One of the many joys of growing flowers in the garden is that you can use them to make your own beautiful bouquets. This book provides inspiration for a large number of wonderful bouquets, made from the wide variety of garden flowers that are especially suitable for bouquets.

The book offers a step-by-step guide on how to make a bouquet. Each bouquet is described in detail, e.g. which flowers have been used and how it was made. You will also find lots of practical tips about colour combinations, the choice of vases and the art of combining and arranging flowers, as well as an elaborate guide on how to grow and keep your own cutting garden.

Finally, the book contains a lexicon of cut flowers, including descriptions of all the flowers shown in the book - and many more.

This gorgeously illustrated and comprehensive handbook will inspire anyone interested in growing garden flowers and using them to meka the most beautiful, fragrant bouquets.

CONTENTS

Preface

Bouquets all summer

- May to September

Arranging bouquets

- Combining colours, arranging a bouquet

- Choosing a vase

- How to make the bouquet last

The cutting garden

- Grow your own cut flowers

- How to grow flowers from seeds

- How to grow sweet peas, tulips, lilies, gladioli, onion flowers, dahlias and roses

The right gear - essential garden tools

THE AUTHOR

Isabella Smith is the author of numerous popular books about gardening and has given a large number of courses on bouquet making. She launched the net shop isabellasmith.com in 2001 and the magazine ISABELLASin 2002. She imports and sells her own garden seeds, bulbs and roots, as well as skin care products. Isabella Smith Apothecary is her latest invention: a range of environmentally friendly cleaning detergents.

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