Design Your First Flower Urn - Easy Step-By-Step Instructions for a Large Garden Style Arrangement

Learn to design a large garden style flower arrangement. For this project I use a Holly Chapple egg as the mechanic in a clear urn. I start with smoke bush to build the shape of the arrangement. I then add purple campanula as a supporting flower. It has good volume and adds color. Delphinium and foxglove provide height. My focal flowers for this urn are yellow lilies. I use some dark purple statice to break up the lightness of the color. Finally, just to get fancy, I attached water picks on wood skewers to extend the length of a few poppies so they can peek out over the top.
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[@kathleenuttinger5889]

The water pick and extender!!! Thank you! I've been struggling with this very thing in large arrangements!

[@ellenfrostflowers]

Happy to help! The extender is KEY!

[@TheSmokyMountainFlowerFarmer]

THANK YOU SOO MUCH! 🙏🏼This is exactly what I was looking for!💚

[@ellenfrostflowers]

Glad you found it helpful! Do you ever make designs like this?

[@TheSmokyMountainFlowerFarmer]

@@ellenfrostflowers I have many years ago in my last home! I needed a refresh though as I live in a different climate now and want to create this style for our outdoor spaces to enjoy! 💚

[@tiiuk]

That was so enjoyable to watch. I've been making this kind of arrangement (go big or go home!) since a child.. But I use flowers growing wild in the fields. And what a beautiful urn! That is what hooked me into watching the video. Loved the tip about using water piks!

[@ellenfrostflowers]

if you take a look at the Cost and Materials list in the notes, you can see where we purchased the urn.

[@carolhendley760]

This arrangement is fabulous! I need to plant a smokebush.

[@ellenfrostflowers]

Smokebush is so great! We use it for the foliage and flowers. And there are so many different varieties now.

[@bloomsunshineflowers9347]

Very beautiful !!

[@ellenfrostflowers]

thanks so much! you can see a full list of flowers in the Cost and Materials list in the notes.

[@deannadeanna5755]

Like the extension tip!

[@ellenfrostflowers]

Glad you found it helpful! Do you make alot of big urns?

[@deannadeanna5755]

@ellenfrostflowers no, actually, I'm very new at this. I really enjoy watching and learning.

[@molindacraig2266]

Nice! Thanks for the tips!

[@ellenfrostflowers]

Thanks for watching!

[@mienkedezoete2146]

Stunning 🤩 You always have such good tips; love the extension method for the poppies 😊

[@ellenfrostflowers]

THANK YOU! The extension method is great! We use that for all kinds of flowers when the stems are short! Let me know if you give it a try!

[@MiMiMadeItbyLattia]

Wonderful tip on extending poppies ❤. I love the garden style design! It fits perfectly with my style of floral design as well. Thank you for sharing your talent!

[@ellenfrostflowers]

I love that stem extension trick! We use that alot! So glad you like the garden style. It's such a fun, relaxed, beautiful way to design.

[@liarhodey9417]

Awesome video thanks Ellen!

[@ellenfrostflowers]

Thanks so much! Do you ever have an opportunity to make big urns like this?

[@rbrown2746]

More great techniques to try

[@ellenfrostflowers]

So glad it was helpful. Have you made big urns like this before?

[@rbrown2746]

@@ellenfrostflowers not yet, but I am definitely in the flower nerd group

[@carriew29]

WOW WOW WOW! Absolutely gorgeous. How do you suggest transporting this to an event? I watched another video using a chapple egg, where the designer built the arrangement in the intended vase without securing the egg to the vase. Once the design was finished, he picked up the arrangement from the vase and transferred it to a large bucket for storage in the cooler and transporting. At the event, the flowers are lifted from the bucket and placed into the intended vase (which hopefully you remembered to pack!) Is this what you would do, or do you have another process you would recommend? I love everything about this design and that you used some unique flowers too!

[@ellenfrostflowers]

YES! You can definitely transport it that way. We would usually transport it in a milk crate. You can see it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXu7pqeqe5t9gassi=kewQ9ag19rtbRs6R

[@carriew29]

@@ellenfrostflowers brilliant! We save the packing from our wine shipments too - they are perfect for small vases!

[@carriew29]

If I already subscribe (and love) your newsletter, how do I get the cost and resource list you mentioned? Thanks!

[@ellenfrostflowers]

You can get it here. You'll still need to put your email address in. fancy-sun-513.myflodesk.com/qdacdswgb7

[@rubyoro0]

I already signed up for your newsletter. Now you send us to a link that requires us to input our email again?

[@ellenfrostflowers]

I appreciate you subscribing! Yes, in order to receive the Cost and Materials reference sheet, you do need to input your email again. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.