On the 31st May florist Giulia Rinaldi from Croco Studio joined us on an (atypically?) bright summer morning for a flower arranging workshop at the Completedworks showroom. Giulia shared some notes on her creative process and details of her flower selection for the class.

"I find inspiration by completely surrendering to the natural material of the flower — the texture and colours guide me. A particular shaped stem is usually where my arrangement starts. I create shapes with my arrangement spontaneously— a vase, a vessel, is an integral part of my composition. [Completedworks and I] share the love of creating experimental shapes by using different materials."

I. Peony

Season: May - June

Each year I look forward to May, which means Peony season. I enjoy the different variety and colours — for this class I choose two varieties — Peony Lactiflora and Peony Etched Salmon — with a frilly centre.

II. English Sweetpea

Season: April - June

Sweetly scented, what I enjoy the most about sweetpea is how frilly they are.

III. Poppy

Season: June - August

The most impressive quality of this variety of poppies is how long the stems are. It's very magical to see how flowers blossom from a little bud, they are not a long lasting flower but there is such beauty in this too.