Such a wonderful question to answer! If I wanted to enjoy the flowers that I loved so much, I needed to venture out into the neighborhood to investigate. Octopus, octopus, eight arms to hold you, Ill squeeze you tight until you turn blue. Especially love Eric Carle as a child. My mother took my brother and I on many Berry picking journeys, and I credit this experience as what planted the seeds of my appreciation and wonder for agriculture. Continue with all the pairs or less if your class needs a shorter lesson. Thank you so much for being so generous with your knowledge, seeds, resources and beautiful flower world. . I almost soley borrowed natural history books, the ones where each was full of pictures on different topics like minerals, trees, oceans, from the library. Let us know in the comments below. I was the youngest kid in town to get my own library card and the librarian have me a gold locket necklace that I still have. I read all the series over and over again. I think her kindness to people is what shaped me. So much freedom to roam! The very first thing I purchased when I found out I was pregnant with our first child, 40 years ago. As kids often love to share their art work, I made drawings for gifts to give the adults in my life. In a short amount of time, you could read about Jack and Annies latest adventure and a problem they had to solve there. I would get lost in the illustrations imagining what Eden must have been like when God created our earth. To this day, I remain a hopeless romantic <3. I had no books in the home as a child. I am a constant reader and love all kinds of stories but I wonder if these types of books honed my skills at seeing details in situations and projects. . Is be delighted to own a copy as I spent hours on end in my Wheres Waldo books. Kitchen play is a free choice favorite, and we love talking about favorite foods and what we make at home with our families. The enchanting garden adventures along river banks filled with flowers along the paths everywhere. Thank you for the wonderful interview and always the new ideas to get my creative juices flowing. I was especially drawn to books about pioneers, including the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I think my favorite one was Henry Huggins and the Clubhouse. I now enjoy living away from the city and people. Such eye openers to the world beyond my imagination. The interview with Zoe enlightens me with the magic of flowers and the beauty of experiential storytelling. Feeding time is your pets favorite time. I stumbled upon the Narnia books in our small school library and was entranced by the beautiful world CS Lewis imagined. When trying to come up with a name for our flower farm I knew we needed to call it Basket of Flowers Farm after that Childhood book because of what the book was all about. It is titled Favorite Poems Old and New. It is a large collection of poetry and short essays Selected for Boys and Girls by Helen Ferris. This was so special & exciting for me as a child. The Jolly Postman was my favorite book as a child and I relieve the enjoyment over and over again as I see it through the eyes of my children. I grew up reading and gardening with my father. Always love that memory! I love looking at the depth of colors in a single blossom. I am an adventurer and those books carried me away. She was a young girl who solved mysteries and went on different adventures. Always on an adventureoutside which resonated deeply. I love the Laura Ingalls series! (And also a love of watching television mysteries!) Your book is a ray of sunshine! When, on the red dawn throning, One of my favourite books when I was little was The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. As an adult, Im breaking free from the golden child complex and finding what my heart truly desires. As a child I got stars for reading books at school and that motivated me to read the most books in my class. I am just thinking about getting some flower seeds started in my cold Victorian farmhouse. I loved Robert Louis Stevenson poems, especially A childs garden of verses, and the land of counterpane! As I got older I found the same joy in Agatha Christie novels as well as MANY other authors and genres. I think these books shaped me as an adult to expected the unexpected and be curious about it. martha's vineyard sharks: 2021; why does destiny 2 keep crashing ps5; the black ball by ralph ellison symbols My very favorite book as a child was Ferdinand the Bull, because Ferdinand preferred to sit and smell the flowers rather than fight! I know your flower farm and design studio Field of Roses is a true family affair. I fell in love with science fiction, horror and the melding of the two. Same with I Spy, at first glance, a page looks no different than your grandmas cluttered home, but with curiosity, youre led to reveal the treasured objects and their stories. Theres magic in the world around us, and I see this with my children when they play. What I related to about pickles is that he was adopted as pets are and I myself was adopted. Recognizing