Season: Late Spring

Flowers:
3–5 stems of Peony
Assorted Garden Rose clippings
A few delicate accents
Airy Foliage
Bearded Iris as a highlight

Styling Tips:
Begin with a few criss-crossed stems of airy foliage.
Add rose cuttings—multi-headed stems work especially well for creating a soft underlying structure.
Use those rose clusters to guide your peony placement.
Position the iris stem where it can draw the eye—these blooms deserve a spotlight.
Finish with delicate seasonal accents to add texture and a final breath of movement.

📸 Arrangement shown:
Summer Glow peony, Belinda’s Blush and cream garden roses, thalictrum, anemone, Blue Kazoo spirea cuttings, and Magic Trick bearded iris.

Season: Late Spring

Flowers:
Peonies—tree, herbaceous, or intersectional
Garden Roses
Columbine
Allium
Variegated Foliage

Styling Tips:
Start with stiff, branched foliage to create structure.
Use the natural stems of the roses to support the weight of the peonies.
When working with large, bold-faced blooms, let the supporting flowers recede slightly—they’re the atmosphere, not the headline.
A giant red peony will always steal focus, so keep things interesting by leaning into an asymmetric composition.

📸 Arrangement shown:
Hephestos red tree peony, Beach Comber antique rose tree peony, Pink Hawaiian peony, Distant Drums roses, Twilight Nandina foliage

Season: Mid-Spring
Flowers:

• 
  Herbaceous and Tree Peonies
• Tall Bearded Iris
• Late Tulips
• Hellebore
• Sturdy Foliage (Beech, Willow)

Styling Tips:

• Begin with a base of sturdy foliage crossed at angles to support your stems — willow and beech work beautifully here
• Tuck in large peony blooms to create visual mass. You don’t need many; let each flower take up space.
• Use tulips and iris to create pockets of motion and contrast. The tulips add a curling softness, while the iris bring texture and richness.
• Allow some blooms to float high above the rest — the sculptural folds of Barely Cinched help balance the weight visually.
• Try rotating the vase as you work. Its four distinct faces each suggest a different silhouette.

📸 Arrangement shown:
Tall Bearded Iris ‘Luminate’ and ‘Casual Elegance’, Tulip ‘James Last’, Herbaceous Peony ‘Sunny Girl’, Tree Peony ‘Loyola’, Beech and Willow foliage.

Season: Mid-Spring
Flowers:

• Tree Peony ‘Lasting Beauty’
• Dwarf Bearded Iris (unnamed variety)
• Annual Phlox
• Garden foliage accents

Styling Tips:

This arrangement celebrates the "maiden bloom" on a peony planted back in 2023.

Begin by tucking a few foliage snips into Baby Twist to create a light nest.

Add your feature bloom with a sense of reverence — here, the softly ruffled ‘Lasting Beauty’ peony commands attention.

Let smaller supporting flowers, like Phlox and dwarf iris, play a textural role around the main focal point.

Baby Twist’s petite scale means you don’t need many ingredients — just enough to feel full of life and movement.

📸 Arrangement shown:
Tree Peony ‘Lasting Beauty’, dwarf bearded iris (unnamed), annual Phlox and garden foliage in Baby Twist.

• Season: Early Spring
  Flowers:
• 7-10 Seasonal Tulips
• Airy Foliage to taste
• Snips from flowering branches
• Daffodils, Hellbores, seasonal accents

Styling Tips:

• Begin with a light structure using arching branches and airy foliage, whatever looks good
• Add your focal blooms in small clusters: tulips and magnolia work beautifully together.
• Use the vase’s soft folds to cradle stems naturally. The gently cinched middle keeps everything feeling held—but never tight.
• Let some stems wander off the edge. This vase loves asymmetry and motion and while it's a "cylinder" it has 4 distinct sides so try all of them

🌿 Design Note: Every stem in this design was cut from my garden and arranged just steps away in the greenhouse I built myself. It's a space where I test forms, flowers, and the way they move together. Barely Cinched remains my most-used vase for garden-gathered arrangements like this.

📸 Arrangement shown: Barely Cinched with LaBelle Epoque and light lavender tulips, Genie Magnolia blossom, Tiger Rose Maple Cuttings, Prosecco daffodils and Sandy Shorts Hellebores.

Season: Early Spring

Flowers: 1st Iris of the Season, Blueberry Tart

Accents: yellow Epimedium blooms, Wedgwood Blue Lilac cutting, Pagoda Dogwood foliage, Fritillaria Uva Vulpis, seasonal tulips

Notes:

• The iris is the star of the show — make sure you can see it.
• 
  Baby Twist doesn’t need a whole lot of flowers; its nipped-in waist helps you create a wild and full design with minimal effort.

• Season: Early Spring
  Flowers:
• 20–30 stems of Muscari (aka grape hyacinth)
• Optional: 3-5 small face flowers like the mums shown

Tips:

• Use the vase’s undulating rim to let the muscari lean naturally—they don’t need to stand straight to feel joyful.
• Tuck in a few larger blooms at varying heights to soften the structure.
• These soft stemmed bulb flowers are thirsty, make sure to add fresh water often

📸 Arrangement shown: Envelope No.1 with blue muscari + a few Blue Ocean mums