On Flowers : Artisan : 9781579658120 : 1579658121 : 15 Oct 2019 : Named a Best Gift Book of the Year by InStyle, Real Simple, Better Homes & Gardens, and the Wall Street Journal "If coffee tables could make . . . wish lists, [this book] would certainly be on them." ?Better Homes & Gardens A singular, personal celebration of the beauty and possibilities of nature   Amy Merrick is a rare and special kind of artist who uses flowers to help us see the familiar in a completely new way. Her gift is to revel in the unexpected?like a sunny spring arrangement housed in a paper coffee cup?and to overturn preconceptions, whether she's transforming a bouquet of supermarket carnations into a breathtaking centerpiece or elevating wild and weedy blooms foraged from city sidewalks. She uses the beauty that is waiting to be discovered all around us?in leaves, branches, seedpods, a fallen blossom?to tell a story of time and place.   Merrick begins On Flowers with a primer containing all her hard-won s