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Beyond the Bloom: Life Lessons from the Misadventures of a Beginner Gardener

Beyond the Bloom: Life Lessons from the Misadventures of a Beginner Gardener - Paperback

by Kelly Crabb
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Availability:In StockContributor:Kelly CrabbPublish date:3/16/2026Pages:184
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Kelly Jackson CrabbISBN-13:9798993385204UPC:9798993385204Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Self-Help, GardeningBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Personal Growth, Essays & NarrativesBook Topic:HappinessSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.42 inchesWeight:0.254Product ID:SCBCC65A0M

When Kelly Crabb set out to grow a cut flower garden in her suburban backyard, she unearthed something unexpected: joy, courage, and the sacred magic of starting something before you're ready.

Through stories of growth and grief, hope and surrender, "Beyond the Bloom" invites readers to consider what might happen if they stopped waiting for perfect conditions - and simply said yes to what's tugging at their hearts.

With humor, grit, and a little dirt under her nails, Kelly writes a love letter to big dreamers, late bloomers, and anyone who's ever realized halfway in that maybe they should've read the instructions.

This isn't a how-to, it's a here's-what-happened - and maybe it'll help you, too.

This book is part memoir, part pep talk, part love letter to anyone who has ever wondered if they're brave enough to go for the thing tugging at their heart. (Spoiler: you are.)

It's about chasing dreams even when you don't feel ready, finding beauty in the mess, and learning to grow through both grief and joy.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Kelly Jackson CrabbISBN-13:9798993385204UPC:9798993385204Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Self-Help, GardeningBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Personal Growth, Essays & NarrativesBook Topic:HappinessSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.42 inchesWeight:0.254Product ID:SCBCC65A0M
Crabb, Kelly: - Kelly Jackson Crabb believes beauty is found in both blossoms and the layers of life. She's spent the last few years chronicling what her suburban flower garden has taught her about courage, grief, and the audacity of growth. Before writing, Kelly built twenty-year career in photography, which gave her a love for noticing light, color, and detail-the same things that now show up in her garden and her words.She stumbled into gardening the same way she's stumbled into most good things in life-by saying yes before she felt ready (her signature move). She believes bravery is less about big leaps and more about planting tiny seeds you're not sure will grow. Her flower beds became a classroom for resilience, humor, and hope, and her stories now weave together the reverent and the ridiculous in equal measure.Kelly makes her home in Kansas City with her husband Jeremy, their rescue pups, and an ever-expanding collection of flowers that rarely stay where she plants them. Their two boys, David and JJ, are still her favorite things to watch grow-even as they stretch their own roots beyond home. When she's not in her garden, Kelly loves seeing the world with Jeremy, the scratch of a needle on vinyl, and laughing from her gut as much as possible.
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