Cut flowers are dynamic; they bloom, they move, they drink water, they drop petals, and change day by day, and in the case of tulips, hour by hour. I just returned from a vacation, where we stayed at a vacation rental, which was decorated with a bunch of artificial flower arrangements. Coming from a flower farm, it was a little weird right off the bat, since I am used to having fresh flowers in my home all the time. To my surprise, some of these arrangements were actually very well produced and put together. The flowers looked real and the arrangements were pleasing to the eye.
After being in this house a few days, I started to notice things about these bouquets that started to bother me. First, one was a bouquet with anemone, a classic spring flower, paired with red ilex berries that would be harvested in the fall. It was pretty, but I couldn’t figure out what was wrong with it, until I realized, this bouquet was not only a silk fiction, but a seasonal fiction as well.
Another bouquet was placed squarely in a picture window, right in the blazing sun. It was strange to see “flowers” placed in a bright, harsh light. I literally grabbed the vase to rescue the flowers for certain doom, when the lightweight vase with no water caught me off guard.
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