Lavender - Gardening Book
Lavender
How to Grow and Use the Fragrant Herb
by Ellen Spector Platt
ISBN 0-8117-2849-8
128 pages;· 66 color photos; 71/4 x 91/8; Paperback.
This
guidebook to the aromatic herb shows how to grow and harvest lavender,
and contains a wealth of ideas for using it in a variety of ways: in the
garden landscape, in crafts, and in recipes. Make potpourris, wreaths,
garlands, arrangements, even lavender-spiced potato salad, chicken, and
bread. It includes directions for drying and covers different varieties
and the history of lavender.
About the Author
Ellen Spector Platt is the author of several books. She runs Meadowlark
Flower & Herb Farm in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, where she grows more
than 500 varieties of flowers and herbs and teaches dried-flower crafts
and fresh-flower arranging.
