title: Flower Power: Fresh, Fabulous Arrangements
author:  Rebecca Cole 
description: th flowers becomes a creative pleasure when arrangements are as original as they are beautiful. In <b>Flower Power</b>, acclaimed author and flower expert Rebecca Cole explains how to create lush, hip, simple, and elegant arrangements to make any occasion memorable, from a dinner for two to a wedding attended by hundreds. Both exquisite and irreverent, her bouquets combine the classic with the quirkysumptuous roses with crisp celery stalks, for example, or calla lilies with curly willow branchesand delight in the whimsical.<br /><br />Rebeccas step-by-step recipes and tips of the trade make it easy for anyone to re-create her inventive designs at home. She explains how to shop for the best blooms at a supermarket, farmers market, or corner deli and how to condition and prepare their stems for maximum longevity. She takes a behind-the-scenes look at the life of a florist and explores the international flower market.<br /><br />Above all, Rebecca brings new life to
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  # SPRING SHOOTS ON SUNFLOWER STREET
  
  
  ## An uplifting feel-good romance
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## RACHEL GRIFFITHS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## COSY COTTAGE BOOKS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright © 2020 by RACHEL GRIFFITHS
  
  
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  For my family, with love always
  
  
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  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [SPRING SHOOTS ON SUNFLOWER
  STREET](part0004.html#3Q280-8fa7cbbaec1e4077b5272260cb731638)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0005.html#4OIQ0-8fa7cbbaec1e4077b5272260cb731638)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  