Have you ever wanted to develop your own cut flush garden ? envisage a garden packed full of pleasurably colorful blooms whose only determination is to decorate fragrancy and will   provide material for gorgeous andfragrantdisplays for years to come .   Horticulturist and author Louise Curley shares all you need to know about creating an economical and environmentally - friendly cut flower while in her bookThe Cut Flower Patch : raise Your Own cutting Flowers All Year Round . In her account book you will find all you could ever want to have a go at it about sowing , planting , care for , and cutting blossom from you garden . Today she joins us to partake in how to fix up your freshly prune treasures .

There ca n’t be many good ways to expend a summertime ’s evening than arranging your own , home - grown flowers , but the words ‘ flower do ’ can strike fear into many of us . There ’s the belief that there are so many principle and techniques to follow . If you want luxuriant floral decorations , this is certainly the case , but for most of us keeping it simple is the tonality . So here are my top tips for fulfil your base and vases with stunning bloom and foliage .

We ’re all so in use today with chore and family life that even the above may same like a band of work so it ’s worth commemorate that some of the most straight arrangements can be the most beautiful . A single base of cherry blossom or a bunch of primrose see sensational and command hardly any effort on your part . So be inspire by your garden and grow and set your own cut flowers .

tips for arranging homegrown flowers

Be certain to get a copy of Louise ’s   bookThe Cut Flower Patch : Grow Your Own Cut Flowers All Year Roundfor pure entropy on plan your cutting garden , opt plants , weed , impale , and a whole lot more !

Reprinted with permission fromThe Cut Flower Patchby Louise Curley © 2014 . Published by Frances Lincoln . picture taking © Jason Ingram .

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tips for arranging homegrown flowers