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Gilding the Lily
Amy Stewart
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Description for Gilding the Lily
Paperback. A passionate and informed look behind the scenes of the floral industry to discover the amazing and often draining journey flowers now make from seeds and bulbs to our shops, tables and vases. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNPR; WMPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 345.
A green-fingered gardener, Amy Stewart has always delighted in the sight of freshly cut flowers, but she grew increasingly curious and uneasy about the journey those flowers take to reach her bouquet. In Gilding the Lily, Stewart introduces us to the people, places and plants that make up this multi-million-pound industry, from a lily grower in the American Northwest to the rose fields of Ecuador and the tulip greenhouses in Holland. Gilding the Lily is a page-turning enquiry into the controversial practices that lie behind each bloom, including the treatment of the workers in the fields and greenhouses, the issue ... Read more
A green-fingered gardener, Amy Stewart has always delighted in the sight of freshly cut flowers, but she grew increasingly curious and uneasy about the journey those flowers take to reach her bouquet. In Gilding the Lily, Stewart introduces us to the people, places and plants that make up this multi-million-pound industry, from a lily grower in the American Northwest to the rose fields of Ecuador and the tulip greenhouses in Holland. Gilding the Lily is a page-turning enquiry into the controversial practices that lie behind each bloom, including the treatment of the workers in the fields and greenhouses, the issue ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Portobello Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846271748
SKU
V9781846271748
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Amy Stewart
Amy Stewart is a garden columnist who lives in California, where she writes for Organic Gardening, the San Francisco Chronicle, and others.
Reviews for Gilding the Lily
Revealing on how your supermarket roses get to you, why they don't smell anymore, and other controversial practices
Bookseller
Stewart does an admirable job ... some first- rate reportage
Charles Elliott
Literary Review
I also heartily recommend Amy Stewart's very readable book, Gilding the Lily, wherein she inquires extensively into the world of commercial flower ... Read more
Bookseller
Stewart does an admirable job ... some first- rate reportage
Charles Elliott
Literary Review
I also heartily recommend Amy Stewart's very readable book, Gilding the Lily, wherein she inquires extensively into the world of commercial flower ... Read more