While flowers might not be the first thing you think of when you picture New York City, the city offers access to some of the best blooms on the planet. A companion to the popular Paris in Bloom, New York in Bloom reveals a softer side of New York, showcasing extraordinary parks, gardens, flower markets, and the work of some of the world's best florists, alongside the city's iconic architecture. Stunning photography from Georgianna Lane takes readers on a floral tour of the city, juxtaposing floral beauty with the city's trademark energy and grit. Also including a detailed list of recommended venues to explore and a guide to the season's signature blooms, New York in Bloom is a beautiful gift for New York lovers and New Yorkers alike.
New York in Bloom leads you on a beautiful floral tour of the metropolis—past stylish floral studios and corner shops overflowing with fresh-cut blooms, through bustling flower markets, to blooming trees and lush public parks.
“A magical and unexpected look at New York, this book is lovely and brilliant—a true triumph.” ―Laura Dowling, former chief floral designer at the White House
“Every page of this exquisite book beckons you to buy a plane ticket to New York and see it for yourself.” ―Carla Coulson, author, Paris Tango and Italian Joy
With sumptuous photography, the unexpected, softer side of New York is revealed by juxtaposing floral beauty with exquisite botanical details found in the city’s iconic architecture. Author and photographer Georgianna Lane includes:
- Parks and gardens
- Floral studios
- Market flowers
- Floral displays
- Field guides to locating and identifying common spring blooms
- A list of recommended locations and vendors
- A tutorial on how to create your own New York–style floral bouquet
- And more!
Lane writes in her introduction, “So here is my humble ode to this fantastic, maddening, beautiful, demanding, ultimately rewarding, and indefinable city—a blooming tribute in words and images, composed to the heavenly notes of birdsong and illuminated by the light of the dreams of every person who calls this metropolis home.”
For anyone who loves New York City, beautiful flowers, and world-class photography, New York in Bloom is a gorgeous gift and an essential addition to one’s library of fine books.
"The US travel writer and floral photographer, Georgianna Lane, has created - much like the Dutch Golden Age flower painters-a ravishing, if somewhat selective, picture of New York's spring and early summer delights: flowering crab apple trees and cherry, magnolias, daffodils, tulips, crocuses, lilacs and, needless to say, roses in abundance."
