Book Review: Crepe Paper Flowers
Karen Crepe paper flower are making a comeback and Lia Griffith’s book, Crepe Paper Flowers, and an excellent guide to making your own. Griffith introduces readers to the different kinds of…
Book Review: Kaffe Fassett’s Bold Blooms
Internationally known artist and textile designer, Kaffe Fassett shares his passion for flowers in the decorative arts in his book Bold Blooms. Strongly concerned with color and design, Fassett reveals…
Book Review: Rustic Garden Projects
Marianne Svard Haggvik, owner of a garden design company in Sweden, shares her ideas for garden projects that create unique personalized spaces within a garden. The projects are in eight…
Book Review: We are the Weather
Have you wondered why there is so much talk about climate change and its affects on people yet so little seems to be done about it? Author Jonathan Safran Foer…
Book Review: Love & Lemons Every Day
If you are considering adding more vegetables to your diet, Jeanine Donofrio’s book, Love & Lemons Every Day, provides a wide array of plant based recipes for snacks, breakfasts, soups,…
Book Review: And Then the Seed Grew
Marianne Dubuc book And Then the Seed Grew explores how a community of characters that live in a garden react to change. The community includes Mr. Gnome and his little…
Book Review: The Book of Seeds
The Book of Seeds presents seed profiles of 600 different species of plants in order to show the great diversity that exists among seeds. The seeds were chosen on the…
Book Review: Losing Earth
Concern about climate change is nothing new and Nathaniel Rich’s book, Losing Earth, documents the decade from 1979 to 1989 to show what people knew, how government and industry reacted,…
Book Review: The Modern Cook’s Year
In her book The Modern Cook’s Year, Anna Jones presents more than 250 vegetarian recipes that demonstrate her sensitivity to the relationship between food and the seasons and further to…
Book Review: Just Cool It!
Climate change is a hot topic and whether you believe in it or not, knowing something about both sides of the debate is an important way to intelligent, knowledgeable voting…