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Flower Arranging
Flower Arranging With Carnations
Carnations — dianthus and pinks, were fashionable long before many of the other plants and shrubs now growing in our borders were even thought of, much less discovered.
Storing Dried Flowers
Storing flowers is a most important phase in the dried arranger’s calendar, when the preparation of file material is almost complete and when the final and culminating stage comes into sight – and a…
Orange Flower Arrangements
Orange flowers are often difficult to deal with in furnishings or interior decorating schemes because they present problems of color, shade and tone.
Line Flower Arranging
I once knew someone living in the country who was fortunate enough to have a small orchard as part of her garden.
Arrangements Using Herbaceous Plants
There are still certain gardens which are expressly designed to have a herbaceous border as their focal point, but today in England the number is decreasing.
Everlasting Flower Arrangements: Techniques and Tips
Objects troves, things you find lying about, are a great aid to flower arrangements and can make decorative groups on their own or in combination with dried flowers, seed heads, and so on.
Flower Arranging With Rock Plants
If one has only the smallest garden, or even no garden at all, it is often possible to grow what are commonly called rock plants either in a small raised bed or an old converted sink trough…
Easter Flower Arrangements
After the starkness of Lent Easter provides a welcome opportunity to fill the church with flowers, representing the New Light coming into the world and the Rebirth of Spring.
Flower Arrangements Using Irises
We all know the Dutch flower paintings which include amongst them many fine examples of differently coloured irises.