Garden to Vase: Growing and Using Your Own Cut Flowers

by Linda Beutler

As an accomplished gardener and professional florist, Linda Beutler offers unique insights into creating inspired floral arrangements and growing the plants that go into them. Among the topics that Beutler discusses are the philosophy of floral design; making creative use of plants you're already growing; techniques of harvesting and preparing cut flowers; "bouquet basics"; and creating arrangements for special occasions. The book culminates in "Plants for the Cutting Flowers, Foliage, and Fruit," which contains detailed descriptions of more than 200 outstanding plants. Adding greatly to the book's appeal and usefulness are Allan Mandell's breathtaking photographs of flowers in every stage from the garden to finished arrangement.

Genres: Gardening

304 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2007

About the author

Linda Beutler is the author of three titles of garden writing: Gardening With Clematis (2004), Garden to Vase (2007), and Plant Lovers Guide to Clematis (2016) all published by Timber Press.

Although a long-time fan of Jane Austen, Linda did not fall down the rabbit-hole of Jane Austen Fan Fiction until 2011. By the end of 2012, she had written two full length novels of her own. The first, The Red Chrysanthemum, was published by Meryton Press in 2013 and won a silver "IPPY" medal in the romance category. Her second novel, Longbourn to London, also published by Meryton Press, debuted in August 2014. A Will of Iron was published in July 2015, and a fourth title is in the works.

Reviews

[november_bookworm · Rating 2 out of 5]

An okay book on cut flowers. Rather dated, in my opinion. Most of the flowers shown are from Hawaii and aren't available in my area, so it was a rather pointless read for me.

[Audrey · Rating 3 out of 5]

This covers the basic of arranging cut flowers, but I really wanted something that focused more on planting a cutting garden. There's a little bit of info in the first chapter about choosing flowers but it's minimal.