america february 2014 spring is coming around again, march...
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The Flower Arranging Study Group of The Garden Club of America February 2014Tips
Spring is Coming Around Again, March 20thFast and simple flower arrangement ideas, Easy as 1-2-3
Tools ClippersorJackKnifeSupplies 12”ShallowRoundClearGlassVase FloralFoam ToothpicksPlant Materials DeerMoss FoliageLeaves DriedSpongeMushrooms FreshMushrooms CurlyWillowBranches BlueIris GreenFujiChrysanthemums Hyacinths MiniDaffodilsDefinition: Parallel Designadesigninwhichplantmaterial(andothercomponentsifnotprohibit-ed)areplacedinstronglyparallelgroupingswithopenspacebetween;maybevertical,horizontalordiagonal.Additionalcomponentsmaybeplacedatanyangleatthebaseasconnectives.Multiplecontainersmaybeused,butdesignmustappearasasingleunit.Technique•CutfloralfoamintoglassdishandfilltheedgewithDeerMoss.(Pic1)•Coverthefloralfoamwithvariousgreensandadddriedspongemushroomsoffthesides.(Pic2)•PlaceCurlyWillowinto3or4equidistantlocationsintothefloralfoam.FollowwiththetalleststemsofIrisandaddadditionalshorterstemskeepingstemsstraightandinparallelgroupingstoeachother.•AddHyacinthsandMiniDaffodilsusingthesameprinciplesastheIris.•TrimthestemsoftheFujiMumstoabout2”andplacelowinthedesignsothattheyresemblelowgrowthofspringgrasses.•Lastlytakethefreshsupermarketmushroomsandpushatoothpickintothebaseofthemushroom.Placetheotherprotrudingendofthetoothpickintothefloralfoam.Thetoothpickcanbepickeddirectlythroughflatfoliageleavesforanaturallook.
MaryEllenO’BrienEditor,ByDesign
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with a Parallel Floral Design in the Round
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