patterns. I enjoyed reading books about dogs and war. To this day I am moved to bring could be friends into my life and the lives of others, and cherish lovely garden spots that are tucked away. The premise was you a read a scene setting and then decide the next step like turn to page six if you would open the doorway in the dark hallway or turn to page 12 if you would turn back to go get your friend. We had horses and goats but no pigs. He gave us all plants to sustain our bodies and beautify our lives. I enjoyed reading the collection of Nancy Drew books and over fifty years later still have them. My favorite book as a child was The Giving Tree. Today, Im still a curious gal and enjoy a good mystery movie. Much like the giant, I didnt possess the same characteristics as my peers in an office setting. The hidden picture may have been a dolphin, a person, a landscape, or a flower. Also the companionship of a dog and owner is truly amazing. Like Miss Rumphius, I, too, hope to make the world more beautiful, be it with roadsides abundant with lupine or sharing flowers in another way with the world. For me, Where the Wild Things Are by Sendak remains the most vivid childhood story and inspired my imagination, as will this book. Also, I loved The Secret Garden story and how it depicted a transformation of nature and its effects on people, thus my joy of sharing flowers began. Thank you for sharing. Thank you floret for finding me on the internet all those years ago. My father gave me as a gift the secret garden. As a child I was wanted to read as much and as many books as possible. I loved yet feared Maurice Sendaks Where the Wild Things Are. I am 14 and have a dream of growing my own flowers, arranging them and seeling them in gorgeous bouquets. Thank your for all of the wonderful teaching you do through your work. I would spend hours looking at paintings and photography and dreaming of adventure. and finding the objects. Lately Ive been very interested in learning more about indigo and natural dye and pigment. The magical descriptions are what got me hooked! I love nothing better than to create a fairie/ woodland environment Im my gardens and property to enjoy the adventures as much as I did. Fortunately for them (and me), they were older folks who did a bit of gardening in the morning and then spent the rest of their day in the house (or somewhereI wasnt a very good spy) away from my snooping. 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 read that book over and over! Anything that combined a great story with beautiful illustrations charmed me. My mother painted still lifes mostly with flowers, often collected from our fields. There were many childhood books that entered my imaginative mind. Those and anything about horses, art, and flowers! I still own a large collection of those books today, and I have passed the love on to my daughter who is now 11. You had to search the picture for clues to solve the mystery. I have always loved mysteries starting with the Bobbsie Twins. She had so much perseverance throughout her short life. I know, very boring, lol! I can still see the section of library where I used to find the book as a kid. Written byFloret. I was a big fan of Archie and Veronica comic books, so much so that I wanted to name my daughter Veronica which I still think would have fit her well. On the weekends we read chapter books. Thank you for the opportunity, its a beautiful book! I had to go to tutors for several years. Now I enjoy nonfiction more, but this book would be a divine addition to my collection! probably because I felt so out of the loop myself. That really made an impression on me as a child, and as an adult, I try to make a positive impact on others. Sugar, oh sugar, how you melt my heart. I would get drawn into their worlds as I searched the pages. Devotionals also! Also the Frog and Toad books and the Wind in the Willows and Little Bear. I delight in the discovery of color in the garden as plants illustrate what i imagined when first placing seeds in the soil. Maurice Sendak illustrations. The magic of a garden remains ever present in my life as I shifted to flower farming in 2019 thanks to the Floret Workshop! Harold and the Purple Crayon was my absolute favorite. Such a sweet book and now considered a rare, collectible golden book. My blossoming heart looks to you. I loved how they were written. It wasnt until looking back for this comment that I realized how much they had shaped my life. :). Thank you for the article and sharing this beautiful book! I have always loved picture books and one of my all time favorites is The Polar Express. When I was growing up I was very into Nancy Drew. the seed catalogs lol. Get moving and grooving with repetitive rhymes and movement activities that give children ages 0-24 months a head start on early literacy skillsFor more earl. What a lovely book, Zo!! And perhaps most importantly, the resilience human beings are capable of in the face of adversity. and whimsical illustrations- which were from the 1960s or 70s! And Zos book is precious! Nancy