Meaningful Bouquets: Create Special Messages with Flowers

by Leigh Okies, Lisa McGuinness, Annabelle Breakey (Photographs)

Learn to say it with flowers in this guide to the Victorian meanings of flowers, featuring simple directions to create twenty-five stunning arrangements.

This elegant volume features a visual glossary of popular flower types and their Victorian meanings, followed by simple step-by-step instructions for twenty-five beautiful arrangements. Combine laurel (meaning “success”) and sage (meaning “virtue”) to wish a friend success in a new endeavor, or Carolina jasmine (“separation”) with zinnia (“thoughts of you”) to say a simple “I Miss You.” From Celebration to Luck, Happiness, and Forgiveness, each of the bespoke bouquets suits an important occasion or recipient. Blooming with photographs and watercolor botanical illustrations, Meaningful Bouquets brings a truly personal touch to flower arranging.

Genres: Reference

184 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 29, 2016

Reviews

[Lola · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrations and bouquet compositions. A lost art to send subtle messages through flowers.

[Kelsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved reading about the Victorian meaning of the flowers! the pictures left something to be desired; most of the arrangements were lackluster and looked thrown together.

[Martha]

beautiful illustrations by Vikki Chu; Annabelle Breakey photography like oils by Old Masters

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

great book to review with the meanings of flowers and ideas for arrangements.