Flowers bring freshness and color to our interiors, they are elegant and participate in the decoration of spaces. In wreaths, in bouquets and plant creations… The flower is available in all shades. Here are some tips to ensure you have beautiful, original and very aesthetic flower arrangements!
Floral arrangement in all its forms
The composition consists in taking fresh or dried flowers, branches, foliage, grass, mosses, but also dried fruits, wood… and to arrange all these elements in a very aesthetic way.
You have the choice between a composition in a vase, on a support or in the form of a crown. It is also possible to try your hand at the art of Ikebana so as to obtain a light and refined composition.
Choose your equipment carefully before starting
It is best to gather the necessary material before you start this composition. Maybe you already have some tools in your cupboard. You will need :
- A secateurs for cutting flowers, stems and branches.
- A special florist adhesive to fix the plants together, it is preferably green to be invisible.
- Cutting pliers to cut the wire.
- A florist’s mousse if you don’t want to use a vase and give your bouquet a natural touch.
- Grass or synthetic moss is ideal for concealing certain elements harmoniously.
- Sand or gravel for creations like the Ikebana.
- A vase for the classic bouquet.
- Raw crowns for compositions in dried or stabilized flowers.
The physical and visual balance and proportions of your composition
To remain aesthetic, the floral composition must respect a certain balance. It is thanks to the choice of plants and their good distribution that you achieve this. A large flower finds its balance with small flowers.
So that the bouquet presents a good hold, it is also necessary to think about the physical balance.
The composition must also be proportionate in relation to its support. There should be no inconsistency and the bouquet should hold up smoothly.
The quantity of plants
It is also an essential element: it is this quantity which determines the style of bouquet?
If the plants are numerous and tight against each other, the rendering is not the same. Adding only a few branches allows for a more airy, light and voluble composition. If you put less than twelve flowers, then you must opt for an odd number so as not to upset the balance.
The choice of colors
The addition of color gives life to your composition, but also a beautiful depth. However, you have to use the right colors and decide on the right combinations.
Some benchmarks avoid making mistakes :
Similar colors : they are placed next to each other on the color wheel. They are either, rather hot or, rather cold.
Complementary colors : they are found face to face on the chromatic circle. It is a perfect option to play on the contrast in your composition which is thus radiant.
The monochrome : you associate very similar colors or the same color, but in different tones. Perfect for bouquets filled with softness. It is also the simplest option.
The choice of textures, shapes and sizes
You have to know how to select your plants according to the desired result.
Our tip : mixing the various shapes and sizes allows you to give relief and life to your composition. You find different plants with various lines:
- The spiky shapes: they give movement.
- Linear shapes: they bring height and finesse.
- Round shapes: they are essential and they catch the eye.
The filling materials are used to make the link between the different elements with very different renderings.
The size of the plants allows you to give height and volume to your compositions.
Large leaves that you are going to put at the base are intended to balance everything out especially if you are using fairly large flowers.
Round or important items placed at the base reinforce the impression of stability of the whole.
Small plants are present when you want to give a feeling of lightness, a little wild side and an airy rendering to your composition. They are perfect in bohemian compositions.
The choice of different textures allows to put the contrast.
Read also : How to store a bouquet of flowers?
