Pretty Dirty by Melanie Cecilia Stapleton
The life of flowers from creation to compost
Pretty Dirty is no ordinary flower book. It's a deep dive into the life cycle of flowers, from creation to compost.
Melanie Cecilia Stapleton, of Cecilia Fox, is widely regarded as one of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand's top florists. She is also a tireless advocate for making the flower industry more holistic.
Pretty Dirty is a gorgeous collection of floral inspiration grounded in Mel's ethos of Creativity. Community. Compost, and is a celebration of the intersection between nature, beauty and art.
Pretty Dirty is a glorious ode to the life cycle of flowers from how they're grown to arranging them in beautiful fresh and unique ways, to the inevitable decomposing and disposal. It is richly illustrated with stunning images of flowers in the wild, floral collaborations, both by Mel and her "flower folk" from around the world, as well as stylised images of compost and floral waste to prove that beauty is not just in the eye of the beholder.
Mel shares her tips and tricks from her lifetime spent with flowers and Pretty Dirty also features stories from some her favourite floral artists, flower growers and those at the forefront of the "pretty dirty" movement!
Pretty Dirty
The life of flowers from creation to compost
by Melanie Cecilia Stapleton
HARDIE GRANT BOOKS
RRP: $60
Pretty Dirty is no ordinary flower book. It's a deep dive into the life cycle of flowers, from creation to compost.
Melanie Cecilia Stapleton, of Cecilia Fox, is widely regarded as one of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand's top florists. She is also a tireless advocate for making the flower industry more holistic.
Pretty Dirty is a gorgeous collection of floral inspiration grounded in Mel's ethos of Creativity. Community. Compost, and is a celebration of the intersection between nature, beauty and art.
Pretty Dirty is a glorious ode to the life cycle of flowers from how they're grown to arranging them in beautiful fresh and unique ways, to the inevitable decomposing and disposal. It is richly illustrated with stunning images of flowers in the wild, floral collaborations, both by Mel and her "flower folk" from around the world, as well as stylised images of compost and floral waste to prove that beauty is not just in the eye of the beholder.
Mel shares her tips and tricks from her lifetime spent with flowers and Pretty Dirty also features stories from some her favourite floral artists, flower growers and those at the forefront of the "pretty dirty" movement!
Pretty Dirty
The life of flowers from creation to compost
by Melanie Cecilia Stapleton
HARDIE GRANT BOOKS
RRP: $60
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