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Vic Brotherson

1 It’s easiest to make these

once the foam cage (A) is

attached to a chair – that way

the owers won’t get damaged

and will sit snugly against the

chair frame. Using ribbon or

wire, attach the foam cage to

YOU WILL NEED: A SMALL FOAM

CAGE, WIRE, RIBBON OR STRING,

AND SCISSORS FLOWERS: ROSES,

PEONIES, COSMOS, SENECIO,

ASTRANTIAS AND HYDRANGEAS

Chairback

or pew end

the centre. Larger-headed

owers and foliage, such as

snippets of hydrangeas, roses

and senecios, will help to do

this eectively. Only insert

a ower into the foam once

you’ve decided where it should

go, as repeated putting in and

pulling out will weaken the

foam and cause it to crack,

with the result the owers will

fall out. Be careful to insert the

stems into the foam’s centre

and not through and out the

other side – it sounds obvious,

but it’s easy to do when you’re

only looking at the front. ¤

the chair (B). If you can’t nd

a foam cage, you can also make

one from a brick of foam and

some chicken wire.

2 Condition all the flowers,

so that you have around 10cm

of stem clear of leaves, thorns

etc, and leave them in water to

drink for a couple of hours.

3 Put a towel or dust sheet

below the chair, as the foam

will drip water as you add the

owers (it will stop doing so

soon aer you have nished).

Begin by adding the owers

around the outside to cover the

plastic and then build up into

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