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16 November | 2022 Feature FINALIST Nelson ZêPequ éno Plants & Anime Los Angeles, Calif. @zznelsonzz Nelson ZêPequéno is a multimedia artist in Los Angeles, Calif., who works as a freelancer in scenic/fl oral design and fabrication for marketers and event producers. His designs stem from a sustainability-fi rst approach by upcycling postconsumer waste into media for fl oral art and expression. FINALIST Iuliia Prokhorova , CFD, TMF Wild Veggie Bouquet | Corpus Christi, Texas | @wildveggiebouquet Photography by Cora Johnson | Videography by Laurie Lyng Iuliia Prokhorova, CFD, TMF, founder and leading designer at Wild Veggie Bouquet in Corpus Christi, Texas, is known for innovative designs combining fl owers with fruits and vegetables. Each of her handcrafted arrangements is infl uenced by her love of nature and art, accompanied by her exceptional eye for beauty, color and texture. About her design, Prokhorova shares: "Alexandra Farms provided four varieties of amazing, opulent garden roses, and although we were allowed to incorporate other fl owers, I thought that doing so would take attention away from the stars of the show. So, I focused on high- lighting the roses and the OASIS™ Rustic Wire, thinking about an empty late fall garden with no greenery but all kinds of textural branches. I formed lengths of Rustic Wire to replicate the fun slinky-style curls found in Southern Smilax." MATERIALS Botanicals • Rosa spp. 'Myabi' (Wabara garden rose) • Rosa spp. 'Tsumugi' (Wabara garden rose) • Rosa spp. 'Princess Hitomi' (Japanese garden rose) • Rosa spp. 'Princess Pinku' (Japanese spray garden rose) • Rosa spp. 'Romantic Antike' (Deluxe garden rose) • Solidago spp., tinted (goldenrod) • Rhaphiolepis indica (Indian hawthorn) • Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea' (copper beech, European beech) • Pinus spp. (pine cone) Hard Goods • ECOssentials ™ Rectangle Planter • OASIS ® Midnight Floral Foam • OASIS ™ Rustic Wire • OASIS ™ Florist Wire • OASIS ® Floral Adhesive • Wool yarn

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