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Simple Pleasures of the Garden

A Seasonal Self-Care Book for Living Well Year-Round (Simple Joys and Herbal Healing)
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Simple Pleasures of the Garden by Susannah Seton is a delightful sourcebook that invites you to nurture your mind, body, and soul through the comforting rhythms of gardening and simple self-care. This book reveals how everyday momentsβ€”tending a garden, crafting herbal remedies, and enjoying natural home decorβ€”can foster emotional well-being and happiness throughout the year. With practical tips, inspirational quotes, recipes for herbal baths and tonics, and soothing activities, it teaches you to cultivate positivity and joy in your daily life by connecting with nature and the magic of simple pleasures.
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This book is perfect for readers who enjoy seasonal self-care, gardening, and natural lifestyle improvements. Fans of titles like A Year of Self-Care, Grow Your Own Medicine, or A Woman's Garden will find inspiration in its gentle, accessible approach to emotional and physical wellness using simple, everyday activities.

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An abundant sourcebook of ideas, encouraging quotes, recipes, and soothing activities,Simple Pleasures of the Gardenshows you how to appreciate the simple things within your daily activities. The secret to living well year round can be found in the abundance of your home garden, so get to planting those seeds of simple joys and herbal healing!

  • Susannah Seton was a cottagecore trailblazer way before it was cool!
  • The series' sales are over 300,000 copies and counting.
  • We are releasing this book at a time where people need more comfort and coziness in their homes as well as reminders that happiness can be found in your own backyard.

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Simple Pleasures Throughout the Year

Simple Pleasures has become my go-to book for remembering to slow down and enjoy the little things in life. - Becca Anderson and more

An abundant sourcebook of ideas, encouraging quotes, recipes, and soothing activities

Simple Pleasures of the Garden shows you how to appreciate the simple things within your daily activities. The secret to living well year round can be found in the abundance of your home garden, so get to planting those seeds of simple joys and herbal healing!

Nurture your mind, body, and soul. Sometimes finding the positive can be hard, but it doesn't have to be. From the recipe for a homemade herbal bath for a spa day to quick and easy recommendations for an instant room makeover, the suggestions and home recipes collected in this book offer a new appreciation for the everyday activities that nurture and comfort you.

Simplify your emotional self-care. Taking care of yourself doesn't have to be expensive, unrealistic, or inaccessible. It can be as easy as tending to a green garden, making healing herbal tonics, sipping calming teas, or spending time with other natural energy boosters. Pleasures are made, not bought, so unlock new secrets to happiness with these touching stories, practical tips, and satisfying crafts.

Inside this positive attitude book you'll find:

  • Ways to decorate your home with nature crafts, growing herbs, and an air of magic
  • Advice on how to foster a routine for a rejuvenating self-care year
  • Tips on how to become the gardener of your moods and emotions

If you liked seasonal self-care books like A Year of Self-Care, Grow Your Own Medicine, or A Woman's Garden, you'll love Simple Pleasures of the Garden.

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Readers praise this book as an essential guide to slowing down and appreciating life’s small joys. Becca Anderson, a best-selling author, shares that Simple Pleasures has become her "go-to book for remembering to slow down and enjoy the little things in life." Its collection of touching stories, practical tips, and crafts inspires a positive attitude and renewed self-care routines.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781684811311

Publisher: Yellow Pear Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 May 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Yellow Pear Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 177.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 250

About the Author

Susannah Seton is the author of the Simple Pleasures series, which has sold over 200,000 copies. Seton is also an early adopter of β€œcottage care” and self care. When Seton was young, she would listen to her grandparents tell stories of when they were young, and the fun they would have even though all the stories were based around the simplest actions: new recipes they would make in a new house, road trips, early mornings by the water, and so much more. This made Seton realize that it wasn’t what we had, but our mindsets that made life enjoyable. Seton began writing the Simple Pleasures series with one goal in mind: to remind her readers that even the smallest things in life can bring us enormous joy.Β  She currently lives in Berkeley, California, with her husband and daughter.

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