Beautiful Roses

Beautiful Roses: A Guide and Workbook for Growing, Using, and Enjoying America's Favorite Flower is Janice Cox's hands-on guide to growing, cooking, and crafting with roses.

With chapters on growing, natural beauty, cooking, and crafting, Cox offers something for everyone who loves this timeless bloom.

At a glance

• Format: Book and workbook
• Author: Janice Cox
• Publisher: Mother Earth News
• Structure: Chapters on growing, beauty, cooking, and crafting
• Topics: Rose gardening, recipes, natural beauty, crafts

Best for

• Gardeners growing roses
• Natural beauty and DIY makers
• Cooks who want to use rose petals
• Crafters and floral hobbyists
• A gift for a rose lover

What's inside

Learn how to keep roses healthy, make rosewater and natural insect repellent, and try recipes such as cinnamon-rose sugar, rose olive oil cake, and candied rose petals. Crafting projects include garden potpourri, rose petal beads, rose bud pomanders, corsages, and boutonnieres, alongside rose history, symbolism, and tips for preserving blooms.

About Mother Earth News

Mother Earth News is a long-running publisher covering homesteading, organic gardening, and sustainable living, offering practical self-reliance guidance for modern readers.