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Flower Arranging
How to Arrange Ferns in Displays
Ferns have a strange charm of their own. Used in groups, they can be very decorative, the lacy fronds of some contrasting with the long tongue like leaves of others.
How to Set Up a Vegetable Garden
There’s always room for a vegetable patch in every garden. What you must decide is what space is available and what is to be grown.
Where to Find Fresh Wedding Flowers
Many flower guilds will include people who have well stocked gardens or friends who will give generously for wedding flowers or the church, so that the provision of flowers for wedding services is no…
Flowering Arranging Origins: How It All Began
To gain an understanding of flower arranging it is interesting to take a backward glance to the beginnings of the art.
History of Flower Arrangement
It is known that there was an interest in flowers and plants as far back as 3,500 B.C., and that wreaths were made in the Sumerian kingdom, that carvings of the lotus flower have been found in…
Flower Arranging With Delphiniums
There is no doubt that delphiniums are some of the most valued of all flowers for tall arrangements either in their many shades of blue, or in white.
Party Flower Arrangements
‘Special occasions’ occur in everyone’s life sooner or later. It may be a celebration for two people, an engagement, a wedding anniversary or a gathering such as a party or a wedding reception at…
Containers and Vases for Flower Arrangements
Vases for flowers have been made in England since the middle of the eighteenth century when some of the first Wedgwood ‘bough pots’ made their appearance and the Leeds factory produced wall brackets.
Displaying Bonsai
The art of Bonsai is like the art of Japanese flower arranging. Bonsai look best if shown off on their own and very simply displayed in containers that blend with the colour and echo the shape of the…