MAY FLOWERS

Why Choose Silk/Dry Flowers Over Real Flowers?

• They last longer

• More affordable

• Always look like the first day you picked them

• Don’t have to water them

• No mess

• Your animals won’t get into them

Things to Consider When Starting Your Floral

Arrangement. 1. What color do you want to use?

2. How big do you want your floral arrangement to be?

3. How much do you want to spend on the arrangement?

4. What types of flowers do you want to use?

5. Does it work with your color/design scheme in the room?

6. Is it cheaper to buy the flowers in bushes or single?

7. What kind of container are you using?

8. Where is it going to be placed in the home? (this will decide of it is going to be frontal or circle arrangement)

Things You Will Need to Create Your Arrangement

1. Styrofoam or oasis blocks

2. Glue gun and glue sticks

3. Wire cutters and scissors

4. Floral wire, picks, and tape (for holding flowers together)

5. Some kind of greenery (example: moss or leaves) to cover mechanics

6. A pot, vase, or container for the flowers

7. And of course the flowers & embellishments!

Rules of Thumb for Floral Arrangements • Floral groupings of stems should be stair-

stepped with equal distance between each.

• Flowers should be 2 ½ x larger then the base.

Different Types of Floral Arrangements

• Center pieces • Swags• Wreaths • Topiary

Different Types of Artificial Flowers

Dry

Silk

Different types of floral arrangements Landscape

Parallel Vegetative

Hogarth Curve

SymmetricalCrescent

Asymmetrical

Vertical