Pretty dirty : the life of flowers, from creation to compost

Stapleton, Melanie Cecilia2026

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Melanie Cecilia Stapleton, of Cecilia Fox, is widely regarded as one of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand's top florists. She is also a tireless advocate for making the flower industry more holistic. Pretty Dirty is grounded in Mel's ethos of Creativity. Community. Compost, and is a celebration of the intersection between nature, beauty and art. Pretty Dirty is a ode to the life cycle of flowers from how they're grown to arranging them in fresh and unique ways, to the inevitable decomposing and disposal. It is richly illustrated with beautiful images of flowers in the wild, floral collaborations, both by Mel and her 'flower folk' from around the world, as well as stylised images of compost and floral waste that prove beauty is not just in the eye of the beholder. Mel will share her tips and tricks from a lifetime spent with flowers and feature stories from some of her favourite 'flower folk', from the growers to other florists and those leading the charge on changing this pretty dirty industry.