Spring Has Sprung

Decorate your home with these garden-themed items from East End retailers

With the arrival of spring comes the arrival of gardens: lush flowers, emerging greenery, a break from the gray lull of winter. Although there may still be a chill in the air yet, East End shoppers can embrace the budding season (pun intended) with floral and garden motifs. From linens to candles to home scents to custom artwork, local retailers have brought a bit of spring inside. Read on for our top picks for where to dive into the spring season for everything house and home. 

At Hildreth’s, in Southampton — it’s the area’s first general store, with roots dating back to the 1800s — shoppers can find all manner of home goods. Particularly of-the-moment in the gardening season, though: Pacific & