Picking your flowers for your DIY wildflower arrangements is the fun part! Choose wildflowers that appeal to you, with your favorite colors and lots of texture. What we love about whimsical wildflowers is that they are free-flowing and have a natural feel. It is super-easy to DIY a one-of-a-kind wildflower arrangements creating a rustic-chic bouquet, boutonnieres, and table centerpieces. We are going to inspire you on how to make a super easy DIY wildflower bouquet, boutonniere, and table centerpieces.
What You Need To Make Wildflower Arrangements:
An assortment of Blooms- 5-7 large blooms, a handful of smaller stem blooms
An assortment of greenery (optional)
Floral scissors
Ribbon
Floral Tape
Pins
Vases
Wildflower Bouquet
Group your flowers and greens by flower type and greenery. Our flower selection for this bouquet is pink stock flowers, green button pompoms, lisianthus, golden solidago, and white delphinium. Before arranging your flowers, remove any leaves off the stems that sit below the waterline. Be careful not to damage or snap the stem. Lay them out on the table to start making your bouquet.
Start arranging your wildflowers. Start with your more abundant blooms to form the focal point. Add stems of each flower holding stems tightly.
Continue adding flowers while turning the bouquet slowly.
Add bigger blooms on all sides to balance the bouquet. Make sure the flowers are at different heights, making the DIY wildflower bouquet whimsical and playful.
Continue adding flowers and greenery until the bouquet is the size you desire. Once you have finished, you are ready to use the floral tape. Don’t trim all the stems until you tape them tightly.
Wrapping The Wildflower Stems
Start wrapping the stems at the top about one inch below your lowest bloom. If you are making a wedding bouquet, leave stem space to hold the bouquet comfortably.
Pin the ribbon on the top of the stems in the bouquet, covering the floral tape. Use a straight pin to hold the ribbon in place and continue to wrap down to the base of the bouquet. Leave two inches of stem unwrapped. Pin at the bottom of the ribbon with decorative bouquet pins. The last step, ensure you are leaving stem space to hold the bouquet comfortably.
Let’s Make A Wildflower Boutonniere!
The best thing about wildflowers is DIY’ing a super easy boutonniere for your groom. Pick a few stems of your favorite flower in your bouquet and hold tightly together. Trim the stems approximately 3 inches from the bottom of the blooms. Wrap the stems with floral tape. Use a narrow ribbon or twine and wrap over the floral tape. Pin the ribbon to secure it.
Wildflower Table Arrangements
Follow the steps of the wildflower bouquet. Measure the stems to the height of your favorite vase, cut the stems, and place in clean water.
Read more about a fun themed wedding decorated with wildflowers, Wildflower, and Whiskey Inspired Wedding Featured in Louisville Bride.
Tina Merola
As a professional designer with over twenty years of industry experience, Tina's lifelong creative passion has enabled her to pursue her artistry and vision in various professional environments. Drawing on her knowledge from floral techniques and tips from the industry’s leading professionals allows her the opportunity to channel her love of the unique beauty of nature’s many wondrous blooms into stunning floral designs.
