Using those sweet Daffodil Planters I talked about here, some amazing finds from the Dollar Tree and a bit of DIY, I made this English Garden Tablescape for Easter that will give you all of the Peter Rabbit feels.

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I found 3 large plastic “nesting” Easter eggs at Walmart recently. I loved their size (and their price) but I wasn’t in love with their look. So, taking the same napkins I used from the decoupage project here, I applied the technique to the eggs to give them a more charming appearance with Mod Podge, a foam brush and paper napkins!

I desired a table full of flowers, but it’s still early in Ohio for a wide selection of fresh plants, so I opted to go faux. And Hobby Lobby was having 50% off their florals! I also found terra cotta pots at Hobby Lobby in the clearance aisle because they were chipped and cracked. Ummm, chipped and cracked is sorta my thang, so for .50 cents/pot, I was a happy mama!

After a quick trip to Walmart (for chocolate bunnies and a bag of flaked coconut) and the Dollar Tree (picking up some floral foam, beautiful floral paper plates, matching floral square napkins, 12″ paper doilies and 6″ willow wreaths), I had everything I needed.

I created the wood crate from scrap wood in my workshop that I painted off-white, but a few baskets from Goodwill, or even the terra cotta pots sitting exposed would have looked equally gorgeous.

Placing the floral foam inside the clay pots, I began putting together my centerpiece. It was pretty simple to do as a true English Garden is a bit whimsy and wildly charming. There was no “wrong” place for each stem. Just wherever I felt they looked best.

Next it was time for the place settings. The unfinished willow wreaths, sitting on top of 12″ paper doilies, were a perfect cradle for the beautiful garden plates.

Tinting the bag of coconut green with food coloring, I used it as a “nest” for the chocolate bunnies placed on the square napkins. I kept the bunnies wrapped because I thought the foil wrap was just too cute, but if you prefer, they can be unwrapped and placed on the coconut nest in all of their naked bunny chocolate glory.

The final touch of adding the fresh daffodils on top of the plates is probably my favorite part.

This tablescape was simple and extremely inexpensive. Some of the projects (the decoupaged eggs and peat pots) take 24 hours advance prep and dry time, but the rest are simple and fast to piece together.