A Year of Flowers: Seasonal DIY Arrangements & Centerpiece Inspiration

From winter citrus and spring bulbs to sunflowers, harvest hues, and Christmas cheer—this review and year of flowers highlights seasonal DIY arrangements, table centerpieces, and tips for making blooms last longer! You’ll find additional floral inspiration from my Monday Morning Blooms’ friends. 💐

Happy January and New Year!

Thank you for your visits and kind comments this past year! I hope that my little corner of the blogosphere provides you with some flower therapy and inspiration in the coming year, whether you’re cutting flowers from your garden or creating an arrangement with a grocery store bouquet.

A Little Flower Science 🌼

Fun fact: Studies have shown that flowers have the power to improve our mood—not just when we receive them, but when we grow them, arrange them, or even admire them. Their visual beauty triggers the release of “happy chemicals” in the brain: dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin.

I’ve fully embraced a daily dose of “happy” and flower therapy, armed with a blooming planner and a floral wall calendar! 🌸

We’re taking a look back at our year of flowers, with highlights from the months, seasons and holidays. You’ll find my flower friends links and their floral inspiration at the bottom of this post.

Click on the links in highlighted in red if you’d like to see the post in full or for the tutorial and tips.

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DIY Citrus-Infused Flower Arrangement & Table to Brighten Winter

Our common theme for the February edition of Monday Morning Blooms was incorporating ‘Fresh Winter Citrus’. 🍋🍊

Winter can be dreary with the shorter days and chilly temperatures. A recipe to combat the winter blues: a vibrant and aromatic citrus-infused flower arrangement!

Hydrangeas, lilies, mums, carnations, alstroemeria and charmelia, join oranges and lemons in a citrus-infused table centerpiece.

Floral plates provide additional flower therapy at the table, with teacups holding a hollowed-out orange, which serves as a mini vase for flowers . . . mini carnations, mums and alstroemeria.

Easy DIY Spring Centerpiece with Blooming Bulbs + ‘Hopping into Spring’ Table

March’s arrival brings blooming bulbs. . . our common theme to welcome spring. 🌷🪻

Potted bulbs from the garden center or supermarket in spring are an affordable alternative to cut flowers, as your bulbs can be planted in your garden after the flowers fade to enjoy for years to come.

A ‘bunnies with blooms’ tablecloth provides a whimsical foundation to ‘hop into spring’, while daffodils fill a moss bunny’s basket. A galvanized garden container is planted with an assortment of blooming bulbs. . .tulips and hyacinths to welcome spring.

Lakeside Table with Blues and Bunnies for Easter

Easter was our theme for April. 🐇

A tablecloth with bunnies in shades of blue along the border of the cloth was the inspiration for a lakeside Easter blues table.

I used a favorite flower arranging tool, chicken wire, to arrange the flowers and support the stems in the bunny baskets.

Hydrangeas and tulips from the supermarket, mix with some garden foliage and early spring blooms. . . Bridal wreath spirea, small fragrant white flowers snipped from the laurel shrubs, and the last of the Lenten roses, along with some decorative eggs for Easter.

 Egg shells provide mini vases for blooms in bunny egg cups. 🐇🥚

DIY Pressed Flower Vase & Floral Arrangement for Mother’s Day (or Any Day!)

A Mother’s Day theme for May provided some blooming inspiration in the form of a DIY vase using dried pressed flowers! 🌸

This fun craft project celebrates the beauty of spring, adding some floral charm to your home with a few easy steps and supplies.

Warning: This craft is addictive and will have you saving your Oui yogurts jars to upcycle for blooming votives or mini vases!

Fresh Flower Market and Garden Bouquets in The Potting Shed

‘Garden’ was our theme for June. 🪏

Johnson Brothers ‘Garden Bouquets’ join some fresh-picked flowers and garden bouquets to fill mason jars and watering cans in The Potting Shed.

Peonies, Popcorn Drift Rose, a few spikes of purple Baptisia, soft, silvery stalks of Lamb’s Ear, Veronica and Verbena Lollipop 🌸

DIY Woodland Trayscape + Floral Arrangement and High Country-Inspired Table

‘Summer Living’ was our common theme for July’s edition of Monday Morning Blooms.🌞

A summer getaway to the Blue Ridge Mountains, aka, The High Country, provided the inspiration for a woodland trayscape and centerpiece.

I used my Pillow Floral Cage Arranger, a favorite eco-friendly flower arranging tool.

For my woodland-inspired floral arrangement, I gathered some Hayscented Fern, Oakleaf Hydrangea, Rhododendron and Dappled Willow foliage (Salix Integra). Moss, lichen and fern line a seagrass tray for the trayscape and table centerpiece.

Cheery Sunflowers on the Porch + DIY Blooming Wine Bottle Bouquet

Incorporating sunflowers was our common theme for August. 🌻

I shared a method and tips to create a Wine Bottle Bouquet, for gifting or celebrating!

You’ll also find steps to create an easy pocket napkin fold and more sunflowers on the porch.

DIY September Floral Arrangement + Table with Apples, Hydrangeas & Sunflowers

We all incorporated apples to welcome fall and September. 🍎

An antique Apple Sun Cured Tobacco Box provided the inspiration for a farmhouse-inspired centerpiece.

A farmhouse plaid tablecloth provides a cheery foundation for our table, blending the colors of summer and fall. Hydrangeas, sunflowers and apples, join garden foliage…abelia, chaste tree seed pods and crape myrtle blooms in the arrangement.

Welcome October: DIY Fall Floral Centerpiece with Hydrangeas and Pumpkins

Our common theme for October’s edition of Monday Morning Blooms was ‘Harvest Hues’. 🍂🍁

Regular readers know autumn is my favorite season and my favorite color is October!

I welcomed October with a gathered arrangement of hydrangeas, foliage, and seed pods for an easy, seasonal centerpiece. Pumpkins and Indian corn added some harvest hues, texture and autumnal charm.

Lakeside Thanksgiving Table with an Easy DIY Indian Corn Vase

Thanksgiving was our common theme for November’s edition of Monday Morning Blooms. 🦃

I shared an easy DIY Indian Corn Vase and floral centerpiece you can assemble in just 30 minutes!

 Soft plaid layers, copper accents, and turkey plates with ‘feathers’ chargers, join the Indian corn vase with apples, leaves, berries, grasses and nuts for a touch of natural harvest charm.

DIY Santa Boots Floral Centerpiece for a Festive Christmas Table

December’s theme was Christmas.🎄

I add a little Ho-Ho-Holiday magic with a whimsical Santa Boots centerpiece with foraged greenery, hydrangeas, ribbon, ornaments and pinecones.

Tartan details, a cozy plaid throw and Santa belt table runner add some cozy Christmas table details for a merry and bright table with Santa plates.

 

My secret weapon for long-lasting flowers that’s not-so-secret if you’re a regular reader:

 Floralife Clear Crowning Glory Solution!

If you’re not familiar with Crowning Glory. it’s is an anti-transpirant spray that seals in moisture and prolongs the life of your flowers and arrangement! It dries clear and is safe to use on all flower types. I’ve had cut flowers last as long as two weeks using it!

Crowning Glory will dry within 30 minutes to an hour, depending the temperature and humidity.

Note: Wait to spray roses after they are open with Crowning Glory as it will prohibit them from opening further.

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Be sure to visit my Monday Morning Blooms’ friends and see their year of floral inspiration:

Lidy at FrenchGardenHouse

Pam at Everyday Living

Here’s to another year of the simple joys of blooms! 💐

“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.”

– Luther Burbank

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