Vase Arrangement Tutorial
I'm feeling rather pleased with myself, for a while now, I've kind of lost my cooking mojo, I'm not an amazing cook by any means, I'm a recipe follower rather than a creator when it comes to food. But I think the combination of trying to eat cleanly, and a lack of time means, I've just lost all motivation to cook nice food. However, as I type this, I am eating home-made soup, freshly made using the left-over veg in the fridge, and a few herbs and spices, and it actually tastes good! I've made something without a proper recipe, it might just be a humble vegetable soup, but it's a start! Anyway, I digress, back to the matter in hand, this month's vase arrangement tutorial with lovely Caroline from Wild Rubus, is another stunner of course, and I believe if you choose the right flowers, you can't go too far wrong.
A quiet style vase arrangement
You will need:
A selection of flowers, between 3 and 5 stems of each, depending on how bushy they are. We used:
5 x Aquilegia
5 x Roses
5 x Honesty
3 x Fewerfew
5 x Dicentra Bleeding Heart
Birch
A vase (the one we used was approximately 10 cm wide)
Scissors
a quiet style vase arrangement
1. Fill the vase with water, about two thirds full.
a quiet style vase arrangment
2. Take 3 stems of Honesty, and spread throughout the vase, cutting to slightly different heights.
a quiet style vase arrangement
3. Next add in the Feverfew in the same way.
a quiet style vase arrangement
4. Add in the rest of the Honesty.
5. Put in the 5 stems of Dicentra, these work really well at bringing the arrangement forward, and giving it interest near the neck of the vase.
vase-arrangement-5
6. Next spread the Aquilegia through the arrangement, cutting them at different heights.
a quiet style vase arrangement
7. Add in the 5 Roses, making sure you offset them, and space them out, so they don't end up all in a row.
a quiet style vase arrangement
8. If you have anything left over, fill in any spaces.
9. Place the Birch at the back of the arrangement to give height.
a quiet style vase arrangement
Hints & Tips:
Make sure you snip the stems at an angle.
When you are doing an arrangement like this, it is always good to have a look in the garden to see if you have anything before buying flowers, for example, blossom would work perfectly instead of the birch.
Keep the water fresh.
Re-snip the flowers every few days to prolong their life.
Don't be afraid to remove flowers if they don't work.
Don't panic, this is a wild looking arrangement, there is no right or wrong.
My amateur attempt below, proving that anyone can do it!
a quiet style vase arrangement