If it had a flower theme, all the better! I loved the book The Secret Garden and Ive been working to create my own secret garden ever since! Grown now, I recognize just how greatly these books impacted me, and still do. One of my favorite books from childhood is A Time To Keep, by Tasha Tudor. As a child I adored Come for a Walk With Me, an enchanting book about a little girl who is sent to borrow a cup of sugar from the neighbor next door. My favorite book as a child was The Velveteen Rabbit. Boxcar Children, Nancy Drew, & the Babysitters Club. She had a golden/green thumb. We can all see the beauty in so many places everywhere . Learn how to start flowers from seed in this three-part video series. Pretty much animals & nature. Read the books to our children too and will pass them on to grandkids hopefully one day. Growing up I was reading all the time. The Bee Man of Orn is about accepting people for who they naturally are. Absolutely LOVE what you do Erin! About 20 years ago I decided I loved Bull Terriers and read up on them. I think my favorite one was Henry Huggins and the Clubhouse. I loved listening to my mother read the adventures of Laura and her family to me and my siblings. I just couldnt get enough of it. They influenced me in several ways, I loved the sense of adventure that Pooh and his friends always had, whether catching hefalumps or playing Pooh sticks plus they were always kind to each other. Thank you for an inspiring interview on so many levels. I particularly loved the bird books and nature books. My grandmother was a gardener. This is a beautiful work of art!! I bought my first horse in my 40s . Was your mom Sue at all involved in the making of Lost & Found? Ive watched the movies based on that book almost as many times as Ive watched Growing Floret . Is be delighted to own a copy as I spent hours on end in my Wheres Waldo books. But the Roald Dahl books were so enchanting especially Fantastic Mr. Fox. My seeds will get a little late start but they will grow. Ive always loved The Velveteen Rabbit and Rudyard Kiplings writings. What a revelation to realize that you could look for more books by an author that you loved! How I enjoyed learning about these people. I also loved to look at bird identification books because my great grandfather handed some down to me. I grow a few flowers, but they seem to be an afterthought, not a statement. The Giving Tree comes to mind. The illustrations were so colouful and beautiful, using the flowers and leaves as their clothing and was set amongst the gorgeous bush scenery. I was enchanted by a book with incredibly beautiful illustrations: The Girl and the Rain by Milena Lukesova. Crockets Indoor garden was my favorite book to look at with my dad when I was a kid. Now I am working on my own homestead and often wonder what my childhood idols Laura and Anne would think of this modern homesteading lady. The Cyclo Teacher tool that came with them was such fun. Of course, I loved all kinds of hands on books. Read everything I could on these beautiful creatures, owned a pony at age 6, grew into a horse at age 10. I began with what was at home my mothers set of Nancy Drews and a few Cherry Ames. As a child, I loved to read anything with adventure and history. Marys reviving of the secret garden intrigued me and inspired me to love gardens! Like so many others I loved Anne of Green Gables. At first we concentrated on vegetables, chickens, goats, turkeys and a beef cow or two but as the kids left home we transformed the abundant space into perennial beds, flowering and fruit bearing shrubs and a peony garden of 150 plants. Have fond memories of my cousin visiting and we would sleep in the attic bedroom, laugh and giggle and read our Nancy Drew books. Of course Little Women was a favorite, but I was very immersed in Anne Frank and Number The Stars, letting them open my very sheltered and protected mind to the reality of pain and suffering. Her love of flowers & nature & imagination drew me right in. We would pretend we lived out in the woods just like the boxcar kids did, and those are some of my favorite childhood memories. 5. An S from a vine. Im especially interested to hear if there are any new rose varieties you cant live without! About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket In contrast to my deep dark mysterious woods my gardens are anything but just the view across from the house is woods, but were full sun here! Occasionally a splurge would be on colored pencils or chalk, and a real sketch book with sturdy paper. My passions are not mainstream, but I will not hesitate to geek out in monologue when asked. Do you love food? She often cut a bouquet of the zinnias for the kitchen, and Ive always loved them. Maybe it was because father was born in the Netherlands or maybe because when I stared reading her book, we were similar in age. Thank you for sharing. All books with colorful, artistic pictures were (and still are) my favorites. Thank you for the chance to share this book and this memory! I would love a copy of Zoes book. The closeness and relationship that formed was wonderful. My love of the written word is quite contagious, and the best way it was used is to ignite a passion for all things wordy with my students over the years, no matter what age. I cant remember a time when I didnt love reading, and do to this day. Part of the reason that I love flowers so much is getting to share their beauty with others to brighten their day. To learn more and connect with Zo, be sure to visit her website and follow her on Instagram and Facebook. To own this beautiful book, LOST AND FOUND, would be a lovely addition. There were five of us growing up. Where there was hurt at home , there lied hope in between the pages. Did you enjoy seek-and-find books as a child? The other favorite was Donovan Whilloughby, which I loved because it was so creative, I always wished the crayon forest was real. Hardy Boys were my favorite books as a kid. Its just beautiful