Adding Greenery to a Tropical Flower Arrangement

Video Transcript

"GREG HAREM: Now to place our greenery, you just want to take one of your tea leaves, the longer ones, cut in about three to four inches, all the way to the spine, but don't cut the spine, and just tear the excess off. Do that to both sides and cut about that much. And you just kinda insert it into your oasis. Take a second one; you want to cut it a little bit higher than the first. I said do the both sides, making sure you don't cut the spine. Again, about that much. Insert at an angle. Just give it a little flair. Next, take your dark tea leaf, roll it up, like so, take your stapler, go underneath between the two layers and staple about three times. And then you go on to the top, do the same thing. This way, this will really secure it. Again, cutting your excess off and insert to one side. Now, you'll be doing this with several different types of greens. It's the same thing I just showed you with this. I always like using this. Just add a little different color, kind of a little texture. All about repetitive steps in these parts. 'Cause you want to give your edge of your container, like soften it a little bit. Again, just to the side. So next, I'll be showing you how to split the tea leaf to make kind of more of a fanning look to it and add more interest."