Description
Rain on the greenhouse roof, a mug of tea going cold, and Madeleine turning the pages of her favorite gardening book for the hundredth time. The spine was cracked, the margins were full of notes, and pressed between the chapters on roses and lavender were dried petals from every summer since 1987. She said it was the only book she would save from a fire.
This book-shaped box celebrates gardeners and their beloved manuals. A garden scene blooms across the cover, and miniature gardening tools, the trowel and fork of every potting shed, lie ready beside it. Offer it to a keen gardener, a member of the local flower society, a landscape designer or a friend who has just planted her first vegetable bed. Stand it upright between real gardening books on a mantel or a bookcase, where it will look as if it has always belonged. The tiny tools look ready for a morning of weeding among the sweet peas and the dahlias.
About this piece
- A book shape with a garden scene on the cover
- Miniature gardening tools as charming accents
- A cheerful tribute to green thumbs everywhere
- Opens to keep seeds, a ring or tiny treasures
- Hand-painted porcelain crafted in France, in Limoges
Tuck a packet of heirloom seeds inside and the present grows long after it is opened.
