We recently caught up with another inspiring entrepreneur from our inaugural class of American Made Award honorees: Flora Grubb, owner of San Francisco–based garden center Flora Grubb Gardens. Here, Flora let us pick her brain on what it means to be a modern-day maker. What kind of response did you see after receiving your American Made award? [...]

Here are a few finds from around the Web. Have a great weekend! Check out our very own gardening editor Stephen Orr over on Design*Sponge . . . Daydreams brought to life. How to make the perfect bouquet. (Don’t forget—Mother’s Day is May 12!) A DIY bud vase made from a lightbulb. At this party the theme [...]

It’s overcast and rainy in New York City today. Here are a few posts we found to brighten up your day (and ours, too). Have a great weekend! How awesome would a framed version of these exploded flowers by Fong Qi Wei be? This stunning playhouse was built by architects in Finland. It may or may [...]

When I was working on “The Writer’s Garden” for the April issue of Martha Stewart Living, I received a box in the mail from Susan Haltom, the garden designer and preservationist who spearheaded the rehabilitation of the Eudora Welty garden in Jackson, Mississippi. She had overnighted a bunch of Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ to me. [...]

Is there a better holiday for Instagramming than Valentine’s Day? The flowers, the sweets, the over-the-top cards and rococo expressions of love… Here’s who we have our eyes on as we count down to V-day. Today’s focus–flowers. Follow us on Instagram @ms_living. @Muguetmuguet   @emersonmerrick Tweet