This time of year has always felt full of fresh start energy to me and this month's new moon is compounding that feeling in the best of ways.

My casablanca lilies have been in bloom at 6&B Garden this week. They are one of the most divine sensory treats I know, and yet, basically impossible to extract fragrance from. Some things can only be enjoyed in the moment.

I'm delighted to be teaching a mini workshop at local shop Love, Henry next week, on Thursday, April 11th from 6:30-8:30pm. We’ll each create a custom botanical balm to take home…

A bouquet of fresh vintage pieces has landed in the shop! I've added a few open studio hours to the calendar...

Things have been a little quiet around here lately because I’ve been digging myself out from under a pile of nearly a decade's worth of tax paperwork and business expense receipts. The not-so-glamorous side of running a small business.

managed to start my paperwhites on time for once!

Just wanted to pop in to share our upcoming open studio hours for the remainder of the year (!) with you. Here they are at a glance…

It seemed like a good moment to bring this recipe back from one of the past editions of my newsletter, given the sweltering temperatures in the city this last week.

This is one of our native plant beds at 6th & B Garden. It grows more lush and intricate each year and attracts a beautiful variety of birds and pollinating insects…

It is such a joy to see our little collection of native spring ephemerals return each year, sprightlier and more established in their places than the year before. The habitat we've created here in the heart of New York City truly feels like a tiny sylvan paradise.

Perhaps you've been dreaming of the gardening season ahead, too? In the last week or so, I've been sorting through seeds left over from last year and seeds collected from our native plant collection at 6&B in the autumn…

Last week we went to Oko Farms in Brooklyn, where M. is doing an aquaponics apprenticeship, to set up our little copper still for a distillation in the outdoors.