In November 1928, a Mayfair floral display created a furore. Two years prior, the heritage perfumer Atkinsons London had commissioned architect Vincent Harris to erect its flagship, a towering edifice ...

Oh, to be one of Fred Wilkinson’s flower arrangements! To attend soirees at Buckingham Palace. To draw an admiring glance from the Princess of Wales in the royal apartments at Windsor. To dazzle the ...

A play about the superstar of floristry, Constance Spry, can be expected to look gorgeous. The Arts Theatre production of Anton Burge's new play, Storm in a Flower Vase, is classically elegant with ...

PEERING INTO A POSH storefront window along Old Bond Street in the late 1920s, Londoners surely didn’t expect to see urns spilling over with wild clematis gone to seed, hops and simple berry-covered ...