DIY autumn bouquet for the first of September. Country flowers - on the school line

Good day, friends! Some parents prefer to approach the issue of choosing a bouquet in an extraordinary way, making their own original options gift compositions or using the services of specialized salons. Others are not averse to presenting a nice bouquet for September 1st from flowers grown on their own summer cottage. But each of them tries to make this fragrant and pleasing to the eye symbolic gift in the hands of their child look both original and harmonious.

Knowledge Day is just around the corner, when thousands of smartly dressed first-graders from all over the country will hear their first bell at the formal school assembly. An invariable attribute of this holiday for every little schoolchild is a bouquet of flowers intended for their future teacher, with whom they will enter the school year.

Bouquet for September 1st for a first grader: which one should go with to the ceremony

There are a lot of interesting ideas on how to make this or that bouquet. And there are an incredible variety of options for the bouquets themselves. I propose to consider the most interesting ideas, after which you will definitely decide what kind of bouquet your child will have on September 1st.

Original bouquets

Sometimes very original solutions take the place of the classics in bouquet design. Here are just a few of them.

• How do you like the idea of ​​a small, modest flower in a black pot, the surface of which can be used as a blackboard? Together with your child, you can write wishes to the teacher or good words to the teacher.
• Or you can show off on the school line with a globe, not a simple one, but a voluminous one, made of large or small flowers.
• You can please the teacher not only with the sight of beautiful flowers, but also with goodies. For such occasions, there are bouquets of sweets, gingerbread or tea.
• It is also appropriate to use various additional items in the decor of gift compositions. For example, you can create a bouquet of balloons or toys, complement the design with stationery (for example, pencils), or build a beautiful structure with your own hands from cardboard, colored paper and ribbons.
• Another of the unusual ideas is a beautiful transparent jar as a vase, with toy plastic letters on the bottom, complemented by simple flowers such as asters or daisies.
• For class teacher A wonderful sentimental gift would be a bouquet in a decorative flowerpot made of homemade mini-flowers with photographs of all his students, boys and girls, which will remind him of his favorite class for a long time even years later.

Bouquets of pencils

Interesting bouquets are obtained by using a combination of flowers and pencils. There are several options for this design.

1. In the first case, pencils or felt-tip pens are used to make an improvised bright vase (or rather, its likeness), into which the flowers are placed directly.
2. The second option involves a composition that combines, in addition to flowers, the same pencils, as well as other small stationery, which give the bouquet a typically “school” character. This design of stationery is perfect as a gift not only for September 1, but also for Teacher's Day.

Gift for a male teacher

Although male teachers are often given the same bouquets as their female colleagues, if necessary, it is quite possible to subtly emphasize the gender nature of the gift. To do this, in the design of a “male” bouquet, emphasis is placed on the dark design of the packaging, and cereal plants are used instead of traditional varieties of flowers.

An armful of gingerbread

One of the varieties of sweet compositions can be a bouquet of gingerbread cookies, which looks very unusual and will certainly delight everyone with its taste.

To implement this idea, you will need several gingerbread cookies, which you can order from a pastry shop or prepare and decorate yourself. To form a gift, you will need skewers or special sticks inserted into each gingerbread. A bunch of finished gingerbread cookies are tied with a beautiful ribbon and decorated to your liking with additional materials.

Bouquet of sweets

Such a sweet, homemade gift will delight the recipient not only with its creative design, but will also allow him to enjoy the taste of such an elaborate dessert. There are no limits to your imagination when creating a bouquet of sweets, so the end result can be a real masterpiece.

Let's quickly evaluate the most popular ideas. To implement them, it is best to use chocolate candies in a bright foil wrapper. You will also need special skewers and corrugated paper for decoration. In some cases, ribbons, organza and other little things will not hurt to create various props.

Let's take a closer look at several master classes on making candy bouquets:

• A pineapple. To make it, you need to cut a plastic bottle into two parts, insert the lower part inside the upper one, cutting off the excess from the lower one. The resulting shape is pasted over in even rows of round candies, the leaves are made from corrugated paper.

