Garden Bouquets and Beyond: Creating Wreaths, Garlands, and More in Every Garden Season [Hardcover]

Suzy Bales (Author), Steven Randazzo (Photographer), Allan Armitage (Foreword)

Book Description

Release date: February 2, 2010

Suzy Bales sums up garden arrangements like this: "Life is best lived in sync with the seasons." She brings a new angle to four-season garden bouquets—gather the blooms, but don’t overlook the leaves, branches, and vines you find in the off-season. Her fresh-from-the-garden arrangements celebrate the ever-changing landscape and feature unique combinations of flowers and foliage for floral creations in every style.

Lifelong gardener and lifestyle writer Bales also takes on the role as inspirational designer to educate gardeners about the latest research on conditioning individual garden flowers, how to care for them immediately after cutting, and the length of time they can be expected to last. No other book has compiled such complete instructions for prolonging the bloom.

 

 

Editorial Reviews

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"Garden Bouquets and Beyond is a reference book you'll refer to frequently, one that's so beautiful you'll leave it out on the coffee table for guests to enjoy."

-- Georgeanne Davis, The Free Press

"The new book, Garden Bouquets and Beyond, is a fine showcase of the best blooms and foliage plants the northeastern garden has to offer with instructions on how to grow them and arrange them in gorgeous bouquets...The book has a classic feel to it...I think it is timeless, both in its style and advice...It's indispensable!"
-- Martha Moments Blog 


"Suzy Bales’ books are always a treat, and here she brings her sense of style to flower arranging and the cutting garden."

--New York Botanical Garden - 10 Must Reads for 2010

 

"'Garden Bouquets and Beyond' by Suzy Bales is a book that's sure to make gardeners anticipate warming weather with even greater urgency...Brimming with voluptuous images of vases filled with long-stemmed pink peonies, sprays of blushing azaleas and other blossoms, this is a book of dreams for growers and lovers of flowers."

-- Kimberly L. Jackson, The Star-Ledger

 

 

"[F]or my money, no one writes -- or photographs -- a better garden book than Suzy Bales."
-- Mackenzie Carpenter, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

 

 

"I found Bales' instructions not only burgeoning with fresh ideas but written so clearly and concisely, they are easy for even a neophyte to follow. She not only capitalizes on the flowers' beauty, she also cashes in on their fragrance - to the delight of all who view them."

-- Jody Headlee, The Oakland Press

 

 

"If you love to see and abundance of flowers growing in your garden but are somewhat hesitant about how to bring their color and fragrance successfully indoors, "Garden Bouquets and Beyond" could be the ideal book for you.  Suzy's book takes found objects, foliage of all colors and seasonal blooms to put together deceptively simple, beautiful arrangements."

-- GardenBanter.co.uk

 

 

 

About the Author

SUZY BALES is the author of 14 books and countless articles on gardening.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books (February 2, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1605290106
• ISBN-13: 978-1605290102
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.9 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,909 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #48 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Crafts & Hobbies > Flower Arranging & Crafts > Flower Arranging

More About the Author

Suzy Bales has turned her lifelong passion for gardening and cooking into a career.
From 1987 until 1995, she was on the board of the W. Atlee Burpee & Company, overseeing new products and updating their catalog. She had her own weekly gardening column in Newsday for two years before joining Family Circle as their contributing garden editor for twelve years. She wrote for The New York Times for a year before joining Better Homes & Gardens as the Senior Editor for Gardening and Outdoor Living from 2004 until early 2007. She has been featured in Ladies Home Journal, House Beautiful, Better Homes & Gardens, Horticulture, Beautiful Gardens, and Easy Gardening.

Suzy is the author of 14 books. The first eight books were in the Burpee American Gardening Series: Bulbs, Perennials, Annuals, Vegetables, Container Gardening, Roses and Vines, and Ready, Set, Grow, a book on children's gardening. She has also written:
Gifts from Your Garden (Prentice Hall, 1992)
A Garden of Fragrance (Harper Collins, 2000)
Garden Parties (Clarkson Potter, 2003)
The Down-To-Earth Gardner (Rodale, 2004)
The Garden in Winter (Rodale 2007)
Garden Bouquets and Beyond (Rodale 2010)

Suzy won the Garden Writer of the Year Award from the American Horticultural Society in1995, and has twice been awarded the Quill and Trowel Award by The Garden Writers of America. In 2007 she received the Elizabeth Hamilton Great American Philanthropist award for her twenty-five years of volunteer work with abused and homeless children. In 2009 she is receiving an award from the New York Horticultural Society and being honored by Old Westbury Gardens for her garden writing.

Many gardeners and cooks recognize Suzy from her frequent TV appearances on ABC and NBC as well as her series of garden spots on Good Morning America. She travels and lectures constantly and has been the featured speaker at Epcot, the Williamsburg Garden Symposium and other flower shows across the country, including Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, St. Lewis and Atlanta. Suzy has twice been a featured speaker at the Disney Institute and was a judge and the headline speaker at the Northwest Garden Show in February 2004.

Suzy served on the boards of Hostra University, The American Horticultural Society and the Garden Conservancy and was a distinguished advisor to The Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Old Westbury Gardens. Don't be surprised to find her magnificent six-acre garden on Long Island featured in national magazines and books.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Living crafts February 19, 2010

By Kate Delgado

Format:Hardcover

Suzy offers beautiful tips and ideas for creating boutique-quality floral arrangements on your own. This special craft has become my new favorite passtime and my new favorite gift-giving idea!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Stars all the way! Inspiring! February 18, 2010

By Kathryn Hirschfield

Format:Hardcover

Every page was an absolute delight. Many, many inspiring ideas & terrific photos. Thank you Suzy! Great gift for my gardening buddies!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow - What a Find! February 19, 2010

By Trish33

Format:Hardcover

I've always wanted someone to show me how to make beautiful flower arrangements from what's available in the garden -- instead of from some art director's wish list. Her approach is easy to follow and down-to-earth. Love it!!!