How to Make a Fresh-Cut Bouquet

Spotlight the variety in your garden by creating a stunning fresh-cut bouquet in minutes.
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Fresh-cut flowers

Follow our easy instructions on the following slides to create a beautiful bouquet of fresh flowers.

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Step 1: Gather flowers

Start by gathering a colorful mix of flowers, leaves and seed heads from your garden. As you cut each flower, place it in a pail of water to keep it fresh.

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Step 2: Create tape grid

For ease in building the design and stabilizing the arrangement, create a grid across the vase opening with tape. 

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Step 3: Start adding flowers

Next, add your focal point elements to the vase. We like to focus on one material at a time-whether it's a flower, leaf or seed head-and once we're satisfied, we'll move on to the next element.

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Step 4: Fill out the arrangement

Use bulky elements to fill spaces and to give the arrangement structure. 

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Step 5: Add height

Consider adding height at the center and also making sure your arrangement is nicely fanned out.

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Step 6: Add an unexpected element

Feel free to add a little twist to your design with an asymmetrical element. We inserted calla lilies on one side of our arrangement for an eye-catching accent.

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Step 7: Display the bouquet

Your unique bouquet is now ready to adorn any indoor or outdoor setting!

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