Fruit Bowl

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  Black is a good color for a fruit bowl.Photodisc/Photodisc/Getty Images
  
  Select a fruit bowl that goes well, both in size and design, with the size of the table and the number of guests it seats. If possible, choose a black bowl, since bright red strawberries become even more attractive against a black background.
  
  
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  Clean the strawberries.Hemera Technologies/AbleStock.com/Getty Images
  
  Inspect your strawberries, removing any unsightly ones. Gently clean the strawberries with cold water.
  
  
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  Fill the bowl completely with strawberries.Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images
  
  Place clean, colored cotton towels in the bottom of the bowl if it is too deep for the amount of strawberries you are using. Fill the bowl with strawberries so that they completely cover any towels you may have used in the bowl. If you have enough strawberries, pile them up so that they appear ready to burst out of the bowl.
  
  

Tabletop

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  Banana tree leaves work well as a tabletop centerpiece backdrop.Hemera Technologies/AbleStock.com/Getty Images
  
  Obtain large dark green leaves for placement on the table. Arrange them so that there is room for the strawberries to sit in them with the leaves still showing around the strawberries. Choose one or more large banana tree leaves for a tropical theme.
  
  
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  Bright red strawberries go well with dark leaves.Brand X Pictures/Brand X Pictures/Getty Images
  
  Clean the strawberries. Remove any unsightly strawberries.
  
  
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  Green leaves and red strawberries make an attractive centerpiece.Jupiterimages/Comstock/Getty Images
  
  Arrange the strawberries atop the leaves, stacking some of the strawberries on top of each other and trailing other strawberries away from the stack.