February in Gilbert feels like spring is already here - citrus blooms perfume the air and sunshine warms our days. So why not bring that feeling indoors and share it with someone you love?
Skip the store-bought bouquet this year. Instead, create something beautiful with your own hands - a Floral Bowl Arrangement that says "I was thinking of you." Grab any cereal bowl from your kitchen, pick up flowers at the grocery store, and add some texture from your own yard: spring branches, ornamental grasses, whatever catches your eye.
Then comes the best part: deciding who needs this burst of joy. Your daughter's nightstand? Your husband's home office? A neighbor's doorstep? Maybe it's for you - because loving yourself counts too. Making something beautiful for the people in your life (yourself included!) is what February is all about.
Supplies
1 bundle of flowers (about 24 stems) + floral food packet
spring branches & ornamental grasses found in your yard (optional).
6” bowl (cereal bowl size)
floral shears (or garden clippers, kitchen shears, even craft scissors in a pinch).
12” square cut chicken wire.
wire cutters
garden gloves to protect your hands when forming chicken wire.
clear floral tape (scotch tape will also do).
lazy susan to easily move your arrangement and work from all sides (optional).
Preparation & Assemble
First prepare the mechanics. The mechanics are the non-floral elements used to assemble a floral arrangement. These materials will act as a grid in which the flowers are built into to hold each stem in its place.
Wearing garden gloves, cut chicken wire roughly into a 12” square. Loosely form the chicken wire into a ball and place inside the bowl.
Use clear floral tape to make an X shape over the top of the bowl to hold the chicken wire securely into place. This will also give extra support when adding the floral elements later.
Fill the bowl with water and mix in a flower food packet, if your flowers came with one.
Begin to arrange floral elements into the bowl. As a general rule, you will want to start with the strongest, thickest stems and end with the most delicate stems. Here, I began with branches, then the largest base flowers followed by taller focal flowers, and finally delicate stems, grasses and wispy greens.