Another beautiful gardening title, Flowers for Friends is inspiring, image rich and practical volume detailing the basics of 'at-home' flower arranging supported by joyful, seasonally produced arrangements. It moves the reader's focus away from the pursuit of perfection and instead encourages them to take time out for creative flower play to be enjoyed in daily life or, if they're lucky, given to friends. Photographed and written by Julia herself over the last year in her Christchurch garden, this is a book that will appeal to gardeners of all levels of experience, reigniting the easy going domestic practice of bringing the garden indoors.