Watch Karen Barnes' Autumn Trends 2025 - New Video
- Karen Barnes
- 6 days ago
- 2 min read
Karen Barnes is an expert at identifying and interpreting key seasonal trends and translating them into commercial opportunities for florists.
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Watch how Karen brings popular autumn trends to life. Discussing colours, designs and packaging to inspire your autumn range. Showcasing three designs that will be featured in future videos.
Identifying this season's latest trend as Rustic Lux, there are elements that are rustic and very country natural, almost like a bunch of flowers gathered from a wild flower field. All with a touch of luxury, adding accents of dried materials and luxury sundries such as cotton ribbons, moulded glassware or top quality wicker.
Autumn Trends 2025
Autumn Hand-Tied Design
Watch as Karen shares the art of creating a stunning hand-tied bouquet that celebrates the rich textures and warm tones of autumn. Designed to sit beautifully in a tactile, pale teal vase, this arrangement is a masterclass in seasonal colour harmony and floral design.
Autumn Square Vase Design
Step into the rich hues of autumn with Karen Barnes’ latest floral masterpiece. Discover sustainable design techniques using chicken mesh and recycled glassware. Explore seasonal blooms like dahlias, clematis, and roses in this stunning arrangement
Autumn Hand-Tied and Door Swag Inspiration
Join Karen as she unveils a stunning flat-back hand-tied bouquet, wrapped in vintage-style kraft paper that could double as a door swag. This presentation bouquet is a fantastic example of the latest autumn trends, featuring muted autumnal tones and eco-conscious materials. Featuring Roses, Hydrangeas, Dahlias, Gerbera and Kalanchoe with Mint, Eucalyptus and Golden Beech.
With over 35 years’ experience, Karen Barnes is one of the UK’s leading consultants to the floral industry and an expert in product development, future trends & colours, and floral photography design & planning. She’s an interior floral designer, high profile wedding and event floral planner, and prominent international competition judge.In a distinguished career, Karen has been awarded gold medals at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, selected to judge two Floral Design World Cups and been voted one of the top ten florists in the UK by The Independent on Sunday Newspaper.Her style and influences come from new and popular flower varieties, fashion, art, travel and emerging trends on a global scale.Karen Barnes NDSF, IoPF, AIFD, CFD, CAFA, UKFJG
