Brimming with gorgeous photography and practical design techniques, this new book by beloved flower farmer and floral designer Erin Benzakein illustrates beautiful seasonal bouquets that anyone can make and everyone will enjoy.

Each seasonally inspired chapter engages and encourages readers to observe the colors and textures of the natural world around them and incorporate locally grown ingredients while creating centerpieces, posies, and other floral arrangements.

In addition to helpful tips on flower care and design fundamentals, you’ll find a valuable visual library of Erin’s favorite structural foliage, focal flowers, and other bouquet ingredients.

Whether you want to create something simple for your dinner table or a centerpiece celebrating one of life’s major milestones, you’ll find endless inspiration and resources in A Year in Flowers.

Showcasing the lush fields and overflowing bouquets that have gained Floret so many followers, each chapter is packed with gorgeous photography along with everything you need to know to start growing your own cut flowers. Erin’s personal stories of life on her small farm accompany the expert growing and bouquet-making secrets that she’s developed through years of having her hands in the dirt and creating in her design studio.

From the first page to the last, you’ll find easy-to-follow steps for planting, cultivating, and harvesting more than 175 varieties of flowers including cottage garden favorites, new hybrids, and heirloom varieties that are central to today’s seasonally focused floral designs. You’ll also learn the secrets to Erin’s airy, natural, lush aesthetic, and find how-to guides for making spectacular bouquets, garlands, and wreaths to show off your blooms. Stunning images will make you feel like you’re personally experiencing each season in Floret’s fields, and inspire you to grow the cut flower garden of your dreams, wherever you live.

A one-of-a-kind guide to growing, cutting, and arranging the most beautiful roses in the world, Garden Roses belongs in the hands of every flower lover. Created by Gracielinda Poulson, the preeminent rose grower in the country and proprietor of Grace Rose Farm, each page of this glorious book steeps the reader in the iconic mystique of the rose: Its breathtaking beauty, in hundreds of photographs. Its secrets, in the incredible breadth of information on the varieties best suited for cutting and how to raise them to thrive in the garden or a container, in almost any climate zone. And its unique presence in our lives, in all the ways to style and display roses, from a simple vaseful to more elaborate tablescapes and floral arches, truly elevating the flower that more than any other has captured our imaginations and delighted our eyes.

Express your love and gratitude to your extraordinary mom with this touching keepsake, filled with heartfelt affirmations and cherished quotes, making it the perfect gift to celebrate her remarkable presence in your life

Show your amazing mom just how much she means to you with this beautiful keepsake

Brimming with heartfelt affirmations, as well as delightful quotes from great thinkers and modern superstars alike, this little book will make the perfect gift to remind your mom that there is no one quite like her.

Travel writer Misha Gillingham left the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles for a quaint island in the Pacific Northwest so she could get back in touch with what matters most. With the help of stunning photography, she shows how you, too, can cultivate a life of wellness, generosity, and connection to the land.

2022 SILVER Winner for Hobbies & Home, Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards

Misha Gillingham is a travel writer turned farm girl whose story has won over the hearts of fans worldwide. In Blooms & Dreams, Misha shares not only what brought her to Evergreen Acres, a farm on Bainbridge Island in the Pacific Northwest, but also all of the wisdom she has gleaned over the years as she and her family put down roots.

While leading readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of the farm―from her ever-evolving flower garden to the menagerie of animals who keep everyone in good spirits―Misha reflects on her own transformation and shares how joy can be found by contributing to your local community and fostering a deep connection to the land itself.

Blooms & Dreams will inspire readers from all walks of life to consider building a life centered around wellness, giving, and a connection to the land, be it a small patio garden or an entire farm.

The Garden Apothecary shows us how to harvest and use commonly found plants, weeds and herbs to create our own healing home apothecaries. With tasty recipes, wild skincare, in-depth plant spotlights and a back-to-roots ethos, The Garden Apothecary will encourage the reader to become more connected to the natural world through learning the art of herbalism from plants growing in our gardens.

