1 GETTING STARTED
Choosing your blooms
What makes a good cut flower?
Think in terms of ingredients
Consider color, scale, texture & scent
Time for a reality check
Sourcing your plants
The tools
Planting ideas
The flower grower’s year
2 ANNUALS & BIENNIALS
The powerhouse of your cutting garden
Collecting seed
The annuals & biennials
3 BULBS
Sleeping beauties
The bulbs
4 PERENNIALS, SHRUBS & TREES
Adding the magic
The perennials
Flowering branches
Flowering shrubs
Flowering climbers
5 FOLIAGE & FILLERS
The backbone of your mixed arrangements
Foliage annuals
Foliage perennials & shrubs
Scented foliage, herbs & aromatics
Evergreen climbers
Trees
Grasses
Berries, hips & edible fruits
6 HARVESTING & ARRANGING
Enjoying the fruits of your labor
Styling your bounty
A word on vases
Keeping it simple
Arranging in the hand
Building a display stem by stem
A cluster of bud vases
A cheat’s garland
The wreath
Curating still lifes
Gifts
Resources
Index
Acknowledgments
