Francoise weeks

A few weeks ago a friend gifted me 2 stunning matte black vases and several grapevine branches. One of the vases is about 18″tall with a 4″square opening and has a hole on three sides towards the top. It was designed to design ikebana arrangements. I was able to secure 3 of the grapevine branches […]

ORDER HERE As Seen In It was a most amazing three days! Françoise is truly an artist as well as amazingly business savvy, and she shares all. Susan Levenhage Private WORKSHOPS Work one-on-one with Françoise in her private garden studio in Portland, Oregon. Focus on what you wish to study most. Françoise’s open […]

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photos: Jamie Bosworth & Joni Shimabukuro Explore the many possibilities the woodlands have to offer and be inspired by the botanical treasures of the Pacific Northwest! Françoise’s absolute love for this style of arrangement stems from her time spent as a child in Switzerland. Foraging for a piece of wood or bark and moss and […]

This delightful bulb, which belongs to the lily family, is another favorite! Checkered lilies are exquisite and showy, with nodding bell-shaped blooms in shades of purple (and occasionally white) marked with a checkerboard pattern; they feature grass-like foliage intermittently spaced on their slender stems – which are flexible, just like muscari stems. Fritillaria are a […]

Hailing from flower-drenched Belgium, Françoise Weeks redefined what being a florist in Portland means. "I basically garden the way I design and I design the...

It all started with an idea to decorate a wine bottle; the base was kinesio tape; many small textures and a few flowers were glued onto it. It was easy to pull the tape off the bottle and adhere it first to a shoe and then to a piece of fruit. And of course, the […]

Last month I had the opportunity to go to New Orleans to teach a 2 day workshop, hosted by Diane Mouton with Fat Cat Flowers. The day before the workshop we went to the flower market and visited several plant shops and got back to the studio with a plethora of fabulous flowers, textures and […]

Floral designer shows natural touch with woodland textures.

Last week I taught another 6 day workshop in Beijing, hosted by Cohim Fashion Training Organization. What a fabulous time Jo Jarvis and I had teaching there again and I much appreciated all the fabulous flower buying that Jo Jarvis did on a daily basis. We wanted to thank Oasis Floral Products for sponsoring the …