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Flower Love: Lush Floral Arrangements
for the Heart and Home
By Kristen Griffith-VanderYacht
Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Random House
Release date: Aug. 29, 2023
Hardcover; 288 pages
Although known as the sassy head judge with a big heart on
Netflix's e Big Flower Fight, celebrity floral designer Kristen
Griffith-VanderYacht and owner of floral design studio Wild
Bloom in Seattle, Wash., designs with an enthusiastic flair and
welcoming flamboyance. What separates him from the pack
is that his work is always cozy yet sophisticated, and his big
heart smiles with each flower selection and page in this book.
In Flower Love, Griffith-VanderYacht uses his effervescent
sense of humor and sharp eye for design to bring accessible,
sumptuous flower arrangements to flower lovers everywhere
and from all walks of life. He shares not only 45 spectacular
designs, all stunningly photographed with step-by-step
instructions, but also his unique geometric approach to
floral design; his "Ten Floral Commandments," including
"Substitutions are okay," "Look for oddballs" and "Foliage is not
filler"; a flower glossary organized by color and season; and
helpful designs hacks you won't find anywhere else.
A Sweet Floral Life: Romantic
Arrangements for Fresh and
Sugar Flowers [A Floral Décor Book]
By Natasja Sadi
Published by Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed Press,
imprints of Random House
Release date: April 25, 2023
Hardcover; 256 pages
Natasja Sadi—yes, that Instagram sensation—is
a beloved floral artist who composes fresh flower
arrangements and sculpts exquisite sugar flowers
from her home atelier in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Mining the past, she produces modern, fresh creations
that delight and amaze.
In A Sweet Floral Life, Sadi teaches readers how to
create exquisite, lifelike sugar flowers—which she
sculpts to honor her African and Indonesian ancestors
© 2023 by Kristen Griffith-VanderYacht
Photography © 2023 by Kristen Griffith-VanderYacht
