Innholdsfortegnelse for March/April 2022 i Flower

“My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.”– Marcel Proust THINGS CHANGE. Our passions and pursuits evolve. Our tastes shift with experience and exposure. As I review our editorial content, I’m struck once again by how the pandemic has focused our gaze more and more on home (always with a botanical accent, of course, but home nonetheless). We’ve always loved our homes and taken time to fashion them to our liking. But spending such a vast swath of time in them over the past two years has inspired us, as a culture, to reimagine, redo, and remodel—or maybe just change a paint color. And we’ve realized again, or maybe for the first time, the power of personal expression in our environments—the power to create a…

Jenny Elliott could write a book about the challenges of working with poppies as cut flowers. And she has plenty of experience, as she grows 2,400 Shirley poppies and 2,000 Icelandic poppies annually. Seedlings are started as plugs in greenhouse humidity chambers before transplanting the Shirley crop outdoors. That’s the relatively simple part. It’s the handling of the cut flowers that involves a little more skill. Jenny cuts poppies in the evening when they are on the verge of popping, rather than in the early morning when the flowers have already been open for hours. Then she sears the stems immediately before plunging them into a bucket of water. With the best of care, a cut Shirley poppy can remain prime for three to five days. Arranging poppies comes easier.…

COLLECT ALL YEAR LONG. Rick and Christopher buy holiday and entertaining items as they find them—no matter what time of year it is. “Sometimes, the best deals are found out of season,” says Rick. GET ORGANIZED. Through many years of planning events, the designers learned that having a system is key to putting parties together quickly. The duo stores their seasonal and holiday décor in carefully marked plastic bins in their basement for easy accessibility. CHOOSE FLOWERS AND GREENERY THAT ARE READILY AVAILABLE. Rick and Christopher enjoy visiting local growers and garden shops for fresh cuts or plants that can later be transplanted outside. Then they clip blooms and branches from their own garden to add to the store-bought items. ENGAGE YOUR GUESTS. For casual entertaining, the designers like to…

When Cathy Kincaid was hired to renovate her clients’ new house, she had a strong head start. The house was quite familiar since she had lived near it for a time and watched as it passed through various hands. “At one point, the previous owners had given the home a style that leaned French,” says Cathy. “But it’s really a classic English house.” So the designer set out to restore those English bones and bring the house back to its origins. While her clients moved into a condominium for the duration of the three-year project, Cathy started the process of reconfiguring spaces, adding paneling and wainscoting, and papering the dining room in an exuberant landscape mural. The designer, who frequently describes her style as “pretty,” lavished the house with floral…

Prices are subject to change. Any items not listed are unknown. IN BLOOM PAGES 23-27: GARDEN: Tiny Hearts Farm, tinyheartsfarm.com. PAGES 36–40: ENTERTAIN: Designer: Amaryllis Designs, amaryllisdesigns.com. PAGES 42-44: DECORATE: FLOWERS: Floral design: The Wild Mother Creative Studio, thewildmother.com. PALMETTO BLUFF SHOWHOUSE PAGES 46–65: Interior designers: Phoebe Howard and Nellie Howard Ossi of Mrs. Howard; phoebehoward.net. Builder: Young & Meathe, youngandmeathe.com. Developer: Geofferson & Co., geoffersonco.com. Architect: Tippett Sease Baker, tsbarchitecture.com. Landscape designer: AO Studio, @aostudiollc. Floral designer: August Floral & Event Design; augusteventdesign.com. Sponsors: Andersen Windows & Doors, andersenwindows.com; Annie Selke, annieselke.com; Ballard Designs, ballarddesigns.com; Bevolo Gas & Electric Lights, bevolo.com; Currey & Company, curreyandcompany.com; Domingue Architectural Finishes, dominguefinishes.com; Fabricut, fabricut.com; Kingdom Woodworks, kingdomwoodworks.com; Replacements, Ltd., replacements.com; Sherrill Furniture, sherrillfurniture.com; Universal Furniture, universalfurniture.com; Le Creuset, lecreuset.com; Sapelo, sapeloskincare.com. FINDING SANCTUARY…

MATERIALS ■ Peonies■ Strawflowers■ ‘Miyabi’roses■ Yarrow■ Abelia branches■ Foraged greenery■ Lisianthus■ Dahlias■ Ranunculus■ Scabiosa■ Strawberries Inspiration: The Palmer sisters often look to the seasons and their Afro-Indigenous culture for inspiration. Here, the professed storytellers created a narrative around the changes from spring to summer that culminate with strawberry season and the Strawberry Moon, which is the June full moon. “Strawberries are very symbolic for indigenous people, as they are often used in ceremonies representing the renewal of life or blessings,” says Lauren. A Story of Sisters The Palmer sisters, eighth-generation Oklahomans, each came to flowers on their own individual paths, but they all agree that the seeds of floral joy were planted early in their lives. The three women grew up exploring their grandparents’ garden and picking wildflowers, which they…

