The Wisdom of Flowers - Essential Life Lessons for Joy and Wellbeing

Taking sixty of the world's most amazing flowers and flowering plants, including the corpse flower from Indonesia, the bat-face cuphea and the chocolate cosmos flower from Mexico, the Pohutukawa tree from New Zealand, the lipstick tree and the giant water lily from South America, the voodoo lily from the Mediterranean, the lesser-known plum blossom and the skeleton flower from Japan, and not forgetting the beautiful jade vine from the Philippines, this book will share their unique symbolism and the characteristics and strengths that allow them to thrive, inspiring us to follow their example and make the most of every moment.

About the author

Liz Marvin is a London-based freelance editor and writer. She has previously written How to Be More Tree, The Secret Lives of Animals and The Windowsill Gardener for Michael O’Mara Books.

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A beautifully illustrated little book with the quirky premise of providing upbeat life lessons using the attributes of a selection of plants. This would make a lovely gift. The Countryman

Product details

• Authors: Liz Marvin
• Assisted by: Rosie Dore (Illustration), Jo Stansall (Editor)
• Publisher: Michael O'mara Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781912785896
• ISBN: 978-1-912785-89-6
• Series: Life Lessons from Nature
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Guides > Hobby, home > Creative design; GARDENING / Ornamental Plants, GARDENING / Flowers / General, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Flower Arranging, Gardening: flowers, Flower arranging and floral crafts, Gardening: flowers and ornamental plants, Flower arranging & floral crafts