Gerbera Daisy Tablescape Ideas

Daisy Pond

• Make a shifting field of color and romantic illumination using floating gerbera blooms and candles. To create a daisy pond, cut the stems just below the base of the flower heads. Float the flower heads along with floating candles in a lovely shallow bowl. For a round table, use a large round bowl and place it in the middle. For a long, rectangular table, use several smaller bowls and line them up down the center. When using multiple bowls, use different sizes and stagger them a bit to add visual interest.

Miniature Meadow

• Mimic the quality of a meadow in spring with living gerberas and indoor grass. Group a few gerberas planted in small terra cotta pots together with a tray of indoor grass. A tray of rustic wood around the grass will mimic a fence and add country charm. Attach long wires to paper butterflies and pompom honeybees and poke them into the soil to further evoke spring and the emergence of tiny fauna. For Easter season, place miniature Easter eggs candies in the grass.

Edible Tablescape

• Create an edible tablescape using a bouquet of freshly cut daisies along with fruit and vegetables. Place a daisy bunch in a tall, clear, simple vase. Place the vase in the center of a small, metal washtub. Fill the washtub around the vase so it is spilling over with fresh fruits and vegetables. If you want guest to snack on the tablescape, use fruits and vegetables such as grapes, cherry tomatoes, strawberries, gooseberries, bananas, plums and apples. If you don’t want guests to snack on the tablescape, use fruits and vegetables that cannot be readily eaten such as whole melons or pineapple, carrot or radish bunches from the garden, squash, miniature pumpkins and zucchini.