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How to Use Fresh Flowers in a Straw Wreath

Straw wreaths are often used as a base for flower arrangements. Usually the flowers are dried and the arrangement is designed to look like a fall display but you can use the same techniques to transform the straw base into a live plant and flower arrangement. Select seasonal plants and flowers from your garden and place the flowers on watering picks and your display can look good for several days. Add or remove plants as they die out to keep the wreath in a constantly evolving state. This is particularly nice when you have a lush garden and beautiful feature blooms to use in the display.

Things You'll Need

  • Rosemary
  • Baby's breath
  • Artemisias
  • Golden rod
  • Leaves
  • Evergreen materials
  • Floral pins
  • Water picks
  • Door hanger
  • Ribbons
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Instructions

    • 1

      Cover the inside of your straw wreath with fresh rosemary cuttings, evergreen cuttings, leaves, goldenrod, artemisias, baby's breath or other durable plant. Snip the stem of the plant and attach the stem to the wreath with a floral pin. Place your next stem overlapping the first working your way around the circle. Continue covering the straw in the same manner starting with the inside circle, then the face and then the outer circle.

    • 2

      Cut fresh flowers and immediately place them in a bucket with flower extender. You can mix your own floral extender by simply adding 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, 1 tablespoon of sugar and 2 drops of bleach to 1 gallon of water.

    • 3

      Cut flower stems under water to the length you need. This prevents the stem from filling with air bubbles. Fill a water-pick with extender water and clip it over the stem of the flower.

    • 4

      Insert the flower into the straw wreath. A straw wreath is made of long straw strips that are gathered into a bundle and tied every few inches with wire. This makes straw easy to open to slide picks and staples into the straw. Attach several similar flowers in a single large cluster or make a ring of flowers that circles the wreath.

    • 5

      Add a door hanger, ribbons and other finishing touches and your wreath is complete.

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