A Feast of Food and Flowers

• Fresh Flower Decorating Ideas for the Thanksgiving Table.

A Tisket, A Tasket, A Flower-Filled Pumpkin Basket

• How-to make pumpkins and gourds into containers for fresh flowers.

Easy Ways To Personalize Flower Containers with a Homemade Touch.

Celebrate Nature's Bounty

• Use fall berries, leaves, and vines from the garden in fresh flower home decorations.

On the Cutting Edge-Examples of the New, Edgy Floral Design Style.

How-To:

• An Autumn Garland for the Mantle.

Floral Details for a Fall Table

• Tiny nosegays for individual place settings.

Tips on Grouping Containers of Fresh Flowers.

• Flowers have been proven to improve one's emotional outlook.
• Choose colored flowers to brighten up the house.
• Place flowers, such as gerbera daisies, on the windowsill in every room to make it seem like spring.

Professional Tricks of the Trade with Flowers

• Group flowers by color for a sophisticated look.
• Accent bunches with Spanish moss for a decorative touch.

How to Make Your Flowers Last

• Use the flower preservative provided by your florist.
• Cut the stems on an angle before placing in container.
• Replace the water and trim the stems every day.
• Keep out of direct sunlight and away from heat or cold sources.

Creative Containers for Flowers

• If it can hold water it can hold flowers.
• Champagne glasses, empty glass bottles make a unique statement when filled with flowers.
• Look around the house for items like empty soup cans, milk jars or coffee cans and think about putting flowers in them before throwing them out.
• Find your favorite top hat, flip it over and place a glass filled with a few fresh stems inside. Now you have a unique flower display.
• For seasonal arrangements, use seasonal props. For example, at Halloween use a hollowed out pumpkin; around the Christmas holidays create a centerpiece for a pine cone wreath with fresh blooms.

How to Care for Fresh Cut Flowers

• Cut the stems on an angle before placing in container.
• Replace the water every day.

Color Pairings

• For spring or summer, group light colored flowers together like yellows, pinks and whites.
• Choose darker colors like reds, blues and oranges for fall and winter.

Flowers in the Kitchen and Bedroom

• Fill a candy or sugar jar with bright colored carnations and place next to the kitchen sink or on the countertop.
• Put scented flowers like freesia behind the toilet or next to the bathroom sink to freshen up the room.

Flowers Year-Round

• Think of using carnations and roses throughout the home. Carnations and roses come in every color and are available throughout the year. Gather same colored carnations or roses together tightly and put in a low container/vase. Trim leave and cut stems so flower heads are right above rim of container/vase for a nice bunched look.

Flower Buying Tips

• Consumers can buy fresh cut flowers from a florist shop or from the grocery store. Give them helpful hints when purchasing at either location.
• If going to a grocery store, buy two pre-made arrangements then separate them by type and then put each type in a different container and place throughout the house.

Top 10 Flower Care Tips

• Consumers are always confused about how to best care for their fresh cut flowers to make them last a long time. Create a top 10 list of flower care tips that will make keeping flowers a no-brainer.
• Tips to included using flower food provided with flowers, cleaning out the vase or container before using, keeping flowers in a cool spot away from direct sunlight and so on.

Lift Your Spirits With Mood-Altering Fresh Flowers

• Studies show that flowers have a positive effect on peoples' emotions and moods. A few stems of different colors and varieties can change a room's personality and feel, as well as your own.

Holiday Decorating With Flowers

• Flower and candle arrangements
• Flower studded garlands
• Fresh flower wreaths
• Floral centerpieces

Dynamic Color Combinations

• Stunning one color monochromatic decorating
• Complementary vs. contrasting color schemes

Teach Your Child the Joy of Nature With Creative Fresh Flower Projects

• Easy projects for various ages
• A great opportunity to teach art and science simultaneously

It's Stormy Outside, But It's Bloomin' Spring Inside ...Winter Flowers to Brighten Your Day

• Easy ways to bring the outside indoors
• It's Spring 12 months a year