Arranging

St. Patrick’s Day calls for celebration! Give your party table a bit o’ Irish pride with this festive floral arrangement that won’t cost you a pot of gold to create!

Don’t let winter stop you from enjoying the flowers! Brighten up your indoors with a little help from your garden. Here’s how to make an elegant, simple and inexpensive arrangement using a few items from your winter landscape as the inspiration.

Weddings are beautiful celebrations…and expensive. Help keep costs down – and elegance high – by creating your own stunning hand-tied bouquets and boutonnieres for the entire wedding party.

Looking for some holiday magic to decorate your table? Turn some ordinary flowerpots, cut foliage from the garden and a few blooms from the florist into this fun and festive centerpiece!

Daffodils and tulips make great cutflowers – if you know how to treat them. Here are the tips for keeping these springtime blooms fresh and lively in the vase.

Hydrangeas are beautiful summer flowers that dry well and then can be kept for years. This is a quick and easy project for fall.

If you’ve ever looked at a beautiful centerpiece and told yourself you could never make anything like that, then wake up and smell the floral arrangement! Professional designer David Pippin is just a click away from getting you started in the world of floral design.

You’ve got your clippers, wires and scissors in your toolbox – now you need the major design “tool” – the plants. Professional designer David Pippin takes his floral-design series to the next step: growing and conditioning the stems you’re about to arrange.

You’ve got all the necessary tools. You’ve picked your plants. Now let’s get designing! In his third lesson in floral design, professional David Pippin shows how to create a contemporary arrangement, step by step.

You don’t always need flowers to create a beautiful arrangement. In his fourth lesson in arranging, professional designer David Pippin shows how to create a beautiful centerpiece without a bloom in sight.

Wondering what to do with all those extra baskets in the house? Instead of filling them with magazines and toys, fill them with flowers. In his fifth lesson in floral arranging, professional designer David Pippin shows how to create a beautiful garden basket (to keep or to share).

Bring a little flash to your party table with this red-hot arrangement. Professional designer David Pippin shows you how in this, his sixth lesson in floral design.

Get a preview of some of your favorite spring-flowering trees and shrubs by “fooling” the branches into blooming early for beautiful indoor bouquets. Here’s how to do it!

Your winter garden can still give you a bounty of choices for floral arrangements for the holidays. Get your creative juices flowing, your pruners ready, and head outside to find a bevy of beauty you can use to deck the halls.

Who says that holiday decorating has to be complicated? Some simple greenery from garden to vase can create stunning (and affordable) impact for the festive season.

Planning an evening for the special someone in your life (or in need of attractive centerpieces for a bridal shower)? Follow these easy step-by-step instructions to creating a beautiful, heartfelt floral centerpiece for your sweetheart – no matter what time of year.

Want to make your cut flowers stay as fresh as possible? Use homemade solutions to get longer-lasting blooms.

Flowers can be a great gift for the man in your life – as long as you keep it simple and practical. This easy and inexpensive arrangement focuses on some garden materials, a manly mug and some heart-felt offerings for some well-deserved time off.

How considerations differ for a cutting garden than for a landscape feature, and some tips on cutting flowers for bouquets with a step-by-step demonstration.

While the beauty of roses is recognized by all, few understand the specific care that will prolong the vase life of cut roses. A little care given right after you receive these special flowers will make sure your enjoyment of them doesn’t get cut short.

Looking for a new flower arrangement idea? Using ornamental grasses works for so many seasons! Cut them for graceful interest in fresh floral designs, or dry them for use this fall and winter. Their stunning plumes and long foliage can take your arrangements to new heights!