The plant-themed book list is back, and you won't want to miss this edition.

The fourth installment of the flower arranging book list~

Since the last floral art book recommendation,

it's actually been half a year!

Today I'm recommending another batch,

many of which are hot off the press. Peony had barely gotten them in hand and finished reading,

before wanting to share them right away.

This plant-themed book list is divided into three categories:

floral art, gardening, and plant stories

You can buy them according to your needs~

/ Floral Art /

"The Master's Way of Natural Style Floral Art"

For friends who love oil-painting textures and classical flower arranging, the floral works collected in this book will surely leave you in aweand give you the illusion of appreciating a world-famous painting.

This book is the first work by renowned New York floral designer Lewis Miller, featuring a large collection of his floral arrangements. From his works, you can gain not only inspiration and ideas for flower arranging, but also a deeper understanding of the art of floral design.

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Color, composition, movement, form, material - all the floral elements you want to know about are explained in detail in this book. It's like an all-capable teacher, telling you about the ideas behind floral works and the artistic techniques of flower arranging.

"Bring Nature Home"

It doesn't matter if you can't open a flower shop for now - you can turn your own home into a dream flower room. The most inconspicuous corner of the home can become a quiet little moment for the family because of a simple bouquet.

Friends who like to arrange flowers at home can learn home flower arranging from this book.It is not only a flower arranging guide, but also a practical manual for interior decoration.The book summarizes professional knowledge on flower selection, pruning, and care, and also provides suggestions for matching vases.

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What moved Peony most is that many of the floral materials in the book come from around us, from nature. You can find flower arranging inspiration from the changing seasons around you, letting body and mind return to nature.

"Flower Workshop: Natural Style Masterclass by a White House Floral Designer"

Describing the works in this book as merely beautiful is far from enough. What it gave Peony was the feeling of creative artistic works.

For friends who want to learn floral art on their own, rather than searching for uneven courses online, it's better to first learn from Aurea Czer, the floral designer used by the U.S. White House. Her floral courses are spread across the globe and widely praised, and "Flower Workshop" is the essence of these courses.

Inside pages preview; image source: HeartBeat

This book has a massive number of color images and starts from the basics, covering everything: the 3 foundational lessons of basic techniques, building basic structures, and tool use lead you into the door of floral art.

Color tones, flowers, branches, fruits, hand bouquets, tall fruit bowl table flowers, and festive floral art - 7 major themes display 46 exercises, presenting each work in 5 steps: season, required materials, substitute floral materials, production process, and finished work image, taking you to appreciate the techniques and charm of floral creation.

"Floral Art Mook"

In every field, beauty has a sense of trend and popularity, but the floral works in this book make Peony feel that the beauty of plants will never go out of style.

"Floral Art Mook" is divided into the four seasonal themes of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. The column design for each season is basically the same, including four major sections: people, design, basics, and shop visits. Peony always looks at spring and longs for summer, looks at autumn and longs for winter.

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The copy Peony got is the autumn issue. It introduces famous floral designers at home and abroad, main autumn floral materials, and design cases in autumn color schemes, including autumn hand bouquets, table flowers, wreaths, etc., and also collects some distinctive flower shops.

Friends who run flower shops and want to know the inspiration and trends for next season's flower arranging can get ideas from it.

/ Gardening /

"My World Is a Garden"

7 countries, 19 classic garden journeysFrom famous garden castles to hidden rose towns, every garden journey is a process of exploration and also a time of leisure and ease.

Friends who want to take a spontaneous garden trip but don't know how to plan it can first take a look at this book.

This is a book themed around world garden travel. In addition to introducing beautiful gardens, it also teaches you how to find homestays with gardens, how to look up garden travel information for various countries, and more.

Garden lovers must not miss it. With one book in hand, the world's gardens are yours to roam~

"Minimalist Gardening Introduction"

"Good news for plant killers" is the best interpretation of this bookWhat plants should be kept at home, and how to care for the flowers and plants at home, so that everyone can transform into a little home gardening expert~

The author of this book is a popular Japanese gardener. The whole book uses diagrams and Q&A to give comprehensive and specific answers to common gardening questions. It also recommends plants suitable for growing based on examples from various situations.

After reading this book, you will understand plant habits, from being afraid of plants to completely falling in love with them~

/ Plant Stories /

"Lingnan Plants"

40 short essays, paired with 40 illustrations outlined with fine, dense brushwork, form nothing less than a little history of Lingnan scenery and customs.

By detailing the character and habits of Lingnan plants and their related poetry, allusions, and local anecdotes, the author writes in delicate strokes, creating a biography for each plant.

What is valuable about this book is that it is not merely talking about plants, but letting us see the charm of life and the elegance of humanities in every blade of grass and tree, and see the traces of time slowing down.

"The Story of Plant Names"

In this book, the author uses relaxed and humorous language to tell the cultural background of plants and the interesting knowledge hidden behind plant names. Even people who are indifferent to plants can be drawn in.

It not only tells the history of plants, but also combines concepts from geography and physics. Every piece has a large amount of information, making it a treasure trove about plants.

"The Botanist's Pot Is Slightly Bigger Than the Milky Way"

This is not a serious book about plants, but it is a book that will make plant lovers unable to stop reading.That's right, this is a book about how to eat plants, a foodie's favorite~

This book first sorts out the history of vegetables and fruits, analyzes their nutritional components and the secrets of strange toxins, and then seriously explains the three ultimate questions about plants: Can it be eaten? Is it tasty? How to eat it?!

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Of course, after saying so much,

the most important thing is: where can you buy them?

Peony has already checked for you~

These books are sold on JD.com and Taobao,

just search the book title directly and you'll find them~

That's all for this week's "Little Q&A"~ See you next time~

This is the new column "Little Q&A." It isn't long, and each time it selects one question that medicine fans care about and gives an answer. Once answered, it leaves immediately and doesn't take up brain memory. If you like the new column, please like it to let me know~