Impromptu Garden Bouquets: Effortless Arrangements Between Chores

For Sunset test garden coordinator Bud Stuckey, bouquet-making integrates seamlessly into garden routines. Secret: weathered table among plants as work surface, rugged vases by hose bibb, clippers always pocketed.

Process: fill vase, set on table. Move through chores—weeding, watering, planting, deadheading—clipping interesting materials (grasses, vines, shrubs, perennials) into vase by the bunch. Bouquet complete when chores finish—for patio table or lucky editor's desk.

Example: red/apricot dahlias, blue delphiniums, sunflowers, fringed with 'Plum Passion' nandina, purple fountain grass, white potato vine sprays.