How to speak flower a kid's guide to buds, blooms, and blossoms

"Sunflowers are symbols of friendship. Gardenias represent secrets and mystery. Irises say, I trust you. Flowers bring color and beauty to the everyday world around us, but flowers aren't just prety: Throughout history, they have been used to express ideas about ourselves and the people we care abou...

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Main Author: Williams, Molly (Molly E.) (Author)
Other Authors: Bos, Miriam (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : RP Kids, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Welcome!
  • A mini-history of speaking flower ; Floriography: a way to communicate by using flowers
  • Symbolism in floriography ; Color meanings in floriography ; Flower parts: definitions
  • Plant buzzwords
  • The flower life cycle ; Pollination 101 ; The pollinator crisis
  • Botany versus horticulture
  • Quiz: What's your soul flower?
  • Flower language: love
  • Flower language: friendship
  • Flower language: gratitude
  • Flower language: celebration
  • Flower language: healing
  • Flowers with negative meanings
  • Danger: flowers that harm
  • Quiz: What's you flower power?
  • DIY flowers ; How to dry flowers at home ; Making your own floral bath bombs ; Flower pressing 101 ; How to make homemade potpourri ; Create a flower crown
  • How do your flowers grow? ; Growing your own cutting garden ; Arranging cut flowers ; Bouquet recipes ; Flowering houseplants ; Flowers that make their mark: using flowers to dye fabric
  • Plants/flowers and the colors they make
  • Why connect with flowers?
  • Historical meaning of flowers
  • Quiz: test your knowledge.