Equipment: wicker basket, oasis, tape to hold oasis down, sticks for the fruit.

Flowers: hydrangeas, agapanthus seed heads, scented geranium flowers and leaves,

Fruits: apples and pears.

My first Flower School lesson. The flowers and foliage and fruit all came from the garden. I love the fading colours of the hydrangeas and the scent of the geranium leaves. The fruit was added using florist sticks.

This arrangement lasted for the next two to three weeks with the geranium leaves retaining their scent to the very last. And I collected the agapanthus seeds at the end to use them for next year’s seedlings.