Pick up a sprouting Hyacinth. Watch it rise and its blooms explode. Soak in the potent fragrance of spring.
Photo by Paige Green Photography.
One of my favorite photos by Paige Green when we were working on The Plant Recipe Book together…. ‘Tho this one didn’t make it to print. It makes me swoon none the less.
“Chapman’s new book will be cause for celebration”
–Publishers Weekly
Take heed and join us to celebrate!
The Plant Recipe Book
100 Living Arrangements for Any Home in Any Season
by Baylor Chapman
photography by Paige Green
Launch Celebration
Wednesday, April 9th
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
at Lila B. in the Stable Cafe courtyard garden
2128 Folsom Street, San Francisco (between 17th and 18th in the Mission District)
Not only can you pick up a copy of the just off the press book you’ll;
Enjoy nibbles, libations by Stable Cafe and The San Francisco Cheese School;
Do a little western jig to the music of Scotty Rogers;
Hear stories, see photos, and view a sneak preview video by Garden Tribe;
Get ideas on containers gardens from the most teeny tiny to large overflowing un-liftable ones.
Join us, we’d love to celebrate with you.
Baylor – and everyone at Lila B.
With huge gratitude, a touch of fear, and a whole lot-o-glee, I’m announcing my forthcoming book: The Plant Recipe Book: 100 Arrangements for Any Home in Any Season. Due early April 2014, published by Artisan and photographed by Paige Green. This book is a collaboration of so many – and to so many I’m so thankful!
With an eye on today’s modern aesthetic and inspired by natural beauty, The Plant Recipe Book provides simple steps to show anyone how to create stunning living plant decor.
A follow-up to The Flower Recipe Book, it also showcases Paige Green’s beautiful photography and easy-to-follow “how to” recipe style. The Plant Recipe Book focuses on 40 plants and 100 recipes.
Each plant is used in two or three living bouquets, the first is basic while the second and third are more substantial, and employ more unusual plants, sophisticated designs, or hard-to-find ingredients, leading the reader from simple to more elaborate creations.
The 100 container designs included in the book are sometimes sleek, often whimsical, and always contemporary. They range from stark to ornate and from super-easy to more involved.
Traditional…
