1、97EVERY YEAR,WE INVITE A RENOWNED DESIGNER TO CREATE A FLORAL TREND REPORT TO INSPIRE FELLOW FLORISTS.THIS TIME,WE TEAMED UP WITH MIKE BOERMA.HIS FLORISTRY WORK TAKES HIM ACROSS THE GLOBE,AND AS A MEMBER OF THE BOERMA INSTITUUT,THE WORLD OF FLORISTRY ALSO COMES TO HIM.WITH SO MANY INFLUENCES,WE ARE

2、IN FOR A TREAT.Mike:Inspiration can be found in many places.It can come from the origin of all things,nature,by simply strolling through and observing her,but it can also come from people.During my travels,Ive had the privilege of meeting many incredible and inspiring designers from around the world

3、.People full of passion for our profession.People who love to explore,experiment,and innovate.People who love to educate;gathering knowledge and techniques,then sharing them with others.Their inspiration continues to fuel my own teachings at our school in Aalsmeer.This trend report is a collection o

4、f ideas that I believe are highly relevant to todays world.Its also a gesture of gratitude to those who have inspired me.Through my interpretation on these pages,I hope to inspire you in turn.1.100%ORGANICAfter completing my studies at our own school,much of my further learning has come from Gregor

5、Lersch.His calm and effective teaching style,combined with his endless drive and passion for the craft,has always been a personal inspiration.Gregor has long championed organic materials and plant-kind floristry.From what Ive heard,even back in the 1990s,he was a strong advocate for these ideas,thou

6、gh the wider industry was not quite ready for them at the time.About five or six years ago,he and Hitomi Gilliam hosted a series of online Zoom classes on this very topic.Around that time,he was experimenting with many ways to replace traditional,non-biodegradable techniques with methods that are 10