Madderlake's Trade Secrets: Finding & Arranging Flowers Naturally

By Tom Pritchard

Book Overview

Madderlake's Trade Secrets reveals how to find the best flower resources, how to choose containers, how and when to cut from branches, shrubs, and plants from the garden and from nature, how to place a phone order with a florist, and countless other trade secrets that have kept Madderlake at the top of its field for twenty years. Throughout, noted gardeners and writers Ken Druse, Lee Bailey, Linda Yang, Timothy Mawson, and Alice Waters give advice on everything from flower markets to gardening resources. Easy-to-spot sidebars, step-by-step instructions, and more than 240 full-color photographs guide the reader through natural flower arranging.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517881586
• ISBN13: 9780517881583
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.5" x 0.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A book for lorists

This is a book dedicated to the flower business.The authordetails his own experiences, observations and personal view about howto buy and sell flowers.The basic idea is to use the best and unsual flowers to create occasional arrangements.The book presents some chapters about natural flower arrangemnts.It is presented the Madderlake style, maybe a mix of English and French style.. It is not a book for beginners.The book is quite philosophical and should be read with attention.If you love flower arrangements, I recommend:Ikebana Expressions by Akane Teshigahara.