Harvest: Unexpected Projects Using 47 Extraordinary Garden Plants
by Stefani Bittner and Aletha Harampolis
The co-owners of a landscape design firm based in San
Francisco take readers through the four seasons and show them how to use plants
that until now may have been considered strictly ornamental and turn them into
unusual food products, beauty treatments and other DYI projects. Rhubarb, typically paired with strawberries
in an often insipidly sweet pie or jam becomes a quick rosy pickle as a side condiment
or a garnish to a springtime cocktail.
While lilac flower cream is very labor intensive it is both edible or a
skin cream and an arrangement of newly flower, fruit tree branches makes an arrangement
of newly flowering fruit tree branches makes an easy and stunning addition to
any room. As the seasons warm up and
plants become abundant in both flowers and greenery consider using highly
scented geranium leaves to make a lovely scented sugar with a variety of uses. Harvest organic flowers and stems for a flavorful
vinegar and turn the ubiquitous purple coneflower (Echinacea) into a gardener’s
salve. many herbs and flowering plants
can be turned into light refreshing drinks or rejuvenating scrubs. In the fall as the garden winds down there
are plenty of late season fruit bearing plants and colorful hearty herbaceous
plants for decorative wreaths, garlands and arrangements. This heavily photographed boo will provide much
inspiration for the home gardener to take another walk around and see what new
treasures their gardens yield and perhaps make them eager to add a few new
plants for the upcoming season.
FTC Disclaimer: I received this book from the Blogging for Books program in exchange for
this review.
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