The Cut Flower Sourcebook

Rachel Siegfried

ISBN 10: 1739903927 / ISBN 13: 9781739903923

Published by Filbert Press, GB, 2023

About this Item

Growing your own flowers for cutting brings the pleasures of the season indoors and cuts out the air miles associated with many shop-bought blooms. This book turns the spotlight on the best perennials and woody plants which return year after year with little effort or waste, offer valuable habitats to garden wildlife and bring a natural quality to arrangements. Rachel Siegfried, owner of the celebrated Green and Gorgeous flower farm, began her career as an estate gardener and in this book she shares her selection of 128 rigorously trialled plants and her garden-led philosophy that together bring such exceptional results. Cut flower classics such as peonies and dahlias rub shoulders with daisies, climbers, grasses and fruit blossom. Her exquisite arrangements capture the essence each plant making the most of characterful stem twists and branching tendrils - testament to years of expert botanical observation and hands in the soil.Beautiful photographs capture the seasonal diversity and natural ease that are such a hallmark of this thoroughly contemporary approach to cut flowers. Whether your goal is to have something to pick from your garden each week of the year or start a cut flower business, the inspiration to get started and expert advice you need is here.

Seller Inventory # LU-9781739903923

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cut Flower Sourcebook
• Publisher: Filbert Press, GB
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1739903927
• ISBN 13: 9781739903923
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Growing flowers for cutting brings the garden indoors and eliminates the air miles associated with shop-bought plants.

This book turns the spotlight on perennials and woody plants which return year after year with little effort or waste, offer valuable habitats to garden wildlife, and also bring a more natural quality to arrangements.

Flower farmer Rachel Siegfried began her career as an estate gardener in the Cotswolds and in this book she shares her selection of 130 rigorously trialed plants and her garden-led philosophy that together bring such exceptional results. Her exquisite arrangements capture the essence each plant making the most of characterful twists and tendrils, testament to years of expert botanical observation and hands in the soil.

Beautiful photographs capture the seasonal diversity and natural ease that are a hallmark of Rachel's work and provide the inspiration to make a cutting garden that can be picked from every week of the year.

About the Author

Rachel Siegfried has worked in horticulture for twenty-five years. In 2008 she founded Green & Gorgeous, a flower farm and floral design studio in Oxfordshire, England where she grows hundreds of varieties on four acres of land. Rachel’s gardening background brings a unique perspective which puts seasonality and sustainability front and center of her work. She is the author of The Flower Book for DK Publishing.