and inspiring much like Floret!. It helped me picture the story and allowed for better reading. I was just thinking of the irony of getting a subscription to Travel and Leisure as a sub for a magazine I used to get which folded. My favorite books as a child were 2 large books my sister gave me for being her flower girl in her wedding. It was just so exciting to learn to read and I felt proud of myself. I said we were downscaling, but we ended up using it as a good excuse to source more. From this book, Ive learned never to judge someone or something before you truly know who or what they are. A friend has decided that the gaudy ones are the most fun. And Ill be adding Zoes Lost& Found to my list too, the perfect book to combine two of my loves! The Hardy Boys mysteries took me on adventures far away from the hard work of our small truck farm and produced a great reader as an adult. Congratulations on the new book ladies! Nearly everything I read was historical fiction, especially the classics. I gravitated towards books about misunderstood girls (Meg Murray of Wrinkle in Time, etc.) Classic tales that were condensed. The photographs and stories really opened up my mind and made me realize there is so much to learn and explore. I still am. Its just one of the many things we share now. I love gardens and painting flowers. I read and reread that novel many times. It was a little girls dream come true. Growing up in a bilingual family, it helped me with both languages. Thank you so much, Zo, for taking the time to share about what youve been up to and your beautiful new book with Floret readers. It was thrilling to me to read about each precious girls adventures in their gardens and it filled me with such joy. My mom let me have a little corner area of the yard as my personal garden! The thing that had the most effect on me wasnt one book, it was my Dads love of reading. When the BFG spends time in dreamland placing them in jars and bestowing them onto children, it feels akin to my experience of bringing a couples vision to life and sharing the joy of what flowers can do to tell a distinctive story. and gardening and flowers are part of that hope. Piggle Wiggle series because I loved her kindness and the magic! As a child I always liked non-fiction books. Plays. What a delight to see these beautiful, vivid photos. I would get stacks of them from yard sales sometimes. Oh my goodness, I absolutely adore the the pictures on the interview! We just have to borrow the farm animals experience because our HOA wont allow them, Where The red fern Grows. Learning about Zoe Field through your Instagram is especially timely as I am closing on a property in NZ today and am excited about the prospect of visiting her farm in the future. I loved The Secret Garden. The other book, the journal has been used ever since in one shape or another, preferably with a fountain pen. Ive always felt like I was born in the wrong decade, and as a kid in the suburbs, I loved reading books with farm animals, hard work, and everything homemade and homegrown. I saved my allowance and bought every one as they came out. Home Hip Hop News Alexis Skyy and Fetty Wap Meet Face To Face At Alexiss Treyway Signing #LHHNY [VIDEO]. I love your books now, and get lost in the incredible photographs. As an adult, I can read the books with my children and it gives me a lot of gratitude for modern comforts like toilets and running water! I love to explore and learn new things. I loved reading fiction, which fueled my imagination. Also the healing that could be done being outside in nature. I loved Robert Louis Stevenson poems, especially A childs garden of verses, and the land of counterpane! My favorite book as a child was The Giving Tree. The places I could explore. We absolutely loved seeing the islands, trekking, fishing and exploring the people and places. He is working to solve a mystery and when people suggest things to him, he responds, We shall see. I have adopted that saying in recent years and always think of Big Max. I believe this joy set me up for a love for books which spanned over the course of my life, including present day, and Im sure the future. Alexis Kay. So you're writing a song or a poem and are frustrated from searching for the right rhyme? I lived vicariously through her adventures. I still have the book on my self and its illustrations still inspire me to live amongst the flowers and birds! God bless you as you bring the beauty of flowers and photography into the lives of others. As a very little cold, I loved Hop On Pop by Dr Seuss. Excited to win or buy your book and spread the word to others! And the result was I would rather sit and read than go outside and play. and finding the objects. Mon livre prfr tait Martine la campagne. I absolutely loved a collection of books of National Geographic photos. Loved Nancy Drew! I am excited about this new book. I enjoy supporting organizations that protect wildlife. Thank your for all of the wonderful teaching you do through your work. I loved most books but especially biographies. lexis . I was inspired by religious books. She would read to us the most amazing stories that would capture my imagination and I couldnt get enough. What a great escape! Loved this mother daughter story it reminds me so much of how my own daughter and I work together Add flowers to the equation and it makes me long to see their lovely farm!!! From the moment Fern ran out the door to fight injustice I knew that childrens books could change the world- And now I am a school librarian! I was transfixed and horrified by various scenes in the book. Then, in a blast of blinding white light (haha), I was an adult, and spent many years keeping horses and travelling with them. The book looks dreamy! although it isnt related to the book directly, my spying led to my love of gardening in a roundabout way no doubt. I loved that book as I traveled with them, crying over their losses and connecting with their hopes. Looking