Книги по флористики

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.

About the Authors:

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.

Home — honoring the times we share there, treasuring the traditions and generations it represents, and rediscovering the joy our homes and gardens bring to our lives.

A rich tapestry of lush tabletops, glorious garden bouquets, sweet family heritage, and refreshed Southern décor are the essence of James Farmer's enduring appeal! This book fuses all his creative passions in a celebration of the seasons. In stories and pictures, James takes the reader on a tour of his two homes and gardens, with tablesettings for celebratory occasions throughout the year. Décor for his Winter Dinner, Camellia Celebration, Feast Among the Foxgloves, Birthday Dinner, Al Fresco Fall Dinner, Dahlia Dinner, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Gatherings will inspire readers to mark each passing season with their love ones in observance of the small joys that truly make our lives big.

About the Authors:

James T. Farmer is the best-selling author of Arriving Home, A Place to Call Home, A Time to Plant, A Time to Cook, A Time to Celebrate, Porch Living, and Dinner on the Grounds. His company, James Farmer Inc, is a full-service design company, including interiors and landscape. He lives in Perry, GA.

Emily Followill has been photographing architecture, interiors, and lifestyle in Atlanta?and beyond for twenty years. She is the author-photographer of The Southern Rustic Cabin and photographer for James Farmer's A Place to Call Home and Dinner on the Grounds. She lives in Atlanta, GA.

Furlow Gatewood is a decorator and antiques expert, and a longtime associate of antiques dealer John Rosselli. He is the subject of the book One Man's Folly: The Exceptional Houses of Furlow Gatewood. He lives in Americus, GA.

Celebrated interior designer and renowned tastemaker Charlotte Moss turns her eye to the garden as a resource for interiors, entertaining, and good living. Charlotte Moss’s greatest muse is the garden, and this book shows the myriad ways the garden provides inspiration every day — indoors and outdoors. Touring readers through her own gardens, Moss offers insights on how to bring the garden into home life — including ideas for elegant flower arrangements from the garden and the table settings and menus they inspire, garden seating for entertaining and relaxing, interior colour schemes drawn from nature, and much more. Moss also shares with readers key garden lessons that she has culled from her time spent exploring magnificent gardens around the world, including French and Italian, English and Russian, private and public, and also the gardens of great women, past and present. An extensive resource guide of notable gardens to visit is also included. With this verdant volume, Moss shows us — implores us — that "to behold our own patch of beauty and pleasure" (in Edith Wharton’s words) is not beyond our reach.

About the Author:

Charlotte Moss is a designer, author, and philanthropist. She has designed numerous private residences and executive offices in the United States and abroad, collections of carpets, furniture, fabrics, china, and enamelled jewellery. She has authored eight books, most recently A Visual Life: Scrapbooks, Collages, and Inspirations. She lectures internationally on the arts of living and is a contributor to House Beautiful magazine.

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Create dazzling, contemporary bouquets all year long with this gorgeous floral designs book.

Learn the secrets to designing show-stopping monochromatic arrangements: In this stunning book, Kiana Underwood shares her techniques for creating dazzling single-color displays using inspired ingredients, dramatic textures, and vibrant colors.

Features hundreds of eye-catching images and easy-to-follow tips throughout, such as suggestions for substituting flowers and options for both the beginner and advanced designer. This flower arranging book is as useful as it is gorgeous.

Organized by season, the book includes how-to’s for 40 arrangements, including a lush green display for spring, an astonishing black bouquet for summer, a striking magenta design for fall, and an unexpected, oh-so-pretty pink arrangement for winter.

The ultimate resource, Color Me Floral, has an extraordinary arrangement to enhance every occasion.

- This flower color guide makes an exceptional gift for anyone with interest in floral décor and arrangement.
- With thousands of gorgeous photographs showing step-by-step arrangement instructions, it’s ideal for beginners and experts.
- Great coffee table book filled with page after page of beautiful images to browse and enjoy.

About the Author:

Kiana Underwood is the owner of Tulipina, an internationally renowned floral design studio that specializes in creating bespoke experiences for high-end weddings and events. Underwood's use of unique color combinations and floral varieties draws admirers and floral designers from all over the world to her sold-out workshops, and her signature designs have appeared in publications such as Brides, Country Living, Elle Decor, Flower magazine, the New York Times, and Town & Country. She splits her time between Burlingame, California and Stone Ridge, New York, with her husband, Nathan, and their three children.

