Even if you've never made a flower arrangement before, your first time can be a successful one. A host of styles of fresh, dried, or silk flowers appear in lavish designer photographs, while the techniques you need appear in exactly the steps you require. You get the basics about inexpensive tools and methods of flower care and conditioning, as well as a short course in materials. There's also a section to help you select just the right vase, bottle, pillar, background foliage, trellis supports, foam, wire--everything you need to provide breathtaking and imaginative floral celebrations.