Beautiful Roses

A guide and workbook for growing, using, and enjoying America’s favorite flower. Everyone loves roses. And author Janice Cox proves why in Beautiful Roses: A Guide and Workbook for Growing, Using, and Enjoying America’s Favorite Flower. With chapters on growing, natural beauty, cooking, and crafting with roses, Cox offers something for everyone who loves this timeless bloom. Learn how to keep your roses healthy, make your own rosewater or natural insect repellent, and discover recipes for fragrant treats — cinnamon-rose sugar, rose olive oil cake, candied rose petals, and much more. Then, turn your petals into garden potpourri, rose petal beads, rose bud pomanders, and charming corsages and boutonnieres. Sprinkled throughout the book are delightful rose facts — stories of history, symbolism, and tradition, along with practical tips for preserving blooms and storing petals. Filled with gorgeous photography and hands-on projects, Beautiful Roses invites you to grow, cook, craft, and pamper yourself naturally — all with the world’s most beloved flower. Beauty, fragrance, and creativity — blooming together on every page.