Waxing cut flowers is an old, Southern floral preservation technique. If you have camellias, daffodils, or other sturdy spring blooms in your yard, try waxing them to keep them fresh longer! To start, ...

The number of births in the United States and globally is declining, but houseplants are booming. Since the pandemic, Gen-Z and millennials have taken on gardening, and it seems that the trend is here ...

In Victorian times, many women made wax flowers as a hobby. After melting white wax into sheets and adding pigment for color, they painstakingly separated flowers petal by petal, traced the shapes on ...

The Bay Area is a truly cosmopolitan area, drawing on many cultures for its rich diversity. It is also, thanks to our Mediterranean climate, home to diverse flora from similar climates around the ...