Kaylyn Hewitt Loves Carnations
The floral world can be judgmental. Just look at the design breakdown of bouquets and arrangements. Florists often follow the age-old rhyme “thrillers, fillers and spillers'' or simply “focals and fillers” for smaller designs. The practice elevates some flowers, such as peonies and hydrangeas, to luxury, dream-wedding status, while branding others as cheap, not as pretty filler. But Kaylyn Hewitt is on a mission to flip the script for one of the most overlooked fillers in the world: the carnation. The lead floral designer and content manager at The Bouqs Co. loves working with dianthus caryophyllus, aka the grocery store flower.
“Carnations are the unsung hero of flowers,” Kaylyn says. “What inspired me to work with them was a general belief that they can’t be beautiful or that they are second best. I don’t believe that and it’s been fun slowly changing people’s minds with each design.” If you’re not convinced carnations are cool, Kaylyn’s ready to change your mind, too. She whipped up five carnation-forward designs just for HGTV at The Bouqs Co. studio just outside of Los Angeles. Take a look at these gorgeous, Pinterest-worthy bouquets and learn how to style carnations at home.
