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The Halden Cut Flower Experience

We are so excited to announce our incredible cut flower class. We have put so much love into creating this.

Every month plants or bulbs will arrive at your house. We will walk you through how to plant and grow them, harvest, and arrange your very own beautiful blooms of all different kinds.

What you will need:

-A garden site that is 36 square feet (equivalent of a 4' X 8' space) of full or mostly full sun soil - The more sun you have, the more your plants will thrive.

-A water source for your chosen site. - A hose or sprinklers will work or we will teach you how to put together a small drip irrigation system.

Your first round of plants, seeds, bulbs or tubers will arrive every 30 days from the time you sign up!

-$17.95/month

-Every month you will receive either tubers, bulbs, rhizomes, seeds or plants that are tailored to the time of year.

-During December and January we will grow indoor flowers, start corms and seeds for the earliest spring, and bulbs for forcing inside.

What you receive and when will be according to your zone.

Anyone can join at any time of the year and they will just start onto the next shipment. Boxes will arrive every 30 days.

We sincerely hope that you will use this time of life to invest in your education and learn a hobby that will be a part of you for the rest of your life.

There is truly nothing like surrounding yourself with flowers. We hope so much that you will take this opportunity to be a part of the Halden Cut Flower Experience! We are so excited to be apart of your floral journey.

-Sara Haller (Halden co-founder)

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How To Make A Flower Crown

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Flower crowns are much easier to make than you might think and are a really fun element that you can add to occasions or just create on a rainy day. They’re simple enough that you can do this activity even with very young kids and the results are unique and beautiful.

What you will need:

-Some stiff wire

-Snips or scissors

-Masking tape or floral tape if you have it

-Flowers and/or foliage with short stems

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In this example I choose to use Lady of Shallot roses, Double Chater Salmon Hollyhocks, Yellow Colombine, White Tea Roses, pansies, common white dianthus and some cuttings from some bushes in my yard. As you design your crown, think about color and texture. I chose a color scheme of blooms in a range of apricots and pinks. Using colors that are next to each other on the color wheel or that are different textures of various shades of the same color is a good place to start if you’re not confident in choosing colors that go together.

Directions:

Step 1:To begin, take your wire and use it to measure the circumference of the head of the person you are making your crown for. 

Step 2: Give yourself an extra 6-8 inches and wrap the wire back around itself as seen in the image below.

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Step 3: You will then choose a flower or small bunch of flowers and greenery and hold it firmly against the wire. 

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Step 4: Take a short piece of tape and wrap it snugly around the stems of the little bunch or blossom. 

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Step 5: Moving in the same direction, layer the next bunch just slightly farther down the wire, overlapping the bloom that has already been secured and repeat step 4 with the tape.

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Step 6: Continue attaching your blooms, working around the wire until all of the wire is completely covered.

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I’d love to see your crowns so please post using the hashtag #haldengarden so we can all see your beautiful creations. 

Leave any questions below in the comments!

- Sara Haller -

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