the rapid bouquet – a recipe for you

by Sharon Santoni

roses and garden flowers in white jugs

So we all know how to follow a recipe for a quick lunch:  slice two tomatoes … prepare a vinaigrette … etc etc

But how about a recipe for a rapid bouquet? because that is what I did this week, when I had guests arriving and only five minutes to pull together some flowers.

roses and garden flowers in white jugs

To make this delicious bouquet for four you will need:

3 white jugs, of various sizes

half a dozen sprigs of old-variety  roses

three branches of black elderflower

a couple of foxgloves

and a few annual poppies.

Fill your jugs with water, and cut the flowers to suitable lengths for the height of your pitchers.  Be sure to leave some branches about five inches longer than others to create interest.

roses and garden flowers in white jugs

This is a casual country bouquet, so don’t cut the leaves of the stems, you need bulk and movement.

Line the jugs up side by side and pop the stems inside, alternating as you go and keeping an eye on the overall shape and spread of your bouquet.

Decide where to display your arrangement, turn the jugs in the right direction and if you wish, you can lay a stem on the table or console beside the jugs … it makes the whole thing look effortless, which of course it is!

roses and garden flowers in white jugs

Hope that you are enjoying flowers too this weekend, whether you are at the height of summer or heading into winter.

Thank you for reading me.

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35 comments

Jackie June 19, 2016 - 12:19 am

Stunning! Absolutely stunning. I can almost smell the beautiful scent of the peonies through the Internet!

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Linda June 19, 2016 - 12:24 am

Stunning…..that was also my word but I see Jackie thought the same. It is REALLY beautiful!!

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Debra Kelly June 19, 2016 - 12:30 am

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Shelagh June 19, 2016 - 12:55 am

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Vicky from Athens June 19, 2016 - 12:40 am

Just lovely! As always, you don’t disappoint!! We all want to create that casual, effortless look. Entertaining today is almost always done with a casual feel. Now all I need is 3 white ironstone pitchers/jugs. Guess I’d better head to Scott’s Antiques in Atlanta to find them!
I look forward to meeting you in Marietta.

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Sharon Santoni June 20, 2016 - 2:06 pm

Thank you, Vicky !

Looking forward to seeing you there.

best

Sharon

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Runningwater Rollin June 19, 2016 - 12:43 am

Thank you so much for always posting about something that brings beauty or interest into my life. To see flowers this week was nice, since I work as a florist and love how they can be spontaneous and always beautiful!! I like the contrast of the black with the pink.

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Jeannine June 19, 2016 - 12:52 am

Just beautiful!

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Karen C. Bueche June 19, 2016 - 12:52 am

Your arrangements are always so luscious and just quite soothing. Thanks for sharing. Coco

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Madonna June 19, 2016 - 2:01 am

Love the flower arrangement and the sliced tomatoes sounds like a start to a lovely lunch. 🙂

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joie June 19, 2016 - 2:11 am

Love the relaxed feel….beautiful. There is only one problem…..you need to have all the flowers to do something like this. Right now my garden is void except for Jasmine. I may have to do a little street marauding this evening. Some won’t even miss them since they only come once or twice a year! No, but am surely tempted.

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Gillian Stenhouse June 22, 2016 - 8:03 am

Hi Sharon, your flowers are beautiful, just picked my last ones this week as we are pasted our shortest day for winter. Hoping to get back to France September 2017. Love your fabulous blog it always brightens my day. Regards Gillian

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Gillian Senhouse June 22, 2016 - 8:10 am

Hi Sharon, your flowers are beautiful, just picked my last ones this week as we are pasted our shortest day for winter. Hoping to get back to France September 2017. Love your fabulous blog it always brightens my day. Regards Gillian.In the middle of winter in New Zealand .

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Debrashoppeno5 June 19, 2016 - 2:19 am

What beauty. You have the talent for knowing what works together.

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Alana June 19, 2016 - 2:54 am

Soft and elegant, however, french country classic! The foxglove is perfect! Lovely!

