This is a book about flowers & about painters. The author has chosen forty of her favourite flower paintings & as she is both expert gardener & art historian she has all manner of fascinating things to say about the flowers the artists & the contexts of the paintings. Manets mysterious Still Life with Rose & Brioche records the arrival of the new hybrid tea rose in all its perfection. Vanessa Bells Red Hot Pokers & Artichoke came in the wake of Roger Frys Post-Impressionist exhibitions in London & at a time when Bell had found refuge & creative energy with Duncan Grant at Charleston. The paintings are not always the most obvious
- Van Gogh is here represented by a ravishing branch of almond blossom. But Monet has his waterlilies & Rennie Mackintosh his delicate fritillaries & there is a feast of glorious Dutch bouquets. There is old & new known & unknown in this wonderful collection. Each painting has been chosen both to delight the eye & to offer a source of lively stories & intriguing facts.
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This is a dazzling sensuous celebration of color & form by the photographer whom Architectural Digest" described as the love child of Georgia OKeeffe & Robert Mapplethorpe. When I agreed to write an essay for Beanes book recounts Anthony F. Janson esteemed curator & professor I had no idea I would be writing about one of the greatest photographers I have ever run across. It was easy enough for me to locate his position in the history of photography & art as a whole. I saw its importance immediately. Such an approach hardly begins to meet the challenge of explaining his work. With intensity vision & expressiveness Christopher Beane captures the beauty & the bizarre of the botanical. He concentrates on the overlooked detail: the veins of dehydrated petals the textures of poppy stamens the infinite compositions vines create & the multiple layers that constitute a ranunculus. In 150 photographs " Flower" explores the precious & perishable nature of flowers
- seed pods burst open withered leaves curl & frilly petals unfurl. Anthony F. Janson contributes a rich & engaging overview of the core ideas that define Beanes art offering the reader a context for thinking about this unique work while he chronicles its development. A thing of beauty " Flower" is the gift book everyone will welcome
- a testament to the remarkable talent of Christopher Beane & his passionate vision."

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This title explains impressive but achievable flower arranging. Flower Arranging" recognises that we all love fresh flowers in our homes & want to keep them looking fabulous without costing the earth or being too complicated. This book offers the solutions; with simple step-by-steps & clear photos you can now create impressive but achievable flower arranging for all occasions
- from pretty flowers in the home to striking bouquets for weddings. It features over 70 arrangements using 38 most widely available flowers. Packed with insider tips & tricks for achieving stunning results with minimum effort & for keeping your flowers fresh & beautiful for as long as possible. There are also features on weddings throughout the year showing you how to make beautiful pew ends buttonholes & table arrangements for each season. While other flower arranging books look impressive but leave you wondering just how to achieve such beautiful arrangements at home " Flower Arranging" isn't just about showing off it's about showing how."
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This title features over 150 innovative flower designs in traditional & contemporary styles by a leading floral designer. It teaches the full range of flower arranging techniques in an easy-to-follow format enabling the reader to create all the designs from the very simple to the elaborate. You can make a classic Tulip Arrangement Blue & White Tussie Mussies a Red Tied Sheaf & Ornamental Cabbage Tree. Ideas for special occasions include wedding nosegays buttonholes & posies Easter bouquets Christmas swags & Valentine's circlets. It

Includes:: displays using fresh & dried flowers & foliage with designs to suit every room of the house & for every season & celebration. It offers over 700 beautifully-crafted images including step-by-step photographs of each display. This beautiful book is a complete guide to creating innovative flower designs for any occasion or setting. The 150 step-by-step projects are organized within sections on Fresh Flowers Dried Flower & Flowers for Special Occasions. The designs use every kind of flower foliage or natural decoration & range from simple & restrained to rich & flamboyant. Projects include an Aurum Lily Vase a Bride's Victorian Posy & a striking Flower Cone. Accessible to beginners the range of ideas will challenge the most experienced flower designer. Over 700 photographs by the lifestyle photographer Debbie Patterson show how to use the right setting for every arrangement. There is also advice on basic equipment harvesting seasonal availability & containers. Whatever the occasion you will find the perfect arrangement here.

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The Flower Arranging Expert shows you how to make the most of cut or dried flowers in your home with expert advice on: The basic ingredients
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This is a great new colouring book for botanists & artists alike. A simple introduction to flowers informs readers on why they're so colourful how they reproduce & what each part of a flower is called. Each left-hand page shows a number of beautifully illustrated coloured flowers with simple facts to learn about each one including where they grow best when they flower & more. The accompanying right-hand page hosts the same flowers ready to be coloured in with the left-hand page illustrations acting as a colour guide. ...

