Flowers have a way of lifting the senses and adding elegance to an occasion or even an ordinary day. Just like fashion flower trends change every season. From home décor to weddings and dinner parties, being on trend will help elevate your spaces and events.
On Trend Colors 2023
Similar to how choosing the right color palette for your wardrobe is of top importance, choosing the perfect colors for your floral arrangements is key to creating the mood. On trend right now in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest is a spectrum of neutrals such as coffee, toffee, café au lait and sand. Acorn Floral features a best selling floral design called “Seattle Fog” which features this rich color palette and gives a nod to Pacific Northwest culture that is anything but boring.
Various shades of browns, chocolates and burgundy’s can take you through a variety of seasons as well by using seasonal foliage in your arrangements.
Styles
When it comes to floral styles the important factors to consider are balance, scale, texture, overall theme, and mood. How do you want your arrangements to be perceived? Are they accents to a bigger picture and need to remain subtle and tie in with the rest of the elements? Are they the focal point of the whole aesthetic and need to be big, bold, and beautiful?
Boho
Bohemian style flowers continue be on on trend in 2022 and highly requested by brides. Similar to rustic flowers with more movement and texture. The loose, organic feel of wildflowers and traditional blooms like dahlias, garden roses, spray roses and scabiosa flower combine to create boho heaven. Long, loose, and free-flowing blooms characterize this look, which is a mix of fun and unpredictability.
Some of the boho friendly flowers taking the gardening world by storm right now are:
Garden roses; they’ve long been a flower of romance and they are available in a huge variety of specialty colors. They make nearly any customization possible.
Dahlias; a flower that is grown in the Pacific Northwest and is abundant in Seattle in late summer. Dahlias come in an array of luxurious colors including chocolates, which add a bit of moodiness to an otherwise whimsical display.
Peonies; a vision of beauty and boldness. They offer a large size blossom that takes up a lot of visual space but also gives a frilly feminine touch to a bouquet.
Ranunculus; a luxurious rose like bloom with a delicate petal. They offer a slight softness to arrangements and come in colors that range from rich and dark to light and airly.
Fancy Carnations; they’re back in style and better than ever. Hybrid carnations are being grown to create bigger heads, frilly blooms and super exciting colors like café au lait, iridescent pearls, and creams. They are definitely very vintage chic.
It’s not just a floral style, but a whole vibe. A boho style arrangement gives the feelings of earthiness and grounding. It inspires you to get back to nature and root yourself in peaceful practices.
Flemish Style
Flemish designs are influenced by the Flemish paintings of artists from the 15th, 16th, and early 17th centuries. Floral arrangements in the Flemish style are almost always oval in shape. These arrangements feature a wide range of eclectic flowers. Flemish designs are known for their excellent use of a variety of shapes, colors, and textures.
Flowers traditionally found in a Flemish style floral design include:
Tulips, since bulb flowers are necessary for a Flemish flower arrangement, tulips, of course, make the cut and with so many colors and types, they add an enormous amount of visual variety.
Peonies, In bloom, the peony is breathtakingly beautiful, with the fattest, most delectable flowers. They’ve been described as roses that are the size of cabbages. Their colors are generally shades of red and pink.
Roses, a classic flower that has yet to go out of style. Roses are easy to dye if you haven’t found the perfect color you’ve been hoping for. In fact, a majority of the trendy coffee, toffee, and sand flowers that are so popular at the moment are dyed roses.
Iris, another bulb flower, is a regal bloom named after the Greek Goddess who rode rainbows, It is a strong flower that has a broad spectrum of colors.
Foliage has a supporting role in a Flemish floral design. Generally weeping grasses and other soft greenery are used.
One of the most fun things about Flemish arrangements is the accessories. This is where creativity can take an unexpected and delightful twist. Things like birds’ nests, insects, jewelry, and fabric can all enhance the aesthetic of the piece.
The Classic Pavé
A pavé arrangement is one in which the designer trims off leaves, cuts the stems fairly short, and arranges the flower heads very closely together. Greenery can help fill in the leftover spaces making them even more dense. Pavé is a French word that means "paved." Consider a walkway made of cobblestones. The stones are small, but they are so close together that they form a solid surface. Other ways a classic pave can be shown off are bridal bouquets, topiaries, or any arrangement that requires a mounded shape.
We absolutely love that more often than not we’re able to source our flowers from local growers and farmers located in Washington State, Oregon, and California. It’s important to us that we are supporting these businesses, receiving the freshest blooms possible, and nurturing community relationships within our area. This also helps us to have our finger on the pulse of what is trending in the Pacific Northwest when it comes to our passion, flowers.
