.The art of stringing flowers using different methods is followed in different countries. Obviously, I would like to add the method that I am familiar with - the ones followed in Tamil Nadu, India.Stringing of flowers was in the past done in the family, in the house. Later this art became rare, particularly in cities. Even until a few years back, flowers were strung with vaazhai naaru (banana fibre ) and flower vendor used to pack the flowers purchased in a leaf. So very eco-friendly. Also, the flowers remain fresh for a few hours ( quite an easy and simple method of storing flowers when refrigerators were rare )
The standard method of stringing flowers like jasmine is similar to that of the rose. Flowers like jasmine are not easy to be tied into a garland like the rose below. Rose is one of the most beautiful and fragrant flowers but is also difficult to string because of the delicate nature of petals and its size. Once one gets comfortable with other flowers stringing of roses can be tried. So first one should try stringing flowers that have a long stalk. Then we can try flowers like jasmine. Some learn it tying leaves with a string. 
The first photo on the top shows the first step where the string is taken around two roses placed one 180 degrees away from the other with the string at the bottom going around the stalks of the flowers The second photo shows the two fingers rolling over the string to make the knot. The third photo shows the next stage, a loop being formed. In the next stage the loop formed is inserted on the top flower and then gently the fingers are released from the string so that the knot is placed over the rose. The fifth photo shows the string being drawn to complete the knot. Again two more roses are taken, and the sequence is repeated. This is continued till we get a garland of required length.
Pink roses strung for decoration, of course they can also be converted into a chendu. Due to the delicate nature of the petals ( not that other flowers are not delicate), rose petals are more delicate, the stalk is also very delicate and can break if the string is tied more than the optimum level. What is the optimum level , it comes from experience. Roses strung following the method shown above can be bunched together to form a small bouquet (chendu as it is called in Tamil )
Offering flowers with haldi and kumkum is one of the traditions of India that has been there for a long time to ladies returning home after attending a function. The concept of return gifts - as they are called has been part of India's customs and traditions. So some of the floral decorations particularly the flowers stringing type can be used as a return gift idea. Also stringing of flowers like the rose is more difficult and some of the steps are shown in the images above.
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