Flower Love: Lush Floral Arrangements for the Heart and Home

by Kristen Griffith-Vanderyacht

A playful, approachable guide to a rainbow of flower arrangements from the expert floral designer and host of Netflix’s The Big Flower Fight .

Whether you are new to floristry or have been at it long enough to see carnations come in and out of fashion more times than the mullet, it’s easy to fall in love and stay in love with flowers. For Kristen Griffith-VanderYacht, flowers are everything—reminders of nature’s beauty, tools for building creative confidence, and a gateway to self-care.

In Flower Love, Griffith-VanderYacht uses his effervescent sense of humor and sharp eye for design to bring accessible, sumptuous floral arrangements to flower lovers everywhere, from all walks of life. With stunning photography of forty-five arrangements, visual step-by-step instructions, and a unique, geometric approach to floral design, Flower Love is an empowering and joyful resource for anyone who wants to add fanciful floral whimsy to their everyday life.

This book

• Step-by-step instructions for forty-five stunning floral arrangements
• The Ten Floral Commandments
• The elements of foolproof floral design
• Helpful design hacks you won't find anywhere else
• A detailed flower glossary organized by color and season

Learn to source and style lush floral arrangements with this primer on design. All you need are some flowers, scissors, and an appreciation for our planet’s ubiquitous natural beauty. So, pop on your favorite tunes and give yourself some Flower Love .

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction, Art

288 pages, Hardcover

Published August 29, 2023

Reviews

[Gael · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is so beautiful. It's great to have out on your coffee table to admire the flowers, but it also has a lot of helpful info for an amateur flower arranger like myself, while not dumping too much info and overwhelming me. The self-love encouragement and humor throughout the book makes it a joy to read and not just instructional. I read through all of it cover-to-cover so I could get an overall sense for different ways to arrange flowers, but will definitely open this book again and again as reference material.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been on a kick to learn more about flower arranging, and hands-down this is my favorite book. Griffith-Vanderyacht is such a positive person, and it's not just his arrangements but his attitude and tips that makes this book shine. It was a wonderful blend of very specific step-by-step instructions for arrangements, but also lots of tips and encouragement to experiment, be kind to yourself, and let your imagination run wild. He also incorporated a wide variety of flowers, most of which would be easy enough to find without a commercial license. I'm *still* not a fan of fruits and veg in arrangements, but to each their own!

[Amberlee · Rating 4 out of 5]

STUNNING flowers & arrangements!
I liked the way each arrangement had a "recipe".