From the author:
"Working with nature is full of circular, loving relationships that are bursting with reciprocity and nourishment; the more the Earth is loved, the more beauty and sustenance it provides. We growers are people, not machines, imperfect and fallible, and at one time, every human on Earth would have been a grower in some way. And so it goes that the landscape is, and always will be, the backdrop and backbone to all of our lives.
In working with flowers, in practising, meditating, and creating with them, our connection with the world around us is strengthened. Within these pages are flowers, seeds and life in all its intimacy, and in writing this book, I urge you to support small-scale agriculture, to find and support your local growers – the people working in harmony with the Earth – to be encouraged by the slow flower movement, to enjoy it, be inspired by it, and perhaps to even add to it yourself. All you need to get started is a packet of seeds."