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5 Components of English Garden Flower Arrangements
History: English-garden designs are inspired by early English gardens which people had at their homes to produce vegetables, flowers, herbs and fruit trees. These items were grown for their fragrance, cosmetic and/or medicinal purposes. English gardens went by many names at the time including "kitchen gardens," "cottage gardens," and "cuttings gardens." Among those credited with developing the modern English garden floral style are Constance Spry, Julia Clements, and Gertrude Jekyll. Style: Loosely structured oval or round arrangements of a variety of garden flowers (or flowers that can be easily grown in a garden). No particular style (form, filler, line, mass) of bloom is used. No particular amount is selected. This style is based on the availability of flowers grown in a home's garden and therefore represent a less defined but very "full" look. Flowers Used: Popular flowers in modern English Garden style designs are spike flowers including larkspur, [...]