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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I am continuing with my Over To You feature, and asking for more questions which I will do my best to answer in my next blog posts.

So ask away……what would you like to know….about me, my life here in Northern Ireland, my faith, my photography, digi-scrapping, jewellery……….

Talking of jewellery, as well as my Etsy store, I have started a new blog janmary designs to share the items I make which are being sold outside of Etsy – please take a peak – which appeals to you?

Until next time, take care.