What is a flower arrangement?

For as long as we’ve been picking flowers, arranging them into beautiful bouquets has been an art. There are many different ways to combine flowers based on colour, style and the mood you want to convey. Are you telling someone how much you love them or sending condolences for a tragic loss? These kinds of questions make all the difference when it comes to crafting a purposeful and appropriate floral arrangement.

1. The Importance of Flower Arrangements

In the Victorian era, there was a coded language associated to different types of flowers, each with their own significance. Presenting the wrong ones could be a great insult and the right ones, a social victory. Even though we don’t follow the same strict rules anymore, there are most certainly the wrong flowers for an occasion and the right ones. Knowing your audience and setting helps to accentuate the qualities you want to reflect and in turn, make the strongest statement.

2. Basic Rules of Flower Arranging

While everyone’s personal tastes are different, there are a few fundamental rules for creating the most effective floral arrangements. Make the most of your blossoms by taking into consideration things like balance, scale, colour pattern, orientation and more.

3. Methods of Flower Arrangement

There are numerous methods of floral arrangement. Depending on what type of look you want to project, you can either trim and prune your flowers for a balanced and sophisticated look or go for something more organic by leaving things a little rustic and asymmetrical.

Whether you realize it or not, these style choices make their own statements and will ultimately demonstrate dramatically different effects.


Originally Posted on Terra Plants