The below is an extract taken from Joseph Massie's The Flower School: The Principles and Pleasures of Good Flowers. Here, Joseph reveals how to arrange flowers like a pro using a vase and cellotape.

Most of the time, DIY floral arranging involves bringing home a bouquet or two of cut flowers, depositing them in a generic glass vase scrounged from under the sink and then wondering why they look a ...

Walter Hagen once said, “You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry. Don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.” The lifespan of a beautiful vase of flowers can be extended with ...

This expert advice on how to arrange flowers is so easy to follow that you'll find yourself bookmarking it to come back to every time you snip some blooms from your garden or grab a fresh bunch from ...

Big flower arrangements can be expensive and may not be the effect you want to achieve. You may, perhaps, want a minimalist approach, something with japanese delicacy or an intriguing starkness. A ...

Fresh flowers can instantly uplift the home, but without the right skills it can be hard to arrange a professional bouquet, causing it to look messy and untidy. A florist has shared the “simplest” way ...

When I was a journalist in England, I became unlikely friends with a one-time high-flying, then disgraced financial public relations guru called John Addey. He had a passion for vases of cut flowers t ...