Photographed by Doug Young

“I draw from my imagination—not from pictures or cuttings—and also from the Wave Hill public garden here in Riverdale,” she says. “My versions are definitely not anatomically correct!” She’s not stopping at flowers either, although she routinely fills orders from John Derian for foxgloves and potted geraniums (40 to 50 at a time). Look for tufts of wild grasses, flowering maple branches, and variegated citrus specimens to make their appearance this spring.