Product Description

"Easy Flowers" will bring a touch of elegance to any room in your home. Whether you favour classic white blooms or shocking pink petals, you'll find inspiration here. The pleasure of fresh flowers needn't be restricted to special occasions--they are something to be enjoyed every day. "Easy Flowers" are affordable, stylish and quick to put together. The emphasis is on striking use of form and colour, rather than expensive blooms or time-consuming arragements. In this book, popular florist Jane Durbridge, with the help of style writer Antonia Swinson, brings you her elegantly modern touch with unfussy arrangements for every corner of the home. Her ideas range from the simplest touch of colour to brighten up a desk to suggestions for stylish entertaining, and even imaginative floral gifts.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #934574 in Books
• Published on: 2002-12-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

About the Author
Jane Durbridge is one of London's most sought after florists, with a unique sense of style and a distinctively elegant yet refreshingly modern look. Jane started Parterre Flowers, based in central London, in 1989. She now creates foral decorations for weddings and other celebrations. Jane divides her time between Paris and London. Her first book "Bridal Bouquets" is also published by Ryland Peters & Small.

Antonia Swinson is an expert on flowers, fashion, beauty, and weddings. She began her writing career at "Vogue" and for three years she was Assistant Features Editor of Conde Nast's "Brides and Setting Up Home". She is the author of "The Wedding Planner" and "When I Was A Flower Girl", and wrote the text for Jane Durbridge's "Bridal Bouquets", all for Ryland Peters & Small.

Polly Wreford is a well-known lifestyle and interiors photographer whose work appears in a variety of prestigious magazines and publications, including "Homes & Gardens" and "Red". Her easy and relaxed style has led her to be much sought after by companies such as Laura Ashley, Sanderson, and Marks & Spencer. For Ryland Peters & Small she has photographed "Paper Details", "Wedding Details", and "The Relaxed Home".

Customer Reviews

Pretty
This book offers ideas for selecting flowers and containers that can look beautiful in your home. Starting with basic design principles and ending with notes on flower care and conditioning, most of the book is divided into chapters by colour. With any book of this type the illustrations are the focus, and there are page after page of truly beautiful colour photographs. They make you want to rush out to the florist and spend all the grocery money on tulips or alliums.

I spent a delightful half hour going through this book, but I wouldn't buy it - pretty pictures aside, there's just not enough substance to it.

Pretty
This book offers ideas for selecting flowers and containers that can look beautiful in your home. Starting with basic design principles and ending with notes on flower care and conditioning, most of the book is divided into chapters by colour. With any book of this type the illustrations are the focus, and there are page after page of truly beautiful colour photographs. They make you want to rush out to the florist and spend all the grocery money on tulips or alliums.

I spent a delightful half hour going through this book, but I wouldn't buy it - pretty pictures aside, there's just not enough substance to it.