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MARIGOLDS AND COSMOS
Fill your life with flowers this fall! It’s fitting that the seasonal blossomed botanicals of October are mystical and rooted in spiritual symbolism. Because October is the first full autumn month—when days get shorter and the hours of sunlight are more in sync than other times of year—seen as a grand preparation for impending Halloween […]
CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND THEIR CHARMING COMPANIONS
“I belong to the chrysanthemum hour of bright flowers placed in tall vases. I should make an ornament of my soul.” –Fernando Pessoa We all know that fall is synonymous with chrysanthemums. They are practically everywhere: in flower pots on stoops, arranged in vases, wrapped in brown paper at the farmer’s market, and a best […]
LES FLEURS DU FALL
This is an ode to late summer bloomers that take over our gardens well into fall, flourishing and reveling in the sun, giving nectar to bees and butterflies. These flowers smell a little sweeter because summer is gone, and soon, colder weather will set in. Flowers that last through September, well into October: Some of […]