Art from the Garden Create 25 Beautiful Botanical Projects

Bring the beauty of your surroundings into your home through 25 tasteful art projects featured in the gorgeous creative guide.​

Art from the Garden is your guide to creating works of art with materials from nature and your own backyard. Learn how to transform natural materials—flowers, leaves, stones, twigs—into artful pieces that bring warmth and character to your home. Through 25 beautifully photographed, fully illustrated, step-by-step projects, artist and photographer Kerry Michaels shows how to create works that capture the textures and colors of the garden. Follow her clear and engaging instructions to create visually stunning frozen floral luminarias, flowing sun printed silk scarves, striking vases using twigs, a playful arrangement of gilded weeds, and so much more. 

Offering inspiration, practical techniques, and design ideas, this book celebrates individual style and creativity. For beginners and experienced artists and craftspeople, Art from the Garden is perfect for those wishing to blend creativity with nature’s beauty and bounty in sophisticated and highly personalized ways. 

Kerry Michaels (writer and photographer) is a fine art and commercial photographer and writer living in Maine. She specializes in food, landscapes, and gardens. She has photographed five books and her work has been featured in magazines, books, websites, and resides in private and museum collections. She was the principal photographer for the books, Growing the Northeast Garden, Proven Winners’ Garden Book, and The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables, published by Timber Press; Modern Pressure Canning, published by Quarto Press; as well as the award-winning book, A Gateless Garden: Quotes by Maine Women Writers, published by Maine Women Write. Her photographs have been seen in BH&G, Country Gardens, Downeast Magazine, Boston.com, The Portland Press Herald, Gardenista, and Remodelista.

Liz Micheels (project stylist) is a first-generation American whose parents immigrated to the US from the Netherlands. Flowers and gardens are part of her Dutch culture and have always been central to her life. After a career in social services — teaching, working with at-risk youth and refugees, as well as reproductive healthcare counseling — Liz started Artful Blooms, a floral business specializing in personalized and creative flower and plant design for inside and out. Additionally, she has worked as a stylist for photo shoots in advertising, food, and flowers.