{"id":103801,"date":"2024-12-26T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballinatimes\/?p=103801"},"modified":"2024-12-18T16:08:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T05:08:12","slug":"garden-guru-launches-new-book-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballinatimes\/news\/garden-guru-launches-new-book-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden guru launches new book for kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GARDENING guru Costa Georgiadis is coming to Mullumbimby in January to launch his new book, Costa&#8217;s Garden: Flowers.<\/p>\n<p>Costa is the multiple Logie award-winning host of ABC TV&#8217;s Gardening Australia and Gardening Australia Jr as well as a regular on DirtGirlWorld&#8217;s Get Grubby TV.<\/p>\n<p>Costa has teamed up with permaculture illustrator Brenna Quinlan to publish a book about flowers for young green thumbs.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first in a series of books for young gardeners that the garden gnome Costa was keen to share with the public.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t wait to bring the beauty and magic of nature to young readers, and guess what? Book One is blooming,&#8221; Costa said.<\/p>\n<p>Readers are urged to reflect on their &#8216;flower stories&#8217; and the beauty they bring to the world.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2024\/12\/468360828_1847444490_98028.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Costa&#8217;s Garden: Flowers is the first in a series of books for young gardeneres. Image: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Flowers really are such metrognomes around our day to day. Flowers are the part of a plant that &#8216;smiles&#8217;. Flowers make us smile too! And there are so many different kinds of flowers \u2013 all the colours of the rainbow,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Quinlan uses her art to inspire positive action in the world, and her work has appeared in books such as RetroSuburbia, Milkwood, and Costa&#8217;s World.<\/p>\n<p>The book will be launched at Mullumbimby as part of a tour of the east coast of Australia from Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland to The Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney and Cygnet Folk Festival in Tasmania.<\/p>\n<p>The Mullumbimby launch will feature permaculture party band Formidable Vegetable and Grammy-winning kid-hop MC, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo.<\/p>\n<p>Guests are encouraged to dress as a garden gnome or favourite flower.<\/p>\n<p>The event is on Saturday, January 4 at 55 Dalley Street, Mullumbimby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GARDENING guru Costa Georgiadis is coming to Mullumbimby in January to launch his new book, Costa&#8217;s Garden: Flowers. 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