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Coral, peach and red garden roses in a tall gold urn against a black background, with a gold palm fan behind.
Design Inspiration · February 12, 2026

An Unconventional Valentine’s Day Color Palette

Red will always have its place. This year we looked for something layered and surprising instead, in a palette for a less expected Valentine's Day.
A single pale pink garden rose, fully open, photographed against black.
Design Inspiration · February 6, 2026

Breathtaking Timelapse Videos Illustrate the Life of a Fresh-Cut Garden Rose

Photographer Timin Wang has spent three years filming our garden roses as they open. An interview about patience, equipment and what the camera sees.
Cream and pale yellow garden roses in a white footed urn on an outdoor table, with green hills behind.
Weddings & Bouquets · January 27, 2026

Wedding Roses & Garden Shrubs: The Difference

David Austin breeds two very different things. One is grown for the garden, the other under cover for the vase. Which is which, and why it matters.
A floral designer smiling behind a low arrangement of garden roses, against a pink wall.
Designers · January 14, 2026

Designer Spotlight: Design, passion and garden roses combine to create the ultimate partnership with Galina Serebriakova

Galina Serebriakova was a coffee specialist until a friend pointed out how she photographed flowers. She now owns GALA in Bogota.
A woman in profile with cream garden roses at her shoulder and the Eiffel Tower behind her.
Weddings & Bouquets · December 31, 2025

Ivory Wedding Inspiration with David Austin Wedding Roses

Ivory is a deliberate choice. Patience, Leonora and the rest, and how a monochrome palette holds a whole day together.
Three people seated on a white sofa in front of a wall of pink and cream garden roses at IFTF.
News from the Farm · November 25, 2025

Photo Report: Alexandra Farms Displays Garden Roses at IFTF 2025

Our largest exhibit yet at the trade fair in the Netherlands: 75 garden rose varieties, turned into an indoor garden by Alina Neacsa and her team.
A long outdoor banquet table set with peach and cream garden rose centerpieces and gold cutlery.
Design Inspiration · November 11, 2025

A Fresh and Playful Welcome Dinner in Provence

A welcome dinner does not have to echo the wedding day. A Provence celebration that uses the first evening to set a different tone entirely.
A bouquet of crimson, burgundy and blush garden roses with trailing amaranth, held in both arms.
Design Inspiration · November 5, 2025

Explore ‘Crimson Nocturne: A Pulse Deep Within’

Thursd named Crimson Nocturne its color of the year for 2026. Three designs built on the palette, in garden roses and dahlias.
Farm workers walking through the greenhouse rows at Alexandra Farms
News from the Farm · October 20, 2025

Proflora 2025: Celebrating Colombian Floriculture with Friends and Partners

More than 70 products at Proflora in Bogota, designs by Holly Heider Chapple, Gabrielle Wile and Galina Serebriakova, and our twentieth anniversary.
People on stage at the Proflora awards holding a winner's ribbon, beside a Flowers of Colombia sign.
News from the Farm · October 13, 2025

Alexandra Farms’ Hellebores Take First Place, New Garden Rose Variety Places Second at Proflora’s Outstanding Variety Competition

Two honors at Proflora: first place in New Products for our Magnificent Bells hellebores, and second for the garden rose Vicky Gardens.
A ploughed field under a grey sky, with the farm's greenhouses along the far edge.
News from the Farm · October 6, 2025

20 Years at Alexandra Farms: From Humble Roots to a World in Full Bloom

Two hectares near Bogota, fifteen people, and a greenhouse of wood and plastic. Twenty years from an experiment to the collection we grow now.
Jose R. Azout walking with a visitor between rows of garden roses in the greenhouse
Designers · September 25, 2025

Behind the Scenes at Alexandra Farms: A Conversation with Jose R. Azout and Alina Neacsa

What it takes to grow a garden rose that survives a flight and still opens well. Joey Azout and Alina Neacsa on the years behind each variety.
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