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Flower In pandemic 2020-2022 Arrangement

Jingyi Dai

Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

— Hans Christian Andersen

Causes During the pandemic, we lost a lot of opportunities to go out to stop the spread of the virus. I stayed home every day and added many hobbies for myself to pass the time besides attending classes and completing homework.

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One of the things I enjoyed the most was flower arranging.

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Tips:

At the beginning, the arrangement

was sparse because the carnations were not in full bloom, so I had to add a lot of gypsophila paniculatas. But after a week, I was surprised to find that the carnations were in full bloom.

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Gypsophila paniculata

Carnation’

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I first saw a variety show where the guests made flower arrangements for sale, starting with selecting the flowers and trimming the branches, and ending up with a beautiful work of art. This sparked my interest and I wanted to learn how to arrange flowers, which would at least add some life to my dull room.

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Gypsophila paniculata

Lavandula

Rose

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Tips: I chose gypsophila paniculatas, white roses and dried lavender for the arrangement. However, the branches of the dried lavender would lose their color and stain the water green.

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Before that, I had only watched my mother make flower arrangements a few years ago, but I had never tried it myself, so I didn’t know anything about how to make beautiful flower arrangements.

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Flos Chrysanvthemi

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Campanula

Carnation’

Hypericum Linn

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Process I bought several bouquets of different varieties of flowers from the market near my home.

These bouquets were packed and shipped after they were picked and not treated, so I had to remove the leaves and thorns from the branches myself.

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Tips: A vase with a thin mouth doesn’t allow for a lot of flowers, so to fill the space, I chose a variety with larger flowers.

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Hypericum Linn

Aster novi belgii

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Tips: Although the wide-mouth vase can insert many branches of flowers, the branches are so thin that it will be difficult to stand upright. So I kept the leaves as a way to support the whole bouquet.

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I often scratched my fingers because of my lack of skill.After picking out the healthy flowers, the branches were cut diagonally to the right length, and then they were ready to be placed in the vase with the nutrient solution.

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At first, my flower arrangements looked very messy and disjointed. I had a lot of trouble trying to make them look nice. This also leads to many flowers being ruined during the production process.

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It was only after looking at many examples that I started to make some progress. To this day, I still encounter situations where I can’t make a beautiful arrangement because I bought flowers that don’t match properly.

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Tips: I placed some leftover manzanita with marigolds in a simple arrangement and also got good results.

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The end

Although I always ah ev a lot of trouble when I arrange Thowers, and I may not even get a good result. u B t ti always rb ings me a lot of joy and satisfaction, which eh lps me a lot to get through the pandemic period.

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