Our simple tips on how to arrange Easter flowers..
It is always lovely to have flowers around the house, especially at Easter. If they're a gift or a treat to yourself we always want to make the most out of our cut flowers and it is important to follow care instruction to ensure your flowers stay fresher for longer. Not only this, but we want them to look beautiful in their vase too and some of us are a bit lost when it comes to flower arranging so we thought we would give you four simple tips to follow for when your flowers arrive home.
1 - Preparation
The first and one of the most important steps is to prepare your flowers. This includes trimming the stems at an angle, removing any leaves that will fall below the waterline, ensuring your vase is clean and filled with fresh water and flower food, along with removing any guard petals if your bouquet includes roses. For care instructions head over to our How To Care For Cut Flowers blog post, here there are step by step instructions to ensure your flowers are well cared for and kept fresher for longer.
2 - Add Foliage
To begin arranging you will need to create a base to work from. To do this we start by adding foliage and greenery first. This will help you when placing your larger flowers in the following steps. Simply place any greenery or berries like the above bouquet in the vase. There is no need to be fussy about this part as when adding bigger flowers you will be able to work with these and move them to a suited place.
3- Accent Flowers
The next step is to add your smaller flowers. This will help to fill out the arrangement, place these in and around the foliage. Evenly distribute these in the vase between the greenery. The great thing about flower arranging is that you can move things around to get your suited look.
4 - Large Blooms
The final tip is to add in your largest flowers. These will be the focal point of your arrangement, always try to use odd numbers, they have long been heralded by designers and stylists as magical numbers that should be applied to interiors and vignettes to make them look even better. Even numbers create symmetry, but odd numbers create interest. An odd number of details is more effective at capturing your gaze. Place your focal flowers in and around your accent flowers. Always try to distribute them evenly and keep your largest blooms around four fingers apart.
We hope that this has helped you when arranging your Easter flowers. The great thing about Appleyard flowers is that they already arrive arranged and ready to display, but we know that when following our care tips it is easy to lose the original arrangement, hopefully, these simple tips help you to present your flowers beautifully if this happens. If you would like to treat a loved one or decorate your home with flowers this Easter we have a beautiful Easter Flowers range, our blooms fit the occasion perfectly and make for a beautiful Easter gift. We hope that our tips are useful and that you have a lovely Easter!
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