Harvest

STEFANI BITTNER and ALETHEA HARAMPOLIS are the owners of Homestead Design Collective, a San Francisco Bay Area landscape design firm. Bittner is co-author of The Beautiful Edible Garden and Harampolis is co-author of the bestselling The Flower Recipe Book and The Wreath Recipe Book, and a co-founder/owner of the floral design company Studio Choo.

A beautifully photographed, gift-worthy guide to growing, harvesting, and utilizing 47 unexpected garden plants to make organic pantry staples, fragrances, floral arrangements, beverages, cocktails, beauty products, bridal gifts, and more.Every garden--not just vegetable plots--can produce a bountiful harvest! This practical, inspirational, and seasonal guide will help make any garden more productive and enjoyable with a variety of projects using unexpected and often common garden plants, some of which may already be growing in your backyard.Discover the surprising usefulness of petals and leaves, roots, seeds, and fruit: turn tumeric root into a natural dye and calamintha into lip balm. Make anise hyssop into a refreshing iced tea and turn apricots into a facial mask. Crabapple branches can be used to create stunning floral arrangements, oregano flowers to infuse vinegar, and edible chrysanthemum to liven up a salad. With the remarkable, multi-purpose plants in Harvest, there is always something for gardeners to harvest from one growing season to the next.

EARLY 7 RHUBARB 9 Small-Batch, Quick-Pickled Rhubarb 10 BREADSEED POPPY 13 Poppy Seed Dressing 14 LILAC 17 Lilac Flower Cream 18 APPLE & CRABAPPLE 21 Branch Arrangement 22 BACHELOR’S BUTTONS 25 Blooming Butter 26 SALAD BURNET 29 Early-Season Herb Salad 30 ARTICHOKE & CARDOON 33 Artichoke Arrangement 34 PEPPERMINT CANDY FLOWER 37 Edible Flower–Pressed Cheese 38 ELDERBERRY 41 Elderflower-Infused Honey 42 BLACK CUMIN 45 Warmed Olives with Black Cumin Seeds 46 FEVERFEW 49 Feverfew Tea Bundles 50 APRICOT 53 Apricot Facial Mask 54 MID 59 SCENTED GERANIUM 61 Scented Geranium Sugar 62 OREGANO 65 Edible Flower–Infused Vinegar 66 LAVENDER 69 Lavender & Mint Tea 70 ALPINE STRAWBERRY 73 Alpine Strawberry & Friends Posy 74 PURPLE CONEFLOWER 77 Gardener’s Salve 78 ANISE HYSSOP 81 Anise Hyssop Iced Tea 82 BLUEBERRY 85 Blueberry Dye 86 FLOWERING BASILS 89 Flowering Basil Arrangement 90 GEM MARIGOLDS 93 Marigold Bitters (Amaro) 94 LEMONGRASS 97 Lemongrass Salt Scrub 98 ROSE 101 Rosewater Facial Toner 102 YARROW 105 Yarrow Herbal Tincture 106 BLACKBERRY 109 Summer Prunings Arrangement 110 LEMON BEE BALM 113 Lemon Bee Balm Tea 114 AMARANTH 117 Midseason Herb Salad 118THYME 121 Custom Herb Blends 122 CALAMINTHA 125 Herb & Hive Lip Balm 126 HUCKLEBERRY 129 Huckleberry Shrub 130 DWARF WINTER SAVORY 133 Salt-Preserved Herbs 134 LATE 139 QUINCE 141 Quince Paste 142 ASIAN PERSIMMON 145 Persimmon Wreath 146 PINEAPPLE GUAVA 149 Pineapple Guava Simple Syrup 150 ‘BERGGARTEN’ SAGE 153 Sage Garland 154 SHUNGIKU 157 Late-Season Herb Salad 158 AUSTRALIAN FINGER LIME 161 Papa’s Finger Lime Gin & Tonic 162 CHILEAN GUAVA 165 Petite Ugni Arrangement 166 CHINOTTO ORANGE 169 Vin d’Orange 170 TURMERIC 173 Turmeric Dye 174 VIOLA 177 Edible Flower–Infused Water 178 BORAGE 181 Edible Flower Garnish 182 BAY LAUREL 185 Bay Laurel Kitchen Wreath 186 ROSEMARY 189 Smudge Sticks 190 POMEGRANATE 193 Pomegranate Margarita 194 MASHUA 197 Tuber Mash 198 CALENDULA 201 Calendula-Infused Essential Oil 202