• Candy tulips. Each candy is wrapped in a piece of fabric measuring 10 by 10 cm to form a bud. Leaves are cut out of felt. Using green narrow tape, the finished bud and leaves are tied to a skewer to make a flower. After the required amount has been collected, the finished “tulips” are collected into a bouquet and wrapped in a beautiful satin ribbon.

• Roses, crocuses, candy poppies. The procedure for making such bouquets is approximately the same, the only difference is color scheme and the shape of the petals that will be used for work.

We attach the candy to a skewer or wire, preferably in a shiny foil wrapper. We cut out blanks of future flower petals from corrugated paper and give them the necessary texture. We secure the petals around the candy using a thread to create the shape of the desired flower. We wrap the skewer and the base of the flower with green tape.

We place the finished products in a wicker basket or a small plastic flower pot, having previously placed a foam base in it. Decorate the stems and base with leftover corrugated paper.

• "Raffaello". Such a gift will be appropriate not only on September 1, but also at any other time outside of school (especially for a girl). They are often made to order, but making them yourself will be much cheaper.

So, take each of the Raffaello or Ferrero Rocher candies and wrap them in transparent organza. Using ribbons, we fix each candy on a skewer or wire-stem wrapped in foil. We fasten all the stems together with transparent tape, decorate with corrugated paper, and then wrap the finished bouquet with organza with sewn beads.

The result is an extremely airy and romantic composition.

Balloon bouquets

Options for compositions using balloons, which have been gaining popularity lately, will be an excellent alternative to classic flower surprises. Moreover, you can order ready-made compositions or make individual bouquets to suit your taste.

There are different uses for these holiday accessories.

• In one case, miniature balloons serve as additional decor for regular flower arrangements.
• In other cases, flowers are made from special modeling balls (so-called “sausages”), forming full-fledged bouquets. Usually, most clients prefer to buy ready-made products, because in order to make such flowers yourself, you need to thoroughly practice in this matter.

Such armfuls look quite funny and unusual, so they are suitable not only for the holiday on September 1, but will also be suitable, for example, for a visit to a matinee in kindergarten.

Budget compositions

Holiday bouquets do not always have to be chic and expensive. Cheap options will also be appropriate, especially if you approach this matter with imagination.

For example, a well-chosen composition of small wildflowers, complemented by decorative accessories, will look no worse than exotic specimens, but will certainly stand out for its elegant simplicity.

And several garden flowers, carefully grown in the country, are in no way inferior to chic store flowers, and often surpass them in aroma.

Tea bouquet idea

And now I’ll tell you how to arrange another one unusual gift. We will talk about a bouquet based on beautifully decorated tea.

For this composition we select elite tea bags, in stylish foil packaging. We place the bags on a frame, which you can buy at a gift store or make yourself. We make flowers from corrugated paper (can be based on candies), on long skewers.

We fill the remaining space between the bags with ready-made flowers using organza and ribbons, fasten the stems and decorate the composition.

Fruit bouquet idea

Another edible option for a gift composition involves the use of seasonal gifts of nature in the composition.

A number of stores offer ready-made bouquets, both small and simply huge. They are based on apples, citrus fruits, and berries. All this beauty is complemented by flowers, as well as the minimalist design of the bouquet.

However, there is nothing difficult in assembling such a bouquet yourself, only in our case the flowers will be the basis, and the fruits will only serve as an addition. Grapes, apples, and other fruity joys of the end of August will fit perfectly into the company of flowers.

A frame, corrugated paper, a decorative basket and ribbons will help bring this beautiful idea to life.

Toy composition idea

Such a bouquet is made according to the same principle as compositions of fruits, sweets and tea, except that in this case miniature soft toys and stationery are used, which are placed on a frame and complemented with fresh flowers. The entire composition is decorated with ribbons, corrugated paper or organza.

Bell

Thematic options abound in the most different ideas. I invite you to look at a symbolic bouquet that will look natural in the hands of any schoolchild, especially one who is just starting 1st grade.

This idea is called “Bell”.

Cut from plastic bottle upper third. Cover the outside with organza or beautiful paper, insert the bottom - a floral sponge - inside. From candies, wire and corrugated paper we make flowers with which we fill our bell. We decorate with paper details and organza, voila - done!

Sunflower ideas

Sunflower - pretty original flower, if a child comes on September 1 with a bouquet of sunflowers, instead of the usual roses or chrysanthemums, I think he will greatly impress and please the teachers.