was smart, brave and fun and I strived to emulate her. I loved the old Jessie Willcox Smith illustration books. Years later, after college, I was still not reading in my leisure. I think thats the magic of this book. He thinks he cant fix the doll, but in the end he ends up repairing it and the little sign on his shop now says, I fix everything, even broken hearts. I would love a copy of this book because the seek and find aspect is so cool! As a young child, I read every Little Golden Book I could get my hands on! How they have shaped me as an adult is that I continue to pursue to know Him and love Him and follow His ways. Now I sometimes have to remember it, because in everyday life with five children it is easy to forget. Horses, horses, horses. And garden, and arrange and play house. Zoes book looks amazing and the photos are breathtaking! To this day I am sure this is where my love for gardening and flowers where born. Whether its getting a tattoo, coloring my hair or playing around in the dirt with my lovely planties! In later years, as a freelance writer, I so enjoyed interviewing folks for profiles. I have done a bit of gardening myself in recent years, and even though I dont have much of a green thumb, I do so enjoy being out in the fresh air and warm sunshine, working with the very dust and earth from which we were made from. Its a highlight for me every month! It will be a book I read to my kids. They were a loving family and always were taught to approach things with kindness and loved their prairie livingI long to live somewhere with rolling hills and landand taught my children to always be kind! Growing up, my favorite book was Stuart Little I bet I read it at least ten times. I just found it fascinating how you can walk into a wardrobe and find a fantasy land! However, one time when my childhood friend was reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, I decided to try it. I loved the whimsy, playful nature of these books but also the messages of inclusion and kindness that I have been instilled in my life. Back then it had a lot of crafty how to projects as well as gardening informationall the things I love now! My favorites was my dads collection of National Geographic Magazines. Then you're in the right place! Is there anything more sweet? P.S. I loved having one story read a night to me from the giant fairy tale book. Perhaps the idea of finding and nurturing treasures back to their full glorious beauty stuck with me. Seeing her work would fuel my imagination and bring joy. I loved Shel Silverstein and his illustrations. As a child, I adored Robert Louis Stevenson and his poetry, along with beautiful illustrations and books that had belonged to my parents as children. I had a strong imagination and really felt like I was following the characters on all their adventures. Although I read everything I could get my hands on pretty much. Now I look for strong female role models in everyday life. It made me love books and nature. I also loved Anne of Green Gables and Pipi Longstockings. I think I have often killed my efforts of growing plants with kindness. My love for flowers had always spilled into my art work and I couldnt get my hands on enough books or magazines that showed me the way to my current craft love! Bookmark Quiz Bookmark Quiz -/5-RATE QUIZ. So if anything I came to love books.and to read . This book looks amazing a feast for the eyes! They captured my imagination and I loved reading about historical peoples lives such as Betsy Ross, Dolly Madison, Harriet Tubman, 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 going over and over all of Richard Scarrys books as a child. Comments. My favorite book as a child was Bambi and I loved Thumper peaking his head out in the field of wild flowers. I loved the book Mandy by Julie Andrews and Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. These books were often my way of separating from my time as a teen and just being able to set myself as a outsider looking into the story and watching it unfold. All books with colorful, artistic pictures were (and still are) my favorites. My bookshelf contains treasures about gardening, sourdough and flowers, and I would LOVE to add Lost and Found to my collection! I related to the uncomplicated sweetness of the story and the first tastes of freedom going off into a row in the patch to either feast on berries or to try to fill my bucket. I use to tell her you could grow anything from out of a rock! I would love a copy of this book, it looks like a joy to read again and again. I wish I knew where those books are now as they were beautifully illustrated. hide this ad . Thank you for introducing us to another treasure and great interview. My favorite book was a little book called, A Childs Garden of Verse, it was a collection of beautiful poems. If you use up all of what brings enjoyment to your life, youll be longing and sad for the rest of your life. Winners will be announced on March 7. I related to her love of nature and the beauty in each season and used it for imaginative play. I