When you sit with your pen and paper and wonder what to make, flower wise, you need to think of a few things…

What’s the style of the event e.g. if its a festival then it’s a relaxed style with lots of garden flowers and foliage , if it'‘s more classical and romantic then something more refined with less blousey foliage and more a curated deliberate look.
Next it’s colour , if it’s a carnival, festival vibe then multicoloured flowers works very well or more romantic or formal then a more simple refined look with an analogous set of colours is a good romantic option. What do I mean my analogous, basically this , if the mood is happy and sunny then the colours may be orange and then you pick other colours either side of this so orange -red or orange- yellow on the colour spectrum . There is nothing hard or jarring to the eye.
The container, is the final item. Vases are pricey and sometime you will only use them once for say a wedding, and you’ll need probably at least 10 of them. As an alternative I used cereal bowls and items from IKEA and supermarkets, you can get some great items here. For this arrangement I ordered a large glass vessel which came with 2 other different sized vessel for below £15 each ( for 3 vases )

Ingredients for this make ….

Per arrangment

3 peonies

3 sunflowers

5 yellow roses

3 orange spray roses

5 Briza Maximus

3 lilac Asters

leafy branches from my garden

3 snapdragons (orange-pink)

3-5 Tanacetum (diary like flower)

5 Nigella & Nepeta

The 60 second make

Here’s my quick 60 second video of how to construct this (so you dont have to sit through hours of video footage! click the link …(its also on my Instagram reel, please follow me for more flowery makes!