You can make a simple bouquet consisting only of sunflowers, or you can complement it with a variety of color compositions.

Irises will dilute yellow colors best.

Roses will add elegance to the bouquet.

Solidago, chrysanthemums and chamomile will add a summer note.

Greenery in combination with chrysanthemums and alstroemerias will add piquancy to the bouquet.

A beautiful autumn bouquet with roses and rowan will be remembered and will pleasantly surprise every teacher with its originality.

From chrysanthemums

Of course, chrysanthemums do not look as unique as sunflowers, but it all depends on how and with what to present them. Let's look at some ideas for beautiful and inexpensive bouquets of these flowers.

The options may be the following:

• Bouquet of multi-colored chrysanthemums.
• These flowers look very gentle in combination with roses.
• The combination of lilies and chrysanthemums is a great option for a holiday.
• Chamomiles and chrysanthemums - simple and tasteful.

Ideas for bouquets of gladioli

These are unusually beautiful flowers, let's take a closer look at how to make the most beautiful bouquets from them for Knowledge Day.

Options for bouquets can be the following and can be combined with colors such as:

• Roses.
• Lilies.
• Gerberas.
• Roses + orchids go perfectly with gladioli.

Ideas for bouquets of asters

Many flowers go together with asters. Here are some of the best options:

1. Asters + chrysanthemums.
2. Roses + carnations + asters + chrysanthemums
3. Germinie + asters + viburnum + pistache + tanacetum (this bouquet is quite difficult to find ready-made, but you can buy it in parts and yourself).

Rose bouquet ideas

Roses are a classic and go with almost all flowers. They cannot spoil the bouquet; on the contrary, if you add them to any bouquet, it will become even more beautiful.

Ideas for bouquets with roses can be as follows:

• In tandem with chrysanthemums, roses are delightful.
• If you add orchids to the above option, the bouquet will become even more delicate.
• A bouquet of roses and daisies will look quite unusual.
• Lilies also go well with roses.

Variants of compositions from gerberas

Gerberas are beautiful even alone; it is enough to collect a bouquet of these flowers, which have a variety of colors, and it is in no way inferior in beauty to even beautiful roses.

You can pair them with several colors for variety. Gerberas with:

• Lilies, roses and chrysanthemums in one bouquet at once.
• Orchids, tulips and roses.
• Daisies and tulips.

Bouquets of zinnias

These country flowers are extremely beautiful. Here are some successful combinations of zinnias with other plants:

• With immortelle and asparagus.
• With roses and sunflowers.
• With any country and wild flowers.

Bouquets of dahlias

These flowers have a chic and lush look. A composition of them always looks presentable and bright. You can make a bouquet exclusively from geogreens, or you can diversify it with other flowers.

So, dahlias go well with:

• Greens (in this case it is hypericum, but you can use absolutely any).
• Hydrangea.
• Asters, daisies and other country flowers.

Lily option

These flowers go well with many color compositions. Here are some of the most popular bouquets using lilies:

• Roses + lilies (you can add dianthus).
• The combination of irises and lilies makes a gorgeous bouquet.
• Gerberas + tulips + lilies.

These are the ideas I have collected for you. I hope you find them useful in your holiday preparations!

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Sincerely, Anastasia Skoracheva

September 1 is inexorably approaching, and it’s time for some to go to kindergarten, for others to go to school, and parents, as usual, are faced with the final rush for white bows, the correct shift and beautiful bouquets for their favorite educators and teachers. We are like mothers who are completely indifferent to everything applied creativity, thought and thought and decided that we should collect the bouquet with our own hands this year. Because what is available in the nearest stores near the metro causes great sadness, and the desire to try yourself as a florist has long been present on the “to do” list. And to make everything just for real, we asked a professional florist from give us a small master class and tell us how to collect, combine and what is the best way to pack bouquets. We share with you flower secrets.

Bouquet using spiral technique

To work you will need:

Flowers.

There are no strict rules in choosing flowers in floristry; you can safely choose flowers to your liking. For more harmonious combinations, you can use the color wheel or inspiring photographs of professional florists. To make the bouquet interesting, choose flowers of different textures. And pay attention to the choice of greenery, it will add splendor and freshness to your bouquet. The bouquet will look “alive”, as if it had just been picked in the garden.

