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| Photo Credit: David Pippin |
| Decorate a romantic table for two with this heart-filled floral arrangement. |
Looking for a unique way to show your love for that certain someone? Try creating a unique floral arrangement featuring a little love from your garden. Create a heart from vines or twigs for an added feature, and you’ve got a gift with an extra personal touch. No two hearts will be the same, and it makes a romantic gift for your special sweetie.
Step 1: Select a watertight container or place a watertight liner inside whatever container you’d like to use. (I prefer an urn for this project so the arrangement is elevated and has more visual weight.) Secure a block of wet floral foam in your container or liner using waterproof floral tape. Adhere the setup to the container using floral clay (like Sure-Stik).
Step 2: Make a heart using twigs or vines from the garden. I used honeysuckle (Lonicera) for this project and found it easier to make two halves of the heart and then wire them together to make the whole shape. Don’t forget to leave some of the stems at the base of the heart so you’ve got something to stick into the floral foam. For the best look, insert the heart slightly off center.
Step 3: I picked some individual Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) leaves to insert around the base of the arrangement to form a “collar,” which helps to hide the watertight liner. Next, add a couple of large flowers slightly off center near the base of the heart to be your focal point.
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