Summer is peak season for gorgeous fresh flowers. What a pleasure to walk through fragrant, lushly blooming gardens in backyards and parks! And what a temptation it is to bring the outdoors inside ...

Brighten up your home with these easy, colorful, and in-season winter arrangements—using camellias, amaryllis, and citrus for a fresh start to the new year.

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: Flowers. Although the bloom period of annual statice (Limonium sinuatum) stretches from summer to fall and is long enough for this species to earn a ...

Samantha Nolan is well versed in her knowledge about plants having grown up working at her family’s nursery, but she’s begun working with flowers in a new way by opening a floral shop in downtown ...

For gardeners — or fans of the color blue — the 2026 flower of the year should look familiar! Learn why delphinium deserves ...

Rick Phillips doesn’t want to dislike a plant. The Cebolla Fine Flowers greenhouse designer loves all greenery, but he says he’s on the fence about poinsettias. “They’re not one of my favorites, let’s ...

New trends in color, material, and practical design shaping floral packaging for the year ahead We design our paper to ...

Lilacs have graced gardens for centuries, with their fragrant clusters of purple, white, and pink flowers heralding the ...

Making bouquets is an art, and in Chicago, you'll find many florists creating stunning arrangements. Here are the five most charming flower shops in the city.