Nathan Underwood is a technology executive and photography enthusiast. He specializes in floral, street, and travel photography and enjoys working with classic cameras and film.

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Carolyn Dunster breathes new life into the age-old art of drying and displaying flowers in ways that will bring a natural vibe to any room. An emerging interior trend that is gathering momentum, dried flowers are also gaining popularity as a sustainable approach to floristry. The book is an ideal purchase for anyone wanting to discover the art of growing and drying flowers, as well as for those wanting to decorate their homes with modern floral displays that will last.

About the Author:

Carolyn Dunster is a botanical stylist, planting designer and garden writer. She studied at London’s Inchbald Garden Design School and trained with florist Jane Packer. She exhibits at garden and flower festivals around the UK and writes widely about plants. She is the author of Urban Flowers (Frances Lincoln, 2017).

Daniel Ost is the world's foremost floral designer and sculptor. Daniel has the unique ability to envision life through flowers and creates absolute beauty through his passion and art. He has fashioned his own world of astonishing floral designs, which have earned him a devoted international clientele. This modern-day Belgian has inverted the old masters' logic. These arrangements seem impossible, and yet they actually exist.

In this book, Daniel Ost continues to seduce and amaze with his wonderful, spectacular floral creations. Festive arrangements, floating pieces above the heads of party-goers, an abundance of flowers that changes a whole environment, but also smaller floral pieces that everybody would like to give or receive.

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Книга Даниэля Оста Invitations II - это долгожданное продолжение его бестселлера Invitations Daniel Ost.
Прекрасно изданная книга дает нам возможность насладиться невероятными творениями, которые мастер реализовал во время многочисленных оформлений в разных уголках мира.

Создавая с помощью цветов магическую атмосферу торжества, учитывая культурные традиции приглашенных гостей, мастерски работая с большим и малым пространством, Даниэль Ост создает свои уникальные оформления.
В книге помимо крупных оформлений представлены оформления столов, свадебные букеты, декорация подиумов, сложные флористические объекты и композиции.

Этот альбом станет незаменимым источником вдохновения для любого флориста, дизайнера, декоратора.

Style icon and preeminent hostess Catherine “Deeda” Blair shares her inspirations for entertaining with understated elegance and distinction, accompanied by menus, recipes, table settings, and charming stories about her extraordinarily colorful life.

Deeda Blair is one of the last great American swans, revered by cult followers for her enduring beauty, fashion taste, and easy elegance. She embodies a sense of decorum and practices a relaxed, graceful etiquette that is much lauded but often missing from today’s soirées and gatherings.

An invitation to Blair’s New York home has been a rare privilege, but now, in her first book, Blair invites readers in and reveals how they too can develop their own uniquely personal style. Central to the narrative are six fantasy meals, each accompanied by a menu, recipes, table settings, and floral arrangements that are inspired by the people and places that have shaped Blair’s own inimitable and envied taste and style. Each meal is set in Blair’s exquisite home and is accompanied by photographer Ngoc Minh Ngo’s evocative images of the imaginative table settings Blair has created for her timeless dishes. Accompanying Blair’s coveted eighty recipes are personal anecdotes and helpful serving suggestions. Renowned design writer and tastemaker Deborah Needleman collaborated closely with Blair to capture her vision for entertaining with fantasy and enchantment, as well as her reflections on life and how her experiences have influenced the way she lives, works, and entertains.

About the Author:

Deeda Blair is a fashion icon and a philanthropist of science and medicine based in New York. Deborah Needleman is a writer, editor, and craftsperson. She currently contributes to the New York Times, the Financial Times, and Cabana magazine. Andrew Solomon is a writer, lecturer, activist, professor of clinical psychology at Columbia University, and a regular contributor to the New Yorker, NPR, and the New York Times Magazine.

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Like Soiree, Designing Life's Celebrations will appeal to readers looking for modern, elegant ways to entertain at home. Impeccably styled and photographed, ranging from a Moroccan-themed evening to a New Year's Eve family dinner, all of the parties emphasize original ideas for designing tabletops, linens, and flowers.

Through seventeen stunning at-home parties, celebrity event planner Dejuan Stroud shares ideas, instruction, and inspiration for effortlessly beautiful table settings and glorious centerpieces.

