Sunflower Houses: A Book for Children and Their Grown-Ups (Inspiration from the Garden)

Sunflower Houses: A Book for Children and Their Grown-Ups (Inspiration from the Garden) by Lovejoy, Sharon. paperback edition. ISBN: 0019628123862.

A magical book of adventures and appreciations written and illustrated by the author of Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots this award-winning title was published by a small press in Colorado in 1991. The reviews say it all: A fetching primer on gardening for children. . . . Irresistible (The Smithsonian). What child, or indeed adult, would not be delighted? Lovejoys recollections are wonderful, as are the illustrations (Victoria). Celebrating the lore of the garden and the joy of interacting with nature, Sunflower Houses is a unique garden lovers miscellany, a collection of memories, poems, activities, garden plans, crafts, botanical riddles, stories, games, and planting projects. There are inspirations for a Floral Clock Garden, A Childs Own Rainbow, Faerie Tea Parties, and, of course, the Sunflower House. Plus, from garden lovers, stories of favorite flowers. Throughout are the artists warm and appealing watercolors of a life in gardening remembered.