Join 香蕉视频 & and ring in the season with a ! Led by听Sierra听Steifman, founder of boutique floral house Poppies & Posies and 香蕉视频, this workshop will teach you how to create low, lush floral centerpieces for your holiday celebrations.

Utilizing seasonal flowers, foliage, and 香蕉视频鈥檚 vessels and tools, we welcome you to join us in the meditative art of arranging flowers and the ritual of lighting candles ahead of your next gathering. The seasoned experts at 香蕉视频 will share tips on curating candles and how to style your table with candlelight to create a warm ambience for guests.

This workshop is open to all experience levels. Each participant will leave with their own centerpieces (flowers + vase) and the confidence to do it again on their own.

The Parcel Flower Co. will generously offer 10% off any in-store purchase on the day of the class!

To RSVP and purchase tickets, please .

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Inspiration for your summertime bouquet. Just-picked or garden-style bouquets have a looseness and spontaneity to them. They often mix leafy branches with a variety of textures, large face flowers, and delicately detailed multi-bloom flowers. We love to cluster like flowers to mimic how they would grow in nature 鈥� or in a garden. The overall silhouette is asymmetrical and a little wild. Informal, natural beauty.

DIY Bouquet Tutorial

Trying your hand at a DIY bouquet this season? Tap below for guidance. The right technique makes all the difference.

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听What You'll Need:

• Japanese Floral Clippers
• Floral Stem Tape
• Wedding Workshop
• 2" Silk Ribbon, Midnight
• 2" Silk Ribbon, Seafoam
• 2" Silk Ribbon, Soft White

Our favorite time of year has arrived 鈥� spring.

Typically, we rush off to the flower market or to to cut some blooms. Let our favorite spring blooms offer some inspiration! Reach out to your local florist 鈥� or start to grow your own. By the time your blooms come in, it may be time to dress your table and invite friends to enjoy with you.

Photos by Jen Huang

Daffodils

Ranunculus

Poppies

Hellebore

Muscari

Sweetpea

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Photos by Jen Huang

Style No. 1: IKEBANA

Ikebana is the Japanese art of floral arranging or 鈥渕aking flowers alive.鈥� Often minimal, asymmetrical, and unexpected, these arrangements typically rely on flower frogs and low bowls as bases.

Expert tip: Less is more! Build your arrangement slowly to avoid over-crowding.
Supplies used: Ceramic Flower Frog Bowl

Style No. 2: Pastoral

Informal and a little wild. These arrangements look like beautiful, naturally-occurring groups. The garden, indoors!

Expert tip: Create texture with a variety of bloom sizes and shapes. For both of these we combined wide, solid petals with delicate, detailed blooms.
Supplies used: Essential Tools

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Style No. 3: Modern

Unexpected combinations, exaggerated lines, and asymmetry. A touch of drama. This style is fun, edgy, and best of all 鈥� forgiving! Great for beginners.

Expert tip: Go against the grain when picking blooms. Mix formal roses with herbs and wildflowers.
Supplies used: Vases

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Style No. 4: Airy

Negative space counts as much as a bloom with these. Keep the number of flower varieties minimal and let plenty of space remain between stems.

Expert tip: Branches are brilliant at getting stable, elegant height. Try flowering dogwood, as seen above, or cherry blossoms.
Supplies: Floral Clippers

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Now, Your Turn

Show us what you create. Tag us on Instagram . The most important tip to remember 鈥� have fun.

Arranging these blooms, I felt focused and grateful. Flowers bring joy and life, beauty and nature into our homes. Even in these overwhelming times, their power is transformative.

I grabbed a few quick snapshots as my arrangement took shape. If you can get your hands on some blooms, click through these images to follow along.

- Sierra

Getting Started : Tools

All of the tools I used are in our听Arrangement Workshop.

Step 1 : Base

Tape your floral netting into your vessel with floral tape. I used a flower frog in the bottom, but that鈥檚 optional.

Step 2 : Composition

I started the shape of my composition with peach quince, adding hellebores for depth.

Step 3 : Depth

I added peach ranunculus in clusters, continuing to build at various levels.

Step 4 : Pop

A pop of yellow daffodils - clustered to one side for more impact.

Step 5: Delicate

Finish the arrangement with your most delicate detail flower. I used poppies.

Pro tip: If you鈥檙e also using poppies, sear the ends of them - rather than cutting. This video will show you how:

Thanks for following along! I hope there are some flowers in your world.

PS. If you want more tutorials, look no further.

When creating an arrangement of this size, proper vase setup is crucial.

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Vase Setup 101

This part isn鈥檛 glamorous, but so essential! Doing this part right will ensure your blooms last as long as possible and your arrangement stays in place.

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Step 1

Start with a clean, dry vessel. Leftover flower debris creates a breeding ground for bacteria, which shortens the lifespan of your flowers, so "clean" is important!

Step 2

Use a generous amount of floral frog putty to adhere the pin frog to the bottom.听We use Sure Stik.

Step 3

Create a cylinder or sphere (depending on vase shape) out of TFS floral netting. It's okay if you need to crush it into the vase a little 鈥� the pressure against all sides will help keep everything stable.

Step 4

Further stabilize your mechanics by taping it down in a cross with your TFS waterproof tape.听

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A solid foundation makes all the difference. We hope this helps!

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Show us what you make 鈥� .

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Quick, casual, and virtually foolproof! What鈥檚 the secret to a five-minute tablescape?

Bud vases.

Stagger your bud vases with one or two flower varieties in each. Play with height and spacing, add candles as desired, and you鈥檙e done!

