The Cutting Garden: Growing and Arranging Garden Flowers

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.)

No issues, excellent condition, good price. It came very quickly. This book is for my personal use.

I've recently got my first allotment and have decided to used half of the plot for cut flowers. This book literally has ALL the information you need. I've struggled to find a cut flower book that is as informative as this, most seem to be more business based for florists.I do agree with someone else's review that the photographs in the book look a little dated and dull, however that takes nothing away from the excellence of this book.Ive only been focused on spring and summer cut flowers, but this book has advice on all seasons so that's been a really great discovery.

Bought as a gift for a friend who is wanting to grow more cutting flowers , beautifully written and illustrations of a cottage garden .

A beautiful book that has lots of colourful photos, handy tips and very informative.

There's no denying that Sarah Raven is inspiring and a good read, and this book is both. It falls roughly into three parts, general growing, flower arranging, and a pretty comprehensive list of plants organised by season and colour, with plenty of photos. However, whilst it is a lovely book, too much time is spent on arrangements for me - I'm only really interested in the growing aspects. I also found that although there is adequate information on varieties and conditioning (preparation of flowers once they are picked), what is lacking is a guide to how long they can be expected to last in the vase. So, yeah, it's a nice enough book but not really what I was after.

Excellent book, very pleased with the item. Thanks.

Bought as a present, had a look through and it appears very good.