The Cut Flower Patch

Name: The Cut Flower Patch
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780711234758
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Grow your own cut flowers all year round

By Louise Curley

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Summary

The Cut Flower Patch by Louise Curley is a practical guide to growing your own cut flowers, covering ideal soil conditions, necessary tools, and a wide variety of blooms such as hardy annuals, biennials, spring and summer bulbs. The book offers detailed advice on sowing, supporting plants, dealing with pests, and maintaining your flowers through weeding and deadheading. It emphasises sustainable growing practices as an alternative to costly and environmentally taxing imported flowers. Additional sections include flower arranging tips, planting plans, container selection, and a year planner to maximise blooms throughout the seasons.
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Format: Hardback

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This book is ideal for amateur and experienced gardeners interested in sustainable flower growing, as well as those looking to enhance their garden’s floral appeal with fresh, home-grown blooms. It also suits readers seeking practical flower arranging tips and seasonal planting advice.

An inspiring guide to transforming a small patch of ground, be it on an allotment or in a garden, into a cut flower patch which produces flowers from early spring to late autumn.

Description

Louise Curley looks at what makes a great cut flower, ideal conditions and soil, and the tools you'll need. There is advice on what to grow—from favourite hardy annuals, half-hardies, and biennials, to spring and summer bulbs, to adding foliage and fillers to balance arrangements—and advice on how and when to sow, how to support your plants, and tips on weeding, deadheading, pests, and feeding.

Growing your own such means greater choice, working with the seasons, and super fresh flowers. Bought flowers can be expensive, and the international flower trade often means dangerous chemicals, poor working conditions for growers, demands on water resources, and the 'flower miles' of worldwide airfreight.

This book will help you get the most from your patch with guidance on how to cut the flowers so that they keep producing more blooms and how to look after them once they have been picked. The Cut Flower Patch is completed by a selection of flower arranging tips and sample arrangements, as well as tips on finding great containers, planting plans, and a helpful year planner.

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Reviews praise The Cut Flower Patch as a handsome, accessible, and enchanting guide, richly illustrated with Jason Ingram's beautiful photographs. It is noted for its practical chapters, including advice tailored for wedding flowers, and clear, jargon-free writing. The book is described as an inspirational and economical resource that encourages gardeners of all levels to try growing their own cut flowers, making the subject approachable and enjoyable. Reviewers highlight it as both a visual treat and an excellent practical guide.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780711234758

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 March 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Frances Lincoln

Illustration: 200 colour photographs

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 187.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

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Home & Garden Louise Curley Non-Fiction

About the Author

Trained horticulturist Louise Curley writes for the Guardian newspaper, Grow Your Own, The Simple Things and Gardens Illustrated magazines. She started her Wellywoman blog in 2011 and was a finalist in the 'best blog' category at the Garden Media Guild Awards in 2012. She gardens organically and has kept an allotment for four years on which she grows all her cut flowers.