forward to Lost and Found and maybe next trip will visit with Ze. I think that something about having an adventure and being independent were the things that attracted me. As a child I loved mysteries with a bit of magic especially those by Ruth Chew. I loved finding the images in the Magic Eye books too. And the defect home was when they were all together. They are in my garden today. When I got older and learned to read on my own, I loved reading them again and again. When my children were young we loved reading love you forever it still brings tears to my eyes. This would be the perfect book for us to read together!! As a child, I loved this book called Pickles the Cat. Amber Doig Books were gateways into another persons world for me. Always attracted to anybody named Zoe. Lovely! Ive always been drawn to books on nature and flowers, in particular because I co-lead a group of women arranging fresh flowers every Sunday. The Secret Garden transformed each character with the healing only a garden can bring. She leaves gifts in exchange for your hair! I also read a lot of books about butterflies and flowers, so its no surprise that Im now growing native wildflowers and teaching others about pollinator conservation. They were soft and easy as well as beautiful! The 1st time she saw the canopy of apple blossom on the ride home drew me right in. Thanks! They inspired me to become a farmer and want to live off the land. However, my most treasured book Timid Timothy, is a short story about a scaredy-cat whose mother is trying to teach him how to be brave. The photos are out of this world. I have loved to read ever since I was a child. Now, years later, I am encouraging my grandchildren to read these memorable books by Beverly Cleary. Ctait pas mal les seules livres que nous avions la maison. Whenever I felt lost or confused as to what direction to take because of the pressures I felt from adults I always remembered timshel and the translation of thou mayest. Favorite childrens books of mine are now in the hands of my young grandson. My grandmother always had beautiful petunias and a fence rows of colorful zinnias which she simply called Old Maids. Find more rhyming words at wordhippo.com! Recently, my sister asked me for my input with designing her front landscape for her familys home. I love that Zoe and her mom work together. My favorites books as a child were the Nancy Drew books. The books shaped my view of history and self sufficiency. Cant wait to check this book out! I think that book pushed me to appreciate nature and flowers more, although I always have loved them; the graphic descriptions of an old dying garden hidden from the world behind crumbling stone walls and ever-climbing ivy sounded fantastical and yet, real, to me. Im very into science as an adult! - Newcastle restaurateur Terry Laybourne on reopening St Vincent for first time since Covid, Top city chef and 21 Hospitality Group owner Terry Laybourne talks about the March 9 re-launch of quayside restaurant St Vincent, the effects of the pandemic, the cost of living crisis and Newcastle's current dining scene. I loved all of the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder being a pioneer, the constant need for invention in order to survive nature, both its beauty and its battles. The laughs because they controlled the story were priceless. I LOVED to read Nancy Drew novels, they are so full of mystery and adventure! One illustration in particular was called The Senses: Smell. And Emily the Spyclassics in childrens repertoire. Find more near rhymes/false rhymes at B-Rhymes.com. I would look at the amazing flower gardens and dream of creating my own cottage garden some day. Later on when I was able to understand the language I loved the storys and the wonderful pictures painted by Beatrix Potter. The interview with Zoe enlightens me with the magic of flowers and the beauty of experiential storytelling. The second was The Star Flower which had a large giant flower similar to a coloured sunflower. I continue to love visual puzzles and paired with flowers is just brilliant! Thanks Erin for sharing this! As a child and an adult I am not a big reader but I love beautiful picture books. Both of theses books bring back fond memories of simpler times. I also loved those I Spy books so this is a perfect combination of the two books I loved as a child! This book appears to be magical. I LOVED Pippi Longstocking and Heidi especiallythey were always doing the things that other people didnt think were a very good idea (like running around outside in the grass with the goats and other animals), but in the end those were the Best Things to be Doing. It never happened so when I started working I bought myself a horse. One of my favorite books was Mairelon the Magician. Simply always loved flowers. I loved Snugglepot and Cuddlepie by May Gibbs. This is a beautiful interview with stunning photography! One of those illustrations pictured a hot summer day. The book was about a boy who wanted a pig. My earliest series book was the Little House on the Prairie books. I love finding the originals ones in thrift stores and even at the book stores still. Both of my parents were avid readers so of course all six of their children have followed in their example. I always loved books about pioneers, whether biographies or fiction. pearl, earl and whirl all rhyme with girl in my book BaskerviIle. These books inspired my dream to live a simple life, caring for a piece of land, growing flowers and food, communing with nature; which has now become a reality for me. ~ William Blake. It brought the Bible stories to life with images of Gods nature. Its from cutting she got from Government house in Russell, its supper hardy so if you ever want a cutting just say. My library was within walking distance and I spent a lot of time there. I believe that her curiosity helped me to learn thats its good to be curious too! Growing up as an only child, the books that really resonated with