From a Colonial Garden: Ideas, Decorations, Recipes
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New from Colonial Williamsburg, From a Colonial Garden: Ideas, Decorations, Recipes blooms with entertaining and decorating how-tos, recipes, and gift ideas inspired by Colonial Williamsburg's gardens. Author Susan Hight Rountree shares ideas for every season of the year in this clearly written and illustrated volume.
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Author Susan Hight Rountree's latest work follows the best-seller tradition of her two earlier books, Christmas Decorations from Williamsburg and Entertaining Ideas from Williamsburg, published by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Using the beauty and bounty of Colonial Williamsburg's renowned gardens as inspiration, Rountree harvests a wealth of clearly written and illustrated entertaining and decorating how-tos and recipes appropriate for any season of the year.
From a Colonial Garden includes seasonal garden projects that suggest myriad ways to use flowers, fruits, herbs, and foliage, including a spring colonial garden for a mantel or a summer berry topiary. Autumn brings a harvest brunch to the table and a pumpkin snowman to delight Halloween trick-or-treaters. Celebrate the holidays with a selection of five themed special trees or create unusual wreaths, swags, and cones.
Rountree also explores new ways to use the tried-and-true holiday floral forms any time of the year. From a Colonial Garden offers year-round life to the traditional fruit cone, the very essence of a Williamsburg Christmas, with a fruit and berry garland or a summer centerpiece that brings fiery color to the table.
A special section on weddings provides ideas for summer and winter receptions, bridal showers and rehearsal dinners, and party favors to create the perfectly memorable event.
The volume features lush color photography by Tom Green, Colonial Williamsburg staff photographer and member of the Professional Photographers of America. Illustrations are by Elizabeth Hundley Babb, the skilled artist whose how-to drawings illustrated Rountree's earlier books on Christmas decorations and entertaining ideas
The hardbound 224-page volume with 287 photographs, 24 color how-to illustrations and 11 black-and-white drawings is available for $24.Established in 1926, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is the not-for-profit educational institution that operates the restored eighteenth-century capital of Virginia. Known worldwide as the nation's largest living history museum, Colonial Williamsburg recently was recognized as the Best Historic Site by readers of Southern Living magazine for the seventh straight year. Colonial Williamsburg is located 150 miles south of Washington, D.C., off Interstate 64.
From a Colonial Garden: Ideas, Decorations, Recipes
From a Colonial Garden: Ideas, Decorations, Recipes,Susan Hight Rountree,Elizabeth Hundley Babb,Tom Green,Colonial Williamsburg Foundation,0879352124,Cookery,Crafts / Hobbies,Floral decorations,Flower Arranging,Gardening,Gardening/Plants,General,Nature craft,Regional - Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA),Virginia,Williamburg,Williamsburg
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