The Book of Flower Arranging from 1976 is a practical and stylistically distinctive guide to floral design by interior designer David Hicks, presenting flower arranging as a modern, decorative craft rather than a traditional, rule-bound practice.

The book outlines basic principles of composition—form, colour, scale, and texture—while encouraging bold, architectural arrangements that reflect Hicks’s wider design sensibility. Flowers are treated as graphic elements within space, often arranged in simple containers with a focus on contrast, structure, and impact rather than ornamentation.