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Esther George June 19, 2016 - 4:10 am

Hi Sharon, such beauty, you have made my day. Over here it’s cold and wet and bonus…I have a terrible cold. I have some really pretty pitchers sitting in my kitchen cabinet waiting for Spring and it’s beauty. I can just imagine how beautiful your home looks and the perfume in the air…delicious. Thank you for sharing beauty. Till next time regards Esther from Sydney. PS have a wonderful time in the US.

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dottie monta June 19, 2016 - 4:49 am

Lovely combination of flowers!

Happiness is having a friend on my street who tells me to feel free to pick any blooms I want from her garden, which is filled with specimens I don’t grow! It is a joy to add a few of her white hosta lilies and dancing columbines to my roses.

The little buds and feathery berry blossoms you’ve placed on the table–a charming sight!

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Sally leonard June 19, 2016 - 5:51 am

The reader who wants to unsubscribe must not appreciate beauty in her life!! Can’t imagine as your blog is my all time favorite!

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Jeanie June 19, 2016 - 6:42 am

Such beautiful arrangements! Your garden must be brimming with blooms. Thank you for sharing, Sharon!

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lorenza June 19, 2016 - 7:45 am

I love your bouquet! !!!!!

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Taste of France June 19, 2016 - 8:07 am

So pretty. The quaint white jugs really turn over the attention to the blooms.

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Janny van der Vliet June 19, 2016 - 9:21 am

Fresh flowers grom the garden are always lovely. Especially roses. These bouquets give something espacially.
Regards Janny
Paper Roses

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Our French Oasis June 19, 2016 - 9:24 am

So pretty, I have been searching for white jugs like these for vases at all the brocantes this summer, but so far have not found any! They look so pretty with any summer flowers. I shall keep looking!

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Liz Campbell June 19, 2016 - 10:41 am

So perfect,love the white jugs.I live on the Isle of Wight and am picking almost identical flowers at present but don’t have a black elder,must plant one as it contrasts so well.I inherited a white french casserole from my friend David Ellison creator ofTales of the Riverbank,I will try to arrange some peonies in this in memory of David.Thank you for the idea Sharon.

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splendid market June 19, 2016 - 11:28 am

I love a garden bouquet, yours are stunning. I can almost smell the roses! ~ebh

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Kate Dickerson June 19, 2016 - 2:11 pm

With flowers, so often the simpler the better. What a charming arrangement!

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Gina June 19, 2016 - 3:14 pm

Love your bouquets Sharon. And remind your readers that to make Poppies last more than half an hour in water they need to singe the Poppy stems for 15 seconds over a low flame.

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Suzanna June 19, 2016 - 3:55 pm

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful…

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Kiki June 19, 2016 - 9:57 pm

oh, le parfum qui sort de l’écran
stellar and utterly beautiful
coming home from a long Sunday, tired but happy, your flowers await me. I don’t know how you do it Sharon, but my huge garden is a total mess, all the roses are totally drenched, fouling on their stems, the marguerites are flattened to the ground, daylilies drooping sadly, but hey – the weeds are blooming and growing in all their glory!
thank you for this Sunday gift – bless you and have a happy, cheerful and flower-filled week. You made me happy!

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Jamie Herzlinger June 19, 2016 - 11:36 pm

Beautiful post! Love following your blog, Jamie Herzlinger

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Petra Matthew June 20, 2016 - 10:00 am

You are so lucky to be able to cut from your own garden. That must be such joy just walking around and thinking which ones to pick. Are the dogs walking with you?

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Sharon Santoni June 20, 2016 - 2:10 pm

Thank you, Petra.

They’re always somewhere nearby 🙂

best

Sharon

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Maryanne June 20, 2016 - 10:48 pm

Sharon I love your blog especially when it relates to flowers. I’d love to know what flowers you grow, how many, and whether you have an actual cutting garden. It’s something I would like to create but don’t know where to start.

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Marilyn June 21, 2016 - 5:29 pm

Lovely!

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Marian from England June 22, 2016 - 2:34 pm

Gorgeous!

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