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The Details

• Choose blooms with different textures, weights, and heights.

• Keep each bloom within the same range of color so that the group looks intentional.

• A variety of vase shapes will help lead the way. Ours are made for layering!

• Intersperse taper candles throughout to further marry your composition.

Why It Works

• Flexible and low pressure: When entertaining, you can move each element about as needed.

• Long-lasting: If one of your blooms outlasts another, you can swap stems without starting from scratch.

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One More Thing: Candle Safety

If you鈥檙e using candles on your table, this is a must.

Always ensure your tapers are very snug in their holders. Especially with hand-dipped candles, there's bound to be some variation in circumference. That may mean you need to shave the base down a little. If the candle wobbles, use some TFS Candle Helper for extra insurance.

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Show us what you create! Tag and as always, have fun.

We鈥檝e condensed our own years of trying and testing into a collection of versatile, quality essentials, all made in Japan.

Our floral clippers and floral pin frogs are perfect for precise floral arranging and practicing ikebana.

Japanese craftsmanship is unparalleled in the world of tools. The Japanese tool industry grew out of a long tradition of swordsmithing katana 鈥� or close-combat samurai swords. Precision blacksmithing and quality design have created a legacy of durable, reliable tools, from gardening and cooking to floral arranging and woodworking.

For 香蕉视频, we鈥檝e collected our core necessities for floral arranging and gardening. We hope these tools bring you hours of enjoyment and creativity.

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Our Collection

1. Hori Hori Knife

   Hori means 鈥榯o dig鈥� in Japanese, but these nimble and versatile garden knives do that and more. Sometimes referred to as a weeding knife, our Hori Hori Knife is also ideal for digging holes for transplants or bulbs, dividing, and pruning. It is crafted with one serrated edge and one smooth, using Japanese blacksmith heat treatments and techniques.

2. Garden Pruners

   These razor-sharp and lightweight pruners are a must-have for the home gardener. Perfect for light- to medium-duty pruning, these shears will be your go-to tool for deadheading roses, perennials, and annuals. Use for shaping shrubs, ornamentals, and fruit trees. Excellent for reviving old bouquets with woody stems and foraging branches from the woodland for vase forcing.

3. Garden Tool Set

   Perfect for small gardening tasks, houseplants, or tending to seedlings. A great size for little green thumbs, too. Both tools are hand-crafted, using Japanese sustainable beech wood for the handles and Japanese stainless steel blacksmith heat treatments and techniques.

   TROWEL

   Features hand-sharpened edges for optimal depth and angle for slicing through soil and roots with ease.

   CULTIVATOR

   Features hand-formed prongs creating optimal angles to make your weeding and cultivating tasks easy.

4. Floral Pin Frogs, Smoke and Stainless Steel

   A kenzan, commonly known as a pin frog, is the essential tool used to create Japanese-inspired ikebana floral arrangements and is also the foundation of any architectural arrangement. Ours are sharp and precise, with a sturdy weight and removable, non-slip rubber base.

5. Floral Clippers

   Our original 鈥� one of the first tools we created for TFS. With teflon-coated carbon steel blades and thermoplastic elastomer handles, the ergonomic design remains comfortable in the hand as you work. Ideal for trimming flowers, pruning plants, or cutting herbs and vegetables from the garden. Truly, the only pair you will ever need.

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Straightforward and restrained, we love the less-is-more approach of a single-flower bouquet. Whether your overall aesthetic is minimal, or you simply want to let the focus fall on other details, scroll on for our top tips on letting one flower work its magic.

Varieties

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How-To

It's easy to veer into flower ball territory when creating a single-flower bouquet, so you'll want to take care to layer blooms from the inside out so as to create depth.

• Using your non-dominant hand to imitate the mouth of a vase, crisscross a few stems to create the outline of your bouquet shape.

• Sink a few stems deep into the middle for substance to build on top of. Vary heights and fan the blooms out as you go.

• To keep things neat and manageable, trim your stems as you work, and wrap with stem tape to stabilize as you go.

• Remember to do a final cut just before placing in water to rehydrate!

• If you're making your bouquets ahead of time it's nice to save the ribbon for the day of the event, to keep it from getting soaked in transport.

For visual instructions, tap the video below. With intentional placement, you can still build all the depth and interest of a varied bouquet.

On the Table

The single-flower look lends itself well to tabletops, too. Try layered bud vases with multiple stems of one variety each. Easy, beautiful, done.

For more guidance:

• The TFS guide to making your own bouquet

• Our complete guide to DIY wedding florals

• Words of advice from Sierra and the TFS team

We鈥檇 love to see what you make!

鈥� TFS

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Spring flowers really are magical. Their subtle, tonal hues 鈥� dusty mauves and palest yellows 鈥� are like the best palette of highly custom, fancy paints. There鈥檚 a sophistication, a softness, that you just cannot get in other seasons.

From soft stem blooms to flowering branches, we rounded up some of our favorites. Bring this list to your florist and show us what you find!

SUNLOVER TULIP

BRIDAL WREATH SPIREA

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MIMOSA

ICELANDIC POPPY

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HELLEBORUS ORIENTALIS

BOLLENE TULIP

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ROSEMOOR GOLD DAFFODIL

COMMON LILAC

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HELLEBORUS NIGER听

YELLOW POMPONETTE TULIP

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BROWNIE SWEET PEA

BUTTERFLY RANUNCULUS

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HELLEBORUS LIGURICUS

YELLOW LADY SLIPPER

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Want some arrangement inspiration? Check out one of our many tutorials for tips and tricks.