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You will need:
Floral foam soaked in water
A basket with a handle to hold a 4" pot
A clear plastic liner for the basket
3 yellow Gerbera Daisies
2 stems of orange Cushion Mums
3 stems of Leather Leaf (Baker) Fern
2 stems bronze Button Mums
Floral tape or modeler's clay
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Step 1: Remove clear plasitc liner from basket. Cut liner to a height of 2" by removing approximately one-half of the length from the top with sharp scissors. Cut wet foam and insert into liner, allowing 1" of foam to stay above the top of the liner. Turn the basket onto its side (90 degree angle, so it rests like cornucopia) and slide the foam into the liner. Secure the liner by inserting foam shavings underneath. Floral tape may be used also. Keep the basket stable by sticking a piece of modeler's clay to the table surface, by the rim of the basket.
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Step 2: Green-in the basket with the leatherleaf fern, using progressively larger triangles of the frond (leaflets) moving from the top (smallest) to bottom (largest). Use one entire piece of fern inserted parallel to the table extending to the handle of the basket, only a 1/4 to 1/2 inch above the table (barely resting on the table.) |
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Step 3: Take the three largest flowers (gerberas or spider mums) and insert them into the floral foam about 1/ 2 inch, creating a long triangle. The longest point is low and barely above the long piece of fern extending nearly to the basket handle. The second point reaches 2/3 the length of the first and is about 2" above it. The third point is at a 90 degree angle from the table and is about 1/3 the length of the longest stem. These are focal points and the triangle they create is the heart of the cornucopia.
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Step 4: Add orange cushion mums in 3's by inserting them into the floral foam, creating smaller, asymmetrical triangles with imaginary lines. Add the bronze or scarlet mums to the arrangement next, keeping blooms inside the original yet imaginary line created by the focal flowers. Add accents such as cattails, dried grass plumes, colorful fall leaves, or bumpy gourds. Keep floral foam moist by watering once a day. Enjoy!
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