Spring Into Action with These Flowery Books

While winter seems to have passed weeks ago, there is no better occasion to spotlight our best books about flowers than the beginning of spring.  For those looking to enjoy this time of year with DIY flower arrangements, the library has The Flower Workshop and The Flower Chef, among many others related to the subject of flower arrangement.  For a twist on these techniques, try 100 Simple Paper Flowers, which is filled with straightforward templates.  

While it may seem like a foreign concept to some, Eat Your Yard! and Cooking with Flowers are two of our best books with flower-related recipes, some of which are lavender lemonade, sunflower bread, and mint tea.  New York Times Bestseller The Drunken Botanist offers a fresh take on this topic, creating drink recipes out of flowers, herbs, and trees.

For those interested in depictions of flowers in art, Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of Water Lilies and Claude Monet: Magician of Colour are two of our best collections from the wonderfully gifted artist.  The library has more general books on this subject as well, with The Best of Flower Painting and Painting Flowers in Watercolour being two of the finest examples.