THE COLUMN
Column vases can be daunting, but they’re easier to use than you’d think. Keep your flower stems long, as you’ll only need to trim, and create a loose arrangement with a few varieties.
Start by stripping each stem of any foliage besides the flower or leaves you’d like to highlight. Cut all your flowers to a similar stem height (you can then shorten the stems as you go).
Begin with your foliage. Insert a few stems (Nikki says it’s best to work in odd numbers) pointing them in different directions. The foliage stems will anchor the rest of you arrangement.
Now insert your longest flowers—these are the ones that are going to stand out most. In this case, Nikki used foxgloves. Nikki emphasizes always putting the flower in the direction it wants to go. So, if it’s leaning left, let it lean left.
Keep adding flowers variety by variety and work in a circle, always walking around the vase, making sure to cover every angle.
Now push the stems into the vase a bit and squish in a few strands of ivy to surround (and disguise) the stems.
You’d be surprised; a little water, changed often, goes a long way.
Done!
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