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The florist’s garden | Katherine English’s multi-layered Ōtautahi Christchurch garden

Katherine English in her garden with spears of Verbena bonariensis in the foreground

The florist’s garden | Katherine English’s multi-layered Ōtautahi Christchurch garden

Katherine English’s multi-layered Ōtautahi Christchurch garden is a source of elegant cut flowers for her business, Katherine English Flora – a practice that spans floral workshops, photographic prints and seasonal arrangements.
This story was first told Sage Vol. 1: Life among plants

In the centre of Ōtautahi Christchurch, where the light bends across a quiet mid-century house, lies the rambling botanical garden of Katherine English. It was the house that first drew Katherine and husband Gregor to the property, though it wasn’t long until the generous land became an array of floral clusters and curling lawn paths. Today, the garden is the primary supplier to Katherine English Flora.

— Read the full story in Sage Vol. 1: Life among plants

Main photo above: Katherine in her garden with spears of Verbena bonariensis in the foreground (portrait by Francine Boer).
The garden is a mix of flowering perennials, such as Biden aureus and Symphyotrichum (aster).
Katherine’s fine art prints capture flowers gathered from her own garden, local grower and foraged finds. This piece was inspired by a stem of wild blackberry and her rose: ‘Cup Fever’
Hidden from the street, Katherine’s backyard is now a sea of flowers

Read the full article in Sage Vol. 1: Life among plants

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