How to Refresh Flowers From the Market and Make a Bouquet Last for Weeks

I don't know if it's just me and our area, but I can usually find a farmer's market with a nice big bouquet of locally grown flowers for around $15. Sometimes, I can find them for far less from one of my local farm stands. I like to treat myself every once and awhile with some fresh blooms but after about a week, I find that the flowers are starting to wither and die. That doesn't mean all of the bouquet has died and I hate to waste live greenery, so I wanted to show you how I refresh that bouquet to make it last for at least a few weeks.

Here is my most current bouquet before and after. All of the flowers have died and are starting to look sad and even the greenery is looking a little sad and droopy, but it's still green and just needs a little refresh. My peony bush is in full bloom, so I took advantage of that and cut some stems for a new bouquet. I think the after looks pretty darn fresh. I bet you wouldn't have guessed that it was a week old.

So here's how you do it. I lay out my new flowers and my old flowers on the table.

I sort out the old flowers into dead stems and stems that are still fresh and living. Toss the dead ones. I take my clippers {I love these} and clip off the ends of the stems I want to use to get rid of anything that might be starting to rot. Plus, you want to let your greenery have a fresh end to suck up new clean water.

I gather my greenery in my hand and do my best to shape it and make it look pretty. Then I add it to my vase with fresh water. After that, I start adding my flowers where I think that it needs color. It's as easy as that.

Doesn't it look beautiful! I love that I can refresh my bouquet in just a few minutes. 

Plus, who doesn't love having fresh flowers around the house?

Next time you buy a bouquet and the flowers die, don't toss the whole thing. Refresh it! You can make an old bouquet look fresh again!

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