Hardie Newton's Celebration of Flowers [Hardcover]

Hardie Newton (Author), Sunny Reynolds (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 8, 1997

Hardie offers flowers as a gateway toward finding harmony with nature and with yourself. Includes floral arrangement projects, growing information, and more.

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From the Back Cover

Join Master Gardener and Designer Hardie Newton in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia for four seasons of natural and spiritual beauty.

Combining her talents as a floral designer with her deep-founded love of the natural world, Hardie Newton shares her insights on how to make the most of flowers throughout the year. Whether you're creating a spring-flowering herbal bath, planting winter bulbs, or just admiring the dramatic color combination of ladybugs on violets, Hardie Newton's Celebration of Flowers will help you make flowers an integral part of your everyday life.

Arranged seasonally with more than 200 spectacular photographs, Celebration of Flowers is filled with observations and projects for strengthening your connection with nature. A glossary of more than 40 colorful blooms is also included, as well as dozens of helpful hints for picking, arranging, and appreciating flowers.

About the Author

Author Hardie Newton is a Master Gardener and designer who owns and operates her business, Hardie Blossoms, in Madison, Virginia. She is a lecturer and workshop leader for garden and social clubs and schools. Her floral design work has been provided for various organizations, such as the Corcoran Gallery of Art, National Geographic Society, Airlie House, and Montpelier. Hardie is on the recommended speakers list of The Garden Club of America and was guest speaker at The Philadelphia Flower Show in March of 1997. She has been featured in The Washington Post, Southern Accents, and Garden Design magazines. She has written the Storey book, Hardie Newton's Celebration of Flowers. Hardie has three grown children, and she has two homes in Virginia which she shares with her second husband.

Sunny Reynold's work includes commissions by Time-Life Books, Smithsonian magazine, and Nikon, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC; First edition. edition (January 8, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882669974
• ISBN-13: 978-0882669977
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #997,081 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 29 Glass Doors With A View!, October 17, 2000

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Jack Mason "[e-mail]" (Accomac,, Va. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hardie Newton's Celebration of Flowers (Hardcover)

Finally, there's a "coffee table book" that reads like a love story! Hardie Newton has written a celebration of the seasons, of our senses (if we unclutter them), and the natural beauty all around us. It's a lyrical trip through the countryside of my college youth, a gardner's manual, an arranger's inspiration, a recipe book, a medicine chest and a philosophic guide. It's what you might expect from a lady who builds a house with 29 glass doors, no windows and doesn't let Sunny Reynolds, whose photographs are great, show it to you until page 102!

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An exceptional book, inspirational and informative, November 10, 1998

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[e-mail] (Wilmington, DE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hardie Newton's Celebration of Flowers (Hardcover)

This is a beautiful and well written book on the philosophy of life using flowers, creating a garden and learning to appreciate the beauty God has created for us to enjoy and appreciate in this busy world.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Winter Relief for Gardners, May 21, 2001

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Cindy Lyons (Owensboro, KY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hardie Newton's Celebration of Flowers (Hardcover)

What a joy! The gorgeous photography earns the book a place on the coffeetable. It is a good source for identifying many flowers. It offers good tips for arranging flowers for all four seasons. This is the perfect type of book gardners should read in the winter, when we are longing for the first colors of Spring and looking forward to getting our hands back in the dirt. I got mine when I was recuperating from bi-lateral carpal tunnel releases in early Spring and it helped me pass the time that I was restricted from much use of my hands and dying to work in my flower and vegetable beds.