Gilding The Lily : Inside The Cut Flower Industry
by
Amy Stewart
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1846271746
ISBN-13
9781846271748
Publisher
Granta Books
Imprint
Granta Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 6th, 2009
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
328 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 13.60 x 2.10 cms
Ksh 2,350.00
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A passionate and informed look behind the scenes of the floral industry to discover the amazing and often draining journey flowers now make from seeds and bulbs to our shops, tables and vases.
A green-fingered gardener, Amy Stewart has always delighted in the sight of freshly cut flowers, but she grew increasingly curious and uneasy about the journey those flowers take to reach her bouquet. In Gilding the Lily, Stewart introduces us to the people, places and plants that make up this multi-million-pound industry, from a lily grower in the American Northwest to the rose fields of Ecuador and the tulip greenhouses in Holland. Gilding the Lily is a page-turning enquiry into the controversial practices that lie behind each bloom, including the treatment of the workers in the fields and greenhouses, the issue of patenting and the use of pesticides, and the financial forces that drive the quest for the "perfect" flower. It is also a wonderful story about the romance and the reality of growingand cultivating flowers.
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