Focusing on 20 herbs and plants, learn how to identify, grow and pick them from your garden or forage them, as well as discovering their medicinal properties. Each plant spotlight includes in depth information on how to use it in a multitude of recipes and remedies. The Garden Apothecary is a safe and mindful approach to the often overwhelming world of foraging and herbalism.

Get ready to transform your humble abode. Whether you have a funky bohemian den, a chic minimalist loft, or a closet-sized rental, indoor plants will bring a whole new level of warmth, comfort, and style into your home. In House Planted, interior plant designer Lisa Muñoz guides you step by step and room by room through picking the perfect plant for the perfect spot and incorporating plants into your indoor decor. You’ll find info on plants that are hard to kill, hanging plants, succulents, air plants, and more. There are creative ideas for displaying plants, tips on caring for your new leafy friends, and primers on potting and troubleshooting.

Casual and easy-going, with attainable styles and simple instructions, this short and sweet book of inspiration has everything you need, and nothing you don’t, to start you off on an adventure in better–and greener–living.

A perfect guide for anyone eager to see their plant offspring thrive.

This attractive little book is ideal for the novice 'plant parent', providing tips on how to choose plants, where to keep them in your home, and above all else how to care for them and keep them thriving. 

Indoor plant experts from the popular account @houseplantclub, Erin Harding and Morgan Doane, bring the trendy and timeless subject to life alongside their beautiful photographs of happy plants in the home.

Ways to Make Your New Plant Love You:
• Discover the best houseplants to green up your space
• Learn how to maintain your collection by propagating and repotting
• Finding the right tools and materials, and how to tackle pest control
• Building terrariums and other DIY projects for happy plants
• Interior stylings suggestions from boho to modern to classic, there design inspiration for everyone!

Welcome to Toluma Farms, a 160-acre goat and sheep dairy and educational farm in Marin County, California, just a few miles from the Pacific Coast, stewarded since 2003 by Tamara Jo Hicks, her husband, David Jablons, and their two daughters. In partnership with writer and illustrator Jessica MacLeod, Feasts on the Farm is a gorgeous cookbook organized by the seasons that captures the nourishing, creative, and positive approach taken by the entire Toluma team.

Through 60+ tantalizing recipes ranging from starters to mains to sweets, this book makes it easy to bring Northern California living into your home, sharing practical guidance on how to:

• Take advantage of your local farmer‚Äôs market‚Äôs springtime bounty with a Farmers Panzanella Salad.
• Graze on the Perfect Summer Cheese Board on a lazy summer evening.
• Whip up some Pumpkin Muffins with Maple Goat Butter to kick off an early Autumn morning.
• Create a winter feast with a platter of Roasted Dungeness Crab with Herb Butter.
• And much more.

The international bee crisis is threatening our global food supply, but this user-friendly field guide shows what you can do to help protect our pollinators. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation offers browsable profiles of 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs, and trees that support bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. The recommendations are simple: pick the right plants for pollinators, protect them from pesticides, and provide abundant blooms throughout the growing season by mixing perennials with herbs and annuals! 100 Plants to Feed the Bees will empower homeowners, landscapers, apartment dwellers — anyone with a scrap of yard or a window box — to protect our pollinators.

Indulge your sweet tooth all year long with honey’s many seasonal flavors. Use avocado honey to add depth to April’s baby carrots; spice up your July peaches with sourwood honey; and add some cranberry honey to November’s Thanksgiving spread. This delightful book is filled with bits of honey lore and beekeeping history to sweeten your exploration of the varied and delicious ways you can use honey every day.

Growing flowers to cut and enjoy at home can sharpen our awareness of the world around us and make us more attuned to nature. We find it impossible to walk anywhere without spotting a prized rose in a front garden, a brassica gone to seed on a neighbouring allotment plot or a weedy verge in a carpark and considering its potential for cutting.

