It’s amazing when you get to cut flowers from the garden and think about how many air miles and £’s you’re saving. Growing a cut flower patch at home is a benefit to pollinators and your purse.

Among the flowers in the garden you’ll probably also find foliage, perfect to go in a vase. Greenery and leaves can add just as much to a bouquet as the flowers, they bring the texture and green backdrop for the florals to pop against.

Come along with me as I cut a selection of flowers and foliage from the back garden and arrange them in a handtie in a vase for the living room…

Having cut flowers in your home brings freshness and life from the outside in. Putting flowers in a vase is a great opportunity to reignite your creative skills. It’s always satisfying to rediscover your flare for design when it’s been lying dormant since your cutting and glueing years in infant school.