The Language Of Flowers: A Miscellany

Informationen zum Autor Mandy Kirkby is an editor and flower enthusiast. Vanessa Diffenbaugh was born in San Francisco and raised in Chico, California. After studying creative writing and education at Stanford, she went on to teach art and writing to youth in low-income communities. Vanessa and her family live in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where her husband is studying urban school reform at Harvard. Her first novel, The Language of Flowers , was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller. Klappentext 'A flower is not a flower alone; A thousand thoughts invest it' All over the world, flowers are an integral part of human culture whether it is the perfect table centre for a wedding, a beautiful bouquet for a birthday, a message of thanks, or to pay one's respect at a funeral. But, while everyone knows that red roses signify love, few may realise that an entire language of flowers exists with every bloom, folliage and plant having a particular emotion attached, be it hazel for reconcilliation, wisteria for welcome or ivy for fidelity. This unique language was created by the romantic early Victorians who carefully planned every bouquet and posy so as to deliver a desired message. Bringing the language to a new generation, this beautifully illustrated miscellany contains fifty profiled flowers, a dictionary searchable by emotion, and ideas for creating bouquets and arrangements for specific occasions. This gift book is a novel present that any flower lover will want to own. Vorwort A beautiful gift book celebrating the forgotten language of flowers Zusammenfassung A beautiful gift book celebrating the forgotten language of flowers

Product details

• Authors: Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Diffenbaugh Vanessa, Mandy Kirby, Mandy Kirkby, Kirkby Mandy
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2011
• EAN: 9780230759633
• ISBN: 978-0-230-75963-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Aziza's Secret Fairy Door
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Guides > Nature > Nature guide; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Geschenkbücher (div.), NON-CLASSIFIABLE, NATURE / Plants / General, Gift books, Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Gift and novelty books / items