When I think of romance, I think of any beautiful expression of love, given with an open heart. Romance is a way of living a way of filling and surrounding your life and the lives of the people you love with objects and images that nourish the senses.

Flowers do just that--through touch, sight and smell. They can calm and comfort, excite and awaken and communicate volumes without ever saying a word.

This book will awaken your imagination to all the wonderful ways and reasons to arrange and give flowers. Within this book, I have gathered stories, myths, journal notes, poems, and thoughts written by kindred spirits from varied places and times to help illustrate romantic, loving ways to express yourself through flowers.