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Home, Garden, and DIY May 2021
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Crafting With Herbs : Do-it-Yourself Botanical Decor, Beauty Products, Kitchen Essentials, and More
by Debbie Wolfe
Why craft with herbs? They're easy to grow, beautiful, fragrant, full of health benefits, and are incredibly versatile! Herbs are best known for their medicinal and culinary uses, but there's so much more you can do with them.
What's inside: In addition to the crafts, learn how to grow, prune, harvest, dry, and store your favorite herbs. Woven throughout are helpful tidbits on the wellness properties and history of herbs.
Topics include: spray disinfectants, wreaths and garlands, herbal jellies and teas, homemade skincare products, natural confetti, and more.
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The kitchen without borders : recipes and stories from refugee and immigrant chefs
by Siobhan Wallace; photography by Penny de los Santos
What it is: More than a celebration of delicious foods from around the world, this recipe collection--with its intimate chef profiles and photographic portraits--allows people who have been displaced to share their cherished cuisines, in their own words.
About the chefts: Founded in November 2015 by a brother and sister who came to New York from the Middle East, "Eat Offbeat" is a unique catering company staffed by refugee and immigrant chefs who have found a new home, and new hope, for their lives.
Featuring 80 authentic recipes from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Venezuela including Biryani, Mujadara, Spinach Borani and Chari Bari.
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The ecological gardener : how to create beauty and biodiversity from the soil up
by Matt Rees-Warren
What it is: A guide to transforming "your garden into a self-sustaining haven for nature and wildlife" from the dirt up, by Ecological garden designer Matt Rees-Warren.
What's inside: inspirational design ideas and practical projects, from rainwater harvesting to vermicomposting, laying a hedgerow to turning your lawn into a wildflower meadow.
Read it to: "Design a garden for the future - because what we do as individual gardeners matters"
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The Principles of Pretty Rooms
by Phoebe Howard
What it is: "Beloved interior designer Phoebe Howard shares her style secrets for creating pretty, charming, and timeless interiors".
Celebrating "warm, welcoming style, each chapter explores the color palettes, fabrics, and special little grace notes that make a room pretty" (from Hoopla).
Topics include: "how-to-get-the-look advice, including favorite color combinations, fabric patterns, furnishings, and accessories that instantly transform a space" (from Hoopla).
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| Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden: Grow, Harvest & Arrange Stunning Seasonal Blooms by Erin Benzakein with Julie Chai; photographs by Michèle M. WaiteWhat it is: a lovely, well-organized guide to growing flowers all year long; an award-winning debut by a renowned flower farmer whose most recent book, Floret Farm's Discovering Dahlias, came out in March.
What's inside: advice for selecting your garden space; a seasonally arranged overview of planting and harvesting 175 flower varieties; inspiring photos.
Don't miss: the helpful instructions for floral arrangements and décor. |
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Peggy Dean's guide to nature drawing and watercolor : learn to sketch, ink, and paint flowers, plants, tress, and animals of the natural world
by Peggy Dean
What's inside: "Artist, author, and popular art instructor Peggy Dean presents this nature drawing guide that teaches you how to master drawing and watercolor techniques from sketching and shading to washes and blending".
Who it's for: "With Peggy's easy and energetic lessons, absolutely anyone--regardless of ability--can learn to draw a broad range of flora and fauna, from delicate cherry blossoms, wildflowers, and lacy ferns to majestic trees and cute woodland creatures".
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| Seasonal Flower Arranging: Fill Your Home with Blooms, Branches, and Foraged... by Ariella Chezar with Julie Michaels; photographs by Erin KunkelWhat it is: a beautifully written guide with inspiring photos arranged seasonally that encourages the use of locally grown flowers and provides flexible, step-by-step instructions for 39 floral projects.
Don't miss: the section on creating a cutting garden.
Reviewers say: "a delightful companion for gardeners, florists, or armchair naturalists" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| Martha's Flowers: A Practical Guide to Growing, Gathering, and Enjoying by Martha Stewart with Kevin SharkeyWhat's inside: a lush guide to planting, growing, and arranging gorgeous flowers, including "seasonal all-stars" such as tulips, azaleas, lilacs, roses, and dahlias, as well as other favorites like hellebore and foxglove, from preeminent lifestyle expert Martha Stewart and a longtime creative collaborator.
Why you might like it: Martha's Flowers has stunning photos, fascinating floral history and tidbits, and clever tips and tricks. |
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| Japanese Paper Flowers: Elegant Kirigami Blossoms, Bouquets, Wreaths and More by Hiromi YamazakiWhat it is: a step-by-step guide to using paper to craft over 30 "exquisite and realistic-looking flowers" (from Booklist), such as lily of the valley, tulip, hydrangea, lavender, rosebud, dahlia, and cherry blossom. Templates, helpful hints, and information on materials and tools are all included.
Don't miss: the pretty projects -- a brooch, a photo frame, a floral crown, wreaths, and more -- that utilize the handmade paper blooms. |
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