DOWNTOOLS
MODERN DRIED FLOWERS: OVER 20 EVERLASTING PROJECTS TO CRAFT, STYLE, KEEP AND SHARE
by Angela Maynard
White Lion Publishing, £16.99 ISBN 978-0711257030
An inspiring dried flower-arranging workshop in book form, considering the floral art as well as the what, where and how-to.
Reviewer Rosanna Morris is a freelance writer.
As our enthusiasm for longer-lasting and sustainable dried flower arrangements continues to flourish unbridled, author and florist Angela Maynard has produced the latest book on the subject. A recent glut of books on this type of floral art could risk repetition or oversaturation, but the genre has expanded beyond wreaths and mobiles and this book serves to complement, enhance and ground our interest in decorative dried botanicals.
This is probably not the book for you if you want information on what to grow in your garden to dry for arrangements, as its focus is buying dried or ready-cut stems to work with. In its essence, Maynard’s book is a floristry lesson: leading the reader through the what, where, how and why of arranging with
