Pearls of perfection
MAY MORNING
A joyful arrangement of cottage-garden plants and wildflowers that hopefully conveys the cheerfulness and energy of an early summer hay meadow.
How to achieve the look
Container and composition
This simple but interesting ceramic flower bucket with tiny elfin handles is fun as it plays with proportion, the wide neck gives lots of scope for a large bunch. I placed a gently scrunched ball of chicken wire inside the bucket before I started to place the flowers. This helps to hold the slender stems in position and achieve the romantic, loose effect of a wispy diaphanous hay meadow.
For contrast I’ve grouped it with a low ornate flower brick holding a single stem of a show-stopping fancy flower. The neutral colour of the peony enables the eye to explore the sculptural detail of the little flower brick.
