FLOWER JULY•AUGUST 2024
HOUSE l GARDEN l LIFESTYLE
Lighting | Furniture | Accessories | Residential | Contract
PHOTO BY MICHAEL MUNDY
curreyandcompany.com
CON TEN TS July • August 2024
46
Keeping Rooms
In a quiet Long Island village, world-renowned designer Thomas O’Brien creates his dream house and garden with special attention to collecting and being surrounded by all manner of treasures.
58
Bursting in Blooms
Visiting High Hampton Resort in Cashiers, North Carolina, is sublime any time of the year, but there are over 850 colorful reasons to go during the dahlia growing season.
64
Seeds of Time
Inspired by his visits to European gardens, Gerard Pampalone has spent years creating an elaborate garden on his Connecticut farm that balances the formality of those grand landscapes with an intimate sensibility to welcome guests.
70
Reflections in the Garden
A stroll around The Grove with India Hicks reveals intricacies of the private garden her late father, legendary interior designer David Hicks, created as a showcase of disciplined tonal design.
PHOTO BY MICHAEL MUNDY
ON THE COVER Floral fireworks:
A ‘Café Au Lait Royal’ dahlia is part of a dazzling summer display in the garden of the High Hampton Resort in Cashiers, North Carolina. Photographed by Molly Harris
46
“Just living isn’t enough,” said the butterfly. “One must also have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” —HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN f l o w e r m a g .c o m
5
C ON TE N T S
Departments
13
From the Field
Lanterns that shimmer, blues that make waves, chaises to sink into, eye-catching outdoor fabrics
21
Arranging
Inspired by the colors, textures, and objects found within Hiltz-Lauber, a rug and home furnishings gallery in her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, Sybil Sylvester brings her English floral influences and the bounty of the garden inside.
26
Landscape Design
34
34
Shopping
Keith Meacham, co-founder of Nashvillebased Reed Smythe & Company, searches far and wide to find handcrafted objects and artisanal collaborations. Fresh from a move to a new retail location, she shares what’s currently catching her eye.
40
Women in the Garden
While Edith Wharton is most remembered as a Pulitzer Prizewinning novelist and short story writer, she also made a name for herself as a garden designer, interior designer, and tastemaker of her time.
I N EVERY IS SUE Watering Can What’s Online? Sources Floral Moment
8 44 78 80
PHOTOS (TOP TO BOTTOM) BY DAVID HILLEGAS; BY LESLEE MITCHELL
21
Ed Hollander of Hollander Design reflects on his journey to becoming a landscape architect, his greatest influencers and successes, and insightful moments along the way.
6 FLOWER July•August 2024
HB2360
PHOTOS (TOP TO BOTTOM) BY DAVID HILLEGAS; BY LESLEE MITCHELL
IMAGINE HARTLEY
Magnum Opus | Washington, USA
Request a brochure
HANDMADE IN ENGLAND - CHERISHED IN AMERICA Talk to us today 781 933 1993 - www.hartley-botanic.com The only aluminium Glasshouses and Greenhouses endorsed by the RHS. ® The Royal Horticultural Society. Trade marks of The Royal Horticultural Society (Registered Charity No 222879/SC038262) used under licence from RHS Enterprises Limited.
HB2360 Flower Magazine US - Jul-Aug 2024 - On Sale 25-06-24.indd 1
30/04/2024 16:19
WATER I NG CAN A Note from the Editor
“Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.”—MAY SARTON MY HUSBAND, GATES, has given his heart to gardening. In fact,
his regular reading list consists of seed catalogues, gardening books, and my Garden Club of America bulletin. Be it tending our 3-acre suburban garden or developing and maintaining quail habitat and grazing land on our farm, he enjoys “digging in the dirt.” He loves the burning process on the farm in winter to open the surface of the forest floor to more sunlight so that the seed bank can come forth. He loves the spring preparations for growing season, mostly turning soil for planting. And he loves bushhogging old lanes in the fall to open them for long walks and trail rides. When I think of my husband, I think of arriving home after a day at the office to find him in the front beds with a trowel in hand, a wheelbarrow full of new plants and flowers nearby, and the hose from the house at the ready. There will inevitably be a moment of head-scratching as he ponders if he should run to the plant store for just a few more specimens. Then I will often hear him utter, “We’re almost there.” To which I respond, “Where?” What he means is that he has almost wrestled the garden into where he wants it to be for the moment. Meanwhile, along with the daily delight of seeing a gorgeous garden, I have the pleasure of meandering through his handiwork, snips and basket in hand, and cutting from his beds. I will find just the right vessel and arrange what he’s grown into something just as beautiful as his garden but more controlled, defined, and highlighted. And I will perhaps place it on the mantel or the lowboy in the front hall. He grows, and I cut and arrange—it works.
