This sourcebook of ideas for the creative flower arranger emphasizes original and inventive ways to set off a flower arrangement without spending a fortune. The author starts in the garden, with advice on grouping plants in distinctive containers, and goes on to describe how to build up a collection of original containers from places like beaches, riverbanks and junk shops. There is also a large section on collage work using shells and dried flowers and a chapter on the art and craft of making silk and other artificial flowers. Derek Bridges is also the author of Flower Arranger's Bible and Food and Flowers for the Four Seasons, written with John Tovey.