Floral Alchemy
This is the actual cabinet. Painted yellow, decorated with flowers, filled with the world that made everything else. Open a drawer and go deeper.
Hover over a drawer to discover what’s inside
Drawer I
Botanical Art
From the Dutch Golden Age to the great illustrators
Drawer II
Floriography & the Victorian Era
The language of flowers — every petal a sentence
Drawer III
Wildflowers
The uncultivated, the roadside, the unforgotten
Left Door
Botanical Exploration
The plant hunters, the Wardian case, the great expeditions
Center
Floristoire Primer
How the work is made, from seed to setting
Right Door
How We See Flowers
Bee vision, ultraviolet, and the hidden spectrum
Drawer IV
Flower Lessons
Five things flowers know that we keep having to relearn
Drawer V
Florinspiration
The books, the corners, the quiet sources of wonder