A tisket, a tasket, make a posey-filled flower basket for the mother in your life. Remember, Mother's Day is May 14. David Pippin, designer and education coordinator at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, suggests using fresh materials from your garden to create baskets or containers of flowers for someone you want to remember in a special way. Secure floral foam in basket.
Flowers radiate from the center.
Add flowers as needed. Cut flowers and condition them in warm water for several hours. Some suggestions are azaleas, daffodils, tulips, lily of the valley, rosemary, camellia foliage, tree blossoms such as sassafras and maple. Place a water-tight container inside a basket. Place some wet floral foam inside the container.