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design help please for construction. Request is for a funeral, a basket (tomorrow, Friday)with all flowering plants wrapped with tissue paper in large basket. Never done one of these, suggestions please? Sounds straight forward, but thinking...I should leave the outer waterproof wrap on the plants also, so they do not leak. I do have a large plastic lined basket, it is round, 20 inch diameter.


thinking of adding a dove, or butterflies maybe, and a hydrangea, african violets (requested) and bulb plants.
 
We did this idea for a funeral a year ago - the wife did not want fresh flowers, but wanted each attendee to take home a plant to honor her husband. For us, it was all annuals, herbs, bloomers & green, so we did not do any kind of wrap. Just set the plants within several of our largest baskets, with a layer of foam underneath to give the plants height. Decorated the handle with draping sheer ribbons, mushroom birds & fresh euc.

Unless your plants are sopping wet, or you want the look of the outer wrap, you don't need to wrap. Get some height on the plants, and decorate the handle, or outer edge of the basket with some pretty ribbons.

good luck,
tracy
 
Thanks Tracy, added multiple layers as you suggested.

Theresa



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Oooooh, very pretty!
nice job,
tracy
 
looks good!

We do alot of these things.

Sometimes we pot wrap each pot and then place in the basket and other times we line the entire basket with extra wide pot wrap,(poly-backed).

Other times we use plastic liners.

They are easy to assemble and even easier to cost out.

Joe
 
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Sweet! Love all the variety!

Beth :~)
 
These are our biggest sellers for plants for just about any holiday. Started creating these several years ago when the grocery stores starting stealing the flowering plant sales at the holidays. I have suggested these several times here. Do them up in all different sizes, starting with 3 blooming to a basket. People love them and they don't see them any where else! Just be sure to include instuctions to water each pot individually. We use plastic to line the basket and fresh spanish moss to cover the top of the pots after assembling. For Mother's Day we do indoor garden baskets and outdoor garden baskets.

Knife's Wife
 
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thanks, and questions

thanks all for the very helpful replies, you are all so wonderful.

This was my first all flowering plant basket, and the tissue paper gave me quite a pain, because it kept getting balled up when I moved the plants around. (even though I had laid them out). Ugh! So I had to replace the tissue on several of the plants.

Next time I will lay the plants out again after I add the styrofoam levels (there were 3) before adding tissue. Also the tissue adds volume, so probably could have used less plants.


Questions: I lined the basket with plastic and also put a plastic liner on the plants that sat on the styrofoam. Was that necessary? Made me nervous to put plastic on the african violets.

How would you send care instructions to a funeral?
 
Theresa said:
Also the tissue adds volume, so probably could have used less plants.


Questions: I lined the basket with plastic and also put a plastic liner on the plants that sat on the styrofoam. Was that necessary? Made me nervous to put plastic on the african violets.

How would you send care instructions to a funeral?
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I would be hesitant to use tissue.

Lining the basket in plastic was fine and placing the African Violets in a liner is ok as well.

Remember you need to provide protection to the furniture where this basket will be set, so what ever you do to contain moisture is good.

Most care instructions can come on plastic tags. Personally, with these types of baskets, I provide the care instructions that I can, but don't go overboard trying to find any additional info.

Joe
 
Correct me if I'm wrong. This was a special thing, where the funeral guests would each take home a flower, right?

So my questions is about your typical "European garden basket" order. At my last job, we just put plants in a basket, elevated if needed with styrofoam, then covered it all with spanish moss. I didn't particularly like sending these out, but the boss is the boss.

At my current job, we line a basket with heavy plastic, put in potting soil, unpot the plants, and plant them in the dirt. Then it gets finished with spanish moss, bow, whatever. To me, it seems like the basket will last longer, the roots having all that nice new soil to grow into.

What does everyone else do?

Beth :~)
 
We do European Gardens a lot for funerals and we sell them on the phone by explaining that the loved ones can choose to keep the garden intact or remove the individual plants to be given to different family members. They love the idea.

Sometimes we use plastic saucers, sometimes we line with heavy plastic--it just depends. We also use styrofoam to get various heights. These are quite popular!
 

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The Flowering plant basket was a special request, with plants separate, wrapped with tissue paper. I have heard of these before, but have never done one.


Here is what I fill for a European Dish Garden, and the plants are planted. (these are quite popular for men).

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european dish garden vs. dish garden

Thanks Beth! I was thinking about your post, and did a quick internet search for "european dish garden". I found 2 sources for the plants being seperate, in their own pots.

I did a search on just "dish garden", and it was defined as planted together.

Technically then, by adding the term european, it means the pots stay on. Or have the 2 terms ("european dish garden" and "dish garden") become interchangeable?

Can anyone confirm this?
 
O.k. This always gets confusing for different areas of the country. Here in the Northeast as I have always understood it for 21 years to be this way:

Dishgarden: green plants potted togethers
European Dishgarden: Same as above but must include at least one blooming plant.
Garden Basket:Mix of blooming plants, may include a green plants placed in a basket together. (not potted)

When I send an order out of town no matter what term I am using I always describe what I mean so that there is no confusion.

Knife's Wife
 
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Thanks Sue, your planter is lovely! I like the dragonflies.

Dishgarden: green plants potted togethers
European Dishgarden: Same as above but must include at least one blooming plant.
Garden Basket:Mix of blooming plants, may include a green plants placed in a basket together. (not potted)

When I send an order out of town no matter what term I am using I always describe what I mean so that there is no confusion.
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Very good advice Knife's wife, thanks! I would like to post this on my blog, if I have your permission.
 
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