The 50 Mile Bouquet: Seasonal, Local and Sustainable Flowers

Most flowers on the market today are imported, mass-produced and chemical-laden. The 50 Mile Bouquet introduces some of the innovative voices of the dynamic new Slow Flower movement: the organic flower farmers, the sustainably-motivated floral designers...and the flower enthusiasts who are increasingly asking, Where and how were my flowers grown, and who grew them?

With documentary-feature reporting and full color photographs, this visually elegant book takes us into the farms and design studios of these slow-flower folks to follow the green journey of the 50 mile bouquet. This is the first book to spotlight this major transformation in how cut flowers are grown, designed and consumed, which closely mirrors the locavore/slow food revolution in the culinary world.

The 50 Mile Bouquet is the slow flower guide to Organic Flower-Growing, Gathering and Design.

Foreword by Amy Stewart, author of Flower Confidential.

• Slow Flowers: Four Seasons of Locally Grown Bouquets from the Garden, Meadow and Farm
• Cool Flowers: How to Grow and Enjoy Long-Blooming Hardy Annual Flowers Using Cool Weather Techniques
• The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower's Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers, 2nd Edition
• Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden: Grow, Harvest, and Arrange Stunning Seasonal Blooms (Gardening Book for Beginners, Floral Design and Flower Arranging Book)
• Floret Farm's A Year in Flowers: Designing Gorgeous Arrangements for Every Season (Flower Arranging Book, Bouquet and Floral Design Book)
• The Flower Farmer's Year: How to Grow Cut Flowers for Pleasure and Profit
• The Flower Workshop: Lessons in Arranging Blooms, Branches, Fruits, and Foraged Materials
• Vegetables Love Flowers: Companion Planting for Beauty and Bounty
• The Flower Recipe Book
• In Bloom: Growing, Harvesting, and Arranging Homegrown Flowers All Year Round