Foraged Flora by Louesa Roebuck and Sarah Lonsdale
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast:
Foraged Flora by Louesa Roebuck and Sarah Lonsdale
This book came out in 2016, and the subtitle is A Year of Gathering and Arranging Wild Plants and Flowers.
An artist and floral designer, Louesa Roebuck lives in Ojai and has created flora installations from foraged and gleaned materials for clients like Vivienne Westwood, John Baldessari, and Alice Waters. Just flipping through Foraged Flora conveys the striking skill and intuition that Louesa brings to floral work.
What I love about studying a Louesa Roebuck piece is how she deftly accomplishes each step in the process. Louesa is a master forager, and her artistic eye guides every stem and flower.
In this book, Louesa shares a modern twist on flower arranging, and I love that she narrows her palette to locally foraged plants and flowers. Her creations are on a spectrum from humble to showpiece. Louesa lets aspects of her environment play along in her work - leveraging materials in season, plants at every stage of their development, and paying close attention to rockstar natives.
This book is 272 pages of authentic foraged beauty that can be found no matter where you hang your hat.
You can get a copy of Foraged Flora by Louesa Roebuck and Sarah Lonsdale and support the show using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $15
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