Flowers brighten any room. Whether you place them in an entryway, kitchen, living room or bathroom, they make spaces come alive with pops of color and the scents of nature.
Create your own floral bowl arrangement using a cereal bowl and a bundle of store-bought flowers. To add texture and depth, look for small branches and ornamental grasses in your yard to pop into the arrangement. Then place your floral bowl in a spot where you need a burst of joy.
Supplies
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1 bundle of flowers (about 24 stems)
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Branches and ornamental grasses
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6” bowl (cereal bowl size)
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Floral shears (garden clippers or kitchens shears)
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12” square cut chicken wire
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Wire cutters
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Garden gloves (for forming chicken wire)
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Floral tape (or clear tape)
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Lazy Susan (to move your arrangement and work from all sides)
Prep & Assemble
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Prepare the mechanics. These are the non-floral elements used to assemble an arrangement. These materials will act as a grid to hold each stem in place.
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Wearing garden gloves, cut chicken wire roughly into a 12” square. Loosely form the chicken wire into a ball and place it inside the bowl.
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Use clear floral tape to make an X shape over the top of the bowl to hold the chicken wire in place. This will also give extra support when adding the floral elements later.
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Fill the bowl with water and mix in a flower food packet, if your flowers came with one.
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Begin to arrange florals in the bowl. Start with the strongest, thickest stems and end with the most delicate stems. Here, we began with branches, then the largest base flowers followed by taller focal flowers, and finally delicate stems, grasses and wispy greens.