‘Tuning into the flowering seasons, observing and being compassionate to nature and seeking beauty in the unexpected not only makes us better gardeners but custodians of the planet.’ – Camila and Marianne

Like the food revolution that focuses on provenance, locality, climate and sustainability, Camila and Marianne use these principles to address the flower market. With not much space, it is possible to use the flowers from your garden to decorate your home as well as giving bunches to friends and family instead of buying cellophane wrapped flowers from the shops that may have been covered in pesticides and travelled many miles to get to you.

Flowers are something we are irresistibly drawn to and turn to at the milestone moments of our lives, at births, marriages and deaths, to connect with an estranged friend, to send love or say we’re sorry. They colour our most formative experiences and are our gateway to finding our own personal relationship with the planet we inhabit. No matter the size of your garden, this practical, but approachable guide will instill the confidence in you to grow flowers to bring into your home and enjoy all year round.

Whatever your pace or purpose, the stories within will provide you with a fresh perspective on what it means to be “outdoorsy,” whether that means trekking from hut to hut in New Zealand, saddling up at a Patagonian ranch or simply taking a moment for mindfulness amid the pristine peaks of Bhutan. Featuring vibrant photography, practical guidance and thoughtful reflections on land stewardship, Kinfolk Wilderness brings together inspiring itineraries from five continents that promise adventure, inspire awe and spark a deeper connection to the landscape. You’ll find entry points into bucolic European idylls from Denmark to Romania, discover new hiking trails through the ancient hills of Iraqi Kurdistan and learn how to stargaze in the haunting dark-sky deserts of California.   

The genus Hydrangea goes far beyond the colourful and ubiquitous Hortensia of a million suburban front gardens; it offers a remarkable diversity and versatility, with attractive planting choices for gardens everywhere. From the tough mountain species that can take up to -30C in their stride, to the warm temperate lianas that can top twenty metres into a tree, different species are now being brought into play by breeders to provide new cultivars at a bewildering rate. This book picks up this challenge, helping readers choose the best hydrangeas for their particular gardens, no matter what the soil or situation.

Graduate from ordinary houseplants to extraordinary ones with these 50 desirable, dramatic plants and expert tips on how to obtain, grow, and propagate them.
 
“A visually stunning book with great information for rare plant collectors.”—Morgan Doane and Erin Harding, authors of How to Raise a Plant and Make It Love You Back

If you’re bored with the same old entry-level houseplants and long for something new, up your game with Enid Offolter. Called “the Houseplant Queen” by the New York Times, Offolter and her company, NSE Tropicals, are celebrities within the rare plant community, with legions of obsessed Instagram followers and plants that sell in heated auctions for thousands of dollars. In Welcome to the Jungle, Offolter shows you how to grow and propagate some of these exceptional botanicals on your own.

From the king anthurium with its deeply pleated leaves to velvety Colombian beauties known to make collectors drop to their knees, to plants with hot-pink leaves, bizarre corkscrew-shaped flower spikes, lacy fenestration, and dramatic variegation, these amazing aroids (a family of plants known for its extravagant foliage) bring a lush, tropical aesthetic to your home that will make you the envy of all your plant-loving friends. If you’re ready to rise up to the next level, Welcome to the Jungle is full of tips, professional advice, behind-the-scenes stories from fellow plant collectors, and the inspiration you need to grow plants that make a statement.

If you love feeding and watching birds, learn how you can enjoy it even more - and also help address habitat loss, by creating a healthy year-round landscape for your feathered visitors -  with 100 Plants to Feed the Birds. 

This guide offers in-depth planting and care information for 100 native plant species that feed and shelter birds all year long, including during breeding and migrating periods. Some of these plants can be added to your garden, some are helpful wild plants to avoid weeding, and some are trees that you can plant.

