Easy Bouquets That Start With Grocery Store Flowers

Whether I’m going to a friend’s for dinner, a baby shower, need something for my dining room table, or just want my house to look good for me, the first thing I start with is fresh flowers and then add whatever good stuff I find that day. The last thing I want it to look like is that I just have store-bought bouquets in a pre-arranged bundle from one of the local grocery stores.

But the beauty of fresh, cut flowers doesn’t have to be complicated or costly. In fact, you can easily create a beautiful bouquet right at home using a combination of a grocery store bouquet and foraged blooms. By blending the convenience and variety of a grocery store flower arrangement with the unique charm of foraged finds, you can make a beautiful bouquet of flowers that is both lovely and yet very personal. And who doesn’t want that, right?

A simple flower bouquet starts with one bundle of grocery store flowers + some foraged finds

I like small flower arrangements that are almost weed-like and very loose. I’m super casual, so uptight flower arrangements make me nervous. I like to use foraged flowers and a bouquet of greenery as accent flowers mixed with one bundle from the grocery store. 

Re-purposed glass jars are a fun alternative to vases

Although I have a few favorite vases, I prefer simple, rustic pottery or re-purposed jars to a crystal vase. I think it makes a charming table. I often paint jars in one color, use them on the table, and give each of my guests a jar of flowers to take home as a sort of parting gift. You can read more about that in this post. 

First step, I start with a bunch of flowers from the store and then add in some herbs like thyme along with some foraged finds like pokeweed.

For a casual look for this garden setting, I used kraft paper bags

I had fully intended to paint the jars for this post, but as I was checking out at Whole Foods, I saw paper bags neatly stacked and asked if I could buy a few. She gave me a generous stack and off I went. I used the jars as is and set them in the bags folded down a few rolls.

I lined flowers down the table on an ochre linen runner from Garnet Hill

For this small bouquet, I used one bunch of Rudbeckia and then went to the beach (which is a great place for foraging and finding good things) in search of filler flowers of different heights and other things to mix in with it to give it a loose and foraged look.

I’ve heard pokeweed can be poisonous if eaten, but I assure you no one is eating the flower arrangements. I also snipped some dried weed-like stalks for their texture and dark rust color and added a few sprigs of thyme to each jar.

Warm colors from flowers, foraged weeds & linen

The colors and type of flower seemed perfect for my Garnet Hill Relaxed-Linen tablecloths and napkins. I used the white linen tablecloth as the base and added the ochre tablecloth folded like a runner for the center of the table. The tawny port/burgundy napkins worked perfectly as well. I love GH Sintra Stoneware in white. Each piece is hand thrown, painted, and finished in Portugal. It’s durable and yet feels very hand-made.

So the next time you need a flower bouquet, go ahead and make your own. Just remember to keep it simple, casual, and rustic. You’ll be amazed at how easy it is to create a beautiful and refined arrangement with inexpensive flowers