Lavender

How to Grow and Use the Fragrant Herb

Ellen Spector Platt (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

160 Seiten

2009 | 2nd Revised edition
Stackpole Books (Verlag)
978-0-8117-3546-9 (ISBN)

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Gives instructions for growing and harvesting lavender, with ideas for using it in the garden landscape, in crafts, and in recipes. This title includes projects for making potpourris, wreaths, garlands, arrangements, and even lavender-spiced chicken, halibut, potato salad, madeleines, and bread.

The leaves, stems, buds, and flowers of lavender are valuable for a variety of uses. This revised and updated edition of the best-selling guidebook gives instructions for growing and harvesting the popular aromatic herb, with ideas for using it in the garden landscape, in crafts, and in recipes. Projects are included for making potpourris, wreaths, garlands, arrangements, and even lavender-spiced chicken, halibut, potato salad, madeleines, and bread. An added section on festivals and farms offers travel opportunities for those who want to experience lavender culture. A full list of sources completes this definitive book.

Ellen Spector Platt resides in New York City and is the author of 11 books. She grows a wide variety of flowers and herbs and teaches dried-flower crafts and fresh-flower arranging.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.5.2009
Zusatzinfo	124 colour photos
Verlagsort	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Sprache	englisch
Maße	185 x 230 mm
Gewicht	463 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
ISBN-10	0-8117-3546-X / 081173546X
ISBN-13	978-0-8117-3546-9 / 9780811735469
Zustand	Neuware