For our bouquet we chose: carnations of the Caramel variety, dahlias of the Dianas Memory variety, spray roses of the Gloris variety, silene of the Ballet variety and pistache branches.

Secateurs and scissors.

Secateurs - for trimming flowers, scissors - for paper and ribbons.
Do not trim flowers with scissors, they injure the capillaries of the stems, and the flowers drink water less well, which affects their durability in the vase. If you don’t have pruning shears, you can use a thin stationery knife.

Ribbons.

Leg-split.

It will be needed for technical dressing of the bouquet.

Wrapping paper.

Initially, paper performed an exclusively protective function during transportation, but in our time, when craft rules the world, paper has become the logical conclusion of a bouquet. Craft you can choose plain or printed. Now the choice of craft is limitless, for every taste, as they say. We also like to use quiet paper for packaging, it has such an amazing crunch.

Before you start assembling the bouquet, you should remove the lower leaves and branches of the flowers, and the thorns of roses should also be removed - if this is not done, the water will quickly begin to rot, and the flowers will not last long in the vase. Then make a fresh cut of the stems, preferably at an angle, place the flowers in water and leave them for a couple of hours so that the flower “comes to life” after being transported to Russia without water. And after that you can collect the bouquet.

Take the first flower in your left hand and place it vertically, and right hand add all subsequent flowers slightly diagonally from left to right, this arrangement resembles a spiral, which is where the name of the technique comes from. Rotate the bouquet periodically to ensure an even distribution of flowers throughout the bouquet. Or, when placing back flowers, change the direction and place the stems diagonally from right to left.

Then take the twine and tie the bouquet in the place where you hold the stems with your hand. Afterwards, tie the technical dressing area with satin ribbons and tie a bow.

There are many ways to pack a bouquet. We chose the corner packaging method. Cut 2 square sheets, fold them with corners and wrap the paper around the bouquet, tie it with twine to secure the paper. Trim the stems of flowers. After the place of the bunch, leave about 1/3 of the length of all stems. And your bouquet is ready!

Cost of the bouquet.

And now about the most interesting part. How much will a bouquet collected by yourself cost?

If you act like professional florists, you need to go to the base and buy flowers there in order to get them at minimum cost. The cost of flowers will be minimal, however, you will have to buy each item in packs. They usually don't sell less. Plus, you will need to draw up an agreement with the seller, and with individuals Not all of them work. The same story, only without contracts, awaits you at all kinds of bases, such as Mostsvettorg and ProstoTsveta, only the price per pack will already have a noticeable markup. Therefore, we are not considering this option. But if you are lucky, you already have an agreement with the flower supplier, and all that remains is to pay for your choice of flowers, greenery and craft, the total purchase amount will be approximately 3395 rubles.

Second option: you can go to the metro or to a flower salon and pick individually the flowers that you want to see in your bouquet. In this situation, it is better to visit the salon in advance, 2-3 days in advance, to make a pre-order and reservation for flowers and greenery. Because On August 29-31 there will be a rush there, and everything that they brought will be sold, cleaned up. We calculated how much the flowers used in our bouquet now cost at retail, and the amount turned out to be the same about 4000 rubles.

In the third option, you simply go to your favorite flower studio, to your favorite florist and order a bouquet from him. This, surprisingly, is the most budget option. Because a bouquet like ours will cost you , for example, in 2500 rubles.

Conclusion: If you want to make a bouquet for September 1st with your own hands, look for large bases, buy flowers in packs and exercise your creative muscle. This option is very good for those who need to congratulate with flowers the teachers, heads, and teachers at the older child’s school. Then you can really win on the cost of each individual bouquet.

The most economical option is to order a bouquet from a flower shop. The workshop purchases flowers in bulk, reducing costs due to volumes, and also relieves you of the problem of logistics and delivery of flowers to your home. And the best part: by ordering flowers from trusted workshops from good florists, your bouquet will definitely be the most beautiful and most memorable.

So the choice is yours.

