welcome guest in the garden of every plant lover.
The success of the Hydrangea is no surprise. The beautiful leaves, the spectacular flowers and the decorative inflorescence are a real eye-catcher in the garden. For every garden, whether small or large, modern or traditional, one can find a suitable Hydrangea. There are hundreds of varieties, with leaves and flowers in various colours and shapes.
