How to create a beautiful flower arrangement with backyard winter blooms

Rosie Holt from Rose Tinted Flowers proves that you can still make a show-stopping flower arrangement with winter blooms and foliage from your own garden

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Rosie Holt’s top tips for creating a winter flower arrangement:

Start with miscellaneous foliage from the garden. Delicate leaves work really well, but anything that will add extra texture is perfect.
Choose two hero flowers (Rosie used parrot tulips and protea) and compliment with a few other smaller flowers.
Make sure the bottoms of the stems are naked before putting them in the vase to prevent bacteria forming in the water.
Before you start your arrangement, place some chicken wire (or similar) in the vase to use as a mould to hold your foliage in place.

See how to keep your flower arrangement alive for longer here.

Words by: Bea Taylor. Video by: Melissa Tapper

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