A 248-page retrospective of 15 years of work by floral designer Emily Thompson: installations at The White House, MoMA, the Whitney, Lincoln Center, restaurants The Grill and The Modern, fashion designers Jason Wu and Ulla Johnson. Foreword by Shane Connolly, introduction by Nancy Hass. The Monacelli Press, 2025.

A book to keep on the coffee table the way you would keep a Cy Twombly monograph. Thompson treats flowers as sculpture.

A gift for the friend who keeps fresh flowers on her own table. A wedding for the bride who hired a florist with strong opinions. A 40th birthday for the woman who finally understands why flowers matter.

Emily Thompson trained as a sculptor at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and UCLA before turning to flowers. The book is the first full survey of her practice.