Floral designer Dia Collins demonstrates how beautiful and exotic centerpieces can be made by with just fruit or pasta and a little imagination.
Tree-Shaped Centerpiece
Materials:
floral oasis (foam)
clay pot
aluminum foil
medium-gauge chicken wire
moss
toothpicks or bamboo skewers
fruit
Steps:
- Place a tall piece of floral oasis into a clay pot.
- Wrap the base with foil and cover the entire oasis with chicken wire.
- Wet moss to make it pliable and easy-to-use, then attach the moss to the oasis with a double-sided pin (reef clips or double-edged pins from floral shops, covering it completely.
- Stick toothpicks or skewers (cut in half) through pieces of fruit, then through the chicken wire and into the oasis in an arrangement you like.
- Add additional flowers or candy to complete the look.
Low Pasta-Bowl Centerpiece
Wrap a wreath of greens around a large bowl or low serving dish. Fill with nuts and fruit, with grapes spilling over the sides.
Cake-Plate Centerpiece
Place various teacakes, cookies or mini-fruit tarts on the plate and surround the desserts with fresh fruit.
Melon Basket
Cut a little off the bottom of a melon to give it a flat surface. To the side of the stem cut to middle of melon, and then cut from the side, taking a wedge out of the melon. Repeat the process on the other side of the stem, leaving a strip of melon around the stem to use as a handle. Cut the meat from below the stem and scoop the meat from the "basket" part of the melon. Attach edible flowers to the top of the handle with either a glue gun or toothpicks. Fill the melon basket with fruit.
Resources Melons for the Passionate Grower
by by Amy Goldman, Victor Schrager (Photographer)
Artisan Books (division of Workman Publishing), 2002
Order this title from Amazon.com.
Guests Dia Collins
Landscape Designer, A Floral Fantasy Design
21115 Devonshire St., #361
Chatsworth, CA 91311
Phone: 818-772-5516
E-mail:
theflowerchick@aol.com
Website:
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