One of my first hand tied bouquets...

With the Cutting Patch in full swing now, I was spoilt for choice with beautiful blooms to use.

I'm learning all about the importance of using foliage with flowers, all the books I've read have told me how essential a part it plays, but when I started to make hand tied bouquets, it became clear just how key they are - they really set the flowers off.

This bouquet includes: Malope | Dahlias | Stocks | Phlox | Sweetpeas | Statice | Cerinthe | Pittosporum