Arrangement: spring greens

Sunset, May, 2004 by Mary Jo Bowling

"There's something about using all green flowers that's calming," says Los Angeles floral designer Kimm Birkicht of the Velvet Garden (www.thevelvetgarden.com or 323/852-1766). For our arrangement, we put hydrangeas, passion vine, cymbidium orchids, and sedums in a water-filled ceramic pot. To arrange the sedums, secure them to a wooden skewer with thin wire. (Later, you can replant the sedums; unwire them, let them harden off for 4-7 days, then place them directly on the soil, where they'll take root.)

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