Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful |  | Author: Amy Stewart
Publisher: Algonquin Books
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Sales Rank: 45530
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.5 x 0.8
Dewey Decimal Number: 582
ASIN: B002IT5ORK
Publication Date: March 18, 2008
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Award-winning author Amy Stewart takes readers on an around-the-world, behind-the-scenes look at the flower industry and how it has soughtâfor better or worseâto achieve perfection. She tracks down the hybridizers, geneticists, farmers, and florists working to invent, manufacture, and sell flowers that are bigger, brighter, and sturdier than anything nature can provide. There's a scientist intent on developing the first genetically modified blue rose; an eccentric horitcultural legend who created the most popular lily; a breeder of gerberas of every color imaginable; and an Ecuadorean farmer growing exquisite roses, the floral equivalent of a Tiffany diamond. And, at every turn she discovers the startling intersection of nature and technology, of sentiment and commerce.
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 Loved this book. November 4, 2009
D. Lee (East Coast, USA)
I picked up this book after reading Wicked Plants because I wanted more of Amy Stewart! This book did not disappoint, engaging, well researched and well written. Everything I want in a non-fiction book!
Flower Confidentual October 25, 2009
Anthony M. Stelljes (BA ,Ok USA)
I gave the book as a gift to a friend. They really liked it.
 Flower Confidential. The good, the bad and the beautiful August 11, 2009
grandma (ca)
This book is very slow reading. I have skipped over some parts. Interesting about how the flower world works.
Did not realize there were bad people in the plant/flower world. Most of the people are great as they have a done a lot with flowers.
It is slow reading as I read 3 or more books at a time.
Mighty Interesting! July 28, 2009
Thomas L. Ogren (San Luis Obispo, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just recently read Flower Confidential and found it fascinating. I wasn't surprised to enjoy it so much, as some years ago I read another book by this author, From the Ground Up: The story of a first garden, and was quite impressed.
Amy Stewart does a fine job of exploring the mega business of cut flowers, the huge decline of growers here in the US, the explosion of growers in other countries...the ins and outs of it all. I expect Flower Confidential would be of interest to most people who are passionate gardeners, especially to those who have a real interest in the propagation of plants.
But the main thing is that the writing is so good. I am a garden writer myself, and although I've never met this author, reading her books makes me feel I'd like her a lot, as though we could easily be friends. Amy Stewart writes about plants in a beautiful, down to earth manner, lucky for those of us who like to read about plants...but I suspect she could write about almost anything she cared about, and the results would be excellent.
If you haven't read any of her books, do check them out...I figure you're in for a treat. Highly recommended.
Save the World with Flowers June 30, 2009
Harvest McCampbell (Hoopa, CA, USA)
If botany, floriculture, farming, or flowers excite your interest, you will love Flower Confidential by Amy Stewart. Stewart is a masterful writer, who draws you in with beguiling imagery and intriguing stories. As a writer, I often found myself pulling back from the text and rereading, so I could better understand her techniques and devices. I think her tricks will stay her own, though. I am quite sure if I tried my hand at embracing the many dichotomies she addresses; there is no way I could pull it off with the smooth flowing prose that seems to spill effortlessly from her pen. The book is clearly well researched, and she spent a whirlwind year traveling the world in search of flower confidences. All these tidbits are woven into her story with seamless passion. This book will entertain, enlighten, and educate. If you hope to save the world, here's another place to start--with the flowers.
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