FLOWER | Flower Moment

November-December, 2024

Photography by Polly Nicholson

“The Japanese art of kokedama allows me to bring fresh, long-lasting flowers into the house during the bleakest days of winter. I savor the process of gently cocooning ‘helleborus niger’ in balls of homemade compost, which are then cloaked with foraged moss from our garden pathways and wrapped in twine. Once placed on old china saucers on the dining room table, they last throughout the season, with just the occasional deadhead and drop of water. They provide calm amidst the chaos of the holidays.”

— POLLY NICHOLSON OF BAYNTUN FLOWERS IN WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND

November-December, 2024 | FLOWER