Holidays 01 is built from preserved evergreen foliage, soft pampas grass, cascading burgundy amaranthus, dried citrus slices, natural raffia textures and festive red bows — an earthy, sculptural composition that reads as festive without ever tipping into cliché. Every element is chosen for its texture and longevity, so the piece holds its shape and colour long after the season begins.
Evergreen foliage has signalled midwinter celebration for centuries, carried into homes as a symbol of endurance and continuity through the darkest months. Here its deep, resinous green anchors the arrangement and gives it weight. Against it, pampas grass brings height and a feathered, weightless movement — a softness that catches the light and keeps the whole piece feeling organic rather than formal. Amaranthus, whose name traces to the Greek for unfading, spills downward in long burgundy tassels, a plant long associated with permanence and lasting things, and the natural choice for a composition meant to be kept.
Dried citrus slices add a quiet, sun-warmed note and a translucent amber glow when backlit, while raffia and red bows lend that artisanal, hand-finished charm — the sense that someone built this by hand rather than assembled it from a kit. The palette moves through forest green, warm beige, crisp white and deep holiday red: cosy and considered, festive but grown-up. It suits a mantel, a console or an entrance hall, and it belongs in any home that favours curated, design-led decoration over the predictable. If you are drawn to this preserved, textural approach, it sits comfortably alongside our wider table centrepiece designs and our edit of deep red seasonal arrangements.
Each Holidays 01 is composed and hand-finished by our florists in the Amicis Dubai atelier, then checked before it leaves us. As a preserved and dried piece it asks very little: keep it out of direct sun to protect the colour, away from damp, and dust the pampas gently now and then. With that small care it carries the warmth of the season from one year into the next. Explore more festive design through our luxury flowers in Dubai collection.