me were stories of a young girl making it on her own. I loved books as a child, and still do! As a child I was wanted to read as much and as many books as possible. I grew up in church in the 1950s being born in 1947. As a child I adored all of Beatrix Potters children books. I loved books filled with photographs of letters formed from the environment. She can name a few flowers like zinnia, celosia , vinca etc. This book looks lovely and one I definitely need., horses (i were in love with this animal so beautiful, sensitive and intelligent) books, with a lot of pictures because i draw them and i looked a british series on a farm with horses folly foot.otherwise my sister red me thousand timessss la chvre de M. Seguin the goat wants her freedom.voil:). I loved a book that was an about Jesus. My favorite was Addy. Flowers and painting are my passions now. A beautiful flower book like Lost and Found would help transport me to another region like New Zealand which I understand is incredible to visit. I daydreamed about living their diminutive lives finding delight in the simplicity of the surrounding nature. My incredible dad has been working hard, opening up road access, moving silt, and rebuilding broken fences and pipelines, wed be lost without him. To do this day, I need nothing more than a book in my hand to be having the most wonderful day. Its a beautiful day, yet relaxed and down-to-earth, the perfect recharge. There was a little hesitation from my son and my husband because there was a much larger backyard . As a kid, I liked the Arnold Lobel books. I also loved the waiting time in my pediatricians office looking at the Highlights magazine, especially the Seek & Find puzzles! The first book that comes to mind is To Kill A Mockingbird. The title in itself is a beautiful reminder that hurting the innocent is the worst crime of all. One of my favorite books as a child was The Story of Ferdinand about a bull who liked to sit quietly under a cork tree and smell the flowers. North Vancouver B.C. Blue Willow by Doris Gates is a lovely tale of a migrant farm workers daughter who has one blue willow plate that she relishes. His invented characters who would feed upon poets and tea. I still love putting the pieces together and identifying the problem (diagnosis) as an adult. Anything that combined a great story with beautiful illustrations charmed me. O Sun, when I stand in my green leaves, I didnt realize that at the time, but all those stories helped me navigate many difficult challenges with hope! It gave a message that a childs level of work is valuable and taking steps to achieve a desired end is possible. People helping others, like a man who couldnt walk receiving a cane someone carved for him out of love, or children who put secret gifts on an elderly womans porch to make her day, made my heart sing. I loved Annes independent and adventurous spirit! I feel so blessed! Go Orange. Today, I am a bit silly when around those I am close to, and I certainly walk to the beat of my own drum. Precious moments ! A salad is the perfect way to get your daily dose! I think they helped develop in me a sense of wonder, which to this day is stirred most by the beauty no of nature: Oh The Places Youll Go by Dr Seuss such encouragement ;) I gave a copy to each of my younger cousins as they graduated high school. I loved all the drawings and the color. I now have the privilege of working with a friend on her flower farm. As an adult, I notice that I still have that same curiosity and find so much fun and intrigue in a good mystery. A wonderful memory I have is of my sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Stewart, reading The Call of the Wild by Jack London to our class everyday after recess. Much like the giant, I didnt possess the same characteristics as my peers in an office setting. I needed her fresh eyes on it as we made the final adjustments. Thanks for a chance to win another! Though my life is very different I find that now, the things that give me the most pleasure are working in my own home cleaning, baking bread, and working on my own land. Now, love to sit in the evenings and just look at the books with flowers and floral arrangements. I will give a big shout-out to Sarah Hawkless of, Over the winter, we pulled out lots of roses that were underperforming. I was always drawn to magical illustrations. This is such an interesting question and hard to answer! When I discovered the Peanuts cartoons, I thought Charles Schultz named Snoopy after my dog. My mom always had them out on the coffee table. thesis: diagnosis: hypnosis: oasis . Some were collections of French (Perault) or German (Grimm) fairy tales from my home countries, but I had a deep fascination for two Russian fairy tale books with detailed illustrations, as well as several volumes illustrated by Arthur Rackham. My favorite book as a child was Matilda and it helped shape me because I looked up to Ms. Honey and wanted to be just like her. In fact, people have been publishing rhyming dictionaries for more than a hundred years. I loved those books and still remember the stories. My 3 children inherited my love of books and we discovered the seek and find books when my youngest was born in 1996, and they quickly became her favorite. It has been a true blessing to hear from my former students over the years as they have grown into adulthood, and how moving it is for me to learn how they have blossomed into wonderful adults with a life they enjoy and share with their own families. I read a lot as a child. I loved Island of the Blue Dolphins and From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. She recently passed, and I am so grateful for all that I learned from her, I too have many many flowers in my gardens today and have passed this on to my children. It is so filled with grace and creativity and of course, beauty from all those luscious flowers and those tending to their growth.
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