'Flora Culture' with Christin Geall - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - June 15, 2026

I’ve been digging into a diverse and compelling collection of essays in a recent book that’s centered on the subject of  flowers – everything from topics like their breeding, to which species we covet most of all, to some of the downsides of the massive floral industry, including ubiquitous plastics used in propagation and flower arranging, or how the branding of plants has limited the palette.  The author, Christin Geall, calls the book “Flora   Culture: How Flowers Shape Our World” an abecedarium (yes that’s a word) since the entries are arranged alphabetically. She also calls it a manifesto. She’s here today... Read More ›