Let's Make A Lovely Horizontal Interpretive Arrangement For Your Home

A horizontal interpretive arrangement is low in height and long in width. What I am going to make is not the classic horizontal but a horizontal interpretive.

The ratio of height to length in a horizontal arrangement is usually 1:4 but not necessary in a horizontal interpretive arrangement.

It stands out more in design but is still called a horizontal arrangement as you'll soon see.

What I am going to use for this arrangement are

• white anthuriums

• stargazer lilies

• dracena leaves

• berries

• green dendrobiums

• beargrass

• bird's nest leaves

• pothus leaves

This is a good choice of materials because the texture is varying. To learn more about texture in an arrangement, click here.

First, prepare a container. Use a low and shallow container for this type of arrangement.

Soak a block of foam and fit it tightly into the container.

First, set the height of the arrangement. I use the dracena leaves to make the vertical part.

As a guide, the height of the arrangement is the height of the foam plus the length of the container. Remember, this is only a guide. As floral designing is an art, you can experiment with different ideas.

Unlike the classic horizontal arrangement, the two sides of the arrangement has equal lengths. But here, I am making the horizontal interpretive. So, it is an assymmetrical arrangement. One side is longer than the other.

For one side, I am using the dendrobium orchids.

For the other, I use stargazer lilies. I also added some white anthuriums around the center to make it look interesting. And also pothus leaves at the sides.

At this point, there is not much colour in the arrangement. So, I added red berries to bring up the bright and fresh colours of white and green. It really made a difference.

Now, we don't want to create a two directional arrangement. One pointing up and one pointing to the side. To connect these two directions, we need to put something in between.

So I added the bird's nest leaves there. The leaves are a bit curvy so it will create very nice lines to the arrangement.

To further add character to the arrangement, I've added beargrass leaves at the sides, as you can see here.

And, you're done. Don't forget to spray water to your horizontal arrangement. It will last longer.

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