Florets - Floral Quote - # 163 - by Paula Pryke

'Florets - Floral Quote' is a series of blog posts where I feature quotes by authors - mostly well known - but you will also find some obscure ones.

All the authors have written one or several books about flowers, green plants, gardening, interior styling or interior design. Many are experts in their field but what is the most important is that they are all passionate about flowers and plants.

I love books and in my ever growing library I look for quotes that I hope will be both inspiring and be useful while arranging flowers or green plants in your home.

"Flowering Plants and displays indoors are essential to get one through the winter gloom. The barren trees and bushes in my garden and the wider landscape and bundles of twigs at the flower market suggests new designs.

I spend more time working with foliages and I am inevitably drawn more often to fruits and vegetables to inspire my creations. Some mornings the mist seem to meet the garden as everything in England looks grey."

~ Paula Pryke ~

[Paula Pryke OBE: British, top London based florist, founder of Paula Pryke Flower Shop and School; and author of seventeen books.].]

[Quote from: Flowers Every Day (2012) by Paula Pryke. Published by Jacqui Small.]

[Jacket photography by Rachel Whiting.]

[Flowers: Bright pink hyacinths .]

[Styling and Photography © Ingrid Henningsson/Of Spring and Summer.]

Florets - Floral Quote # 47 by Paula Pryke

"Tulip time. Tulips are among the most versatile of all spring bulbs. They are easy to grow and thrive in any position where you can give them reasonable drainage. If you cannot find room for them in your borders grow them in pots; then you can move them around in a kind of grand cross between flower arranging and gardening. The range of tulips available is enormous. You can plant tulips any time between October and December, and if you choose a good range of varieties you should be able to enjoy tulips in your garden from February to May."

~ Paula Pryke ~

[Paula Pryke: British, London based florist, founder of Paula Pryke Flower Shop and School; and author of fifteen books.]

[Quote: from Flowers Every Day by Paula Pryke.]

[Flowers: Dark purple tulips.]

[Vintage: Antique white lace.]

{Styling and photography © Ingrid Henningsson for Of Spring and Summer.]

Have a Wonderful Floral Sunday!

Back here soon!

xoxo Ingrid

Flowers Every Day by Paula Pryke

Paula Pryke's book Flowers Every Day was published last year by Jacqui Small and the beautiful photographs were taken by the London-based Rachel Whiting.

In this very interesting book Paula shows us how we can combine flowers and plants from our own garden with flowers bought at the market or flower shop to make very reasonably priced flower arrangements .   

The book is divide up into the four seasons and for each season Paula shows us how we can enjoy flowers in our homes every day of the year. 

Each chapter has a section on what's good to grow in the garden. Paula has picked out her favourite flowers and has planting plans for beds and borders to help you produce a plentiful supply of flowers all year around.  

She tells us what flowers and foliage are good to buy from the florist, farmers market or super market; she looks at cost, longevity and availability.

The spring chapter covers early spring flowers like Muscari and Hellebores featured here in lovely little coloured glass vases.. 

This lovely pastel Easter table arrangement has gorgeous Ranunculus and daffodils in a long low vase decorated with washi tape.

Another stunning table decoration arranged in a bark basket with spring flowers in pink tones.

For Mother's Day lunch she has created napkin decorations using the classic spring flowers - daffodils, Muscari and hellebore tied with a stem of willow.

A summer arrangement for a light lunch in the garden. Solomon's seal, lambs' ears, phlox, stock and purple asters. It's like having 'summer' in a basket!

This arrangement consists of one type of flower in a simple one colour vase. An abundance of summer flowers that works every time!

This is a wonderful autumn arrangement - a branch of purple slow berries and five huge heads of Hydrangea macrophylla 'Bela'. An asymmetrical and quite dramatic arrangement in its simplicity.

Here is a lovely little Christmas arrangement using simple glass bottles with a few different foliage sprigs and berries from the garden.

The last image is of some hanging glass jars with sweet peas - simple and beautiful. 

I hope you like the book as much as I did and happy flower arranging.

See you later!

xoxo Ingrid