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This book shows how easy it is to grow and prepare therapeutic herbs for a custom spa experience in the comfort of your own home. It will help you unplug, relax and make the world go away.
Since the days of Cleopatra, we have been in search of the "Spa Experience" - a mystical place of white fluffy towels, populated by the finest of facial masks and lotions. But this vision of relaxation can come with a hefty price tag. That is about to change. In her new book, herb gardener, spa enthusiast and award-winning garden designer Sue Goetz shows us how to create the luxury spa experience in our own home, featuring fragrant, therapeutic herbs from the garden. With lavish photos throughout, The Herb Lover¿s Spa Book gives the reader simple steps for growing and preparing herbs for the home späaromatherapy oils, lotions, tub teas, masks, scrubs, sachets, travel bath mixes, and more. It has never been easier to enjoy the spa ambiance and let the stress of the day melt away.
Info autore
Sue Goetz is a garden designer, writer and speaker. She began her lifelong love of gardening as a child where she ¿always found places to grow things.¿ She is a certified Master Gardener and founder-owner of Creative Gardener, where she offers classes, garden coaching, and gardens by design. She also owns Urban Garden Company. Among her many accolades: In 2013, The Best of West Sound voted Sue ¿Favorite Horticulturalist,¿ and in 2012 she was named Educator of the Year by the Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association. She received Sunset magazine¿s ¿Western Living Fresh Ideas¿ award and Fine Gardening¿s ¿Best Design¿ award. www.thecreativegardener.com
Riassunto
This book shows how easy it is to grow and prepare therapeutic herbs for a custom spa experience in the comfort of your own home. It will help you unplug, relax and make the world go away.
Since the days of Cleopatra, we have been in search of the "Spa Experience" - a mystical place of white fluffy towels, populated by the finest of facial masks and lotions. But this vision of relaxation can come with a hefty price tag. That is about to change. In her new book, herb gardener, spa enthusiast and award-winning garden designer Sue Goetz shows us how to create the luxury spa experience in our own home, featuring fragrant, therapeutic herbs from the garden. With lavish photos throughout, The Herb Lover’s Spa Book gives the reader simple steps for growing and preparing herbs for the home spa…aromatherapy oils, lotions, tub teas, masks, scrubs, sachets, travel bath mixes, and more. It has never been easier to enjoy the spa ambiance and let the stress of the day melt away.
Prefazione
• The author has booked or planned 30-40 talks and workshops for 2015, mostly in the Pacific Northwest but expanding to other areas too. Targeted speaking engagements at all Mother Earth News Fairs, Northwest Flower and Garden Show, Boise Home and Garden Show, the Oregon Garden resort and spa. Will add specific updates as they are available.
• Tacoma-area articles about the book committed for Tacoma News Tribune, South Sound and West Sound Home and Garden magazines.
• Preliminary discussions for TV shows “Dig In, Seattle” and “Gardening in America.” Targeted TV appearance on “Growing a Greener World.”
• Preliminary talks with a local herb grower to create book-related plant tags.
• Niche marketing by publisher to garden centers and nurseries (targeted)
• National print media: Review copies to the Garden Writers Association (GWA) list and to targeted garden and lifestyle bloggers (targeted)
Testo aggiuntivo
"The Herb Lover's Spa Book" by Sue Goetz — local garden writer, garden designer and popular speaker from Pierce County — is a lovely gift book for both yourselves and for friends.