The Flower Expert is the worlds best-selling guide to the worlds favourite types of plant
- garden flowers. No garden can afford
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For the first time in over 10 years all eight Original Flower Fairies" Books are being re-designed. Inspiration has been drawn from the original publishers connections with The Glasgow School of Art to produce an exquisite new cover. With fresh new title pages & endpapers reset text & printed on a fine quality paper these new editions make a charming gift for all " Flower Fairy" enthusiasts. Published in 1923 " Flower Fairies of the Spring" was the first of Cicely Mary Barkers iconic " Flower Fairies" books. In a format that has enchanted readers for 90 years each of Barkers beautiful illustrations of the fairies of wild & familiar flowers is accompanied by a delightful poem. " Flower Fairies of the Spring" celebrates the annual rejuvenation of the natural world at spring & introduces children to the seasons flowers by making them magical. Springtime favourites to be found in " Flower Fairies of the Spring" include: " The Snowdrop Fairy" " The Daisy Fairy" & " The Bluebell Fairy". The seven other titles in the " Flower Fairies" series " Flower Fairies of the Summer" " Flower Fairies of the Autumn" " Flower Fairies of the Winter" " Flower Fairies of the Garden" " Flower Fairies of the Trees" " Flower Fairies of the Wayside" & "A Flower Fairy Alphabet" are available as single editions or as part of " The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies". Also available from Penguin is " The Everyday Handbook for Magical Mothers" as presented by the " Flower Fairies"
- a handy pocket-sized book of craft ideas & recipes for mothers who need a touch of magic in their lives."
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For the first time in over 10 years all eight Original Flower Fairies" Books' are being re-designed. Inspiration has been drawn from the original publishers' connections with The Glasgow School of Art to produce an exquisite new cover. With fresh new title pages & endpapers reset text & printed on a fine quality paper these new editions make a charming gift for all Flower Fairy enthusiasts. In a format that has enchanted readers for 90 years each of Cicely Mary Barker's beautiful illustrations of the fairies of wild & familiar summer flowers is accompanied by a delightful poem. " Flower Fairies of the Summer" celebrates the beauty of summer & introduces children to the season's flowers by making them magical. Summertime favourites to be found in " Flower Fairies of the Summer" include: " The Rose Fairy" " The Forget-Me-Not Fairy" & " The Buttercup Fairy". The seven other titles in the " Flower Fairies series" " Flower Fairies of the Spring" " Flower Fairies of the Autumn" " Flower Fairies of the Winter" " Flower Fairies of the Garden" " Flower Fairies of the Trees" " Flower Fairies of the Wayside" & "A Flower Fairy Alphabet" are available as single editions or as part of " The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies". Also available from Penguin is " The Everyday Handbook for Magical Mothers" as presented by the " Flower Fairies"
- a handy pocket-sized book of craft ideas & recipes for mothers who need a touch of magic in their lives."
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For the first time in over 10 years all eight Original Flower Fairies" Books are being re-designed. Inspiration has been drawn from the original publishers connections with The Glasgow School of Art to produce an exquisite new cover. With fresh new title pages & endpapers reset text & printed on a fine quality paper these new editions make a charming gift for all " Flower Fairy" enthusiasts. In a format that has enchanted readers for 90 years each of Cicely Mary Barkers beautiful illustrations of the fairies of wild & familiar flowers is accompanied by a delightful poem. " Flower Fairies of the Trees" celebrates & introduces children to the flowers & fruits that grow on trees by making them magical. Favourites to be found in " Flower Fairies of the Trees" include: " The Cherry Tree Fairy" " The Almond Blossom Fairy" & " The Mulberry Tree Fairy". The seven other titles in the " Flower Fairies" series " Flower Fairies of the Spring" " Flower Fairies of the Summer" " Flower Fairies of the Autumn" " Flower Fairies of the Winter" " Flower Fairies of the Wayside" " Flower Fairies of the Garden" & "A Flower Fairy Alphabet" are available as single editions or as part of " The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies". Also available from Penguin is " The Everyday Handbook for Magical Mothers" as presented by the " Flower Fairies"
- a handy pocket-sized book of craft ideas & recipes for mothers who need a touch of magic in their lives."
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