Flower Love!

Floral Design of the Week

This week to celebrate my favorite season I made a pumpkin design. Normally this type of design would be made by cutting the top of the pumpkin right off and just have the flowers come out of the top. I went another direction by cutting the pumpkin in half and designing out of the sides of the pumpkin all the way around.  

I used a few stems of fall colored mums, gold salidago, sea oats, many rose hips, green amaranth, a little purple limonium, yellow billy balls, pittosporum leaves & some curly willow.

This design is simple. Just cut the pumpkin in half. Hollow is out. Put a block of florist ( aqua foam that has been soaked ) in the bottom half of the pumpkin. Stake the top half od the pumpkin to the bottom a few inches above so there is room for the flowers. Then just work your way around the pumpkin with the flowers.

If you wanted a bit more sparkle to this design I would wrap a few pieces of gold boulion wire around the design. Not to much but just enough to make it shimmer.

This is def the perfect centerpiece for a harvest dinner party!

So stop by your local florist & pick up some fall flowers to make your design, or if you want a design like this but you dont wanna make one I'm sure your florist could make something similar they may even have them in the cooler already.

Hugs & Wonderful Thoughts,

Lavender A.