Color photographs and range maps give you the visual guidance you need to choose the right plants for any location in North America.

With 60 recipes, Three Ingredient Cocktails demonstrates that all the best cocktails are made with no more than three ingredients – think of the Martini, Old Fashioned and Margarita.

Divided by main ingredient – gin, vodka, tequila, whisky, rum and sparkling wine – each drink can be whipped up in five minutes or less, with simple snack suggestions at the end of each chapter to pair with them, such as Sticky Honey and Sesame Drumsticks, Loaded Beef Nachos and Baked Camembert with Hazelnuts, Rosemary and Garlic.

Three Ingredient Cocktails shows you also how to make the most of a simple home bar set up, and how to turn your living room into an on-trend cocktail lounge, whether your tipple is a Mint Julep, a Coconut Daiquiri or an Aperol Spritz.

With make ahead and batch cocktails, as well as renowned classics, this book is everything you need to bring elegance and style to your cocktail hour.

Planting for Wildflowers is a practical, illustrated guide for people wanting to encourage more pollinators to their outdoor space. Packed with interesting facts, environmental and habitat information as well as easy to achieve planting ideas, this book is a celebration of native blooms to help rewild your outdoor space. 

By gardening sustainably, you can make a considerable difference to local wildlife. Discover how to chose species and varieties that suit your growing conditions, no matter the size of your space. Planting Wildflowers is aimed at the keen amateur gardener and those hoping to take their knowledge and experience to the next level. Planting Wildflowers is part of a series of books aimed at encouraging wildlife into your garden. Other titles in the series are: Planting for Garden Birds, Planting for Butterflies, Planting for Wildlife, Planting for Honeybees.

Happiness is rooted in gratitude. In this beautiful collection, you'll find inspiring quotes and thoughts from well-known minds such as Maya Angelou, Confucius, and Anne Frank combined with original reflections and practices to help you recognize the abundance of opportunities for gratitude and joy – all around you, every day. Hand-lettered art makes this a stunning gift to treasure, whether you keep it for yourself or give it to a loved one.

Saucy is an accessible collection of 50 sauce recipes organized by flavor profile (herby, sweet, spicy, savory, and more). This go-to kitchen companion, irresistibly designed with bold graphics and full-color photography, includes simple, super-tasty sauces that transform basics from ordinary to sensational:

• Dress up a piece of grilled chicken with Orange Chimichurri
• Drizzle Thai Peanut Sauce over steamed veggies to up the flavor factor
• Add Coconut Chile Crisp to spice up morning eggs
• Fancify a bowl of ice cream with Blackberry Basil Coulis

How-to instructions for ten homemade dishes, like sautéed shrimp, juicy burgers, and fluffy pancakes, and a handy list of recommended sauce pairings for a range of proteins, vegetables, pasta, beans, grains, and greens, help you get your saucy party started.

Rarely has the pairing of two hues captured hearts and imaginations like the combination of blue and white. Whether they are the basis for an interior design motif or the focus of a table setting, these perennially adored partners sweep the spectrum, from serene shades as calming as a summer breeze to deep saturations as dramatic as they are inviting.

Living with Blue & White, from the editors of Victoria magazine, introduces readers to myriad possibilities for enfolding this timeless palette into one’s home and lifestyle. Beginning with Welcoming Interiors, with its panoply of pretty spaces, each thoughtfully arranged chapter illustrates the many ways blue and white bestows its charms. Gracious Tables offers a visual road map for creating eye-catching tablescapes, sure to impress guests, while Cottage Charm gives readers a virtual tour of blissful retreats, all dressed in sublime shades. And for those who favor dreamy alabaster tones all on their own, The Peaceful Presence of White is a pleasure to peruse. From time immemorial, nature has been a source of inspiration, and the chapter Of Sea & Sky represents the soothing hues found in coastal waters and in the heavens above. Collectors will appreciate Cherished Treasures, which shows creative ways to display curated items, from flow blue china to milk glass, and anyone dreaming of a private sanctuary will find Personal Havens brimming with ideas. This color scheme plays well with others, too—Blue, White & Friends demonstrates that a cheerful pop of yellow or soft accents of green can blend beautifully within the blue-and-white framework.

