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Flower Pipes/Holders |
Steel with a wire to secure the flowers.
Keep the flowers from being weed-whacked and blowing away.
Priority is for use in the Empress Cemetery.
Tools needed: Whammer, needle-nosed pliers, and (duh), flowers.
It might be easier to wham the pipe into the ground before putting the flowers in it,
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Suggested steps: Figure out the spot where the inserted flower stems are at the point of the drilled holes in the pipe. Wrap and twist the centre of the wire at that spot on the flower stems. Bend the wire downwards from the flower stems. Bend a little bit of the ends of the wire upward. Insert the wires and flower stems into the pipe. Manouver the wire ends through the holes in the pipe inside. Grasp the wire ends outside the pipe and pull them tight (plyers). Twist the wire ends together close to the pipe. Cut off execess wire. Press twisted ends of wire down against the pipe. |
All Done ... unless
... you put the flowers in first and are going to wham the pipe into the ground with the flowers inside the pipe.
It may be easier to wire the flowers in that way, but more difficult to wham the pipe into the ground without damaging the flowers.
Let me know how that goes.
Please remember to return to replace or remove the flowers.
... you put the flowers in first and are going to wham the pipe into the ground with the flowers inside the pipe.
It may be easier to wire the flowers in that way, but more difficult to wham the pipe into the ground without damaging the flowers.
Let me know how that goes.
Please remember to return to replace or remove the flowers.
Artificial flowers fade and fall apart over time in the cemetery.
Bruce A. Johnson - Volunteer caretaker & record keeper for the Empress Cemetery.
Empress, Alberta, Canada
Empress, Alberta, Canada