Simple Summer Floral Arrangements From Your Own Backyard

I used to work at a luxury resort as an Interior Designer, and one area I managed was the on-site floral department.  We had a very talented and creative florist who taught me so much about finding unique and innovative ways to use what is naturally growing in your backyard in your home.  Since then, whenever I need a tabletop arrangement, I first look at what is free outside my home.  Summer is one of the best times to make floral arrangements from your backyard.

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For the last couple of weeks, I have been eyeing the hydrangea bushes and mentally making notes to cut some and bring them indoors to enjoy. The thought is that if you enjoy nature outside, how much more can you enjoy it inside your home?

Simple Summer Arrangements From Your Backyard

For any of these arrangements, you will need:

• Glass vases
• Mason Jars
• Scotch Tape
• Floral scissors or pruning shears
• Old glass bottles
• A knack for arranging flowers and greenery

A few days of heavy rains and horrible storms delayed this process, but today was the first sunny day in over a week, making it the perfect time for me to make the hydrangea arrangements.

This is from my “blue” bush. It hasn’t been blue since the first year I planted it. This year, it has produced mostly purplish blossoms, but last year, it had several that were half blue and half pink. I wish I had taken pictures of them. This year, they are just purple.

My pink hydrangea bush is still producing gorgeous pink blossoms.

I live on a very wooded lot; one thing that grows amazingly well is my hosta plants. Large and small hosta leaves are so pretty in glass vases and arrangements.

Psst…the secret to getting the leaves to stay in place while you are putting the arrangement together is scotch tape! Just stretch several pieces of the tape across the opening of the container in a grid pattern, and it will keep the leaves or flowers in place.

For my next arrangement, I put some small branches from one of my Japanese Spotted Laurel bushes in a mason jar.

I have not always been crazy about these overgrown bushes (I didn’t plant them), but they make for a colorful display.

I cut some fresh Blackberry sprigs from the side yard that the birds and squirrels haven’t eaten yet. You need to wear gloves to work with these branches. Those tiny thorns hurt!

I have meant to cut back some of the growing ivy in one of our small side flower beds, so today was a good time.  I combined some of the sprigs with cuttings from my Boston Fern to make two different arrangements.

Putting these sprigs of ivy into water will help them grow roots.  I plan to replant these in the fall in some new flower beds we are currently building.

Who doesn’t love long stems of ferns in vintage Pepsi bottles?

I wanted to use some of my Daylillies in these bottles, but they weren’t blooming today.  Maybe tomorrow.

Finally, bamboo. Yes, I even have bamboo growing in part of my yard. Again, it is not something we planted, but it does make for an interesting conversation when people see it growing in Tennessee and so very tall.

This made for a wild, bushy type of arrangement.

I ended up with nine different arrangements in one day. That’s not bad, and I didn’t even touch the azaleas, the blooming monkey grass, the peonies, the marigolds, or the rose bushes.

I had fun with this and remembered how much I enjoyed making floral arrangements from nature and whatever was growing at the time.  And the best part was that it was all free!

Enjoy the rest of the summer with some excellent backyard arrangements.

“Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised.”  Proverbs 31:30

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