If you want to know which flowers will be available for the vase each month, and what natural colours schemes are appropriate for your seasonal displays, then this is the book for you. Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. I find a lot of flower arrangements can look stiff and formal but Rachel’s designs are natural and the flowers look comfortable. In 1909, he married the author and playwright, Constance Smedley, and from that point on, the two became close collaborators.

The Modern Flower Press is a bible of fascinating floral facts, tips, myths and, above all, glorious illustrations and photography. Beautiful photographs by Eva Nemeth capture the seasonal diversity and natural ease that are such a hallmark of this thoroughly contemporary approach to cut flowers. It tells not only the story of how to press flowers, but it is full of the most wonderful tales of nature and myth and magic and all of the things that make an English flower garden so precious that we want to pick and press the flowers in the first place … punctuated with practical ideas'.The Modern Flower Press celebrates pressing’s surprisingly glamorous history, and offers plenty of practical advice, too. The recurring presence of flowers blends and merges the stories into a new shape, like a bouquet of wildflowers and weeds plucked from the edges of a sidewalk.

The darling of wealthy Parisian patrons including Napoleon’s wife Josephine, he was dubbed “the Raphael of flowers,” and is regarded to this day as a master of botanical illustration. They were painted for his private pleasure, many while he was resting at his summer home in Rottingdean, and were described by his wife as the "most soothing piece of work that he ever did". Described as “brimming with texture, pattern and exciting and inspiring ways to group and display flowers, plants and succulents” this book will be amazing inspiration for interior enthusiasts. Gathered together, these floral fragments from the 1950s to the 1990s offer a collective memory, a blurry narrative formed from the lives of many.Fraser, Victoria Gaiger, Elizabeth Hammer, Daisy Helman, Catherine Hess, Pascale Heurtel, Dr Lisa Hostetler, Lyndsey Ingram, Professor Dr Hans Walter Lack, Dr Fred G. The Beauty of the Flower twins a dazzling and well-chosen display of botanical illustrations with a cogent and readable analysis of the botanical exploration and science that led to it. She takes you through the seasons, from spring tulips to summer sweet peas and autumn dahlias, recommending how to select the best flowers, keep them fresh at home, and display each one to celebrate its natural beauty. There she and her partner Ashley grow seasonal flowers that she arranges for weddings and special events.