Tourron Quartz dinner plate ($49), Tourron Tilleul salad plate ($30), and Tourron Tilleul salt & pepper shakers ($60) all by Jars-France • CTB66 tea glass ($60) by Crate & Barrel • Old Denmark stainless four-piece place setting ($90) by Yamazaki. All of the above provided through partnership with Replacements, Ltd., 800.737.5223, replacements.com Piper Woven chargers ($80/set of four), Piper Woven napkin rings ($32/set of four), and Crochet Edge dinner napkins ($59/set of four) through Ballard Designs, ballarddesigns.com • Gaiety Fabric tablecloth by Kravet Basics (to the trade), kravet.com…

Garden • Travel • Entertain • Decorate: Color & Flowers Envision a field of Shirley poppies stretching into the distance, creating a patchwork of crinkled, tissue-thin petals swaying on slender stalks. Now, visualize the scene at dawn when all the blooms—each one unique—have been open for hours, preoccupying every type of pollinator imaginable. Place this picture in Upstate New York, about a two-hour drive from New York City, and then imagine waking up to that field of pulsating poppies every late-spring morning for the rest of your life. Now you know why Jenny Elliott grows poppies. Poppies have always fascinated Jenny, even as a child growing up in California. But she also loved music, and for awhile, that seemed to be her career path. She was playing classical guitar and…

In today’s world, everyone is used to bringing in a caterer when they entertain, but a waiter in a white jacket would look ridiculous here,” says Rick Davis of the parties and dinners he and partner Christopher Vazquez host in their Maryland farmhouse. As owners of Amaryllis Floral and Event Designs in Washington, D.C., the couple is wellversed in the language of elaborate, white-tablecloth events, but at home, they favor casual living, timeworn appointments, and old-school traditions. “It’s all about classic comforts,” says Rick of the colonial-inspired home he and Christopher built together almost 20 years ago. So when they opened their door to friends for an Easter lunch last spring, the designers eschewed the everyday tools of their trade and instead focused on sentimental notions that reminded them of…

The Palmer sisters like to design using a lazy Susan so that it’s easy to see the arrangement from all sides with a simple twirl. STEP 1 Choose a low, medium-size container, roll up a ball of chicken wire, secure with floral tape, and add water. STEP 2 Start to build your base with abelia and any other foraged greenery that has interesting texture and color. Be sure to insert at various angles for coverage and movement. Add sprigs of the yarrow. Group them in bunches for more impact. STEP 3 Add more weight to the arrangement by including dahlias in different sizes. These softer colors will provide a base for the brighter blooms. Make sure to add them at angles throughout. STEP 4 Cluster the lisianthus so they make…

The 16 acres of formal gardens are Filoli’s main attraction, highlighted by a sunken garden and reflecting pool, a Chartres Garden inspired by the Tree of Jesse window at the 12thcentury Chartres Cathedral in France, and a 1-acre walled garden subdivided into numerous ornamental garden rooms. There are terraces, woodlands, hayfields, orchards, cutting gardens, panel gardens, and greenhouses as well. “We are in the perfect microclimate to grow a lot of things that are familiar to people from the East Coast, as well as other parts of the world,” says director of horticulture Jim Salyards. “We have something blooming 365 days a year, including an incredible camellia collection.” Camellias were fashionable in the 1930s and 40s around the time the Roths bought Filoli, and Lurline Roth was a devotee. Today…

Cathy Kincaid gravitates toward the eternal appeal of floral designs. She shares some of her go-to sources for botanical inspiration. Avant Garden (Dallas) always has a unique assortment of flowers, as well as interesting vases and decorative objects. Ellis Hill (Dallas) sells embroidered linens, hand-painted china, and porcelain tableware with botanical motifs. They also have stationery, invitations, and Christmas cards. Scalloped linen handkerchiefs with Liberty print appliqué hearts make wonderful gifts, as do their Liberty print cocktail napkins. KRB (New York), owned by Kate Rheinstein Brodsky, offers custom Marian McEvoy botanical collages and decorative lampshades. Kate also carries Frances Palmer porcelain vases. She will often get in sets of vintage glass bud jars in gorgeous jewel tones like amethyst and amber, which look beautiful in a kitchen window. Madison (Dallas) features beautiful tableware and…