A flower kindred came to visit last week. I feel lucky to get to work with her at her home in Rhode Island as part of her flowering team at Fig & Squill designing flowers for weddings and events. This visit was mostly for play, though I did put her to work helping deliver flowers […]
If you are in the New York area through November 1st, don’t miss the Frida Kahlo exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden. After having just previously toured her Casa Azul in Mexico City, visiting this exhibit in New York was such a delight. The NYBG does an incredible job recreating the feel of Frida and […]
We savored the waning blooms of summer on an afternoon just before the start of school at the New York Botanical Garden. Above image by my daughter. Above image by my daughter. iPhone snaps Beth Horta for Sweet Sabelle.
When FlowerSchool New York asked me if I would help collaborate on their table design for the New York Botanical Garden’s annual Orchid Dinner I had moment to pause. I had never been a part of this type of show where success seems to be gauged by ‘how BIG can you go.’ And orchid isn’t […]
I had the first two images of vintage books I had taken at The New York Botanical Garden Gift Store and I was wondering how to make them into a post. They looked so beautiful in their vintage glamour on the wooden bookshelves, and I love the old old book opened to a beautifully illustrated […]
The roses in bloom at the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at The New York Botanical Garden are a treat to behold. With over 750 varieties to discover, each one seems prettier than the last. I have never seen speckled roses or purples as deep as these. Although with the unusual spring we’ve had this year […]
It flew past me on a fast moving-bus. Monet’s Garden. But that’s all that was needed to pique my curiosity. Whatever it was I was going to try and get there. And indeed I did. Well, Monet’s Garden at The New York Botanical Garden that is. The show is a stunning recreation of the flowers […]
