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Title details for The Fragrant Flower Garden by Stefani Bittner - Available

The Fragrant Flower Garden

Growing, Arranging & Preserving Natural Scents

by Stefani Bittner
Alethea Harampolis
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Make your garden and home look and smell heavenly with this accessible gardening guide that explains how to grow fragrant flowers outdoors and bring natural scents indoors by creating floral arrangements, scented beauty products, and more.
“A practical guide to a life infused with the scent of flowers.”—Kelly Smith Trimble, senior editorial director for HGTV and author of Vegetable Gardening Wisdom and The Creative Vegetable Gardener
There is nothing like the beauty and scent of a flower-filled garden and home. The Fragrant Flower Garden shows you how to grow flowers that are a feast for the nose as well as the eyes, from a naturally perfumed carpet of sweet alyssum and the warm, spicy scent of gardenia to the heavenly aroma of lilacs. 
A beautiful garden is one where you can find joy in every sense—literally. The Fragrant Flower Garden makes this dream a reality with garden design guidance for a year’s worth of flowers, foliage, and fragrance. Then, reap the wellness benefits of your fragrant flowers through DIY projects such as making floral arrangements, perfumes, tub soaks, and tinctures.
Whether you prefer the smell of classic lavender or something more adventurous like chocolate cosmos, The Fragrant Flower Garden opens the door to creating a scented flower garden that is a delight for all.

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    March 5, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9781984860118

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      • ISBN: 9781984860118
      • File size: 70774 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      January 1, 2024

      Landscape design firm owner Bittner and floral design company co-owner Harampolis, coauthors of Harvest, discuss their favorite fragrant plants, including trees, shrubs, perennials, vines, bulbs, and annuals. They begin with a brief section, with examples, about combining fragrant plants with plant color palettes. There's also a discussion of focal, secondary, and filler flowers. In the "Favorite Fragrant Plants" section, entries include scientific and common names, USDA hardiness zones, light preferences, plant and scent descriptions, favorite cultivars, ideal planting spots, harvesting techniques, and tips for incorporating flowers in products like infusions. There's also a chapter that offers guidance for harvesting, conditioning, and arranging flowers; examples include step-by-step instructions to create floral displays. The final chapter teaches readers how to create floral products such as perfumes, hydrosols, and tinctures. The book concludes with sources for seeds, plants, and supplies. While not all plants mentioned are pictured, this useful, attractive book contains many beautiful color photographs. VERDICT Floral arrangers and gardeners interested in adding scented plants to their gardens will relish this title. Readers wishing to delve more deeply into this subject may also enjoy The Scentual Garden by Ken Druse and photographer Ellen Hoverkamp.--Sue O'Brien

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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