love this interview and learning about Zoe and Sue. Unfortunately, I was not much of a reader as a child but grew up to love books -especially childrens books! I loved any book that would take me along a process of learning; make your own whatever book. THEN one summer day, skinny and bored teenaged me found a little book with an interesting cover at the library up the street. I didnt even realize the book had words until I was an adult and I bought a copy of it for my own children. Well, that has been over come by events now, but it is still a wonderful memory for me in that safe little spot in my heart. I was hooked on the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Inretrospect i should have just asked my mom but i didn t think of that. We were lucky enough to have beautiful illustrated books including wind in the willows, Grimms fairy tales, and a compilation of fairy tales and downhome fables like three little pigs, red riding hood, three little kittens, etc., with full color graphics, John Martins big book which had beautiful line drawings of fairies, sprites, and mythological characters all in black, white and red ink along with puzzles, games, poems and riddles that kept us occupied for hours. The Secret Garden was my favorite book, I would play outside for hours creating my own secret garden in our yard, and I called it my property. Now, my husband and I are working hard to find our own property to build our own farm/garden, and Im so excited to get to work on it someday. Small wonder that Ive been a passionate gardener as an adult, who has to have my hands in the dirt among my plants, listening to the warnings of chipmunks and the birds call and response every afternoon, to count it a day well-spent. I still have a hardbound 3 volume from 1985. X Tania. I would read anything. The paintings I was especially drawn to where landscapes, nature and flowers. It has collections organized into sections with titles that children can totally relate too. Growing up in a family that moved around a lot, I loved reading about families in small towns and traditions. Which is something I can definitely relate to now! I also loved Summer of the Monkeys and Where the Red Fern Grows. Theres something about stories that show you nature at its best that inspire you to get out and create that place of wonder and excitement with the space you have. I loved picture books as a young child, but didnt fall in love with reading until I read fantasy novels as a teenager. (Urban area so no sheep or goats here.). Im still in awe of that experience and have been so fortunate and grateful to have visited such an incredible site. As the oldest I took care of my siblings. for a Spring Urn Workshop that looked pretty magical! The books were about a little girl finding joy being outside, appreciating the beauty of nature, despite the circumstances in her own life. I pilfered it from my parents bookshelf early on (it resided in my room after the initial finding) and has travelled with me ever since. I loved Thunder Cake as a child. I loved every book in the Little House on the Prairie series, Mrs Piggle Wiggle series and Pippi Longtocking and we would pretend to be the characters in those books and bring the magic of those stories into our play. In a way, my love for gardening is the Fairy Tale I am writing for myself these days. Or hope to come across a squirrel that could talk. The type of book that shaped who I am today is not a book but a magazine, National Geographic. I could not wait for another chapter of Charlottes Web to be read. The Princess Bride, Hobbit, King Arthur, Robin Hood. . Fairy tales and allegories! I was an avid reader growing up and still am! My favorite books growing up!!! I love gardens and painting flowers. Loved the inspirational interview with Zoe Fields. My favorite childhood book was The Farthest Away Mountain by Lynn Reid Banks. and There was a little hesitation from my son and my husband because there was a much larger backyard . I loved the Dick and Jane readers with their baby sister and pets, Puff and Spot. It was about standing for the truth no matter what it cost you. 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. That waits and watches for you. Adventure books were my favorite. A pets food should be healthy and filling. Cut your rhyming pairs out and laminate if you want. And as a child my absolute favorite books were books about horses. As a young child, I loved the Mr Putter and Tabby books, about an old man and his old cat who loved tulips and roses and tea. She sources the most beautiful ranunculus, anemones, and cut flower seeds from overseas. A farmers work is never done! I now carve out a bit of time for creating in my garden and reading books about plants. I do the same, my granddaughters love to pick my flowers and play in the garden. I loved all kinds of books as a child, and I think that broad range of interests has carried over! It taught me to take in a picture and take snapshots in my mind to memorize beautiful scenery.

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