Personal gifts from one's own garden have long been a valued social gesture - bunches of flowers, baskets of fruit and vegetables, pickles, preserves and jams . . .
This book celebrates the return of this kind of gift-giving. It has a wealth of recipes for simple gifts from the kitchen - jams, jellies, preserves and vinegars, cakes and liqueurs.
There are ideas for presenting gifts of flowers and fruit attractively - wrappings, labels, baskets. Another section shows how to make some simple natural beauty aids from herbs and flowers.
The final section deals with techniques for drying and pressing flowers and making gifts with bouquets garnis, wreaths and potpourris.
