Beautifully photographed, engaging, and informative, Growing Flowers by Niki Irving features everything budding gardeners need to know in order to grow, harvest, and arrange beautiful flowers. An instructional guide to flower gardening for those looking to hone their botanical skills, this book teachers readers to design flower beds, to understand soil, to plant from seeds or seedlings, the techniques needed to fertilize naturally, and ultimately how to create gorgeous flower arrangements.
Author Niki Irving lives and breathes all things floral while living on her flower farm in North Carolina, where she organically produces hordes of blooms and teaches flower farming techniques and bouquet arranging
Readers will get a primer on:
- Effective tools of the trade
- The Best ways to get down and dirty with dirt
- Everything you need to know about seasonal oration and more