Garden to Vase: Growing and Using Your Own Cut Flowers

Garden to Vase: Growing and Using Your Own Cut Flowers by Linda Beutler. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780881928259.

As an accomplished gardener and professional florist, Linda Beutler offers unique insights into creating inspired floral arrangements and growing the plants that go into them. Among the topics that Beutler discusses are the philosophy of floral design; making creative use of plants youre already growing; techniques of harvesting and preparing cut flowers; "bouquet basics"; and creating arrangements for special occasions. The book culminates in "Plants for the Cutting Garden: Flowers, Foliage, and Fruit," which contains detailed descriptions of more than 200 outstanding plants. Adding greatly to the books appeal and usefulness are Allan Mandells breathtaking photographs of flowers in every stage from the garden to finished arrangement.