Floral Story: Symbolising Anticipation

Wiggles and froths of anticipation symbolised in local dried flowers, foliage and seed heads

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This design is based on the feeling of anticipation.

For me anticipation is a combination of nervousness and excitement. I have chosen ingredients with stems that wiggle and flower and seed heads that fizz. On the wiggly side we have crocosmia and achillea leaves. All the others carry elements of wiggle and fizz; nigella, fennel, buddleia and gomphrena. Being a dried display, you have longer to sit with this idea of anticipation, letting your eyes absorb the movement and take in each wobble of nervousness and wave of excitement. What does anticipation feel like to you?

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