Come to Flora Grubb SF to celebrate the beautiful book Garden Wonderland, co-authored by our talented friends Leslie Bennett and Julie Chai, with spectacular photographs by Rachel Weill. Leslie, the founder and owner of Pine House Edible Gardens, is one of our favorite Bay Area garden designers, and Julie is one of our favorite Bay Area garden writers! Rachel is a travel, food, and lifestyle photographer who has done work for Sunset, Conde Nast Traveler, and so many other publications. These three make a fabulous team.
We’ll spend a lovely afternoon in the garden toasting the trio and their book from 3-5pm on Sunday, April 21, at Flora Grubb SF. At 3:30, we’ll sit down for comments and conversation with Leslie, Julie, and Rachel, followed by celebrating with more snacks and drinks.
Leslie Bennett
Julie Chai
Rachel Weill
More about their book from the publisher:
“A visual feast of garden design inspiration that embraces diversity and teaches you how to create a lush, colorful, edible, and meaningful garden wonderland of your own.
Featuring practical how-to information alongside examples from nineteen gardens, Bennett shows how to incorporate personal and edible elements into the landscape to honor a variety of cultures, while including families of all shapes and sizes, to create space that nurtures self, community, and more. For example, the team designed a garden for the cofounder of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation to showcase art from emerging Black artists, while for a vegan chef’s garden, they incorporated unusual vegetables that can’t be found in grocery stores. A garden for a daughter of diplomats reflects the many places she’s lived around the world; for a family that wants to beautify their neighborhood, they designed a vibrant community-oriented front yard.
With chapters on floral, edible, gathering, healing, and cultural wonderlands, Bennett provides advice for tailoring a garden to your own needs, whether it’s a place to host elegant garden parties, for children to play, to grow your own food and creativity, or a sanctuary to rest and relax. In Garden Wonderland, Bennett helps you unlock the potential of your garden to become a space of inspiring natural beauty, abundance, connection, and belonging.”
Signed books will be available for purchase at the party. Come join us! No RSVP required.
(Beautiful portraits by Rachel Weill Photography)
Red Bay Coffee will also be popping up on Sunday 4/21 all afternoon long, from 12pm to 5pm! So you can enjoy a delicious coffee drink while you’re celebrating our authors and perusing their book. Can’t wait to see you.
