Book Review | The Lavender Lover's Handbook

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Gardening | Book Review

The lavender lover's handbook: the 100 most beautiful and fragrant varieties for growing, crafting, and cooking by sarah berringer bader

Sarah Berringer Bader has farmed lavender in the Northwest for over 10 years. Her experience and knowledge are presented in this comprehensive guide to growing, crafting and cooking many varieties of lavender. The Lavender Lover's Handbook provides a complete checklist of the foliage colors (5 shades), flower colors (14 choices), and fragrance (she recommends the strong scent of the 'Hidcote Giant' lavender that I grow, yea). She dedicates a chapter each to culture (planting, spacing, soil, watering, hardiness zone, and pruning), cuisine with recipes, and crafting. So, it is not only a practical guide for growing success but it includes inspirational uses so you and your friends might enjoy it throughout the year. The photographs by Janet Loughrey, are beautiful and extensive, including all 100 covered varieties of lavender. As well as being well indexed, Bader includes an international resource list complete with lavender festivals, associations, farms, and mail-order companies to order your favorite varieties. The Lavender Lover's Handbook is an indispensable resource to inspire and to add to your garden library for both experienced gardener or novice.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      

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