Hyderange bouquet – lesson learned and shared with you!
Instead of my usual lessons I share, today I am sharing in detail just the ONE lesson.
Last week while at the RUAS Balmoral Show in Belfast, we were able to watch a floral demonstration by the staff of Cafre.
Of the items they demonstrated the one which appealed to me most, was the bouquet made using a single hydrangea head (is that the correct term?) as the basis for a bouquet. As my opportunities to carry a bouquet are somewhat limited (!) this would also be a beautiful way to make an arrange for the house too.
Step 1
Select a large head of hydrangea, and insert other flowers through the gaps in the blooms. They mostly used anemones. This is a great way to use “floppy” flowers, as the hydrangea head provides support.
Step 2
Trim all the stalks, then tap to settle the flowers to provide a flat base.
Step 3
Using soft florist tape, bind the stems together.
Step 4 (the really clever bit)
Wrap more tape around, with the sticky side out.
Step 5
Cover the sticky tape with ribbon (it sticks – isn’t that clever) and secure (carefully!) with pins.
Step 6
Voila! Enjoy 🙂
I don’t do much flower arranging anymore, apart from putting fresh flowers in a glass vase when hubby buys me some! My Mum has always been interested in floral art, and as a child I remember playing with the off-cuts while she taught some of the students at the local college.
As a teenager, I entered the junior and novice classes for several years at the local flower show , and won top prize a few times. The main reason I won was because all the other contestants did it at their school with the same teacher, while I was taught by my Mum, so mine were always a little different from all the rest!
Do you do much with cut flowers apart from remembering to put them in water?
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That is gorgeous! THanks for sharing.
I have always admired people who arrange flowers. No, really! It is an art and I do not have an eye for mixing colors. That bouquet is beautiful and it sounds really simple to do.
I’m useless when it comes to flowers. I love to look at them, but sometimes I’m not even that good at remembering the water:)
Great idea! The flower bouquet is beautiful. I don’t know much about arranging them; my experience tends to be stick them in a vase. I wish I could do stuff like that.
The flowers are so beautiful. I love hydrangeas and am waiting on mine to bloom. Putting them into an arrangement is another story.
Thank you so much for sharing the bouquet lesson with us. I will remember that one for the future! It’s pretty and simple – the best kind! The last picture of the bouquet you took is so beautiful! I’ve always loved flowers and hydrangeas are my favorite! I don’t have many opportunities to do much flower arranging, but I did arrange my wedding bouquet. 🙂
What a lovely bouquet. I’ve never been good at arranging flowers, but I do love them.
Oh that’s cool. I’m not much on flower arranging, but what a great idea!
That is absolutely beautiful! We have a few hydrangea bushes in our yard and I cannot wait to try that myself!
I do pick flowers from our yard and try to make arrangements when I can. Flowers make me smile.
That is a pretty spiffy trick for a flower arrangement! Thanks for sharing it with us!!
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God bless-
Amanda
That’s a great idea! And we have hydrangeas in our yard!
Although I should probably avoid touching flowers. I have the blackest thumbs you will ever see. I can keep my children alive but don’t ask me to water a plant.
I had been ADMIRING this bouquet and wondering how it was made – how utterly brilliant! I wish hydrengea ( I know the spelling is wrong! ) were blooming now – I’d make one right today. Are they blooming there – or are these from a shop?
Our blossoms are over now and we have had a few cool days and VERY windy nights. I’m longing for more warm weather.
Wishing you a good rest of the week!
♥ Barb