Get the most out of your beautiful, yet fleeting, flower arrangement. If you typically choose your bouquet based on aesthetics alone, you may want to reconsider. Spending money on beautiful flowers, ...

The clock is always ticking on fresh-cut flowers. But you can extend the lifespan of your beautiful bouquet with these simple tips. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing daily ...

There’s no happier flower in the cutting garden than the zinnia. In an array of colors, shapes, and sizes, these floral blooms spark smiles at first sight, adding pizzazz to cutting gardens and summer ...

Local cut flowers are hot stuff these days as farmers and small-scale growers cash in on the popularity of fresh bouquets, and home gardeners continue a trend that caught on during COVID-19 cocooning.

The optimal time for cutting most flowers is early in the morning when temperatures are cooler, helping flowers maintain moisture and stay fresh longer. Late afternoon is an alternative time for ...

Most weekends, you can find organic flower grower Zoe Hitchner arranging stunning made-to-order bouquets at Santa Cruz-area farmers’ markets. Saturday, June 30, Hitchner will share the tricks of her ...

If you decide to plant a garden that will produce flowers perfect for cutting all summer, local Slow Flowers proponents have some useful advice. Most cut-flower plants require full sun, which is six ...

Summer is bursting with fragrant, colorful flowers. But unfortunately, those beautiful blooms you clipped from your home garden or snagged from a local farmer’s market won’t last forever. Here are ...