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Still having fun and making the most of the flowers in the garden. Several readers were kind enough to ask me questions about last week’s bouquet, so this week please indulge me while I give a mini tutorial!
First thing to know is that it’s worth picking a lot of flowers even for a small arrangement such as this. As you can see I used several branches of 1- poppy, 2 – rue, 3 – euphorbia, 4 – pink rose, 5 – mahonia, 6 – apricot rose and my essential rose 7 – pierre de ronsard
For this arrangement I used a vintage gravy boat, filled with floral foam. It doesn’t matter if the foam isn’t new, it can be quite expensive to buy, I use mine again and again.
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Always start with the background colour or filler. Here the euphorbia. When composing arrangements like this it’s best to build up crescendo to the stars of the arrangement, strategically positioned last of all.
Here I’m beginning to give some body, and define the outline of the bouquet. You can see how heavy the rose heads are at this time of year, I actually worked them up resting on top of each other. Until finally I added the apricot roses, their touch of soft orange lifted the whole arrangement and made the other colours stand out.
Voila! A touch of beauty to enjoy, and ready in ten minutes.
How I love these simple country pleasures.
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26 comments
Gosh, that bouquet is stunningly beautiful!
Sharon so gorgeous, I adore bouquets like this!
xoxo
Karena
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Stunning bouquet! You have a great eye for flower arranging.
Isabelle x
Wonderful bouquet!
Sleep well!
Franka
I do love it – such variety and texture.
Thanks for a cheerful Monday post
Helen xx
A beautiful bouquet. I can identify most of the flowers but am curious about the gorgeous white spray in the foreground. Looks like Ixora? Lovely way to start the week. ;)Sharyne
Glorious rich colors contrasting with all the white.
Georgous arrangement. I personally love unstructured arrangements.
Who would not love this! It is breathtaking!
Jane
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Lush and full and colorful – such a gorgeous bouquet.
Your flowers are gorgeous.. I only imagine how glorious your garden must be.
Just gorgeous! That would make a beautiful painting! Christie
Dearest Sharon,
That is a bouquet fit for a still life painting…
Just lovely and so lush! You're lucky.
Lots of love,
Mariette
It is worth finding a shallow container for the trudge and fill it with water or oasis. The wood is a lovely juxtaposition of rustic with the beauty of the flowers. A winning combination.
That bouquet is stunningly beautiful!
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The flowers look stunning in the trug!!
I always love flowers arranged in baskets.
Those fat buds of "Love in a Mist" just bursting to flower are exquisite!
Wonderful photos and they help me to remember summer!
It's mid winter and freezing cold in NZ as we've just had another huge dump of snow!!
Have a happy week.
Shane :))
Hi Sharon
I love this burst of colour.. so great to see as it is winter over my way.. but not for long!! [haven't had time to blog.. trying to catch up now]
See you soon.. ciao xxx Julie
Absolutley stunning! Do you do anything to make the arrangements last longer?
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I love the wild romantic look of it!
Wow. How incredible that you picked all of those from your yard! I used to do this when we had lilac bushes galore in Michigan.
I'd pay good money to have that bouquet on my table right now. It's gorgeous!
I love your bouquet. he best sort and straight from the garden even better. Your Nigella ( love in the mist) is superb! Gorgeous texture.
I'd say you should look for a water-proof trug at your next brocante adventure! I love the look you created both in the trug and in the vase. Gorgeous.
Sharon, that bouquet is beautiful! Also loved it in the trug. I have a wooden container that I use and found a vase that would fit down inside and no one would know that the arrangement had not been done in the wooden box.
Love that arrangement in your header! I just know you created that as well.
Leaving for England with Debra Phillips next month……………..next year I hear we may be visiting you!!
Sharon,
We would have stop and smell the roses! Stunning!
Have a great wednesday!
Xo,
Renee and Angela
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