Flowers are a living artform! They awaken memories, create an atmosphere and above all provide us with a sense of luxury in our everyday lives. Furthermore the craft involved in putting together a beautiful bouquet of flowers, with one’s own hands, gives a boost to the soul.

Regardless of whether you’re a beginner or have a great deal of experience of working with flowers you’ll find many inspiring tips here, on tools, vases and the sort of water suitable for a range of flowers, and how to arrange every little sprig to create a sense of volume and harmony.

The clear instructions are set out in the same way as in a cookery book, and for every recipe there is a useful list of purchases on precisely which flowers, what nuance and how many are required to make a bouquet work well.

Elinor Tilander and Hanna Piippo met at a course for florists and today they both run their own florists companies specialized in custom-made bouquets. They also run workshops on flower arranging.