Pansy Garden Design

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At Floral Design Institute, we're always looking for what's new and exciting. Today, let's look at pansies as a cut flower. Yes, truly pansies.

The inspiration today, pansies, a direct compliment from mother mature. Look at the lavender, violet, and the yellow. Are they not fabulous? The container, pre-lined floral netting in place so I can do foam-free. Then all they need to do is add water pre-mixed with flower food.

First is a nest of foliage and you know me, I like to use at least three different foliages to give a nice base, a nest for the flowers. So some salal, some call it lemon leaf. Tucking it in, and then coming back with just a bit of ruscus, giving a little bit more hight. Some breaking the line, some coming up, and then galax, one of my favorites. It's perfect for breaking the line and making sure that you cover all your mechanics.

Go through, build a nest, set it beautifully, and you're ready for flowers. Next up, creating a base layer of yellow, which will really set off all the lavender. Stock is fabulous. This is local stock, so it's a little bit smaller, but look how beautiful and super fragrant. The studio smells fabulous. Tucking it in, letting it radiate to a central binding point, working linear, but everything still feeds in to that same binding point. Filling it, coming back with mini carnations, little soft, yellow, and continue on till you have a finished base.

Now we add the stars of the show, the beautiful pansies, just pulling off any lower foliage, looking for any damaged blooms, and then setting them in, letting them come up a little bit taller so they show off. Look amazing. Tucking, making sure that you spread them from side to side and front to back.

When you're working with a complimentary harmony, you want to make sure that you pull that color through. So coming back with scabiosa and tacking it down low, drawing the eye from the pansies inward, filling it in, adding depth, and then even some tiny little sweet peas, letting them come out. You can see the vines. How fabulous is that? Tucking it in and then letting it extend. Bringing that lavender through the design over the top of the yellow to complete the complimentary color harmony.

The recipe, we started with a base of foliage, three of my favorites, Salal, Israeli Ruscus and Galax. I used three stems of Salal, five stems of Ruscus and twelve stems of Galax. Then moved on to the yellow. With the Stock I used seven stems, Miniature Carnations, five stems. Then onto the Lavender with the Sweet Peas, five stems, Scabiosa seven, and then the stars of the show, the Pansies, we use three quarters of a bunch, approximately ten stems cut apart to fill in.

Mother nature gives us the color harmonies. We just need to interpret. The violet and the yellow, how fabulous is that? You'll find more creative inspiration on our website, flowerschool.com. If you have questions, you can reach us there, but now it's your turn. Gather up a complimentary collection of flowers, create a design, take a picture, and post it on social media. Be sure to #FloridaDesignInstitute. That way we all could see what you do as you do something you love.