WELCOME TO MONDAY MORNING BLOOMS!
My friends Pam, Mary and Shirley and I are featuring lemons today. Because...summer just begs for light, bright lemons!
Be sure to visit them for the lemony goodness they have designed for all of us to enjoy by clicking on their names at the bottom of my post!
My Lemon Fresh Summer Floral Arrangement is a little wilder than most of the flower designs I usually do. It's summer, so a little wild is perfect. It echoes the gardens, which tend to get a little wild in the summer, too!
My original plan was to take this floral arrangement outdoors for a summery table set under the trees, but oh my goodness, the wind was whipping trees, and the parasols blew over out there. I can take a hint from Mother Nature....I moved to an "indoors" plan!
For summer I changed a few of the furniture arrangements here at FrenchGardenHouse. I recently found this gorgeous French style wood piece with the gesso and plaster decoration, and put it where our gold mirror used to go.
I love how it looks so much, I don't think this piece will make it to the shop. It seems very happy here at home! Our summery Luxury Orangerie Potpourri makes the whole house smell like lemons! {it comes with a bottle of scented oil to refresh}
For this arrangement I used:
- Foraged greens and branches from my garden
- Garden Roses in Pink
- Deep Pink Roses
- White Queen Anne's Lace
- White Hydrangeas
- Little Blue-purple Asters
HOW TO make this Lemon Fresh Summer Floral Arrangement:
1. Create a grid over your container with floral tape, then add water. If you are using heavy branches, flowers and big lemons, a large flower frog on the bottom is an extra help.
2. Fill the base of the bowl with a layer of greens, I used foraged greens and branches from our garden. Let some of the leaves and/or branches drape over the side of the bowl.
3. Add fruit! It's summer, the lemons look spectacular with flowers. They are heavy, so it's wise to use wood skewers as stakes for each fruit. I love the pop of happy sunshine color the lemons give to the flowers. I usually "prep" the lemons, using skewers full length. Once I start adding the skewered lemons to the arrangement, I can cut them to the right length.
4. Keep filling in greens and branches, I usually do a circle of greens all the way around the container. The large flowers go in next, so that you can space them out how you like them. Be sure to cut their stems at an angle. The roses add beautiful color, and focus to this arrangement. Fill in the spaces with smaller flowers and/or your filler which can be either small flowers or more greenery. These add more depth and texture to your finished arrangement.
5. Add the staked fruit in the bowl. Vary the height, and put them in clusters so that they are more visible. This will add depth to your beautiful flower arrangement.
Ta da! You've created a gorgeous floral arrangement, a Lemon Fresh Summer Floral Arrangement!
Be sure to check on the water level in your bowl daily. In mine there are a lot of branches and thirsty flowers, so I made sure to check also on the first day at night.
Be inspired by some other floral arrangements I've made with citrus fruits:
You can see my French Country Citrus Floral Arrangement HERE >
And this cute Citrus with French Country Charm centerpiece HERE >
VISIT MY WONDERFUL FRIENDS AND THEIR LEMON INSPIRATION:
SHIRLEY at Housepitality Designs
and ME- Lidy at FrenchGardenHouse
Summer flowers and citrus fruits, is this something you do or could love too??
A BIENTOT
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38 comments
Noreen, thank you so much for your lovely visit. It’s the fun of our inter connected world, isn’t it? We can visit each other in a totally different season! Hope you have a blessed week ahead. xo
Mary, Happy Anniversary! Thank you for always being such a kind friend. I love the birds at our feeders too, although sometimes they fight, little rascals. : ) xo
Oh Lidy, thank you for my 53 anniversary bouquet! We had a tropical storm here on our beautiful island and my garden is askew and waterlogged but all is well and the birds are back at their feeders.
Blessings to you and the beauty you bring us. Mary
Thank you Lidy for sharing this lovely post, that was a wonderful visit to view your gorgeous arrangement. I can smell the uplifting fragrance of lemons from this side of the world, where we are in the throes of winter!
Thank you so much Alice! Hope you are having a gorgeous week.
Renae, I would love to see yours!
Thank you so much Barbara! It was so easy to make, too.
Thank you Carole! Flowers make every home happy, don’t they?
Thank you Jenna! This would make a beautiful painting by you. xo
Thank you so much dear Shannon! I hope you are having a beautiful summer!