Halloween Happenings

With Halloween just a couple of weeks away, consumers are thinking parties, trick or treat, and home decorations. Halloween is the # 1 adult holiday and is second only to Christmas when it comes to home decorating and entertaining. With Halloween on the last weekend of the month, you can bet there will be lots of parties haunting your neighborhoods. All this celebration screams for flowers and decorations!
For a perfect container look to the fields for inspiration; the pumpkin fields that is. Cut an opening just large enough to drop in a block of floral foam that has been placed in a clear quart size storage baggie. This will help keep the pumpkin from decaying as quickly and allows the addition of water. For added strength to the mechanic insert several wooden picks through the pumpkin and into the floral foam close to the top. You can also use a couple of the wooden picks to help secure the lid of the pumpkin into the completed arrangement.
Think color and texture and you have the beginning for a great addition for the party season. Interesting form flowers such as Artichokes and Protea’s are perfect for creating focal areas with something unique and unusual. Textural grasses such as red Fountain Grass or Pampus Grass add much interest and help create impact. Traditional autumn additions of Wheat, Montbretia Pods, Safflower and Rose Hips are good staple seasonal favorites that will add both color and texture. Don’t forget the Chinese Lanterns for a big splash of color and form. All of theses florals combine well with more traditional flowers such as Liatris, Roses, and Marigolds. Kangaroo Paw, Safari Sunset Leucadendron, and Eucalyptus also combine well to create some pretty SPOOKTACULAR seasonal creations.
Halloween is about color as well. Whether you choose to create your holiday stylings in the traditional pallet of reds, golds, and oranges, or add excitement by colliding colors like lime green, violet, and orange together, either collection invokes the flavor of the season.
With so many creative ingredients for just the right frightful effect, there will be no stopping your creativity! Call your Florabundance account manager today to be ready for all the tricks and treats this holiday brings.