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Life with Flowers
Inspiration and Lessons from the Garden
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Become a part of artist and master gardener Frances Palmer's world as she shares everything she knows about growing and arranging flowers in this gorgeous book—Flower lovers, prepare for peak inspiration (Amy Merrick, author of On Flowers). In this follow-up to Life in the Studio, potter,...
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An artful, informative guide to growing and arranging flowers, from renowned gardener and potter Frances Palmer
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Become a part of artist and master gardener Frances Palmer's world as she shares everything she knows about growing and arranging flowers in this gorgeous book—Flower lovers, prepare for peak inspiration (Amy Merrick, author of On Flowers).
In this follow-up to Life in the Studio, potter, gardener, and photographer Frances Palmer celebrates her love of flowers. Frances approaches her garden planning in waves, ensuring there are always beautiful blooms for her to photograph in her vases. In Life with Flowers, chapters for each of these "waves" include profiles on her favourite varieties—with flower-specific gardening how-to's and arranging techniques, as well as delicious flower-forward recipes and simple DIY projects.
Part of the delight and richness of this book comes from the fact that Frances is at once a gardener and an artist: We learn that she was inspired to grow bearded irises after an exhibition of Cedric Morris's iris paintings at the Garden Museum in London; that when arranging her tulips she thinks of Andre Kertesz's 1939 surreal photograph Melancholic Tulip; and that she never passes a tiger lily without imagining the chattering garden from Alice in Wonderland or smells her azalea bush without being transported to the English garden of Rebecca.
To read Life with Flowers is to be invited into both the garden and the creative mind of an insatiably curious, highly skilled, and wildly generous talent.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781648291395
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 15 May 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Artisan Books
Contributors:
- Foreword by Erin Benzakein
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 203.0mm
Height: 254.0mm
Weight: 1205g
Pages: 288
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About the Author
Frances Palmer is a potter known for her handmade functional ceramics. Her pieces have been carried by Barneys New York, Bergdorf Goodman, Neue Galerie, Takashimaya, and the Philip Johnson Glass House, and featured in T: The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, Elle Decor, Martha Stewart Living, The World of Interiors, House & Garden, British House & Garden, and Veranda, among other publications. She lives and works in Weston, Connecticut. Follow her on Instagram @francespalmer.
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