About the Author:

Dejuan Stroud is known for elegant weddings, celebrity events, and movie premieres, but his dream is to inspire and encourage people to bring flowers into their lives in an effortless way. He grew up gardening with his parents and grandmother in Greenville, Alabama. After a successful run on Wall Street, Stroud decided in 1996 to start his dream business, Dejuan Stroud, Inc. Twenty years later, he is one of the most successful event planners in NYC with an impressive celebrity client list and amazing media coverage. Jon Bon Jovi is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, philanthropist, and actor, best known as the founder and frontman of the band Bon Jovi. He and his wife Dorothea, have four children.

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A charming approach to cooking, entertaining, and table-setting with all the chicness of Parisians at home.

The Parisian dinner party is the ideal of entertaining chic: the style of the host, the quality of the food and wine, and the beauty of the setting. With this creative and invaluable book, Laurent Buttazzoni--renowned French architect, gourmand, and celebrated host of delightful dinner parties in Paris--shares his tried and true elements for Parisian entertaining. Dispelling the myths of expense and complexity that can intimidate hosts, Diner à la Maison is a guide to shopping, cooking, and entertaining the Parisian way.

Led by beautiful color photographs made in the author's home, the book covers the fundamental ingredients for the pantry, followed by a guide to pairing 42 menus with it's own décor and table setting. From weekday hits to weekend entertaining, seasonal events, and holiday parties, each menu is accompanied by ideas for a decoration theme.

For weeknight gathering, Buttazzoni offers simple seasonal dishes such as Watercress Soup and French Macaroni and Cheese or Rack of Lamb with Pan Juices, Green Tabbouleh, and Lemon Tart. For a more formal dinner party a menu of Belgian Endive Salad with Pears and Blue Cheese, Duck Breast à l'Orange, and Honey Glazed Turnips or Poule au Pot, Poached Vegetables, and a luscious Berry Trifle.

With a candid guide to shopping for everything from good-quality groceries to eclectic tableware, as well as creative tips on the details that make any dinner party a success (pop your champagne in the freezer before guests arrive!)--and with an introduction by style icon Sofia Coppola--this book is an essential tool for all those who want to receive family and friends at home.

About the Authors:

Laurent Buttazzoni is an acclaimed French architect and interior designer whose work has been published in Architectural Digest, Elle Décor, and Wallpaper. He is also a celebrated host and fixture of the Parisian entertaining scene.
Sofia Coppola is an American director and screenwriter. She won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Lost in Translation and the Best Director award for The Beguiled at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. She divides her time between Paris and New York and is a frequent guest at Laurent Buttazzoni's dinner parties.

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Step behind the scenes with Guendalina Litta -- a preeminent party designer who has invented magical moments for her rarified clientele for more than thirty years.

Guendalina Litta is a veritable dream maker and a sought-after bespoke event planner. From the simplest decor to an extravaganza spread over a vast locale, her unique gatherings are conceived for delight. Follow a candlelit path into an enchanted forest for an evening under the stars, take cues from a masterpiece painting for an immersive experience, dine at a glass table embedded with riotous flowers in an elegant greenhouse, or be transported to an exotic land while never leaving your own property. Guendalina never ceases to reinvent her signature art of entertaining, cultivating a welcoming, convivial atmosphere that brings people together as she masterfully orchestrates the magical celebration.

Guendalina's creativity and style, combined with logistical prowess, are unparalleled. She and her exceptional team of artisans--caterers, florists, interior designers, architects, calligraphers, costumers, artists, and performers -- attend to every detail in order to create ephemeral experiences that will linger forever in the memory of each guest.

This new book, featuring previously unpublished photography of her most recent events, serves as an artistic mood board to inspire event planners and creatives of every stripe. The pairings of behind-the-scene and front-of-house photographs create associations designed to spark creativity, and the clothbound cover reproduces a custom-designed, hand-painted fabric from one of the celebrations. Guendalina -- who has crafted experiences to mark life's treasured moments for thirty years -- shares her inimitable style and expertise with readers.

About the Authors:

Guendalina Litta is a preeminent bespoke event planner for clients from around the world who has created exceptional celebrations for thirty years. She published Guendalina Litta: The Art of Celebration (Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2016).

Axel Vervoordt is a collector, antiquarian, designer, and curator. Architectural Digest selected him for their AD100 Hall of Fame. His books include Timeless Interiors, Wabi Inspirations, Living with Light, Stories and Reflections, Portraits of Interiors, and At Home with May and Axel Vervoordt.

Priscille Neefs is a senior creative director and consultant specializing in print and digital communications. She designed books including Alice Temperley: English Myths and Legends, True British: Alice Temperley (Rizzoli, 2017 and 2011), and Guendalina Litta: The Art of the Celebration; she also worked for Assouline.

