Fresh Flower Arranging: Step-by-Step Designs for Home, Weddings, and Gifts

by Mark Welford, Stephen Wicks

If you've ever ogled a bouquet of flowers at the supermarket and wondered how to display them once you've brought them home, then Fresh Flower Arranging is for you. With expert techniques for achieving stunning results and tips and tricks for keeping your flowers fresh and beautiful for as long as possible, Fresh Flower Arranging gives vivid step-by-step seasonal projects for an array of stunning and achievable arrangements.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 26, 2010

About the author

Mark Welford and his friend Stephen Wicks opened their flower shop, Bloomsbury Flowers, in London in 1984, after retiring from the Royal Ballet Companies.

Reviews

[Quincy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty bouquets and easy to understand! Not super contemporary styles- mostly classic arrangements.

[Melody Schwarting · Rating 4 out of 5]

An immeasurably helpful resource for anyone wanting to DIY a stunning floral arrangement, from boutonnieres to vases to foam creations. I feel like I have the resources to arrange a bouquet from the supermarket or help out in a wedding pinch. There are several handy hints, ideas, and instructions that really help me feel like I know what I'm doing, even though I have zero training and experience.

[Nancy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Books like this exist to torment me. Which is ridiculous because it's just a pretty book about pretty flowers. I remain, however, tormented. With envy? No, with something else. (The fact I don't know is tormenting.) It is exhausting that EVERY FLOWER IN HERE IS PERFECT.

[Eastofoz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great pictures, easy to follow step by step illustrations to make pretty arrangements. Also includes what not to do with flowers in terms of arrangements that's often done. An excellent book to make some beautiful centerpieces for a table, floor or just a nice bouquet to give.

[C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful layout with great ideas.

[Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

BEAUTIFUL BOOK!