Gilding The Lily: Inside The Cut Flower Industry

Revealing on how your supermarket roses get to you, why they don't smell anymore, and other controversial practices * Bookseller * Stewart does an admirable job ... some first- rate reportage -- Charles Elliott * Literary Review * I also heartily recommend Amy Stewart's very readable book, Gilding the Lily, wherein she inquires extensively into the world of commercial flower growing: including matters such as worker conditions, air miles, plant breeding, patenting, pesticides, and the reason why flowers don't smell any more -- Jane Powers * Irish Times * It is interesting to learn of ancient concerns about the distorting effects of flower production -- Geoff Simons * Morning Star * An informative guide to the global cut flower trade * Amateur Gardening * Amy Stewart goes inside the cut flower business ... and reveals the stories behind the world's favourite lily and the search for a blue rose * Choice Magazine * One of the quirkiest books of the last quarter * Oldie *