It’s time to rethink the beautiful arrangement as one which mirrors the patterns of nature and the ebbs and flows of life and death, rather than a particular aesthetic. Elizabeth Brown introduces 30 beautifully unruly plants including aster, fleabane, sneezeweed, yarrow, echinacea, and more, celebrating flowers that have been overlooked by other floral design books. With gardening tips for growing native plants in the cutting garden, seasonal arrangements that integrate local flora, and floral crafting projects for every season, Wild Florals teaches us how to love the wilder parts of nature, and the truer part of ourselves.
Elizabeth Brown is the founder of Foxglove Farmhouse, a cut flower garden from which she grows flowers for her community and educates others to do the same. She lives in Maine with her husband and two children.