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Backyard Bouquets

Growing Great Flowers for Simple Arrangements By Georgeanne Brennan
Photographs by Kathryn Kleinman
Flower Styling by Ethel Brennan

8-3/4 x 9 in; 144 pp ; 140 color photographs
Paperback
Published in March, 1998
ISBN 0811814130
ISBN13 9780811814133
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Backyard Bouquets -- Acclaimed garden writer Georgeanne Brennan makes growing flowers for intimate bouquets a simple pleasure everyone can enjoy. Illustrated with photographs by Kathryn Kleinman and filled with inspiring ideas from floral stylist Ethel Brennan, Backyard Bouquets is both a how-to gardening book and a guide to the rewarding art of flower arrangement. From disk- and dome-shaped blossoms to wildflowers to "stately stems" and "artful forms," Georgeanne Brennan explains the role each kind of flower plays in a bouquet, then gives step-by-step directions for growing each type in its many variations. The idea is to cultivate a selection of hearty, fast-growing flowers, fillers, and vines -- in a variety of complementary shapes, colors, and sizes -- so there's always something fresh and pretty on hand, all through the year. Sunflowers, cosmos, lupines, nasturtiums, irises, sweetpeas, daffodils, and tulips are just the beginning. Uncomplicated and spontaneous, this book gives gardeners the tools they need to brighten any room in the house with wonderful flowers.

Georgeanne Brennan is a James Beard Award-winning author of numerous cooking and garden books. She lives in Northern California and France.

Kathryn Kleinman is an award-winning photographer. She lives and works in Northern California.

Ethel Brennan is a freelance writer based in San Francisco. With Georgeanne Brennan, she co-authored Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Citrus, both from Chronicle Books.

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Many people love a cheery floral arrangement but never have enough flowers on hand. Backyard Bouquets, by Georgeanne Brennan, suggests ways to have something lovely growing all year. The softcover volume from Chronicle Books explains how to start and maintain a cutting garden of fast-growing flowers. There are even suggestions for winter arrangements. [A] beautifully photographed book.... The Gazette