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How To: Arrange Flowers
The Simplest (and Cheapest) Way to Decorate With Flowers
It starts in your own backyard (or the tiny container garden on your balcony): “You can put a single bloom in a flower vase, and that is often enough.”
What’s the easiest way to make any room look better? A vase of fresh flowers.
It’s also one of the least expensive ways — if you have access to a garden, a yard or a container garden on a balcony.
Assembling flower arrangements like the ones you see in magazines or on social media doesn’t have to mean spending a small fortune at an upscale flower shop, where they do the arranging for you. A simple grouping of flowers, branches, leaves and even vegetables can look equally appealing.
lamps and ceramics. “You can put a single bloom in a flower vase, and that is often enough.”
Orangerie, a garden shop. But they agree that simpler can sometimes be better.
“We’ll often put kale, chard or leafy greens that you would eat into arrangements,” said Mr. Bellomo, 45.
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