Choose a variety of flowers and greenery of different sizes and lengths to add visual interest to your arrangement.

1. Acquire your blooms. Look for in-season flowers and greens, making sure that the stems are left long for maximum design versatility. You’ll need showstopper blooms (we used Juliet garden roses); ...

Most of the time, DIY floral arranging involves bringing home a bouquet or two of cut flowers, depositing them in a generic glass vase scrounged from under the sink and then wondering why they look a ...