Michaël Ferire is an analog film photographer who specializes in portrait, craftsmanship, and event photography.
 

Cut, place and embellish. With the easy 3-step technique and design guidelines in Easy Ikebana, making an extraordinary flower arrangement is that simple!

You don't need exotic flowers or expensive vases to create a stunning floral arrangement. Even a single flower from your garden or local market, combined with a simple container that matches its size and shape, will result in a uniquely beautiful addition to your space. Water, a pair of scissors, and maybe a few leaves, sprigs, or wildflowers are the only other items you'll need to complete your arrangement.

With Easy Ikebana, even the most inexperienced beginner will:

- Become familiar with different types of seasonal flowers, what they require and how to handle them
- Develop a sense of proportion to create a balanced arrangement
- Learn how to choose and use greenery in your arrangements, whether you're placing one flower or several
- Pick up tips for making cut flowers last longer
- Discover ways to make a strong statement using very few components

These arrangements show how striking understatement can be -- not to mention how affordable. The gentle lessons in this book will make flower-arranging a relaxing and satisfying activity season after season, and the stunning photos will inspire practitioners at all levels with the beauty and power of simplicity -- the heart of ikebana.

About the Author:

Shinichi Nagatsuka is an award-winning floral designer whose work has graced such events as the ceremony marking the Dalai Lama's visit to Japan and others. His authored works cover ikebana at all levels, from the most basic to the most intricate. He is an active instructor who has made numerous television appearances in his native Japan, in which he demonstrates design basics and tutorials for quick flower arrangements. He is president of N Flower Design International, an instructional network teaching floral design throughout Japan.

Claudia Taittinger, of the famed Taittinger Champagne family, shares her secrets for hosting successful dinner parties with sophistication and style, including tried-and-true recipes sure to delight even the most discerning guest.

Having played host to high society from Paris to New York and learned the art of cooking and presentation from some of France's most celebrated chefs at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris, Claudia Taittinger is a consummate entertainer and bon vivant -- who can really cook. Elegance, refinement, and graciousness color every detail of every delightful and delicious occasion.

Drawing on traditional rules of French savoir-faire, Taittinger guides readers to hosting unforgettable events. Starting with the type of occasion -- from sophisticated formal parties to holiday gatherings and intimate dinners -- and using exquisite photography, she illustrates how to tailor the table and create the appropriate mood and ambience. Each event is paired with mouthwatering recipes, from a classic Eggplant Terrine and always comforting Salmon Coulibiac to a delicious Duck Breast with Roasted Figs and Wild Mushrooms.

Taittinger deftly combines colors, finishes, textures, and floral arrangements to set the stage for the perfect occasion while sharing time-honored principles of social etiquette, making the grandeur of the Parisian lifestyle accessible for everyone and inspiring the reader to host dinner parties with incomparable French flair.

About the Authors:

Claudia Taittinger has been planning parties all of her life. This is her long-awaited first book.
Lavinia Branca Snyder is a writer and the author of Equestrian Life from Riding Houses to Country Estates.
Mark Roskams is a New York-based photographer. His work has been featured in Architectural Digest and Elle Decor.

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Floral expert Chelsea Fuss shows you how to make beautiful, natural arrangements with foraged and seasonal greenery, branches, and flowers

Based on her extraordinarily popular flower-arranging workshops, Chelsea Fuss’s first book combines an alluring sense of place with everything readers need to know to forage, gather, and arrange fresh and dried botanicals. Each arrangement is addictively easy to make, and the featured centerpieces, wreaths, garlands, and bouquets are designed to bring the perfect amount of scent, color, and atmosphere to a room.

The book features 28 eco-friendly floral projects, all using natural materials in lieu of floral foam and wire. Each arrangement is accompanied by foraging tips that can be applied to different locales.
Photographed in the author’s small village in Portugal, the book overflows with atmospheric images of flowers and foliage in the landscape to inspire readers to walk local trails (even if that just means the stalls of a city market) and gather ingredients in a pastime that is as much self-care and meditation as it is a practical pursuit.

About the Author:

Writer, instructor, and Oregon native Chelsea Fuss learned flower arranging in London. She has styled florals for Kinfolk, New Balance, Schoolhouse Electric, and Bon Appétit. Fuss lives in Portugal.

In this luxurious cloth-bound hardcover with glossy slipcase, renowned botanical photographer Jonathan Singer presents his breathtaking images of the world's most notable bonsai.

