The day has arrived, dear friends! My floral-themed tribute to the Big Apple, New York in Bloom, has been released and is available worldwide! It’s a day of gratitude and celebration and I’m so happy to share it with you! Many, many of you pre-ordered the book and have received it early, or are receiving it today. We can all pour the bubbly and celebrate together!
And due to your support, New York in Bloom is the #1 New Release in each of its three categories on Amazon! My heartfelt thanks to each of you! Deep appreciation also to, Kate Woodrow, my publisher Abrams Books, my editor Laura Dozier, designer Darilyn Carnes and the entire team at Abrams who produced the book and distributed it internationally. Special mention, as always, goes to my family and to David, who provided invaluable support, advice and assistance every day.
As I am in London this week for the London Book Fair (and to work on the next book in the series!), we held a private pre-launch event last week. Here are some images from that special evening.
I had custom cookies made for the guests by a very talented baker, Morgan Gaunt, who used the book as inspiration for her incredible designs!
We brought in loads of fresh flowers and fun props like mini taxis and replicas of NY landmarks such as the Empire State Building
It’s incredible how Morgan replicated images from the book on the cookies! They were a huge hit!
This was my most challenging shoot to date – New York is vast and the weather last year was not very cooperative! Spring was late and I nearly didn’t make my deadline but, in the end, it all turned out well and I hope New Yorkers and visitors alike love the book and find it a valuable resource for floral locations in the city. In future posts, I’ll share many of the images that didn’t make it into the book as I have so many favorites.
New York in Bloom is now available worldwide. See here for all ordering info, including international orders with free shipping.
Thank you again for being along on this adventure with me!
xo
G
p.s. Once you’ve received your copy, I’d be so appreciative if you left a review!
Hi dear Georgianna! Ooooooooh it is so beautiful! Congratulations to you!! Bless you for celebrating the flowers all over the world in such a special way. It’s a gorgeous book. I’ve received mine yesterday and was so excited! It’s as beautiful as Paris in bloom and so special. I just love the way you intertwine architecture and blooms all together through the book as well bringing the spirit of New York. I’ve never been there but so much can feel the spirit going through all your gorgeous photos! The party looks just wonderful. I adooooooooooore those cookies. Such great art. I could never ever eat them. Those are a true piece of art and also in the same way sooooo you! I just love all the pictures and had my share of eyecandy for today, haha! Just love love love it all dear! Congratulations again and keep up the beautiful flowers! xox Ingeborg
Hello, my dear Ingeborg! I’m so happy you saw this post as I received your sweet message via Flickr yesterday which was a joy and meant so much to me, but I wasn’t able to login to my Flickr account to reply. You are always the most enthusiastic and supportive of friends and I so appreciate your very thoughtful and kind comments! I’m just thrilled that you received the book already! Thank you for pre-ordering. And I agree about the cookies! They are little paintings. :) Wishing you a wonderful day and weekend ahead. Thinking of you and sending a big hug. xxx
Congratulations to you. I am happy for you :-), Georgianna.
Thank you so much, dear Huda! I’m so happy to have your wishes and friendship. xx
What an incredible achievement and a beautiful book. New York should give you a key to the city. I’ll write to Mayor de Blasio!
Thank you so much, David! I do hope the Mayor embraces the book and wants to share it with the city! That would be incredible!
Congratulations, Georgianna!! This would be such a lovely gift to any lover of florals and/or New York! Those cookies are marvellous!! I doubt I could bring myself to eat those works of art.
Thank you so much, Sneha! I really appreciate your kind words and support! And yes, the cookies are works of art. :) She is amazing.
Wishing you a great day!
This is huge! Congratulations Georgianna, for both achieving your goal and a beautiful end result! What fun to have all those intricate cookies made with your images and then bringing in props and flowers for the launch party. Just wonderful.
hank you so much, Suz! Everyone loved the cookies! The launch has gone well and now I’m onto the London book. I’m here in London until finished! Hope you are very well.
xo
G