Easy and Elegant Rose Design: Beyond the Garden [Paperback]

Ellen Spector Platt; Alan Detrick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 22, 2004

Beginners and experienced floral designers will find inspiration and practical instructions in this beautiful, full-color project guide to gorgeous, decorative rose designs for your home, office, or that special gift.

Includes more than 30 projects—simple arrangements, wreaths, topiaries, potpourris, and framed roses
Tips for selecting and growing roses as well as preserving them
Comprehensive resource information

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About the Author

Ellen Spector Platt is a member of the Manhattan Rose Society and the American Rose Society. She is a freelance writer and instructor in floral design at the NY Horticultural Society. She also teaches at garden clubs, herbs societies, arboreta, and horticultural societies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing (October 22, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555914764
• ISBN-13: 978-1555914769
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,600,340 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Gorgeous!" said The Anti-Crafter., April 29, 2005

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This review is from: Easy and Elegant Rose Design: Beyond the Garden (Paperback)

I dare you to open this book and not get sucked in by the creativity and beauty of these ideas. Forget Martha Stewart! Ellen Spector Platt came up with pages of unique, stunning, and simple projects that leap off the page. My mother and I have done several of the projects, our favorite being the floral loom, which now hangs above the bed in her newly redecorated bedroom. The pictures are so beautiful, you almost don't want to try to recreate the projects on your own (for fear they won't turn out as good), but the directions are comprehensive and clear, making all of the projects possible for anyone. I call myself "The Anti-Crafter," but I couldn't resist trying some of this stuff. It's too beautiful and too clever to resist.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than 30 projects one can undertake, December 8, 2004

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This review is from: Easy and Elegant Rose Design: Beyond the Garden (Paperback)

Ellen Spector's Beyond The Garden: Easy & Elegant Rose Design is a beautiful guide illustrated throughout with full-color photographs by Alan Detrick of more than 30 projects one can undertake to add floral color and life to one's home. From simple arrangements to wreaths, topiaries, potpourris, framed roses and more, Beyond The Garden: Easy & Elegant Rose Design is a superb resource for gifts, crafts, hobbies, or simply freshening up one's house. A selection of tips for selecting, growing, and caring for roses as well as preserving them rounds out this first-rate guide which is especially recommended for rose gardening enthusiasts.