Video: How to Create a Small Floral Centerpiece Featuring Spirea Foliage
In this video lesson, you’ll learn how to observe floral elements for inspiration while adjusting your arrangement layers for a smaller centerpiece.
A lot of students in the Centerpieces & Reception have asked how to adapt to a smaller arrangement, so here I’ll show you how!
Ingredients for a Small Garden-Style Floral Centerpiece
Creating a floral arrangement is all about making room for things—especially when it comes to small floral centerpieces. It’s a constant process of building and finding a home for the flowers.
When we take the time to notice characteristics such as the gentle gradiation of color in an ingredient or the organic shape of a type of foliage, we are better able to utilize our ingredients in a way that highlights its natural beauty.
Ingredients in this particular small wedding centerpiece are the following:
Spirea Foliage
Gold's Dart Ninebark
Diablo Ninebark
Polka Dot Pippa Hybrid Foxglove
Ranunculus
La Belle Epoch Tulips
Coral Bell Foliage
Geum
Key Points When Creating a Small Floral Centerpiece
When making an arrangement, a big part of it is to let the "right" pieces take space while also creating a balance of making room for the focal flowers and more focal accent pieces.
Color must be distributed evenly, which is why I use three to four shades of greenery—even for a smaller arrangement piece.
I use my own yard foliage to create movement and texture in an arrangement. It's important to utilize one's yard space if possible to keep some of these great fillers/foliage!
Mixing in more than one type of greenery adds interest and an extraordinary look to a simpler arrangement.
I prefer to concentrate the color balance with light and darker colors complimenting one another, making a point to place them in certain spots.