Each story in this issue features someone who’s been called into the garden with various gifts and missions. For India Hicks, it’s to remember and remind us of her late father, David, and the specific, sophisticated, and successful applications of his design tenets to the land at The Grove, his home in Oxfordshire that he shared with Lady Pamela. For designer Thomas O’Brien, it’s to provide a dreamy visual and recreational oasis in Bellport, New York. For Drew English, head gardener at High Hampton in the mountains of North Carolina, it’s to dazzle guests with the exuberant dahlia garden he lovingly tends. For landscape architect Ed Hollander, it’s to collaborate with the land and its inhabitants in forging a beautifully holistic design. And for Gerard Pampalone of Beanacre Farm in Connecticut, it’s to realize a long-held dream to create a gorgeous garden from seed to bloom, sourcing from abroad and sharing the lush beauty with friends at home. Whether you’re gardening, touring gardens great or small, or like me, gleaning from someone else’s plantings, I hope for you the grace that is found in the garden in these days of summer.
Love and SDG,
Margot Shaw EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Please send your comments, triumphs, challenges & questions to: wateringcan@flowermag.com OR Letters to the Editor I FLOWER Magazine I P.O. Box 530645 I Birmingham, AL 35253 Get the FLOWER email newsletter! Sign up at flowermag.com/news
8 FLOWER July•August 2024
J E W E L S
Hand-Crafted Fine Jewelry by
Sudi Singhvi w w w. s i n g h v i j e w e l s . c o m 888.783.4872
info@singhvijewels.com
Lanterns that shimmer, blues that make waves, chaises to sink into, eye-catching outdoor fabrics PRODUCED AND STYLED BY AMANDA SMITH FOWLER
f l o w e r m a g .c o m
13
FROM TH E FI ELD
PREVIOUS PAGE: Cupola Pool House Lanterns available in three sizes (pricing upon request) from Bevolo Gas & Electric Lights • Pallas Athena Fabric in Pisces from Fabricut • Wet-Cast Concrete Pavers in Oyster (inquire for pricing and sizes) by FireRock Products THIS PAGE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Round Dolphin Planter ($430) from Chelsea House • Forest Green Wine Glass ($185/set of 6) by Estelle Colored Glass • Bora Drinking Glass ($185) by Carlo Moretti through Bergdorf Goodman • Sunkiss Daisy Painted Stoneware Salad Plate ($18) and Appetizer Plate ($14) from Hudson Grace • Colette Color Edge Verte Dinner Plate ($100) from Mottahedeh • Mini Pappy Tray ($400) from Pappy & Co. x Thompson Traders • Martellato Five-Piece Place Setting ($114) by Vietri through Hudson Poole Fine Jewelers • Tablecloth (36791-153) and Napkins (35374-13) Fabrics by Kravet (to the trade) FAR LEFT: Classic Trio Earrings ($2500) by Temple St. Clair through Croghan’s Jewel Box 14 F L O W E R J u l y • A u g u s t 2 0 2 4
PHOTOS (THIS PAGE AND PREVIOUS PAGE) BY DAVID HILLEGAS
Inspired by the azure beauty of sparkling pools, we share our true-blue picks.
PHOTOS (THIS PAGE AND PREVIOUS PAGE) BY DAVID HILLEGAS
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Striped Beach Towels ($78 each) from Weezie • Selima Optique x FV Skip Sunglasses in Blue ($348) through Frances Valentine • Double Decker Umbrella with Keyhole Valance ($4950) from Santa Barbara Designs® • Plage Patchwork Pillow ($185) and Plage Striped Bolster in Teal ($160) from Eastern Accents • Alberti Lounge Chair ($3240) by Alexa Hampton for Woodard • Calvi Fabric on Cushions in Lagon by Manuel Canovas (to the trade) • Island Capri Hats ($119-$132) from Lorna Murray • Mikado Flamenco Bracelet in Lagoon ($51,700) by Tamara Comolli
f l o w e r m a g .c o m
15