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FLOWER THE BOOK US_001-005_Prelims.indd 1 12/10/2016 15:22 US_001-005_Prelims.indd 2 12/10/2016 15:22 FLOWER BOOK THE US_001-005_Prelims.indd 3 12/10/2016 15:22 US_001-005_Prelims.indd 4 12/10/2016 15:22 Contents Preface 6 Designing with Flowers 8 Winter & Early Spring 28 Late Spring & Early Summer 80 Late Summer & Fall 142 Tropicals 204 Index & Acknowledgments 220 US_001-005_Prelims.indd 5 13/10/2016 17:26 Foreword I consider myself one of the lucky few who get to stage, showing how they help me to create all of my do what they love for a living. Arranging the flowers arrangements. I have also included more specific notes I have worked so hard to grow is, for me, the ultimate on the principles of arranging front-facing displays expression of creativity. In this book I want to share and centerpieces, as well as illustrated, step-by-step with you how I create my natural-style arrangements. instructions on how to create a hand-tied bouquet. I chanced upon this career after some years of working in horticulture. My last job brought me to a walled kitchen garden where I was employed to grow I like to create arrangements produce, including flowers, for the big house. I was able to grow and forage whatever I liked in order to create with plenty of space for arrangements inspired by this quintessentially English pollinators to wing their way location. After six years of experimentation and between the stems. learning, I took the leap and set up my own flower farm, Green and Gorgeous, in the Oxfordshire countryside. At the farm, we offer a local, seasonal, and natural alternative to more commercial suppliers. I have no formal training and do not claim to be a florist. The main section of the book has sixty profiles of my My style is intuitive and soulful, guided by how plants favorite cut flowers divided into chapters by season. grow and interact with each other in the garden and in Each profile contains information on why the bloom nature. This leads to arrangements that are airy and makes a good cut flower, how it is best displayed, and abundant, with plenty of space for pollinators to wing what to look for when buying or harvesting stems. their way between the stems. I consider my work to be Accompanying half of the profiles are step-by-step an expression of my love for flowers. arrangement recipes that illustrate one of the ways The opening chapter of this book works through in which I feel these flowers are best displayed. my arrangement process step by step. I start with the I hope you enjoy this book, and that it inspires you to container, considering the size, shape, and material. seek out and arrange seasonal flowers, perhaps locally, The next stage is selecting my palette of flowers and or even to grow some in your own garden. foliage. I always work with what is in season as this helps to narrow down the overwhelming range that is available. What is more, this practice provides immediate examples of natural combinations as flowers that are in season at the same time tend to look more at ease with each other. I break down the arrangement process itself into three stages, which I refer to as the three “F”s: “foliage,” “focal flowers,” and “final flourish.” I will expand on each Rachel Siegfried US_006-007_Introduction.indd 6 12/10/2016 16:00 US_006-007_Introduction.indd 7 12/10/2016 12:46 DESIGNING WITH FLOW ER S US_008-009_OPENER_DesignFlowers.indd 8 12/10/2016 15:22
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