A collection of gardening tips, recipes, crafts, gift ideas, tales, and more from the author of Every Garden Is a Story. Simple Pleasures of the Garden is a treasure chest of tips, how-to’s, stories, and trade secrets gathered together in one beautiful book. Organized by season, the hundreds of suggestions and recipes present a profusion of ways to celebrate the bounty of the Earth all year round. Projects include handcrafted lotions and oils, baskets and wreaths, potpourris and floral waters, along with dozens of simple, inexpensive home decorations and easy-to-prepare recipes that utilize all of your garden’s harvest. From compost tea to confetti corn chowder, Simple Pleasures of the Garden will inspire you to bestow the comforts and charms of your garden on family and friends.

The author of "Simple Pleasures for Holidays" now offers over 200 seasonal ways to experience the joys of gardening.

An abundant sourcebook of ideas, encouraging quotes, recipes, and soothing activities, Simple Pleasures of the Garden shows you how to appreciate the simple things within your daily activities. The secret to living well year round can be found in the abundance of your home garden, so get to planting those seeds of simple joys and herbal healing!

From the delight of seeing the first blossom of spring to the pleasure of planting a seed, this book reminds us just how much happiness can be found in the smallest things A gift book balm for the soul in our increasingly screen-based, disconnected world and a celebration of the little things that make life worth living. The 100 everyday things highlighted as simple pleasures range from baking bread and the feel of fresh sheets, to climbing a hill, writing a letter, daydreaming, people watching, and enjoying the first coffee of the day. Offering the perfect antidote to the stresses and demands of modern life, this tender and uplifting book shows us a way to get more from less and be grateful for what we have.

What are the little things that make life worth living? A walk in the countryside, perhaps; a log fire; a letter from a friend. In Simple Pleasures, some of the UK's best-loved writers and public figures ponder this conundrum and come up with their own answers, sharing their thoughts on, among other things, the joys of picking up litter, whittling sticks, reading aloud, and devouring a good cheese sandwich. With contributions from A. C. Grayling, Robert McCrum, Prue Leith, Sebastian Faulks and Ann Widdecombe, to name just a few, Simple Pleasures is perfect reading for anyone who appreciates - or aspires to - the finer, simpler things in life.

A cornucopia of gardening tips, recipes, crafts, gift ideas, stories, and more from the author of Simple Pleasure of the Kitchen. “May All Your Weeds Be Wildflowers,” reads author Susannah Seton’s garden plaque, and in Every Garden Is a Story, she teaches how to grow your own wildflower meadow and offers advice on how to keep all the fresh cut flowers from the meadow lasting even longer. She reminds us of a whimsical childhood with accounts of Ghost Gardens and the gathering of Fairy Bouquets, and she awakens us gently with the reminder to detoxify your garden and be kind to the giving Earth. Every Garden Is a Story shows us just how much we can learn from our gardens. From Seton’s stories about her father’s quest for a seven-headed sweet pea to tales cancer survival to magical portraits of moon gardens, this book takes us on our own journey down the garden path. Each passage offers something special, like details on how to care for ourselves and our loved ones by caring for our Earth, plus tips, recipes, crafts, and ideas for gifts that keep giving back. There’s even an extensive resource section of garden centers, online seed catalogs, and recommended reading!

This book is all about simple-to-prepare foods, "real food," from two big families: one is an Italian family in Brooklyn and the other a food-loving Spanish family in northern Spain...with some All-American classics included.