Wildflowers and Pears Display

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How-To
How to Make a Wildflowers and Pears Display

Primary Media

Things To Grab

  • footed container
  • floral foam
  • floral tape
  • 1 package skewers
  • 3 wildflower bouquets
  • 5 to 7 pears

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Description

Hydrangeas, sunflowers, roses, bells of Ireland, mums, and snapdragons create a lush bed for green pears. Learn how to get the look.

Directions

  1. securing foam into the footed vase with tape

    Step 1

    Place dry floral foam in a sink or cake pan and cover it with cool water. Let it soak, flipping if needed, until the foam is saturated with water. Trim floral foam with a knife to fit it snugly into the container. Depending on the container size, this may require one or more blocks of foam. Place strips of floral tape over the floral foam to secure to the container.

  2. securing three sunflowers to form a triangle in the floral foam

    Step 2

    Place three large flowers, such as sunflowers, in the foam to form a triangle. Note: When making a two-sided arrangement, use two additional sunflowers to form a triangle on the back side.

  3. placing flowers in the arrangement

    Step 3

    Fill in around the sunflowers with other flowers. Start with large or sturdy flowers and progress to small or fragile blooms.

  4. placing a skewered pear into the bouquet

    Step 4

    Push one or two skewers into each pear. Push the skewered pears into the arrangement.

  5. pear and wildflower bouquet in a white footed vase

    Step 5

    Display. So pretty...