{"product_id":"art-from-the-garden-create-25-beautiful-botanical-projects","title":"Art from the Garden: Create 25 Beautiful Botanical Projects","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A stellar guide to creating artworks with materials from nature... All projects include easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions and photos of the elegant finished products. Crafters will be inspired by the possibilities nature has to offer.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Michaels invites readers to turn the garden into a creative studio, showing how everyday natural materials can become art.... she leaves readers encouraged to explore playful new ways of making art with nature.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"This is a beautiful book. The instructions were precise and easy to follow. I can see this being on the book shelves and craft rooms of many who want to explore ALL the possibilities of crafting from the garden. What an undertaking to engage others to challenge creating beyond the vase!\" -- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeri Speight, author of Black Flora\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Joy rings from the pages of this book! Perusing it, my mind travels to the importance of Emily Dickinson's Herbarium to her poetry and to the collected plant samples from which Margaret Stones generated her remarkable botanical paintings. At its core, \n\u003ci\u003eArt from the Garden\u003c\/i\u003e is an homage to nature as a source of inspiration for creative expression. The book's exquisite imagery and thoughtful text demonstrate ways to interpret nature's ephemeral materials and inert objects into enduring expressive works. There's a powerful and promising message here: nature's medium lies latent all around us; we have access to it when we cultivate our powers of observation; what we discover releases our imagination and compels us to represent some essential quality of what we have found.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas Reed, landscape architect\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"This excellent resource combines gardening with various art forms for crafts that the average person can do easily.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary Journal, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"In an age when screens capture our attention, every opportunity to connect hands and earth with art and imagination can refresh the human spirit. \n\u003ci\u003eArt from the Garden\u003c\/i\u003e offers dozens of ephemeral art projects and heirloom keepsakes that will inspire any gardener, parent, grandparent, or child to find connection in their own backyard.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Forti, author of The Heirloom Gardener\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"An inspiring read full of engaging, accessible activities. A work of art in its own right!\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Daisy Fancourt, Author of Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Save Lives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKerry Michaels is a writer and photographer living in Freeport, Maine. She photographed \n\u003ci\u003eA Gateless Garden: Quotes by Maine Women Writers\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eGrowing the Northeast Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Proven Winners Garden Book, Modern Pressure Canning\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables\u003c\/i\u003e. Her photographs have appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eBetter Homes \u0026amp; Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eDown East\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eGardenista\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eRemodelista\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eCoastal Home\u003c\/i\u003e, where she was also a contributing writer. Her writing clients have included PBS, Disney, Scholastic, Sesame Workshop, CBS News Productions, Hearst, and \n\u003ci\u003eCountry Living\u003c\/i\u003e. Her photographs are included in private and museum collections. For eight years, she was the writer and photographer for an internationally popular container gardening website, and she co-produced and co-directed the award-winning documentary \n\u003ci\u003eRiver of Steel\u003c\/i\u003e. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Liz Micheels (project stylist) is a first-generation American whose parents immigrated to the US from the Netherlands. Flowers and gardens are part of her Dutch culture and have always been central to her life. After a career in social services -- teaching, working with at-risk youth and refugees, as well as reproductive healthcare counseling -- Liz started Artful Blooms, a floral business specializing in personalized and creative flower and plant design for inside and out. Additionally, she has worked as a stylist for photo shoots in advertising, food, and flowers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Kerry Michaelsshares 25 gorgeous projects with foraged or shop-bought botanicals as their base, and all with easy-to-follow instructions and inspiring photographs. There are pretty-as-a-picture tiles, a hydrangea bowl, cyanotype silk scarves and a drinks pitcher made from ice and vivid summer flowers.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Simple Things Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"For the reader who would rather make something than sit still, this gorgeous book is the perfect companion to usher in the warmer months...Beautifully photographed and practically organized, it is the kind of book you prop open and actually use.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHaven Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781643264172, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/01\/2026 pg. 116 (EAN 9781643264172, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/06\/2026 (EAN 9781643264172, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Timber Press (OR)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496156889366,"sku":"9781643264172","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781643264172.jpg?v=1783054350","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/art-from-the-garden-create-25-beautiful-botanical-projects","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}