Summer flowers bring so many beautiful colors into my garden. In fact, I love to wander around my yard and enjoy the variety of colors and textures. Personally, I think bringing flowers in from my garden adds beauty and life to my home. Creating a DIY flower arrangement with summer blooms is the perfect way to freshen up your home for summer. And it’s easier than you think. Scroll on down and learn how to arrange flowers, along with tips for keeping them fresh and beautiful longer.

Fresh branches of forsythia on a vase on the kitchen island, set with teal dishes and a yellow napkin, black and white upholstered bar stools.

Every spring, one of my favorite things to do is cut a few branches from my forsythia bush and bring them indoors to enjoy. 

Fresh flowers in a vase on an office desk with a blue chair, mirror and black cabinet.

There’s no special skill needed to create a simple arrangement with spring blossoms.

DIY Flower Arrangement in Action

DIY Flower Arrangement Supplies

Supplies used for a diy flower arrangement from the garden: bottle of sprite, bleach and a mesh produce bag.

Along with fresh flowers from your garden you will need:

  • Sprite or lemon-lime soda (not diet)
  • bleach
  • mesh produce bag
  • scissors or pruning sheers
  • vase or container
  • canning jar with band that will fit inside your vase

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Step 1: Prepare Vase

Rustic cream vase with a small canning jar filled with water and covered with a piece of a mesh produce bag, secured with the metal ring.

First we need to prepare the vase to hold the flowers. I think that placing a jar inside of the vase for a DIY flower arrangement is easiest way to arrange flowers.

While you can purchase floral foam or a frog to insert your garden flowers in. However, this DIY flower arranging method with a mesh produce bag is free. And it works really well.

First cut the mesh bag to fit over your jar overlapping by 1″ on all sides.

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Woman pour sprite into a small glass canning jar to prepare for the DIY flower arrangement with garden flowers.

Next, pour Sprite (with full sugar) in the jar, filling it about 1/3 of the way. Then add water to fill completely.

Finally add 1/2 teaspoon of bleach.

Add the mesh and ring to the jar and secure tightly.

At this time, place the jar inside your vase, or whatever container you would like to use. 

The citric acid from the lemon lime soda along with the carbonation will increase the amount of water and sugar the flowers will absorb. Thus helping your DIY flower arrangement to last longer.

The bleach added to the water will inhibit the growth of bacteria, also prolonging the time your flowers will remain fresh.

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Select Flowers and Greenery to Arrange

Now it’s time for the fun part, selecting the flowers you’d like to place in your flower arrangement.

It’s best to cut your flowers first thing in the morning. This will increase the time they will remain fresh in your home.

For my flower arrangement I cut from my garden, Dogwood for the greenery and Daisies, Salvia and Veronica.

In a few weeks my hydrangeas will be blooming and I can’t wait to bring them into my home. They are one of my favorite flowers!

Step 2: Add Greenery

Trim the end of the dogwood before placing in the water for the DIY Flower Arrangement from Your Garden
Cut stems at a 45 degree angle.

I feel that creating a flower arrangement is easier if I do so in layers.

In fact, I like to begin with the greenery.

First cut your stems at a 45 degree angle and then place it through the mesh in the container.

With sheers a slit is cut up in the bottom of the branch of dogwood.
For woody stems cut slices up the stem, this will help it to absorb more water.

For woody stems, make cut up the stem with scissors or pruning sheers. This will help them to absorb more water.

You’ll also want to strip off any leaves that may touch the water. Leaves in the water will increase the likelihood of bacteria. And we want to keep our flower arrangement looking good for as long as we can.

Dogwood is placed in the base for the DIY flower arrangement with flowers from your garden.

Continue inserting the greenery stems through the mesh in the container until you feel like you’ve got enough.

Dogwood branches for DIY FLOWER ARRANGEMENT WITH YOUR GARDEN FLOWERS in a vase.

Step 3: Add Main Flowers

White daisies are added to the DIY Flower Arrangement from Your Garden

Now we are ready to add the main flowers.

I chose Daisies as my main flower. 

Just like the greenery, you will want to remove any leaves that may touch the water. Keeping only stems in the water.

Cut the flower stems in the same way as the greenery, at a 45 degree angle.

DIY FLOWER ARRANGEMENT WITH YOUR GARDEN FLOWERS

When adding flowers it’s important to add an odd number of flowers. It will help it feel more balanced.

