Brimming with ideas from the pretty to the practical, 'Gifts from the Garden' contains more than 100 projects that use the gardener's bounty throughout the seasons. Divided into Flowers and Herbs, and Fruit and Vegetables, Debora includes gifts that are edible, for your home and for your wellbeing. There are potted bulbs in teacups and decorated personal seed packets, a lavender, rose and chamomile bubble bath, flower and fruit lip balms, a tisane planter and a pizza herb window box, as well as festive wreaths and ideas for using flowers and foliage when wrapping presents. And of course delicious ideas like toffee apples, herbal teas, spice rubs, chilli jams, courgette muffins and quince vodka to name a few! So whether you want to give something practical for the home, indulgent to enjoy at bathtime, or to complement a delicious dinner, there is a present that will suit everyone.
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'I like this book. Gifts made from things you've grown are always gifts from the heart - a great pleasure to give and to receive.' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
'Cookery writer Debora Robertson, who works for Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall at River Cottage, details 100 home-grown presents that are as achievable as they are attractive.' Evening Standard
'As well as providing delicious food, your garden can also be a valuable source of unusual and thrifty presents.' The Telegraph
'Beautifully photographed and nicely styled, the book features a wide range of gifts from the home as well as toiletries, food and preserves, many of which are pretty and highly feminine.' Gardens Illustrated
'Jam-packed with practical and unique projects, Debora Robertson's Gifts From The Garden contains more than 100 gift ideas that utilise every gardener's bounty. Combining the art of gardening and crafting, try your hand at delicious toffee apples, herbal teas, chilli jams and pizza herb window boxes. There's a present that will suit everyone.' Your Home
'Handmade Christmas presents tend to surpass any other, which is why we love Debora Robertson's new book, Gifts From The Garden. Her 100 ways to use garden plants as edibles or decorative presents are irresistible and quite easy to do. With growing hints, packaging ideas and beautiful photographs by Yuki Sugiura, the book itself is an ideal present.' Homes & Gardens
'The garden can provide an infinite source of inspiration, and in her book, Debora Robertson takes herbs, flowers, fruit, vegetables and nuts to make special and unusual gifts to give away.' The Simple Things
'This fabulous book contains over 100 pretty and practical projects for any green fingered crafter to make use of their garden's bounty throughout the seasons…there's a huge choice of ideas, from the edible to the decorative, including potted bulbs in pretty teacups, personalised seed packets, herbal teas and floral-scented lip balms.' Period Homes and Interiors Magazine
'Gifts From The Garden by Debora Robertson is full of simple horticultural ideas for rainy days.' -- Sainsbury's Magazine
'Cookery writer Debora Robertson, who works for Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall at River Cottage, details 100 home-grown presents that are as achievable as they are attractive.' Evening Standard
'As well as providing delicious food, your garden can also be a valuable source of unusual and thrifty presents.' The Telegraph
'Beautifully photographed and nicely styled, the book features a wide range of gifts from the home as well as toiletries, food and preserves, many of which are pretty and highly feminine.' Gardens Illustrated
'Jam-packed with practical and unique projects, Debora Robertson's Gifts From The Garden contains more than 100 gift ideas that utilise every gardener's bounty. Combining the art of gardening and crafting, try your hand at delicious toffee apples, herbal teas, chilli jams and pizza herb window boxes. There's a present that will suit everyone.' Your Home
'Handmade Christmas presents tend to surpass any other, which is why we love Debora Robertson's new book, Gifts From The Garden. Her 100 ways to use garden plants as edibles or decorative presents are irresistible and quite easy to do. With growing hints, packaging ideas and beautiful photographs by Yuki Sugiura, the book itself is an ideal present.' Homes & Gardens
'The garden can provide an infinite source of inspiration, and in her book, Debora Robertson takes herbs, flowers, fruit, vegetables and nuts to make special and unusual gifts to give away.' The Simple Things
'This fabulous book contains over 100 pretty and practical projects for any green fingered crafter to make use of their garden's bounty throughout the seasons…there's a huge choice of ideas, from the edible to the decorative, including potted bulbs in pretty teacups, personalised seed packets, herbal teas and floral-scented lip balms.' Period Homes and Interiors Magazine
'Gifts From The Garden by Debora Robertson is full of simple horticultural ideas for rainy days.' -- Sainsbury's Magazine
About the Author
Debora Robertson is the associate food editor of RED magazine and works for Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall at River Cottage. She also writes a blog: lickedspoon.blogspot.com
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By Louise
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I absolutely LOVE this book. I often find myself curling up on the sofa with it and just reading it from cover to cover again and again. The pictures, layout and texture are just so inviting and the way in which it's written so engaging. I want to make absolutely everything from it as gifts for Christmas, but have persuaded myself to keep some things back for future years. I thoroughly recommend it as a gift for anyone interested in cooking, gardening or just making lovely things.
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read reviews, seen it in country living mag so bought it, the author talks to you as if you are a complete novice, so ideal for the first time crafter, but not many ideas I had not already seen and a seasoned crafter would not get much out of it.
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By Francisca
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I came across this book by chance and as I love cooking and giving self-made presents I decided that I had to have it! Moreover now we have a vegetable plot and a big garden where I can grow anything I feel like as long as it grows in this climate and type of soil. Every time the author presents suggestions she introduces a new type of herb, fruit or vegetable and gives suggestions of how to grow them.
The photos are very beautiful so is the overall layout. This is also a beautiful book to have on the coffee table or to give as a gift! I haven't tried any of the suggestions yet (there are recipes for cheese, cakes, beauty creams, liqueurs and much more!) but I have already adopted some of the packaging ideas for my Christmas presents! I am sure that I will be trying out many of the suggestions in the near future, if not most of them! I recommend it from the bottom of my heart! Really worth the purchase!
The photos are very beautiful so is the overall layout. This is also a beautiful book to have on the coffee table or to give as a gift! I haven't tried any of the suggestions yet (there are recipes for cheese, cakes, beauty creams, liqueurs and much more!) but I have already adopted some of the packaging ideas for my Christmas presents! I am sure that I will be trying out many of the suggestions in the near future, if not most of them! I recommend it from the bottom of my heart! Really worth the purchase!
By Book Lover
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This was for myself and it's a lovely book, well illustrated and full of good ideas for more unusual presents. Excellent condition. Highly recmmended seller.
By gardengirl
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I'm so excited about lots of things in this book. They are great to make yourself fragrant treats for round the house. A rose facial scrub, some pretty smelling room spray, some lemon and geranium biscuits and some lavender wine jelly. Debora has got some lovely ideas and I'm going to follow her blog now too!
By peterwilmott
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This book is lovely-just right for reading snuggled up by an open fire watching the snow coming down!
It has a wealth of information and ideas.It would make a nice present for anyone who loves gardening and/or has an interest in making their own gifts or just things for their own home.
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It has a wealth of information and ideas.It would make a nice present for anyone who loves gardening and/or has an interest in making their own gifts or just things for their own home.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
By amysongbird
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I bought this as a gift. Beautifully presented book with some lovely and useful ideas! I was so tempted to keep it.....
By Emily
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I bought this book for my mum's christmas present - she absolutely loves it. packed full of so many wonderful ideas. only problem now is that I don't think i'll ever buy her a present again that she loves quite this much!
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Great gift for garden lovers
Bought this as a gift for my daughter and she loved it. It is just what garden lovers will enjoy.
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Interesting but
It's an interesting and very attractive book, but I do wonder how many of the gifts I will actually make and give
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