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