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| The Cutting Garden: Growing and Arranging Garden Flowers | 
 enlarge | Author: Sarah Raven
Creator: Pia Tryde
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Category: Book
List Price: £25.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 51252
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 168
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 10.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0711210470
Dewey Decimal Number: 635
EAN: 9780711210479
ASIN: 0711210470
Publication Date: October 17, 1996
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 Still a worthwhile investment so long after publication. December 3, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Having already got hold of "Grow your own cut flowers" by the same author, I agonised for a long time about whether to buy this as well. Although there is some repetition, there is also a lot of different material. There are more arrangements and techniques in this book than in the later "Grow your own...", more detail on floristry equipment, and more information about more plants, which are organised by time of year and colour in this book, rather than by bulb/perennial/annual/half hardy annual, etc.
Although the styling of some of the photos is perhaps a little dated, the arrangements still look fresh and modern, and could be adapted if you want something a little less prescriptive. My only real complaint is that you would need a very extensive garden to grow as much as she suggests you would require for the really impressive arrangements (highly invasive, pond-liner wrecking bulrushes? Really?), which would not be practical for most people.
However, this book is very much a step up in volume of flowers and scale of arrangements from "How to Grow Your Own Cut Flowers". If you are after larger scale and more variety, this is definitely a worthwhile buy.
(If you want to see more pages, search for it on google books - more are available than on "Search Inside" here.)
 This excellent book is a pleasure to read and to look at. January 11, 2000
70 out of 72 found this review helpful
I bought this book originally as a resource for planning my own wedding flowers. That was a year ago now, and ever since that time I have been able to dip in and out of it for information, inspiration and pure pleasure. Sarah Raven gives an overview of how to create a cutting garden from scratch, her book drawing on her own experience of her beautiful cutting garden in Sussex. She also has useful chapters on flower arranging through the seasons. Everything has a distinctive modern/romantic edge to it. The photography throughout is fantastic. Photographs not only illustrate different types and shapes of flower arrangements but also accompany a glossary of Sarah's own favourite range of flowers for cutting. This book can be recommended for anyone who has a love of flowers, gardening or entertaining.
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