The Lavender Lover's Handbook - by Sarah Berringer Bader (Hardcover)

About the Book

Lavender is a beautiful addition to just about any garden, and with The Lavender Lover's Handbook, home gardeners can select and cultivate the best lavender for any climate and landscape.

Book Synopsis

"The best recent all-around lavender book with something for gardeners, crafters, and cooks alike." --Library Journal

Lavender is beloved for its and culinary and medicinal uses. In The Lavender Lover's Handbook, Sarah Berringer Bader provides a complete overview of the 100 most colorful, fragrant, and stunning varieties. You will discover expert tips on spacing, planting, pruning, and care and maintenance. Additional information includes tips on how to harvest, cook with, and preserve the plant, along with step-by-step crafts and project that use lavender in beautiful and soothing ways.

From the Back Cover

With its intoxicating scent, wands of gorgeous purple flowers, and handsome silvery foliage, lavender is one of the world's most popular herbs. Lavender expert Sarah Bader introduces readers to 100 stunning varieties--from the continuous blooms of deep purple 'Buena Vista' and the sweet, delicate flavor of pink 'Melissa' to the incredible fragrance of 'Grosso', the lavender most often used in making perfume.

The Lavender Lover's Handbook is an essential resource for finding the best varieties for your garden or container, providing you with a complete checklist of the color, fragrance, size, and foliage of each plant. Whether you want to create a fabulous container garden, a dramatic border, or an exquisite herb garden, this rich primer gives easy, proven tips for growing, harvesting, drying, cooking, and crafting with this wonderful herb.

"This is simply the most gorgeous, enticing, and informative book on lavender that one will find." --Rosemary Gladstar, author and herbalist

Review Quotes

"Bader offers an extensive collection of recipes and instructions for everything from lavender desserts and drinks to wreaths and wands." --Booklist

"The best recent all around lavender book with something for gardeners, crafters, and cooks alike." --Library Journal

"This book is the heady distillation of [Sarah Bader's] knowledge." --Country Gardens

"Covers a wide range of aspects of growing and using the popular herb." --Akron Beacon Journal

"The book is filled with glorious pictures, tasteful recipes, fabulous crafts, and a wonderful education on growing lavender." --Karen's Korner

"A field guide, growing guide, and craft guide all in one, The Lavender Lover's Handbook has something for anyone who loves this plant." --Books Yarn Ink Blog