Comments on: The {Farmer} & The Florist Interview: Zoë Field

By: Judy

Judy — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 21:08:10 +0000

Children’s books that were enchanting from cover to cover were my favorites. Many contained illustrations in watercolor pastels of ladybugs, flowers, bunnies, birds and a Princess with long long hair ..and perhaps a handsome Prince with a fiery horse. And on every page a new delightful surprise that represented joy, hope and love of our enchanting Earth

By: Tyrena

Tyrena — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:12:12 +0000

The books I enjoyed and from cover to cover were books that could take me to another place or another world right at the beginning. Wow I haven’t been to a book store in a while, I will now! Reading a book online isn’t the same as holding and turning the pages of a book !

By: Leticia Shifflet

Leticia Shifflet — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 18:02:15 +0000

The type of book I was most interested in as a child was Coloring books and crayons. I loved the smell of crayons and enjoyed seeing them bring the coloring pages to life.

By: Leslie Chan

Leslie Chan — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:30:22 +0000

I enjoyed fantasy books as a child and learning that adventure is out there in the world and you can be the hero of your own story.

By: Janet L.

Janet L. — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 02:50:38 +0000

Don’t recall whole lot of books in the home growing up. Plus being the second oldest of seven siblings, free time for reading , or any down time at all, was very scarce . But we did manage to spend a lot of time outdoors, running through woods and fields, always carrying a younger sibling on our back. As adult I look back on those challenging days of hauling barefoot little ones on our hips and I wonder where our childhood even went.
Today my love for nature and growing things is a direct result of growing up searching the treetops for squirrels, gently catching snakes, frogs, fireflies and spiders, picking wildflowers, watching summer storms roll in and counting shooting stars on summer nights. I feel I have this love, respect and kinship with the earth that makes growing things an insatiable need and completely second nature.

By: Elaine Wheeler

Elaine Wheeler — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 02:06:33 +0000

As a 6 year old my happiest of times in the Panama Canal Zone (where my house backed up to the jungle) was picking wildflowers and ylang ylang blossoms to make my version of Perfume! I would scrub any jars I could find and ask for rubbing alcohol and “marinate ylang ylang blossoms” at that time (and still do!) I had a great love the newly learned skill of reading! The gift from my father of the farm book called “dogs, cats and horses” about a farm inthe US was all absorbing! Not directly related to flowers but the foliage was so interesting compared to my backyard! I wore the cover off that big book I loved it so much!!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 23:52:39 +0000

Inspiration finds me everywhere! Curiosity fuels the fire. Books are a link to a world yet discovered.

By: Monica Kelly Lopes

Monica Kelly Lopes — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 20:34:38 +0000

Encyclopedia Britannica to look up flowers in Brazil! It all started because I had to leave behind my magic garden and a mysterious yellow flower, after we moved to an apartment. I was determined to name the yellow fairy flower that smelled so amazing, and turned to the Encyclopedia Britannica, a rare resource at the time in the country. With my garden boots and sweater on, I searched through the pages and discovered that the flower was a freesia. This discovery led to my daily hunt for dozens of other flowers that also didn’t grow in Brazil. Many years later, I moved to Boston, where I finally smelled another freesia. And now, another 18+ years later in California, I grow my list of flowers from Encyclopedia Britannica and many more, thanks to Floret. My Irish mom enjoys the garden, and remembers the flowers because of their scents. She told us recently about the gardens that our ancestors had in Dublin and Galway. She doesn’t recall many things but also doesn’t forget a garden. It all started with that freesia.

By: Monica Kelly Lopes

Monica Kelly Lopes — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 20:23:46 +0000

My love for books started when I had to leave behind my magic garden and a mysterious yellow flower, after we moved to an apartment in Brazil. I was determined to name the yellow fairy flower that smelled so amazing, and turned to the Encyclopedia Britannica, a rare resource at the time in the country. With my garden boots and sweater on, I searched through the pages and discovered that the flower was a freesia. This discovery led to my daily hunt for dozens of other flowers that also didn’t grow in Brazil. Many years later, I moved to Boston, where I finally smelled another freesia. And now, another 18+ years later in California, I grow my list of flowers from Encyclopedia Britannica and many more, thanks to Floret. My Irish mom enjoys the garden, and remembers the flowers because of their scents. She told us recently about the gardens that our ancestors had in Dublin and Galway. She doesn’t recall many things but also doesn’t forget a garden.

So, although my favorite book as a child was the Encyclopedia Britannica for looking up flowers, it was my search for that single, mysterious freesia that opened up a whole new world of discovery and connection to my family’s past.

By: Gretchen Luosey

Gretchen Luosey — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 19:27:40 +0000

Ah, I am old so not many will know Gene Stratton Porter’s books. The Girl of the Limberlost, the Harvester, Freckles, the Keeper of the Bees, Her Father’s Daughter, the Magic Garden are but a few I recall. They all center on Nature and instilled in me a love for the earth which full of beautiful flowers, trees, meadows, fields, and birds. Such a joy..