"Cel grows her beautiful flowers with art and soul."- Shane Connolly,floral designer and authorPrepare the ground,sow seed,nurture,harvest and fill your home with beautiful flowers. Growing flowers can bring colour and life to the garden,and also give you an abundance ofsustainable floral material to use at home. This handbook shows you how to plan a cutting garden,grow the perfect plants for the vase and nurture them so they thrive from season to season. Whether you have a few pots or a dedicated patch,you cangrow beautiful blooms and learn how to cut,condition and arrange them for garden-gathered floral designsall year round,all without the carbon footprint of most shop-bought flowers! Cut Flowers includesa directory of flowers,bulbs and foliageto grow,plus pro advice on creating dreamy designs. This title is from theBloom Gardener's Guideseries,complete and comprehensive gardening handbooks. Bloom is anaward-winning independent print magazinefor gardeners,plant admirers,nature lovers and outdoor adventurers,and winner of the Garden Publication of the Year at the Garden Media Awards 2021. Other titles in this series includeShadeandPots.
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Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLCISBN: 9780711269958Number of pages: 160Weight: 300 gDimensions: 198 x 139 mm
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"More than just beautiful,this book is genuinely useful. It is approachable enough to inspire those taking their first steps into growing flowers and in-depth enough to be a useful addition to the workbench of any flower farmer or florist. Cel's approach is considered and considerate,andCut flowersis sure to become a firm favourite.""Cel grows her beautiful flowers with art and soul. Her respect for the earth and love of nature,guide everything she does,and her own roots are firmly in the soil with her plants.""I have long-admired Cel's work and appreciate her deep commitment to sustainability. This beautiful book covers all the fundamentals of growing cut flowers from planning and growing,to harvest and design.""Cel Robertson simplifies the process for growing cut flowers in temperate zones. To grow and then harvest one's own seasonal flowers brings a kind of nature-positive satisfaction and joy that is in its own realm. In the quest to find the most sustainable cut flower,home-grown wins by a zero-carbon mile.""Cel is such a knowledgeable plantswoman and she has shared so much great information in her book. Growing and cutting your own flowers will be a pleasure in her company."
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