Gilding The Lily

Inside The Cut Flower Industry

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Amy Stewart

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Paperback / softback

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A green-fingered gardener, Amy Stewart has always delighted in the sight of freshly cut flowers, but she grew increasingly curious and uneasy about the journey those flowers take to reach her bouquet. In Gilding the Lily Stewart introduces us to the people, places and plants that make up this multi-million pound industry, from a lily grower in the American Northwest, to the rose fields of Ecuador and the tulip greenhouses in Holland. Gilding the Lily is a page-turning enquiry into the controversial practices that lie behind each bloom, including the treatment of the workers in the fields and greenhouses, the issue of patenting and the use of pesticides, and the financial forces that drive the quest for the 'perfect' flower. It is also a wonderful story about the romance and the reality of growing and cultivating flowers.

Author Biography:

Amy Stewart is a garden columnist who lives in California, where she writes for Organic Gardening, the San Francisco Chronicle, and others.

Release date Australia

April 6th, 2009

Author

Amy Stewart

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

illustrations

Pages

320

Dimensions

133x216x25

ISBN-13

9781846271748

Product ID

3041905

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