Handpicked: Simple, Sustainable, and Seasonal Flower Arrangements

Product Description Brooklyn-based florist Ingrid Carozzi reveals her secrets for creating flower arrangements that are modern, original, and organic in style. Organized by season, the book presents simple step-by-step instruction (how to measure, cut, and place each bloom) for making more than 35 arrangements. Whether you want to learn how to work with chicken wire and tape to create a simple framework or try your hand at arranging delicate and oversize blooms, Carozzi offers a detailed tutorial on her tricks of the trade. Readers are encouraged to source, make, or upcycle unexpected containers, such as rough-hewn wooden crates or vintage pots, jars, and vases. Full of natural floral compositions that marry the modern with the rustic, Handpicked is a lushly photographed, practical guide to creating your own exceptional flower arrangements at home. Review 'load up on at home tips from Ingrid Carozzi's latest book Handpicked, a step-by-step handbook to making lush displays for your gaff. How civilised.' --Irish Tatler 'Forget vases or fussy china pots Ingrid Carozzi can arrange flowers in anything, be it an antique egg cup, an old tin can or her signature packing crates. If you love flowers and love upcycled containers then Handpicked: Simple, Sustainable, And Seasonal Flower Arrangements is the perfect book. Despite the riot of blooms there's an urban vibe about it. Carozzi and co-author Eva Nyqvist succeed in making even the most complex projects seem easy as they explain how to source equipment and bend and shape stalks to create flower displays with real impact.' --Reclaim magazine From the Back Cover ?Brooklyn-based florist Ingrid Carozzi reveals her secrets for creating flower arrangements that are modern, original, and organic in style. Organized by season, the book presents simple step-by-step instruction (how to measure, cut, and place each bloom) for making more than 35 arrangements. Whether you want to learn how to work with chicken wire and tape to create a simple framework or try your hand at arranging delicate and oversize blooms, Carozzi offers a detailed tutorial on her tricks of the trade. Readers are encouraged to source, make, or upcycle unexpected containers, such as rough-hewn wooden crates or vintage pots, jars, and vases. Full of natural floral compositions that marry the modern with the rustic, Handpicked is a lushly photographed, practical guide to creating your own exceptional flower arrangements at home. About the Author Ingrid Carozzi is one of New York’s most sought-after florists, named New York Magazine’s #1 Florist in 2015. She is the owner of the acclaimed Tin Can Studios in Red Hook, Brooklyn, where she creates arrangements for romantic weddings and a long list of corporate clients. Her work has received media attention from publications such as VOGUE, Martha Stewart Weddings, Design Sponge, The Knot, and more. Carozzi is a huge hit in her homeland of Sweden, appearing regularly in print and on television. Carozzi’s work also appears in Abrams' Brooklyn Street Style and in the upcoming book from Assouline, The Big Book of Flowers.