Flowers are for
everyone.
Quietly beautiful, deeply personal arrangements you can build in 20 minutes. No special occasions required.
Earthy hands, fresh stems.
Diana Sage has been crazy about plants for as long as she can remember. Her passion started when she was a little girl and never let go. Today her garden is home to more than two hundred different varieties, a beautiful, slightly wild mix of ornamentals and edibles that she tends with her own hands.
For her, flowers have never been about perfection or fancy florists. They're about intention, care, and the simple joy of showing up for someone with something grown or gathered from the heart.
She writes from her home in the Southeast, where she spends most of her time in the garden with her family, their two dogs, and a cup of tea in hand.
A Florist in the Shopping Aisle
100 bouquets you can build in 20 minutes, and the words to go with them.
This is a tool for anyone who has ever felt silly standing in the grocery store floral section.
Using flowers you can actually find at Trader Joe's or Kroger for $12–$40, Diana provides 100 accessible "recipes" for bouquets meant for real life: thank yous, apologies, sympathy, quiet love, and simple celebrations.
More than just arrangement techniques, the book explores modern floriography, the language of flowers, and provides the handwritten notes you need when you can't find the right words yourself.
The Language of Flowers
Pink Rose
Grace & appreciation
Sunflower
Loyalty & warmth
Iris
Hope & wisdom
Lavender
Constancy & calm
Peony
Compassion & prosperity
Recipes for Real Life
A glimpse across the pages: six chapters, six moments, six bouquets you can build in twenty minutes.
Chapter I — Thank You
Thank You, Quietly
For a mentor who really showed up for you
Stems: Pink roses, purple iris, eucalyptus, statice
Chapter II — Birthdays
Happy Birthday, Best Friend
For the friend who is your person
Stems: Red gerbera daisies, orange tulips, pink alstroemeria, eucalyptus
Chapter III — Love & Romance
I Love You, Quietly
For the person you've been with a long time
Stems: Peach roses, white lisianthus, eucalyptus, baby's breath
Chapter IV — I'm Sorry
I'm Sorry I Was an Idiot
The classic, no-excuses apology
Stems: White roses, lavender, baby's breath, eucalyptus
Chapter V — Get Well & Hard Times
You've Got This
For someone powering through something big
Stems: Orange tulips, red gerbera daisies, solidago, eucalyptus
Chapter VI — Sympathy & Loss
Quiet Comfort
For the loss of a loved one
Stems: White roses, lavender, eucalyptus, statice
Today's bouquet
Thank You, Quietly
The Florist in the
Shopping Aisle App
All 100 bouquets in your pocket plus personalized options depending on your needs.
Build any recipe in about twenty minutes with flowers your grocery store actually has, plus the little handwritten note that goes with each one.
- ✦Browse all 100 bouquets by occasion or feeling
- ✦One-tap shopping list for your grocery store
- ✦A photo and a note for every recipe
- ✦Save favorites and scribble your own notes
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