Bringing Nature Home: Floral Arrangements Inspired by Nature

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Unlike most flower-arrangement books, which rely on expensive and often nonseasonal flowers from florists, this book presents an alternative that is in line with the “back to nature” movement. This is the first volume to showcase how to be inspired by nature’s seasonal bounty and bring that nature into the home through floral arrangements.

From the well-known lifestyle photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo and Nicolette Owen of Brooklyn’s Little Flower School, Bringing Nature Home presents...

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Overview

Unlike most flower-arrangement books, which rely on expensive and often nonseasonal flowers from florists, this book presents an alternative that is in line with the “back to nature” movement. This is the first volume to showcase how to be inspired by nature’s seasonal bounty and bring that nature into the home through floral arrangements.

From the well-known lifestyle photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo and Nicolette Owen of Brooklyn’s Little Flower School, Bringing Nature Home presents a portfolio of unique and original floral arrangements directly inspired by the seasons and the local environment, with sources ranging from farmers’ market offerings to the backyard garden. Presented through lush photography that also showcases the beautiful interiors the arrangements are created for, this is as much a decorating tome as it is a floral-arrangement guide. 

A how-to section offers advice on the selection, trimming, and care of the arrangements and on repurposed and unique containers, making this book practical as well as inspiring.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780847838004
  • Publisher: Rizzoli
  • Publication date: 3/27/2012
  • Pages: 204
  • Sales rank: 151,627
  • Product dimensions: 8.80 (w) x 11.20 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Ngoc Minh Ngo is an established photographer for magazines such as Martha Stewart Living, Domino, Elle Décoration UK, and Architectural Digest. Nicolette Owen is the cofounder of the Little Flower School in Brooklyn. Deborah Needleman was the founding editor of Domino magazine and is currently the editor-in-chief of WSJ Magazine. 
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  • Posted May 7, 2012

    Lovely

    I purchased this book because I'm an admirer of Nicolette Owen's floral arrangements, having seen them in many home decor magazines lately. I have yet to find a florist in my area who is capable of creating something even half as creative and natural-looking, so I thought it would be a great book to get ideas to create my own arrangements.

    The book is arranged into seasons so you can see what flowers are available in each season. -I will point out that a lot of it depends on whether they are available where you live. There is a pseudo instruction portion where it shows you how to build an arrangement like the one on the cover, however, I would have preferred significantly more "how tos", especially in how to use floral wire, etc.

    There are a lot of photos of flowers that are extremely simple -- some are a single stem in a single vase, others are one type of flower per vase. I've seen it all before, and didn't really need to see it again. What I really wanted were more Nicolette Owen arrangements and how to's. However, if you want a lovely coffee table book with a few great ideas for inspiration, be sure to pick this one up. Perhaps Nicolette Owen will one day write her own book!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 23, 2012

    The Most Sumptuous Flower/Design Tome - Must Read and Savor

    A visual delight. Natural flower arrangements by Nicolette Owen are really stunning and the home design is wonderfully eccletic and interesting. Photographs by Ngoc Minh Ngo are beautiful. This is a tome to keep on your favorites shelf and refer to whenever inspiration is needed.

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    Posted May 19, 2012

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