The nature-nurture divide
Is nature really both so wondrous and terrifying? Or is it merely the personification and reflection of the civilization we have created?
Read MoreMay 2018
Inspired by nature’s beauty
Shock and awe, à la française
When the French want to impress – and dress – they go to Versailles.
Read More
When French parks and gardens became, well, French
In 19th century France, a perfect storm of revolutionary equality and maritime botanical discoveries ushered in a new era of landscaping and, with it, a new approach to art.
Read More
A rare flower
Daniel Ost brings a playful individuality to floral, garden, interior and industrial design.
Read More
Cherry blossom time
The works of South Korea’s Lee Kui Dae, recently seen at Canfin Gallery in Tarrytown, prove it’s always cherry blossom season in the heart.
Read More
An exhibit sheds light on ‘the secret life of bees’
Paula Sharp and Ross Eatman – a husband-and-wife team from Mount Kisco – photograph the vivid life cycle of wild bees in a new exhibit at the Bruce Museum.
Read More
Historic gardens revived
Thanks to a grant, the Greenwich Historical Society will restore its Impressionist Era Gardens as part of a broader initiative to reimagine the campus of its Cos Cob headquarters.
Read More
Creativity in ‘Bloom’
Cathy Graham, noted for her unique tabletop designs that integrate flowers with vintage goods and objects from around the world, is the subject of “Second Bloom: Cathy Graham’s Art of the Table.”
Read More
A Connecticut rose in the Tex-Mex wars
Fans of old-time westerns may recall a now-classic line from the 1962 film “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” regarding the blur between myth…
Read More
The nature of Rory Worby’s designs
The Pound Ridge artist designs hand-painted silk scarves that call attention to nature’s majesty.
Read More
Lazy in the best sense
Catherine Wachs is clearly busy. At the end of March, a large calendar on her wall listed landscape design projects that would keep her…
Read More
A catalog in bloom
The familiar offerings of White Flower Farm comes to life during a visit to the 200-plus acre Litchfield property.
Read More
Living outdoors at home
A well-designed outside space not only encourages open-air entertaining, but it essentially becomes an extra room in your home.
Read More
The garden goes native
If you’re looking to establish or expand your garden with regional plants that will attract the area’s birds and insects – so important to our natural environment – then the place to turn to is The Native Plant Center at Westchester Community College (WCC) in Valhalla.
Read More
Going organic with flowers
Organic flower farming is a movement, and The Hickories’ Dana Brewster is helping to lead the charge, one stem at a time.
Read More
Teatown’s Wildflower Island: ‘The Forest That Once Was’
In Ossining, a small island is home to one of Westchester County’s most diverse wildflower habitats. The island’s very creation was unintentional, but has allowed “a treasure chest of floral jewels” to thrive in isolation.
Read More
Riverside paradise
With apologies to Milton, paradise is regained in this Riverside estate, a 2.69 acre compound designed by Shope Reno Wharton with all the amenities for play.
Read More
The bearable lightness of Roma Downey
The “Touched by an Angel” star and “The Bible” producer is all about an attitude of gratitude as she launches “Box of Butterflies,” her inspirational memoir.
Read More
A silver lining for Georg Jensen pieces
While many sectors of the silver market have taken a beating in recent years – the downturn in 18th century English and American silver being a prime example — the silver of the Danish firm Georg Jensen has continued to hold its value.
Read More
Wearing your story
Olympia Le-Tan creates playful handbags that give a new meaning to the term “pocketbook.”
Read More