You can make a spectacular wreath for the festive table from flowers that grow in nature. The ditch float growing on the edges of wet ditches has beautiful shades of color.
Ditch lily grows on the edges of damp ditches, but its beautiful, sleeping flowers go unnoticed by many. The color of the flowers varies from pale yellow to shades of pink and purple. The durable, small ditch float only grows to a height of 30–40 cm.
Collect the flowers of the canal boat the night before. Remove the unnecessary leaves and cut the sloping suction surfaces on the stems of the flowers. Put the flowers in plenty of water in a cool place, for example in the refrigerator. When you mist the wreath with water from time to time, you can make it stay beautiful longer.
The drain float also dries beautifully. If you are drying the ditch float wreath, hang it upside down in a dry and dark place.
Drain float flange
Supplies
- ditch bells
- bobbin iron wire
- side cutters
- scissors
Make a ditch float wreath like this
- Wrap a few rounds of iron wire around the base of the wreath.
- Connect the ends by twisting them around each other.
- Make a small bouquet out of the ditch pendants. Place it on the base of the wreath and fasten it by twisting the iron wire around the bouquet and the wreath.
- Add another bouquet and continue until the base of the wreath is covered. Place the bases of the last bouquets under the first tied bouquets.
- Use iron wire to make a small hanging loop on the back side of the wreath. Attach it to the threads of the iron wire base of the wreath
Read also: The most beautiful Midsummer wreath is made from daisies – see the easy instructions in the video
The story was published in Maalla magazine 5/2024.
Source: kotiliesi.fi
