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Jane Packer Flowers shows how to use fresh flowers to bring colour, variety and style to every corner of the home. An introduction covers all the basics, including choosing flowers, conditioning and caring for them, as well as key design principles when it comes to choosing vases and containers and getting the proportions of arrangements right. There are dramatic flowers for mantelpieces, massed vases on console tables, tiny posies on windowsills, architectural blooms showcased on coffee tables, luscious colour on dressing tables and desks, and even cut flowers for outdoor entertaining, as well as gorgeous arrangements for guest bedrooms and bathrooms. Fresh flowers have a powerful ability to raise our spirits and bring colour and a sense of vitality to every interior. In Jane Packer Flowers there are no stiff formal bouquets or party displays, just pretty, simple and achievable arrangements that you’ll yearn to recreate in your own home.

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Jane Packer Flowers is one of the world’s most influential floristry companies, with a distinctively elegant yet refreshingly modern look. The highly successful Jane Packer flower schools across the globe make the company's floral expertise and design creativity available to all those who are lucky enough to attend. For those who can’t, Jane Packer’s Flower Course covers exactly the same ground as the flower school’s highly regarded four-week Career Course, including Foundation Floristry and the Foundation Bridal. The emphasis is on clarity and simplicity, so glorious photographs of finished arrangements are accompanied by step-by-step photographs and easy-to-follow instructions. The book is divided into three different sections. Flowers to Give teaches the techniques necessary for a variety of irresistible floral gifts as well as bouquets arranged in baskets, bags and boxes. Flowers for the Home covers arrangements of all shapes and sizes, while the third section, Flowers for Celebrations, provides all the know-how for party flowers, festive wreaths and table arrangements and last, but not least, beautiful wedding flowers. Jane Packer’s Flower Course distils floral expertise and style into one essential volume that imparts all the secrets of creating beautiful floral designs. It’s a must for anyone who loves flowers.

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