Big Bouquet: Create a Dramatic Floral Arrangement in an Hour

Time: ~1 hour. Cost: $100+ (or ~$30 for smaller version), plus container.

Materials & Tools

• 3 bricks florist's foam
• Pruning shears/florist's knife
• Waterproof papier-mâché liner (12 in. wide × 5½ in. deep)
• Florist's tape
• 10-in. square chicken wire (extra support)
• Wire clippers
• Pot/bricks (optional, for height)
• Large container (13 in. wide inside)
• Flowers & foliage

Directions

1. Soak foam. Cut 1 brick into 2-in. cubes; place in liner. Stack 2 soaked bricks on top (foam ~1 in. above liner).
2. Secure foam to liner with florist's tape.
3. Cut chicken wire to liner diameter; place over foam. Tape wire to liner bottom.
4. Set upside-down pot/bricks in container if needed to level liner. Place liner in container.
5. Arrange flowers as shown.

Big-Bouquet Flower List

• White anemones (30 stems)
• Purple French tulips (7)
• Cream French tulips (4)
• White irises (5 stems)
• White larkspurs (5 stems)
• Pink larkspurs (10 stems)
• Pink heather (20 stems)
• Pussy willows (10 stems)
• Long-stemmed light pink roses (12)
• Green viburnums (5 stems)
• Foliage: camellia, New Zealand flax, pittosporum, variegated ivy

Smaller version: same design/palette, fewer flowers (white anemones, pink tulips, heather, foliage).