From inside the walls of Flamingo Estate--an abundant, visually rich guide to filling each day with radical pleasure, including wisdom on wellness, food, activism, design, nature, work, love, and more. Perched high above Los Angeles and nestled within a lush orchard and verdant gardens sits Flamingo Estate, a pleasure-filled enclave of nature worship, folk mythologies, and powerful healing remedies. At Flamingo, Mother Earth is the ultimate luxury and pleasure is a human right.
Flamingo Estate's founder, Richard Christiansen, invites you inside his home and to meet his friends and heroes. Presenting fifteen pleasure principles inspired by nature's wisdom, Christiansen reveals how a deep relationship with nature offers a life of pleasure and joy.
Discover how to flirt like an orchid, embrace winters like a plum tree, work like wisteria, and court your shadow like the fern. Combining hundreds of images and luxurious rituals for well-being with stories from Christiansen's own journey of awakening,
Flamingo Estate: The Guide to Becoming Alive is a rousing call to reject a life of tedium and luxuriate in the radical pleasures of the natural world.
Featuring conversations with luminaries from food, activism, wellness, and the arts, including:
- Jane Fonda
- Martha Stewart
- John Legend
- Chrissy Teigen
- Jane Goodall
- Alice Waters
- Kelly Wearstler
- David de Rothschild
- Elise Loehnen
- Erica Chidi
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Terry Tempest Williams
- + More
CELEBRATED AUTHOR AND BRAND: Richard Christiansen is a beloved and respected leader in food, wellness, and business. His global brand, Flamingo Estate, has been covered by a wide range of outlets, including the
New York Times,
Architectural Digest, Food + Wine, Vogue,
Oprah, goop,
Forbes, and many others. Flamingo Estate has grown from his own home to a family of over 125 farms and collaborators, producing over 150 products, including candles, beauty products, kitchen essentials, fresh vegetables, and much more--all celebrated for their quality and traceability.
Perfect for:
- Fans of Flamingo Estate
- Food and wellness enthusiasts
- Anyone experiencing burnout or seeking stress relief
- Décor enthusiasts and readers of Architectural Digest and Oprah
- Fans of Kelly Wearstler and Martha Stewart
- People interested in slow living and sustainability
- Flower lovers and gardeners
- Mother's Day gift shoppers
- Readers of Michael Pollan, Peter Attia, Arthur C. Brooks, and Natalie Walton
