Au naturel

is bursting forward, and for many of us it’s the time to gather stocks and stems that pack a longed-for sweet punch. How do you recreate the garden’s wild, natural, informal beauty? What does it take to capture the relaxed insouciance of the top florists’ arrangements? “The clue is in the word ‘relaxed’; unless your taste is very formal, flowers generally look their best when allowed to show their individual outlines,” says