Step 4: Add Filler Flowers

Woman adding purple Veronica to the DIY Flower Arrangement from Your Garden

Once you’ve added all of the main flower’s you’d like it’s time to add the filler flowers.

When I first selected flowers from my garden for this arrangement I cut some Salvia. But as I walked around to my backyard I saw that the Veronica was just starting to bloom. The delicate flowers and the gentle arch looked so pretty, I knew that I had to cut a few to add to my DIY flower arrangement.

Just as before, I stripped the leaves from the lower part or the stem and placed the Veronica into the flower arrangement.

Completed DIY Flower Arrangement

DIY Flower Arrangement from Your Garden with variegated dogwood, white daisies and purple Veronica in a white vase on the piano.

I believe this flower arrangement looks so beautiful in my living room on my piano. In particular it feels so summery with the white Daisies, the graceful Veronica and the two-toned dogwood.

Completed DIY Flower Arrangement
Create a Beautiful Flower Arrangement with Flower from Your Garden.

Not to mention that I can enjoy the flowers in my home as well as in my garden.

In addition, I’ve gathered a few more ideas for adding fresh flowers into your home.

More DIY Flower Arrangements Ideas

Babies breath in a brass vase on a nightstand with lamp.

When making a flower arrangement for your home, it can be as simple as grouping a single type of flower in a vase like this baby’s breath or the tulips.

Yellow tulips in a white vase on a kitchen island with a bowl of lemons.
Purple clematis in a white dish.
Float Clematis blossoms in a tray or fish bowl for a simple arrangement.

While Clematis would be difficult to place in a vase, cutting a few blossoms and floating them in a tray or fish bowl is simple and gorgeous.

As it happens the Clematis on my trellis is absolutely gorgeous this year and I had to share a bit of it.

Grasses clipped from the garden are placed in a blue vase on the fireplace mantle for an easy DIY flower arrangement.
A grouping of grasses also make a beautiful DIY flower arrangement.

Or gather a bunch of grasses and place them in a vase. Simple and beautiful!

Green hydrangeas in a cream vase styled with a faux pumpkin, books and final for an easy DIY flower arrangement.

Isn’t this little arrangement of hydrangeas so pretty.

White daisies in quart canning jars in a wire basket make a simple DIY flower arrangement on a farmhouse style dining table.

When selecting containers for your DIY flower arrangement, think outside the box.

Clearly I love Steph’s choice of quart canning jars placed in a wire basket for her dining table.

Tulips in a DIY wood vase set the mood for this spring vignette.

Create your own container for flowers like we did with our paint stir stick pot. 

Potted white geraniums on a coffee table make for a pretty and simple flower arrangement.
Potted geranium plant.

Even a simple potted flowering plant adds life to your home.

Potted white orchid styled for spring with a white birdcage, potted plant and ceramic birds.

Definitely one of my favorite flowers in my home are my orchids. I have them scattered throughout my home.

Let me share a little secret with you…

When my orchid stops blooming, I cut back the stem and add a couple of faux orchid stems.

Then when it shoots up a new blossom stem, I simple pull out the faux stems.

This way I have blooming orchids all year long.

Pink peonies in a grey vase styled on a wood dresser with mirror.

Brings some flowers into your bedroom…

Fresh flower in a white vase in an accent table in a master bathroom between the bathtub and shower.

Or make a gorgeous flower arrangement to enjoy in your bathroom.

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Are You Inspired to DIY a Flower Arrangement?

Completed DIY Flower Arrangement
Create a beautiful flower arrangement with flowers from your garden.

Are you ready to cut a few flowers from your garden and DIY a flower arrangement? 

We hope you’ve found some inspiration here today to bring the outdoors in.

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What is your favorite flower from your garden?

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I have always had a passion for transforming spaces and creating organized, functional homes. Even as a child, I loved rearranging furniture and decorating my childhood home. In fact my dad would comment he was afraid to come home from work and sit, for fear the furniture would be rearranged. I enjoy the challenge of turning ordinary items into extraordinary pieces, whether it’s a piece of furniture or an entire room. My creativity and attention to detail drive me to find unique ways to breathe new life into any space.

As a wife (to a supportive and patient husband, Steve), mother of three, and grandmother of five, I balance my love for home improvement with family life. I enjoy spending time outdoors, hiking, and exploring nature. I also frequent yard sales, thrift stores, and vintage markets, always on the lookout for my next project.

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