The kitchen window sill provides a perfect space for cut flowers and stems from my garden right throughout the year.
Dahlias and Gladioli 
Dogwood stems and contorted Hazel for Christmas 
Cucumbers became part of the display in 2018 
Why not use shadows as an element ? 
I find myself imagining, that these are not just vases full of individual stems and flowers, but ideas for new border designs. You could say they are weekly experimental gardens in miniature.
As much as I like bringing flowers into our home, at this time of year I find myself unable to cut the last few. Why ? Because I know their autumnal beauty will last far longer outside, rather than inside.
There is one flower ( and I literally mean one) that I decided not to cut. Instead I have looked at Rudbeckia Chim Chiminee every day from late July in all its quill petal glory. If you want longevity in a flower, this one definitely has won first place in my garden.
Over the next few months ornamental grass stems, rose hips, textural seed heads and branches of contorted Hazel, filled with tiny lights will start to fill the house instead.
Winter 2018 
I recently designed an autumnal floral display for The Raven Hotel in Much Wenlock, Shropshire. I used Chinese lanterns and Contorted Hazel. The Gourds were grown by Laura and Jack Gloss from the Wildegoose nursery http://www.wildegoosenursery.co.uk .
I very much hope this blog makes you think about growing cut flowers for a window sill somewhere in your home.
Sally Wicks 
It does make me think about using more cut flowers indoors. I do have flowers good for cutting, either fresh or dried, and yet we very rarely bring them in.
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As we head into winter here, my window sills, will become home to all my favourite ornamental grasses. I also put a spot light on them, and create a gorgeous New perennial Garden on my kitchen walls ! ( sorry for the delay in replying this also went into spam)
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When I grew cut lower back in 1986, I sometimes wondered what would happen to them after they left the farm. Floral design was just starting to get crazy back then.
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I find floral design fascinating, It is just as creative as garden and landscape design, as it uses the same design principles.
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We needed to take a floral design class in school so that we would know how our produce would be getting used, and what florists would expect from it. We did not study it in great detail, but just took one class. As you can understand, it was more complex than we expected.
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