This inventive design concept’s versatility is ideal for today’s “post-COVID” events, which range from small and intimate (still) to grandiose and over the top. The component pieces here can be multiplied, as needed, to accommodate any size of event, and flower choices, containers and frame styles can run the gamut, to create any style and aesthetic a client has in mind.

Step By Step

1. Frame and Base Construction

Build two wood frames, one larger and one smaller, using whatever wood is available to you. In this design, McGrath used 4-inch-wide reclaimed flat-top cedar fence pickets. For the larger frame, he cut the pickets to 28 inches in length.

• Cut two squares of plywood as bases for the square wood frames. Those used in this design are approximately 6 inches square, but size yours to fit atop whatever type of stand(s)/riser(s) you use.
• Attach the square wood bases to the wood frames with wood screws.
• Wire the larger frame/base structure atop a metal stand/riser with heavy-gauge spool or paddle wire.

2. Container Prep

• Adhere two strips of hook-and-loop fastener to the bottom (exterior) of a rectangular container (in this example, a plastic drywall mud pan spray-painted white), positioning one strip near each end of the container.

• Affix a pin-frog cup into the center of the container with floral adhesive clay.
• Place rocks into the container, to add weight.
• Form three pieces of chicken wire into spheres, each 3 to 4 inches in diameter, and wedge them into the container. Secure the chicken-wire spheres into the container with waterproof tape.