As with all of Victoria’s offerings, this keepsake volume is beautifully bound and features the captivating photography and eloquent prose that is a hallmark of the brand. Whether one is just awakening to the aesthetic charms of this beloved color collaboration or falling in love with it all over again, Living with Blue & White is certain to enchant as well as inspire.

A curated collection of 41 delightful recipes that combine the playful creativity of fashion, the deliciousness of food, and the beauty of flowers, in one gorgeous glass. Elegant, edible flowers are becoming more accessible every day—they will taste as good as they look in fragrant drinks.

• Learn how to create floral pantry item staples to create cocktails
• Practical tips on where to buy edible flowers, whether to choose fresh or dried flowers, how to grow edible flowers at home, and how to use florals in other recipes
• Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drink recipes that are perfect for a baby shower, a Mother's Day brunch, a wedding, or simply entertaining guests, there's something for everyone
• Colorful photos accompany floral mixed drink recipes

Amateur and professional bartenders and fans of The Cocktail Garden, The Wildcrafted Cocktail, or Forager's Cocktails will love this book.

Low- and No-alcohol Cocktails contains 60 alcohol-free or low-alcohol recipes that are sure to tantalize tastebuds and get tongues wagging. Each cocktail is an experience built on flavor and scent and can be enjoyed throughout the day. Try Bubble Brunch to start your morning, Peach Break for lunch, Tokyo Flower as an aperitif, Sunset Time for dinner and Citrus Tonic to finish the night off with a bang (and without the hangover!). In addition to the recipes, Matthias shares his manufacturing secrets, with detailed explanations on cold infusion with and without alcohol, how to prepare syrups and step by step instructions on how to decorate your cocktails with flourish. This book promises low- or no-alcohol beverages that truly deliver on taste. 

The Cocktail Garden offers cocktail recipes focused around the flavors and produce found throughout the seasons, all stunningly illustrated by internationally-renowned artist Adriana Picker. From summery raspberries and rich figs to citrus and white peaches, apples and pineapples, and infusions using a riot of herbs – basil and thyme, to sage and lavender and other flavors found in the garden. There are drinks for long hot summer afternoons spent among flowers in the garden; wine spritzers for breezy evenings on the back porch; champagne cocktails for celebrations under the apple tree; nightcaps for wintry nights by the fireside; and fruity party punches for that garden party gathering with style.

• Hardcover
• 176 pages

A must-have book for anyone who is already retired, or those just about to retire. Packed full of fun and inventive suggestions for how to enjoy your retirement, covering everything from relationships, activities and hobbies to lifestyle advice.

Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else.

Retirement is not the end of your working years but rather the start of something new. With more time on your hands than ever before, filling your days may seem harder than you expected and can leave you wondering 'exactly what do I do now?' This book provides a wide range of upbeat suggestions on ways to luxuriate in your new-found time. Whether it is learning a new language, taking up a new hobby or simply spending more time with friends and family, Things To Do Now That You're Retired is packed with inspirational ideas.

Who wouldn’t be romanced by names like Lovely Fairy, Desdemona, Elegantyne, Anne Boleyn, Leonardo da Vinci, and Blue for You? Vintage roses encompass both the true “old” roses and the best of the “modern” roses, developed to celebrate the classic, ageless, enduring beauty of the old varieties.

The 60 specially selected specimens include those that have the best visual appearance and most fragrant perfume, and are also easy to grow and produce beautiful flowers for cutting.

The perfect mix of engaging, inspirational commentary and no-fuss gardening notes shows that roses can be grown and enjoyed by all―whether a novice, an expert, or an armchair rose gardener.