How does your garden grow
Having created all the arrangements for her 50th birthday party, florist Willow Crossley is Clare’s go-to for statement florals.

Because we know it’s hard to enjoy the great outdoors as much as we would like right now, we asked Willow about bringing nature indoors instead. Here she uses geranium cuttings to show how you can cultivate your own indoor garden at home.

Step 1.Choose healthy, fat shoots from your geranium plant and remove them from the parent plant by cutting immediately below a bud or node - a node is a nobble where a stem will sprout from.

Step 2.Remove the flower buds and leaves from the bottom half of each cutting and cut the stem just below a node. We want the growing power to go into growing new shoots, not into the existing ones.
When you are left with just one main stem (with the two nodes) you have a cutting!

Step 3.Fill a little pot with compost.
Then make a hole with your finger or a pencil and insert your cutting around the edge of the pot. You can have two or three cuttings in each pot.

Step 4.To create a greenhouse effect, I like to put a plastic bag secured with an elastic band over the top of the pot and snip some tiny holes in the plastic. Keep the cuttings inside in a well-lit position.
Water every couple of days and wait for your garden to bloom.