Everything is ready for school, all that remains is to order a bouquet for September 1st. What bouquet should I give to the teacher? Which flowers last longer? Maybe use more than just flowers in a bouquet? Or maybe not a bouquet at all, but a basket of flowers? Or will a flower box please your favorite teacher?

Autumn decor for school (example from the Internet)

As the mother of a first-grader, I was puzzled by the question of a bouquet for September 1 back in early August. And as a florist, first of all, I want the bouquet for September 1 to be remembered by our first teacher.

I want individuality, originality of idea, ease of execution and surprise! Of course!

Perhaps after our selection of ideas for unusual bouquets for teachers, you will want to do something interesting! And if you still want to order a bouquet for September 1, you will already be armed interesting ideas and you can easily explain to the florist what you want the bouquet for your teacher to look like.

What flowers should I use to make a bouquet for September 1st?

Autumn pleases us with an abundance of flowers, greenery, berries and natural materials.

September 1 - autumn holiday, so the bouquet for the teacher should be bright and memorable in autumn. Orange, yellow, ocher shades are suitable. Greenery will refresh the bouquet and add juiciness.

autumn bouquet idea for a teacher from the Internet

Would you like a bouquet of asters in a newspaper? And the roses aren't impressive? Pay attention to chrysanthemums, eustomas, solidagos, scentless lilies and dahlias! A bouquet of one type of flower or an assorted bouquet - it’s up to your wishes!

example of an autumn bouquet with spikelets and dried flowers (Internet)

For contrast and brightness, you can add lilac and purple shades to the bouquet for the teacher.

bouquet for the teacher (example from the Internet)

How to decorate a bouquet for September 1st?

To turn a bouquet of flowers into a school one, you can add school paraphernalia - pencils and rulers, a small globe, airplanes from notebook sheets with formulas - multi-colored letters and numbers cut out of plywood or thick cardboard. Your imagination will tell you here!

bouquet with gerberas for school (online)

DIY bouquet idea for a first grader (Internet)

bouquets of candies with a globe (Internet)

bouquet for teacher with pencils (internet idea)

frame autumn bouquet for a teacher (photo online)

beautiful bouquet from autumn leaves (photo Internet)

autumn composition with natural materials(Internet idea)

autumn wreath of berries and physalis with candles (Internet)

As you can see, there are a lot of ideas for a bouquet for September 1st and each of them is very interesting and original. And what our bouquet will be like on September 1 - follow on Instagram (click on the icon in the upper right corner of the site)!

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Happy child 13.08.2017

Dear readers, very soon the first bell will ring for our schoolchildren. The school year will begin, filled with discoveries and new knowledge. And this amazing world wonderful teachers will engage children in knowledge. Of course, I want to do something nice for them, to surprise them on this special day. Flowers are an integral part of Knowledge Day, and therefore, on the first of September, smart schoolchildren go to school with backpacks and large bouquets of autumn flowers.

Do you want to surprise your teacher and give him an unusual bouquet? Today we will make a bouquet for the teacher with our own hands from satin ribbons. You can make such a bouquet together with your children. While talking while working, unobtrusively create a mood for learning, arouse interest in what awaits him during the school year. A master class on creating such a bouquet will be presented to us today by Anna Pavlovskikh, a textile artist and decorator. I give her the floor.

Greetings to all readers. Today I want to tell you how to make a beautiful autumn bouquet from satin ribbons step by step - a gift for the teacher on September 1st.

What you need for a bouquet of ribbons

• Satin ribbons 2.5 and 5 cm wide in autumn shades: orange, brown, red, yellow, green, burgundy;
• plastic cup for a vase;
• sponge cut to fit the cup;
• notebook cover with a print on a school theme;
• scissors;
• threads;
• sewing needle and safety pins;
• wooden skewers;
• candle;
• ribbon for decorating a vase;
• decorative autumn twig;
• a piece of felt cream, soft yellow or flesh-colored;
• stationery for themed decor;
• clamp or tweezers;
• glue "Moment" transparent or glue gun.

How to make a bouquet of satin ribbons

Insert a sponge cut to size into the cup.

On the felt, draw a circle 3 mm smaller than the top diameter of the cup. Stepping back 4 cm from this circle, draw a second circle. Cut out the resulting shape.

Coat the edge of the cup with glue and glue the felt blank.

