Sometimes I enjoy the making-of the bouquet even more than the finished result. This was put together quickly one evening a couple of weeks ago, when the garden was at its best and giving generously.
I'm not sure if everyone is going to like this one, not very structured, rather busy, but at the time it just seemed gloriously lush, if rather difficult to capture on film!
As I walked around the garden finding suitable flowers for my vase, I carried them in an old wooden trug. If there had been a way of keeping them in water in the trug, they wouldn't even have been transferred to a vase.
This bouquet was definitely as much about texture and contrast as simple colour and pretty flowers.
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Gosh, that bouquet is stunningly beautiful!
ReplyDeleteSharon so gorgeous, I adore bouquets like this!
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Stunning bouquet! You have a great eye for flower arranging.
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Wonderful bouquet!
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Franka
I do love it - such variety and texture.
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Helen xx
A beautiful bouquet. I can identify most of the flowers but am curious about the gorgeous white spray in the foreground. Looks like Ixora? Lovely way to start the week. ;)Sharyne
ReplyDeleteGlorious rich colors contrasting with all the white.
ReplyDeleteGeorgous arrangement. I personally love unstructured arrangements.
ReplyDeleteWho would not love this! It is breathtaking!
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Lush and full and colorful - such a gorgeous bouquet.
ReplyDeleteYour flowers are gorgeous.. I only imagine how glorious your garden must be.
ReplyDeleteJust gorgeous! That would make a beautiful painting! Christie
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ReplyDeleteThat is a bouquet fit for a still life painting...
Just lovely and so lush! You're lucky.
Lots of love,
Mariette
It is worth finding a shallow container for the trudge and fill it with water or oasis. The wood is a lovely juxtaposition of rustic with the beauty of the flowers. A winning combination.
ReplyDeleteThat bouquet is stunningly beautiful!
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The flowers look stunning in the trug!!
ReplyDeleteI always love flowers arranged in baskets.
Those fat buds of "Love in a Mist" just bursting to flower are exquisite!
Wonderful photos and they help me to remember summer!
It's mid winter and freezing cold in NZ as we've just had another huge dump of snow!!
Have a happy week.
Shane :))
Hi Sharon
ReplyDeleteI love this burst of colour.. so great to see as it is winter over my way.. but not for long!! [haven't had time to blog.. trying to catch up now]
See you soon.. ciao xxx Julie
Absolutley stunning! Do you do anything to make the arrangements last longer?
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I love the wild romantic look of it!
ReplyDeleteWow. How incredible that you picked all of those from your yard! I used to do this when we had lilac bushes galore in Michigan.
ReplyDeleteI'd pay good money to have that bouquet on my table right now. It's gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI love your bouquet. he best sort and straight from the garden even better. Your Nigella ( love in the mist) is superb! Gorgeous texture.
ReplyDeleteI'd say you should look for a water-proof trug at your next brocante adventure! I love the look you created both in the trug and in the vase. Gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteSharon, that bouquet is beautiful! Also loved it in the trug. I have a wooden container that I use and found a vase that would fit down inside and no one would know that the arrangement had not been done in the wooden box.
ReplyDeleteLove that arrangement in your header! I just know you created that as well.
Leaving for England with Debra Phillips next month.................next year I hear we may be visiting you!!
Sharon,
ReplyDeleteWe would have stop and smell the roses! Stunning!
Have a great wednesday!
Xo,
Renee and Angela