2021 Hanging Tillandsia Workshop
What Are Tillandsias?
Commonly known as an Air Plant, they are part of the Bromeliad family. They absorb their nutrients and moisture through their leaves instead of their roots. This allows them to survive by clinging to many surfaces without the need for roots to provide stabilization.
Because Tillandsias can continue to grow and thrive in this manner, it makes them perfect for hanging arrangements—without the need for soil or a container with which to hold it.
This mini workshop was held to design, troubleshoot and assemble a limited number of hanging spheres and rings, upon which one or more Tillandsia would be attached. The final designs are pictured below.
Completed arrangements were displayed and sold at the 2021 Fall Plant Sale.
WE THINK WE HAVE ALL THE “BUGS” WORKED OUT!
Sometimes three heads are better than one.
In preparation for the 2021 Fall Plant Sale, Launa Gould, Elyse Crane and Donna Vidrine gathered to figure out how spheres or rings could be assembled to hold one or more tillandsia.
The end result was not one design, but three eye-catching, distinctive designs—pictured below. Which all proved to be very popular.
October 2021
Design One
The hanging tillandsia arrangement that garnered the most comments and “how did you make that” questions at the Fall Plant Sale—was definitely the design that took the most time and effort to complete.
The twine-wrapped, spherical design was the perfect shape within which to nestle numerous tillandsia.
The arrangement was made in two sizes, medium and small.
Isn’t it amazing what you can do with a round wreath form and a ball of twine!
Design Two
Grapevine wreaths wrapped or adorned with decorative ribbon made the perfect base upon which to adhere several tillandsias.
This design was available with black and tan ribbon (right) or red and tan. It was also available in two sizes.
Design Three
Our final design proves less is more.
A round ring, wrapped in twine provides the base for an arrangement of tillandsia to be adhered.
Using the twine to also create a bow with trailing ends adds an embellishment, but does not take away from the focal point—the tillandsia themselves.
All three, distinctively different, yet beautiful in their own way.