Growing Wonder

A Flower Farmer's Guide to Roses

Growing Wonder
Felicia Alvarez
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NZ$ 56.99
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NZ$ 45.59
Paperback
h241 x 212mm - 144pg
5 May 2022 US
9781736848128
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Do you dream of possessing a magical rose garden or a thriving flower farm? Whether you long to fill your own acreage with roses or consider yourself more of a weekend gardener, Menagerie Farm & Flower' s Felicia Alvarez can help make your love affair with roses a joyous and rewarding experience. With her engaging and encouraging advice, Alvarez assures readers that they can grow beautiful roses successfully. Whatever your level of passion, with her twenty years of farming experience Felicia will guide you with sound advice and detailed horticultural knowledge.
"Thisbeautiful book is vivid, approachable, and full of delight. Growing Wonder reads likeI' m actually walking through the rose fields with Felicia, learning her vastarray of knowledge while feeling completely cared for and at home with her. Included are gorgeous spreads and explanations of rose types, growing habits,personalities, and care guides that delight your eye visually and empower youto confidently grow roses of your own. You will leave this book feeling deeplyinformed by its breadth of wisdom and return to it often for its inspiring,rose-rich beauty and personable guidance. " -- JEN LAGEDROST CAVENDER,Nectar + Bloom "Feliciais truly the queen of roses and I have been looking forward to her book foryears now. Growing Wonder is practical, down-to-earth, and filled with expert rose growingadvice for every size garden and experience level. " -- ERIN BENZAKEIN,Floret Flower Farm and author of DiscoveringDahlias"Whata wonderful book. Growing Wonder is absolutely inspiring, and I can sense Felicia' s enthusiasm forroses on every page as she shares her contagious passion - a passion that mademe want to grow more and more roses. I love her journey with roses and how theyhave been so present during her life. I am sure Felicia' s roses chose her to bethe guardian of their beauty and to share them with the world. " --GABRIELASALAZAR, La Musa de las Flores"Whenit comes to roses, Felicia is the authority. Before meeting her I HATED rosesand intentionally removed every rose bush from every property I ever owned. Ididn' t even like them in vases. Then I met Felicia and my world changed! Sheintroduced me to the true beauty and diversity of roses beyond the supermarket,and once I saw and sniffed my first David Austin I was hooked! Growing Wonder is theperfect resource for anyone interested in learning how to cultivate and growtheir own garden roses. " --SHAVONDA GARDNER, SGStyle lifestyle blog
Nestledat the base of the Sutter Buttes, in the heart of the Sacramento Valley, FeliciaAlvarez founded Menagerie Farm & Flower specializing in gardenroses, specialty flowers, French prunes, assorted stone fruits, nuts, and riceon over 100 acres of beautiful California farmland. She is a third-generationfarmer and entrepreneur who has been farming for over two decades. Herfavorite memories as a child were tending to her grandmother' s farm gardenfilled with fragrant garden roses. Her love of flowers made her an avidgardener and in 2014 an accidental rose farmer. Through her specialty farmnursery Felicia hand selects unique bare root rose plants and potted gardenroses to share seasonally with garden lovers across the United States.

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