Cut a rectangle from the cover to the size of the cup.

Glue the prepared rectangle and decorate with ribbon.

Use the remaining cover to make a stencil for the leaves. The size of the stencil blank should be approximately 4.5 x 6 cm.

Cut out blanks of satin ribbon 5 cm wide using a stencil.

Now scorch the edges of each piece with a candle flame.

After this, pinch the fold at the base of the petal with tweezers or a clamp and melt this place over the candle - our voluminous petal is ready. Use the same principle to make other petals.

Glue the resulting leaves to the felt in 3 rows, alternating colors.

Trim the skewers to top part, on which the flower will be attached, was slightly above the level of the leaves.

Take a satin ribbon 2.5 cm wide and 25 cm long. Place the edge of the ribbon at an angle of 30 degrees.

Place the edge of the skewer on the bent ribbon.

Coat the tip of the skewer with glue and wrap a bent ribbon around it - this will be the middle of the bud.

Straighten the ribbon and bend it away from you at an angle, wrap the middle in a circle with this bend.

Fold the ribbon away from you again and wrap the middle again.

Continue making folds on the ribbon away from you and twisting the bud.

Try to place the tops of the petals between each other, that is, fold the tape in the gap between the already folded and laid petals. Sew or glue the petals after two twists so that the flower holds well and the rose petals do not fall apart. Fold the edge of the ribbon and sew it on. Cut off the tip and melt it over the candle. The first rose is ready.

Use the same method to make roses of other colors. Using the sharp tips of skewers, stick the flowers into the sponge in the vase. Complete the flowers with an autumn decorative twig or leaf.

Decorate the composition with multi-colored pencils, you can also use ballpoint pens, rulers, squares and compasses. These decorative elements will create a festive mood appropriate for the occasion.

This is how, dear readers, spending very little time and money, you can make a very unusual bouquet - a gift for Knowledge Day for your favorite teacher. In addition, while you are creating such a bouquet with your child, it’s time to remember all the good things that await him at school, so he will go there with good mood and get ready to study. And the bright and juicy bouquet, without any doubt, will remain in the teacher’s memory for a long time and will take its rightful place in the classroom or at home.

The holidays flew by like a colorful dream. September 1 is approaching - the day when schoolchildren will bring flowers to their teachers. Bouquets of asters, dahlias, zinnias and the most school flowers in the world – gladioli – will stand out against the general background of Dutch roses and will give your child’s teacher real emotions that smell of sun and garden. You can make such beauty out of garden flowers - what a salon! In this review we will tell you how to create an impressive and memorable bouquet from ordinary country flowers.

What should a school bouquet be like?

♦ Autumn. This can be achieved with the help of color (by the way, autumn yellow-orange colors are also the colors of gratitude, and in a bouquet intended for a teacher, this is doubly appropriate). Rowan twigs or decorative cereals can add an autumnal “sound” to the bouquet.

♦ Durable– let the flowers donated by your child please the teacher for as long as possible. Asters and garden chrysanthemums do not fade the longest among cut country flowers: a bouquet of them can last up to two weeks. Bouquets of zinnias and gladioli last a little less, with roses things are worse - it’s good if they last about five days, and shrub roses last even less. Lilies could top the list of long-lived cut flowers, but they are definitely not suitable for a school bouquet due to their strong smell and pollen.

♦ Appropriate. It is wrong to give a strict male teacher a “girlish” bouquet of pastel roses - discreet plain flowers with dark greenery are suitable here. A good choice– gladioli or chrysanthemums, and the older the teacher, the more solid the bouquet should be. But you can give a young teacher a delicate bouquet in pastel colors. An authoritative, experienced teacher can be presented with large, double, ceremonial flowers. A boy can go for a lineup with a simple bouquet of one gerbera and greenery. Gerbera, by the way, can be replaced with sunflower. A girl with such a delicate bouquet.

♦ Beautiful. Many garden plants have an amazing property: they may not make much of an impression in a flowerbed, but in a bouquet they look simply beautiful! So, sedum, which grows on every second garden plot, in the vicinity of asters or zinnias can become the basis of a good flower arrangement.

What flowers to choose for a bouquet?

