Celebrate the onset of Spring in all of its splendor with Warwick\u2019s presentation of “Harvest: Unexpected Projects Using 47 Extraordinary Garden Plants,” on Wednesday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. Presented by\u00a0co-authors Stefani Bittner and Alethea Harampolis, owners of Homestead Design Collective, a San Francisco Bay landscape design firm, “Harvest” offers easy-to-follow instructions for reaping a bounty from every garden and vegetable plot, regardless of its size or location. Green thumb aficionados and novice gardeners will discover ways for using the petals, leaves, roots, and seeds of 47 common garden plants and fruits. Touting multi-purpose, sometimes backyard crops, “Harvest” teaches readers how to produce year-round yields for pantry staples, floral arrangements, cocktails, beauty products and food dishes. From pulping turmeric root into a natural dye and melding Calamintha into lip balm, to transforming anise hyssop into a refreshing iced tea and pummeling apricots into a facial mask or infusing oregano flowers into vinegar while sprinkling edible chrysanthemums on salads, “Harvest” shares garden secrets. Enjoy crabapple branches in floral arrangements and persimmon wreaths. Drink an Australian finger lime gin and tonic and scrub with lemongrass salt while “smudging” with rosemary \u2013 all made with ingredients from your own backyard! “A garden is an extension of our living space,” quote the duo. “It should reflect your style and be a place where you want to spend time. We want to inspire you to grow harvestable plants that provide flowers, fruits, and herbs for use in the kitchen as well as throughout your home in beautiful arrangements. Just because a garden is beautiful doesn\u2019t mean it can\u2019t be useful.”
\n“Harvest” divides the plants and projects into three gardening seasons \u2013 early, mid and late. Seasonal designations match various climate so that gardeners can determine what plants will survive. “We\u2019ve included annual and perennial plants that grow in all zones,” they continue. “Some plants may be familiar, while others may surprise you. Many of the plants are so versatile, they can be used in multiple projects.”
\nBittner and Harampolis encourage readers to use “Harvest” as a guide to select plants that offer year-round potential. Food Safety and the benefits of organic gardening and the importance of influential insects are also taught within its pages. “The ability to grow food throughout your landscape is one of the most exciting realizations a gardener can make,” they write. “And when you make this happen all kinds of other amazing things follow.” Projects include a history of plant ingredients, recipes, instructions, tips and uses \u2013 common and surprising \u2013 juxtaposed to a photograph of the plant and completed product. “Harvest” also includes charts of project ingredient alternatives, references of terms and techniques for drying herbs, flowers, and citrus; dyeing; overwintering indoor plants, pruning fruit trees, succession planting, and winter chill hours. Resources for garden and product supplies are also listed. “\u2018Harvest\u2019 introduces the gardener\u2019s version of that idea \u2013 call it a \u2018fruit-to-root\u2019 way of growing with an appreciation for all parts of the plant, from the first tender shoots in the spring to the pods and hips of late fall,” notes author Debra Prinzing, in the book\u2019s forward. “I\u2019ve learned so much from these two pioneers.” “\u2019Harvest\u2019 is a practical, inspirational, and seasonal guide to living with an edible landscape,” conclude Bittner and Harampolis. “The plants in this book are not only remarkably useful, they make for stunning additions anywhere in your garden.”
\nBittner is also the co-author of\u00a0“The Beautiful Edible Garden”\u00a0and Harampolis is also the co-author of the bestselling\u00a0“The Flower Recipe Book”\u00a0and\u00a0“The Wreath Recipe Book,” and a co-founder\/owner of the floral design company, Studio Choo.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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