How to make a flower garland

Learn how to make a beautiful flower garland... perfect for a wedding or garden party and easy to do if you follow this easy guide

How to make a flower garland
(Image credit: CICO Books)

Want to learn how to make a flower garland? Whether it's for a wedding or a garden party, this would make for a very Instagrammable addition, plus it's really simple to make, literally just three steps and a bit of creative flair!

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You will need:

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This project was taken from Handmade Wedding published by CICO Books, available on Amazon.

How to make a flower garland

(Image credit: CICO Books)

Step one: plan the design of your flower garland 

Measure how long you want the garland to be with some ribbon or string. Add an extra 8in (20cm) on each end to use as hanging loops. Lay out the foliage along the ribbon.

How to make a flower garland

(Image credit: CICO Books)

Step two: secure the foliage in place 

Hold the florist’s wire tightly and, starting at one end of the line, carefully wrap it up and around the foliage and ribbon to bind them together. Secure the wire at the other end.

How to make a flower garland

(Image credit: CICO Books)

Step three: arrange the flowers

Feed in the hydrangea, rhododendron, and rosemary along the garland wherever you want them. Depending on where the garland is to be displayed, it may be easier to hang up the line of foliage first and then add the flowers along its length. In this way, less of the garland is likely to come adrift when you hang it in position.

Top tip: When laying out the foliage, think of it as like a long, fat sausage, and the fatter you can make it the better – but there are no hard-and-fast rules for making this project.

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Hebe Hatton

Hebe joined the Real Homes team in early 2018 as Staff Writer before moving to the Livingetc team in 2021 where she took on a role as Digital Editor. She loves boho and 70's style and is a big fan of Instagram as a source of interiors inspiration. When she isn't writing about interiors, she is renovating her own spaces – be it wallpapering a hallway, painting kitchen cupboards or converting a van.