Many parents of schoolchildren plant flowers so that they bloom just in time for September 1st. The basic country flowers for a school bouquet are:

♦ Gladioli. True, these strict flowers can throw out their favorite trick and bloom as early as August. Dutch varieties from packages “do not last” until the start of the school year. Therefore, for the first of September bouquet, many gardening parents plant old Russian varieties in mid-May.

For bouquets, gladioli are cut as soon as the first 3 flowers open. To make the bouquet last longer, you need to pinch off the lowest bud and pierce the lower part of the stem with a toothpick or needle in different places.

♦Dahlias. For the bouquet, choose varieties with strong, dense petals that will not wrinkle and will withstand the school ruler without damaging their appearance. Plants are cut only when the flower is fully in bloom. Clear the petals from the part of the stem that will stand in the water, and the bouquet will live for a really long time. If you want to put dahlias in the same bouquet with other flowers, be careful. This is an aggressive flower, from the proximity of which others simply wither. But dahlias can be made friendlier by slightly scorching their stems with fire.

♦ Roses second wave of flowering. These whimsical beauties must be kept in settled water (the water should be changed every day). You can extend the life of cut roses by scorching the stem and tearing off not only the leaves, but also the thorns. Freshly cut roses cannot stand being in the same bouquet with other flowers and quickly fade - to correct this circumstance, they need to be kept separately in water for several hours. By September 1, Ann Henderson, Pastella, and Anny Duperey will be in bloom. An original, eye-catching bouquet is made from Paso Doble roses. They bloom steadily at the beginning of the school year and last a relatively long time in The Fairy bouquet. Augusta Luise blooms until frost, which is why it is especially loved by parents of schoolchildren.

♦ Garden chrysanthemums. An excellent choice for a school bouquet: these are the flowers that look fresh, cheerful, and somehow life-affirming in the fall. The main thing to remember is that you cannot cut chrysanthemums for a bouquet. Chrysanthemums for a bouquet are broken, and it is better to do this in the evening or in the morning. Flowers should be in full or almost full bloom. They will last in the bouquet even longer if you throw a silver spoon or decoration into a vase of water. They combine chrysanthemums with asparagus (especially large, cool colors), thuja branches (especially yellow, medium-sized) and fern branches (small-flowered). IN the latter case the bouquet should be low.

♦ Asters. Along with beautiful, large-flowered varieties, small-flowered perennials can also be used - they will complement a mixed bouquet. To make a bouquet of asters last even longer, you should remove almost all the leaves from the stems, except the top ones, and change the water as often as possible. If you add a little alcohol to the water (a teaspoon per liter of water), the bouquet will break all records for longevity.

♦ Gerberas – festive, elegant and at the same time quite official flowers. According to etiquette, they can be given to both men and women, and for a gift to a male teacher it is better to choose a bouquet of five flowers in burgundy and orange shades. Rose, chrysanthemum and aster go well with gerberas. Florists especially like to combine gerberas with roses. Five gerbera flowers, several medium-sized roses, lush greenery - a magnificent bouquet is ready. You can make a bouquet of just gerberas, for example, make light flowers in the center of the composition, and dark ones at the edges.

The bouquet will last longer if you trim the ends of the flowers by about a centimeter every day under running water. There should not be much water in the vase: due to the small hairs that cover the stems of the gerbera, they quickly become covered with mucus.

♦ Sunflowers. The teddy bear variety is especially suitable for a school bouquet. These soulful and cute “bears” bloom in mid-August and bloom until the frosts, they are invariably liked by teachers and, oddly enough, often win against the backdrop of prim roses from a flower salon. Both simple sunflower bouquets and mixes with them are good. Sunflowers are combined with gladioli in lilac and violet shades, and look good next to dahlias. The bouquet is complemented by rare sprigs of greenery.

♦ Zinnias: There are tall and large varieties that look like double gerberas. In the first of September bouquet they look especially impressive: straight stems, elegant flowers. They are combined with light, delicate plants, for example, asparagus. For a bouquet, zinnias are cut, the inflorescences of which have opened ¾, and then they do not lose their natural colors for a long time and retain their freshness.

