What happens when you turn cold cash into a faux-floral tribute? 

Giving gifts is a gift. Giving money is a contribution. So what is giving a money bouquet?

In Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana, and Nigeria, it’s illegal.

And it has been for several years. Around

A painter moves past the mirrors of Surrealism to invent flowers all her own.

Several months ago we came upon this work—” Eine Kleine Nachtmusik ” (“A Little Night Music”), from 1943 by Dorothea Tanning. Who wants to venture in–presuming to explain these tense, swooning

Pity (or admire) anyone who can switch languages using the common names of flowers.

Our friend Audrey Wick, author and English professor of La Grange, Texas,  gave us a head-scratcher a few years ago, declaring this flower “a buttercup.” How’s that? We grew up in

Louisiana’s huge cypresses have been destroyed in the name of better gardens. But switching to pine straw won’t solve forest loss.

“Cutting an 80-to-100-year-old cypress tree for mulch is like taking your dining room furniture and burning it for firewood.” So says John Day, Louisiana

Joining forces, a great map-making firm and an accomplished botanical illustrator created a wonder of the world. 

Are you on a journey this August? Having a staycation? Even better. No suitcase required to travel in David Rumsey’s stunning, searchable, magnifiable, historical and outright gorgeous collection

Showman, designer, and mobile gardener Simple bids farewell (kind of) to his wonderland before moving on to his next adventure in grow and glow.

I am impressed by those who love their gardens. I like all sorts and have shamelessly cribbed from many. I admire