In Fine Bonsai: Art & Nature, the finest extant achievements in the art of bonsai are seen together for the first time, through the lens of renowned botanical photographer Jonathan Singer. This magnificent volume is the result of an extensive photographic campaign, in the course of which Singer was granted unprecedented access to the most respected public and private collections in Japan and the United States, including the mecca of bonsai, the Omiya Bonsai Village of Saitama, Japan, where photography is normally prohibited. Three hundred stunning full-page images and four lavish gatefolds present bonsai of all types, from quiet representations of nature to bold sculptural forms. The horticultural and aesthetic characteristics of each bonsai are concisely and authoritatively described in the narrative captions by William Valavanis, head of the International Bonsai Arboretum in Rochester, New York. And because the container is considered an integral part of any bonsai — indeed, the literal meaning of “bonsai” is “tray plant” — the book also includes some twenty-five photographs of traditional bonsai containers, with descriptions. A further sequence of twenty-five photographs is devoted to the related art of suiseki, or miniature stone landscapes displayed in the same manner, and often alongside,
bonsai.

With his groundbreaking first book, Botanica Magnifica, Jonathan Singer established a new style of botanical photography, characterized by an exceptional clarity of detail and richness of color, as well as a painterly chiaroscuro. These qualities are just as evident in the present volume; Singer photographs each bonsai with an artist’s — one might even say a portraitist’s — eye. Whereas most books on bonsai aim to instruct readers on techniques of care and cultivation, Singer’s book takes the reader on a visual journey. His images encompass many different species, from azalea to red maple, as well as a variety of blossoms and fruits. Alluring and serene, Singer's photographs make the experience of leafing through Bonsai not unlike entering a real Japanese garden. Fine Bonsai: Art & Nature not only documents the masterpieces of an ancient horticultural art, but is a masterpiece in itself.

A portion of the proceeds of this book will benefit the Japanese Red Cross.

About the Author:

Jonathan Singer’s double-elephant folio of Botanica Magnifica is kept in the Cullman Rare Book Room at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Dr. Singer was named a Hasselblad Laureate Award winner based on his contribution to fine art photography and to “our perception and appreciation of the botanical world.”

In this luxurious cloth-bound hardcover with glossy slipcase, renowned botanical photographer Jonathan Singer presents his breathtaking images of the world's most notable bonsai.

In Fine Bonsai: Art & Nature, the finest extant achievements in the art of bonsai are seen together for the first time, through the lens of renowned botanical photographer Jonathan Singer. This magnificent volume is the result of an extensive photographic campaign, in the course of which Singer was granted unprecedented access to the most respected public and private collections in Japan and the United States, including the mecca of bonsai, the Omiya Bonsai Village of Saitama, Japan, where photography is normally prohibited. Three hundred stunning full-page images and four lavish gatefolds present bonsai of all types, from quiet representations of nature to bold sculptural forms. The horticultural and aesthetic characteristics of each bonsai are concisely and authoritatively described in the narrative captions by William Valavanis, head of the International Bonsai Arboretum in Rochester, New York. And because the container is considered an integral part of any bonsai — indeed, the literal meaning of “bonsai” is “tray plant” — the book also includes some twenty-five photographs of traditional bonsai containers, with descriptions. A further sequence of twenty-five photographs is devoted to the related art of suiseki, or miniature stone landscapes displayed in the same manner, and often alongside,
bonsai.

With his groundbreaking first book, Botanica Magnifica, Jonathan Singer established a new style of botanical photography, characterized by an exceptional clarity of detail and richness of color, as well as a painterly chiaroscuro. These qualities are just as evident in the present volume; Singer photographs each bonsai with an artist’s — one might even say a portraitist’s — eye. Whereas most books on bonsai aim to instruct readers on techniques of care and cultivation, Singer’s book takes the reader on a visual journey. His images encompass many different species, from azalea to red maple, as well as a variety of blossoms and fruits. Alluring and serene, Singer's photographs make the experience of leafing through Bonsai not unlike entering a real Japanese garden. Fine Bonsai: Art & Nature not only documents the masterpieces of an ancient horticultural art, but is a masterpiece in itself.

A portion of the proceeds of this book will benefit the Japanese Red Cross.

About the Author:

Jonathan Singer’s double-elephant folio of Botanica Magnifica is kept in the Cullman Rare Book Room at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Dr. Singer was named a Hasselblad Laureate Award winner based on his contribution to fine art photography and to “our perception and appreciation of the botanical world.”