♦ Marigold. Large varieties of these unpretentious flowers - 10-12 centimeters in diameter - are especially suitable for a school bouquet. Their orange-yellow-red color scheme and autumn scent with fruity notes fully correspond to the mood of the first day of the school year. The bouquet includes strong flowers with fully open inflorescences, but a dense core. The bouquet will last longer if you cut the stems to the height of the vase and remove the root leaves.

♦ Snapdragon. These joyful ones bright flowers unusual shapes always cheer up the person who receives them as a gift. Combines well with many other garden flowers: with the same spray roses, chrysanthemums, asters... Such a bouquet can be stored in a vase for up to two weeks.

♦ Tall eustomas. These gorgeous exotic flowers can produce... school yard a real sensation. Eustomas are flowers popular among FORUMHOUSE gardeners. But among less advanced gardeners it is quite rare plant: you won’t immediately understand what kind of beauty this is, where it comes from. There is hardly a teacher who will remain indifferent to such a bouquet, but it would be more appropriate to give it to a young teacher.

Eustomas remain fresh for a long time when cut. While they are standing in the vase, some flowers on the stem dry out, others bloom - beauty!

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I put them in bouquets for September 1st (in fact, that’s why I sowed them), I was tired of telling everyone what kind of animal it was.

These plants can play second fiddle in school bouquets perfectly.:

• Jerusalem artichoke. You can make a bouquet of fiery red dahlias and yellow Jerusalem artichokes that look like strange daisies.
• Aspagarus - asparagus for a bouquet.
• Hydrangeas paniculata.
• Decorative sedums.
• Ornamental cereals.
• Bladderwort.
• Rudbeckia. They look great in a bouquet with any blue flowers and complement zinnias perfectly.

How to make a bouquet

The best bouquets are made from flowers different types, but you don’t need to collect everything that grows in your garden into one such mix. Two or three varieties of flowers will be enough, it is important that they are combined in color, mood (whatever you say, you can’t put a rose in the same bouquet with daisies), flower size and texture.

Make sure that the plants in the bouquet are of different heights. Here is the formula that professional florists use when composing bouquets:

most tall flower- ¼ of its height = average flower;
average flower - ¼ of its height = shortest flower.

If you use this formula, all the flowers will be visible in the bouquet.

The color scheme of the bouquet for September 1 can be contrasting, for example, yellow-blue or yellow-violet; monochrome - when colors of the same color, but of different saturation, are collected into a bouquet; identical (for example, yellow-orange).

In the center of such a bouquet there can be any flower of any color, the main thing is that it is noticeable and stands out in the composition. It could be the largest gladiolus or sunflower, or the largest and brightest aster. The remaining plants, smaller and less bright, are gathered around in a spiral, and the stems can be fixed with tape. And by the way, have you probably noticed that bouquets containing flowers of varying degrees of openness - from buds to fully blossomed flowers - look especially attractive? Use this technique in your student's bouquet.

The stems of the finished bouquet are trimmed evenly with pruning shears and tied with a matching color satin ribbon, lace or decorative rope (the choice depends on the style of the bouquet). To prevent the ribbon from slipping, secure it with decorative needles. A beautiful ribbon and, if necessary, wrapping paper will give a bouquet of simple flowers a designer look.

Don’t be afraid to decorate your bouquet with greenery: a couple of branches and it will sparkle with all its colors. And decorative cereals: the main thing here is that the cereals in the bouquet are higher than the flowers, but do not obscure them.

If you want to give your teacher a floral arrangement that will last on the desk for a long time, it’s not as difficult as it seems.

♦ Decorate the jar or glass in which it will stand with wrapping paper.

♦ Cut out a piece of suitable size from green floral foam (oasis) and saturate it with water. There is one subtlety: the oasis must float freely in a container of water until it drowns itself - only then will it be completely saturated and be able to keep the composition blooming.

♦ Let’s start composing the composition. Florists say that when arranging flowers and greenery in a floral oasis, the main thing is to maintain the given shape: ball, trapezoid, etc. All flowers parallel to each other should be at the same level.

The composition can be decorated with school supplies: bright, sharp pencils, boxes of paints, a tiny decorative globe, etc. Or you can use bright autumn leaves, bunches of rowan or viburnum, fruits - from apples to corn... It is important not to overdo it: greenery and decorations should not draw attention to themselves, the main thing is the flowers.