Flowers and Plants

May 1, 2020

Garden Flowers: Not Too Late for Annuals

My farmer-florist neighbor Jennifer Elliott’s 15-acre organic operation in the Hudson Valley is like a giant cutting garden from April to November. So it was to […]
April 30, 2020

People Have Gone Full 1800s

“I’ve gone full Victorian,” said Rhian Rees, 34, of flower pressing, a childhood hobby she’s rediscovered in quarantine. “It feels like we’re back in the old […]
April 21, 2020

In a Chaotic Season, Where to Begin Your Spring Cleanup?

Despite my decades of gardening practice, I feel frantic every April — and never more so than in the chaotic spring of 2020, when the normally […]
March 10, 2020

Escape Into Cottagecore, Calming Ethos for Our Febrile Moment

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February 14, 2020

You Can Pay People to Style Your Houseplants

Growing up in California, Orion Tait used to watch his father’s weekend housekeeping routine. “Sunday was loud music — Neil Young — and my dad going […]
February 14, 2020

You Can Pay People to Style Your Houseplants

Growing up in California, Orion Tait used to watch his father’s weekend housekeeping routine. “Sunday was loud music — Neil Young — and my dad going […]
February 27, 2019

The Flower Disrupter

Fashion’s favorite florist learned her trade at Tom Ford, watching all the bouquets go by.
April 30, 2017

Understanding What Makes Plants Happy

Thomas Rainer and I have both been doing the botanical thing for decades; we know, and use, many of the same plants — and even much […]
August 11, 2016

Social Q’s: May I Ignore Orders My Mother Says My Dead Nana Is Sending?

Social Q’s By PHILIP GALANES My single mother, 65, is selling the house where I grew up. She told me the buyers asked if they could […]