Roger Capote, Director of Events at Selby Gardens and a floral designer, helped reimagine arrangements at Better-Gro’s Florida headquarters.
Recently, Selby Gardens’ Director of Events, Roger Capote, visited the design studios of our Orchid Show sponsor, Better-Gro, a national gardening retailer, to discuss different ways to display orchids. Capote, a professional floral designer, spent a day with the company’s leadership team at its national headquarters in Arcadia, Fla., reimagining some of the orchid and bromeliad arrangements that the business supplies to retailers like Home Depot and Lowe’s throughout the country.
Capote’s top tips for balanced floral design for display in homes include:
- Create a three-dimensional design so that the arrangement looks good from all angles and doesn’t have a “front and back.”
- Consider the color of potting materials as much as a pot. Changing a moss from a brown to a darker green can change the feel of an entire arrangement. Natural materials like lava rock and stone also can add texture to the display.
- Infill with height to create a line from the tallest orchid in your arrangement down to the base. Don’t worry so much about potting a mass of foliage to fill a pot; instead consider smaller elements like birch bark, mosses or even metallic wiring.
Capote met with Better-Gro’s leadership team during his visit.
The Orchid Show: Celebrating 40 Years at Selby Gardens takes place Feb. 14 – March 27, 2016 with thousands of orchids on display at the Bayfront botanical garden. Additional details about lectures, classes and social events hosted throughout the six-week show are available here.