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This lavishly photographed book from renowned floral designer Ariella Chezar provides step-by-step instructions for 39 seasonal floral arrangements and projects that celebrate the splendor of flowers, the bounty of the changing seasons, and the wild beauty of nature in your home.
Just as fruits and vegetables taste best when they are harvested locally and seasonally, flowers that are picked close to home and at their peak reflect a true connection to time and place. Nature does not deliver its harvest all at once--each season has its stars and Ariella Chezar, author of The Flower Workshop, shows you how to make the most of them. Seasonal Flower Arranging follows Mother Nature's lead to create dazzling arrangements from the distinctive gifts of the changing seasons, from a charming spring bouquet for Mother's Day to a bold garland for a summer wedding, and from a bounteous Thanksgiving table to a wintery holiday wreath. There are arrangements for seasonal holidays, special occasions, or just everyday life featuring tulips, roses, peonies, dahlias, and other flowers that are easily found at farmers' markets, local shops, or grown in your own backyard. The book includes detailed instructions on how to re-create 39 floral designs, plus the inspiration and techniques to allow you to create your own original art out of nature.
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Flower arranger and florist Chezar takes readers on an elegant walk through the seasons punctuated by her inspired creations. "Why long for tulips, when the woods are filled with wildflowers?" she states at the beginning. Chezar arranges her words as precisely as her flowers, prefacing the instructions for each arrangement with thoughtful discussions of the flowers used and why they are so seasonally appropriate. Blooms should be used to celebrate the season, she writes, and the arrangements, from May Day and wedding crowns to autumn tables and winter wreaths, emphasize what is locally available at a particular time of year. The instructions are presented cookbook-style, with a list of ingredients and step-by-step directions. Chezar understands that not everyone has the time or inclination to find the exact branches and blossoms called for, so, for example, the "Cascades of Gold" arrangement calls for six large Chinese pistache branches, but also lists easily attainable alternatives with the same "golden, autumnal sheen," including oak, river birch, and zinnias. The combination of instructions, photographs, and elegant prose makes for a delightful companion for gardeners, florists, or armchair naturalists. 150 full-color photos. (Feb.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
When confronted with hundreds of varieties of flowers, fruit, foliage, and shrubs, novice as well as more experienced gardeners dither and dally about arrangements. What's right for the season? Which is the best choice for different kinds of arrangements: wreaths, tablescapes, arches, and more traditional decorations? Artistic director of New York's FlowerSchool, Chezar (The Flower Workshop, 2016) has the answers and provides them here via four seasonal charts, elegant (and memorable) language, and 39 breathtaking designs to copy and/or draw inspiration from. From her perspective, why pay for out-of-season cut flowers (78 percent come from Colombia) when a wealth of options can be found in your own backyard? Tools of the trade are explained first, along with her creative method and recommendations for a cutting garden. Then the tome veritably explodes with color photographs of whimsy and imagination. All details are included (alternate flowers, directions, how to pick) as well as occasional specific how-to's (e.g., how to make a spiral bouquet). A pioneer in the farm-to-vase movement, Chezar will get readers arranging for an Easter parade or garden arch, an Indian-summer tribute or a Hanukkah table.--Barbara Jacobs Copyright 2019 Booklist