Just like on holiday, styles and cultures blend together like a delicious cocktail. Exotic tropical hothouse blooms - like lipstick-red gloriosa lilies and fruity-hued zinnia - mix with familiar cottage-garden favourites such as delphiniums, phlox and snapdragons. Bright and dazzling colours contrast with faded tones - as if some of the flowers have faded in the sun.

Containers ae kitsch and quirky, often with a hand-made appearance. Look for recycled glass, repaint old vases in clashing stripes, place plastic containers inside raffia baskets, dig out your wooden salad bowls. Get creative and re-create!

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