Height is important for this one so needs a tall, elegant, narrow container. There are just three types of high impact flowers: one should be tall with showy heads, the second elegant with flexible stems, the third should be dense and compliment the others colour-wise. It will be used to add punctuation to the arrangement.

Equipment: a tall narrow vase - height is important. An oasis and some florist wire.

Flowers and Foliage: twigs, 3 x anthurium, a long heavy stem of orchids, pink berries (Symphoricarpos), some moss.

Step 1: shape and soak the oasis before adding to the vase.

Step 2: Use the twigs to frame the space for the arrangement. Tricia used some that are thicker than usual with lovely old lichen scars on it. Bare twigs create a more elegant effect for this. I used cherry blossom because I couldn’t resist the new spring blossom coming out on the trees. I liked the Japanese effect.

Step 3: Add the tall anthurium flowers on the one side, varying the height of them.

Step 4: Cut a smaller branch / twig into 2-3 short pieces and bind using the florist wire. This can be attached at the base of the arrangement (resting on top of the vase) by inserting the wire into the oasis. The effect is a log at the base of the flowers.

Step 5: Cut the longer orchid stem into shorter (but still draping) branches and add them to the opposite side of the vase, hanging over the side. Think of a lovely luxurious lax tumble of flowers.

Step 6: Add the punctuation berries / flowers to fill in the base of the opposite side. These should be low and densely packed to cover the oasis. Colour is important: it should bring the elements of the other flowers together.

Step 7: Use small pieces of moss to cover the rest of the oasis. It should be subtle.

Everything is sourced from home this week.

The cherry blossoms are from the garden. The bright pink Prunus mume (chinese plum tree) are the earliest to flower. The pink buds are Prunus Okame, a very early flowering variety. The pale pink blossom comes from a large flowering cherry tree in Heswall, collected on the way to Flower School.

The anthurium flowers are growing in a pot on my bathroom windowsill . I was surprised at how tough the stems were when I cut them. The orchids are growing on the kitchen windowsill - I have about 10 plants on the go and there are always some of them in flower. I used short twigs of cherry blossom for the punctuation flowers - they should open fully over the next few days.

And the vase is another from my West Dean College pottery class collection; made on a very enjoyable couple of pottery weekends all those years ago.