Most weekends, you can find organic flower grower Zoe Hitchner arranging stunning made-to-order bouquets at Santa Cruz-area farmers’ markets. Saturday, June 30, Hitchner will share the tricks of her ...

When you receive (or give yourself) a beautiful bouquet of flowers, they look great for a day or two before they start to fade. But you can make fresh-cut flowers last longer. Whether you grab some ...

The clock is always ticking on fresh-cut flowers. But you can extend the lifespan of your beautiful bouquet with these simple tips. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing daily ...

Local cut flowers are hot stuff these days as farmers and small-scale growers cash in on the popularity of fresh bouquets, and home gardeners continue a trend that caught on during COVID-19 cocooning.

There’s no happier flower in the cutting garden than the zinnia. In an array of colors, shapes, and sizes, these floral blooms spark smiles at first sight, adding pizzazz to cutting gardens and summer ...

Cut flowers can instantly transform a dull room, however, they can also quickly do the opposite. After a week to 10 days, cut flowers can start to smell, wilt and even drop their petals. The bottom of ...

After a rare April storm smothered Oregon with snow Monday, Portland flower hobbyist Kishra Ott was called to rescue lilacs shaken from a toppled century-old tree. She filled floral buckets with the ...

Back when my wife and I were grad students in Illinois, we got by on Saturday morning samples from the local IGA and Swedish meatballs and egg rolls for happy hour at the local pub. The two of us ...

EMILY -- It’s in a small hayfield hugging a picturesque country road -- a secret garden obscured by a grove of trees. Rows of petite cosmos, feathery amaranth, wispy zinnias and stately gold and ...