English Garden arrangement

If you are enjoying beautiful blooms in your garden, there is an easy way to enjoy them as well in your home. English Garden style is a traditional English form of floral design, featuring abundant use of seasonal flowers and foliages. This type of design is often done as low and tightly massed arrangements that incorporate garden flowers like roses, delphinium and peonies.

As for any tightly packed floral design, an English Garden design will require a lot of flowers. If you are gifted with abundant blooms, the featured arrangement will be a celebration to your gardening skills. Even if you do not have a garden, you can still design this arrangement by shopping at your flower shop. This English Garden arrangement will be a beautiful addition to any kind of décor.

The beautiful white roses create a focal point

The use of butterflies is a lovely accent to the arrangement. You can also include your garden pruner in the presentation. 

The combination of standard roses, spray roses, mini carnation and lisianthus buds create a beautiful texture.

English Garden arrangement

1 ceramic jardinière (7”x10”)
1 ½ brick of Oasis foam
12 white roses
10 stems of pink spray roses
10 stems of orange mini carnations
10 stems of purple Lisianthus
15 Galax leaves
10 stems of bear grass
5 peonies buds*
4 floral accent butterflies**

* Optional
** Available at arts & craft stores

Soak your oasis bricks and shape them to fit the jardinière. Remove a small wedge to ensure a water reservoir will be available. Make sure you leave at least 3” of foam above the rim of the container and trim the edges. 

Start by placing the Galax leaves on the edge of the jardinière, making sure the leaves are actually laying down on the edge to cover it. Then, insert your white roses. Create 2 focal points with 3 roses, one on each side then place the remaining randomly. Place your spray roses and mini carnations, always making sure you group them to give the arrangement a more natural look.

Next, use the lisianthus flowers as a filler wherever you see any empty spaces. Do not forget the lisianthus buds that are so lovely and add an interesting texture and form to the arrangement. Once your design is completed, the Oasis foam should be completely covered. If you are using the Peonies buds, you can insert them in the central part.

Finish your design by looping the bear grass to give volume and movement to your arrangement and place your butterflies.