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Springtime Garden

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A low Oriental-style china container bursts forth with a lush collection of springtime favorites.

Supplies:

Container :
  • Low china pot, 7" square, 4" tall
Flowers & Foliage:
    2 pink tulips
  • 2 lavender hyacinths
  • 2 stems pink plum blossoms
  • 1 purple African violet
  • Forsythia
  • Pink and white wax flower
  • Green filler flower
  • Seeded eucalyptus
Other Supplies & Tools:
  • Green Spanish moss
  • Knife
  • Wire cutters
  • Glue gun and glue
  • Wood picks
  • Floral U-pins
  • Plastic foam or floral foam base material
Instructions:

Step 1.
Trim the base material with a knife to fit the container. The top should be even with the opening of the container.
Step 2.
Glue the base material inside container so it fills the opening completely.
Step 3.
Cover the base with green Spanish moss. Secure with floral U-pins.
Step 4.
Cut tulips to 13" and 11". Insert vertically in the back left corner.
Step 5.
Insert plum blossoms to right of tulips to a height of 18".
Step 6.
Insert the hycinth in the corner of the arrangement.
Step 7.
Insert the forsythia in the right rear corner.
Step 8.
Insert the African violet in the left front corner so it hangs over the front to the container slightly.
Step 9.
Fill in with the white and pink wax flower, green filler flowers and seeded eucalyptus.


Note:In vegetative designs, floral materials are arranged so they resemble growing plants. Only flowers that bloom in the same season would be used together in a vegetative design.


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