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Notes from a Flower Farm: Holiday Centerpiece Guide

Pick your own holiday centerpiece: We've put together DIY guides to five very different floral arrangements for your holiday table. There's one for every taste: modern, traditional, hipster, and dramatic.

My Garden: Winter in Petaluma, California

By The Editors

The story and photographs of one reader's winter garden in Petaluma, California.

Agrarian: Williams-Sonoma's New Garden Line

By Katie Mendelson

Williams-Sonoma gets back to the land with a new line of culinary gardening products that includes beehives and chicken coops.

The Work of Sculptor Stan Bitters

By David Keeps

Eminent California sculptor Stan Bitters finds a new audience for his timeless ceramics and sculptures, which have graced California's Nut Tree restaurant and the Palm Springs Ace Hotel.

A New Dawn: The Garden of Tony Duquette

By Paul O'Donnell

The garden and home of the late Tony Duquette continue to flourish. Hutton Wilkinson leads us on a tour.

Art & Botany: Sasha Kurmaz's Botanic Photography

By Anna Laurent

Photographer Sasha Kurmaz captures the fragility, beauty, and hope of a blossom.

Caladium 'Brandywine'

By Jenny Andrews

A fancy-leaved caladium with large, substantial, heart-shaped leaves up to a foot and a half long, ‘Brandywine’ has bright-red veins extending from the red heart of the leaf all the way to the edge.

Way Hots: Tropical Houseplants

A host of tropical houseplants that have found new life in the great outdoors as annuals in the warm months are still happy denizens of windowsills and sunrooms when the temperature drops

Entertaining With Film Director R.J. Cutler

By Amy Cassell

Lory Johansson uses an Earthstone outdoor pizza oven as the centerpiece of this Spanish-revival-inspired outdoor space.

The Best Sources for Buying Seeds

By Lindsey Taylor

Can you recommend some good sources for buying seeds and offer some tips for starting plants from seed?
—Julia Tomer, Pittsburgh

Starting plants from seed, whether flowers, fruits, or vegetables, requires a little research. Some seeds will need an early start indoors; others can be sown directly in the garden. Most seed packets will provide you with all the information you need to have a successful season, as will the websites of many online purveyors. While I still enjoy receiving the odd seed catalogue or two by mail—Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds (rareseeds.com) is a favorite—I do most of my seed shopping online.