Visits: 53 London designers working on sustainable fashion created a dress from the leaves of giant butterbur plants gathered at one of the king’s homes. A bride, decked in wedding finery, is traditionally the last model to appear during a …
Human Resources, for Plants
Visits: 31 Felipe Gallegos used to work in fashion, designing store displays for Abercrombie & Fitch and Uniqlo. Now he spends his days with plants, helping them thrive in office buildings across New York City. On a recent morning, Mr. …
When Cherry Blossom Heads Know It’s ‘Game Time’
Visits: 18 The interactive maps that track the progress of cherry blossom buds each spring have attracted an enthusiastic fan base. Weeks before the Brooklyn Botanic Garden updated CherryWatch, the online tracker that documents the progress of a majority of …
Who’s Afraid of a Lovely Fern?
Visits: 23 It’s just a plant — but one that takes me back to the traumatic adolescence I tried so hard to escape. I didn’t want the staghorn fern, but the thought of owning one made my husband, Tom, so …
The Deep Roots of Weleda’s Skin Food
Visits: 20 Calendulas look like daisies, smell like marigolds and possess powerful phytochemicals that can mend skin. At a garden in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, Astrid Sprenger’s blond bob and turquoise pendant swung in the sun as she picked the fiery …
How to Grow a Hydroponic Garden
Visits: 35 Emily Marsh, who lives in Sonoma County, Calif., always thought the best thing about gardening was the feel of soil on her fingertips. But last year she and her fiancé moved to a townhouse with an 8-by-12-foot concrete …
It’s (Nearly) Fall: Which Plants Can You Bring Inside?
Visits: 35 Apologies to the Clash, but it’s time to decide: Should it stay or should it go now? From the canna planted by the corner of the porch in spring to the hanging basket of petunias perched nearby, many …
Maurice Harris Is a Superstar
Visits: 35 Every few days, the florist Maurice Harris goes to his local Home Depot in Los Angeles to get supplies for renovation projects that rarely have anything to do with flowers. “I have a bachelor’s degree from YouTube University,” …
A Long Night of ‘Flower Flashing’ With Lewis Miller
Visits: 41 It was 3:37 a.m. on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn when Lewis Miller let out a sigh of relief. “Right here is my happy place,” the 46-year-old florist and guerrilla artist said. After zhushing a coral peony and throwing …