Grow Create Inspire: Crafting a Joyful Life of Beauty and Abundance Paperback – September 19, 2016

Such a warm, well written, practice guide for trying to make this earth all it was intended to be. Such heart behind her words with knowledge to back it up. So inspired to take my garden to the next level. I love it that she includes recipes for not only for the food you grow, but also basic everyday cleaners that are way more eco-friendly, and also diy naturally inspired gifts with instruction!

A wonderful Eco-guide to inspire your life and mind! This book has so much to offer, whether you're deep into eco-conscious living or just beginning to make changes in that direction. And if you haven't thought much about it before at all, the author's easy conversational style will gently take you down a path of eco-introspection without being at all preachy or arrogant.I have strived to live lightly on the Earth for my entire adult life, making gradual yet consistent changes in order to leave the world better than I found it. Grow Create Inspire is full of advice, tips, recipes, and homegrown organic food-for-thought. Lasagna gardening, permaculture basics, natural cleaning product recipes, herbal home remedies, DIY gift instructions, seasonal meal recipes... the list seriously goes on and on. I LOVE this book! It's going to be a very well used reference in this household.With as much variety of information as the author has presented, Grow Create Inspire maintains a graceful cohesion and readability. You also will enjoy Crystal's poetic prose sprinkled throughout and her campfire conversational style. This gem will take a front and center place on your coffee table or bookshelf. Use the index for quick referencing those recipes! And enjoy taking a fun and inspired step towards a more sustainable lifestyle.

This book is like sitting around the farm kitchen table with Crystal: as warm and welcoming as a cup of her herbal tea. The pages blend practical ideas with beautiful illustrations and her stories and experiences behind them. Whether you're on the beginning of your DIY joyful life journey or seasoned, there's something to learn here.

Crystal Stevens personally helped inspire my love of gardening and herbs. I worked with her and her family on a local farm and their passion changed my life. I'm so proud of her work and am so very excited to dive in to what is sure to be an excellent read <3