Garden in a vase

Georgie Malyon rebels against symmetry and constructs a natural-looking centrepiece that seems like it could have been arranged by Mother Nature herself.

PHOTOGRAPHY REUBEN LOOI

Arrange a crooked bunch 1 This arrangement captures one of my favourite interior colour-blocking schemes right now, where the richness of mustard and caramel is contrasted with refreshing white. I used cymbidium and phalaenopsis orchids, pieris, and muehlenbeckia and kōwhai foliage. You could buy the flowers and forage through your garden for greenery, making sure to leave the stems long to give your arrangement height. A generous-sized smoky amber vase brings all the tones and textures together beautifully 2 Start by adding your foliage to the vase. Instead of evenly centring it, allow it to fall naturally in an asymmetrical way, as it might in nature. I love the way the delicate intertwining branches of muehlenbeckia act as wonderfully wispy filler, then resemble tree roots submerged in water at the base of…

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Haven (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2022

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