Let flowers be your crowning glory
Life Is A Garden has compiled a guide on how to make a flower crown
GARDEN Day on Sunday is simply a day to celebrate your garden. And what better way than with a beautiful crown of flowers?
They are said to symbolise glory, power and eternity.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
A good pair of scissors or secateurs String Long, sturdy wreath-like plants for the base of your crown, like Dietes (rainflower), ivy, jasmine or rosemary. Pretty flowers from the garden, like lavender, daisies or roses
INSTRUCTIONS:
Start by measuring the size of your head. Take the ball of string and wrap one length around your head (mid-way between forehead and your eyebrows). Leave about 1.5cm extra string, to account for the wreath’s base.
Cut your flowers into single stems 6-8 cm long and group them by type in front of you on the table. Lay your string flat on the table.
Depending on how thick you would like your crown to be, collect some of the longer pieces of your base plants. Collect these so that you have the main, good-looking foliage in the parts you want them.
Sit down and hold one end of your foliage between your knees, and start twisting the length of foliage.
Then, take your twisted pieces of foliage and place them against your string, measuring end to end. Ensure that you are happy with the section you are measuring.
Bring your two measured ends together and start folding the foliage in on itself, and tucking pieces into the gaps. Check the crown to see if it fits your head.
Snip off any wayward pieces of foliage.
You now have your flower crown base. Decide which part of the crown you want to be the top, and now start positioning your flowers and other bits of foliage.
“Thread” your flower and foliage stems into the gaps of the crown base, making sure you start at one point and thread flowers and foliage from the base of each flower or piece of foliage.
Be careful not to move the flowers around too much, the crown may change in size if worked too much.
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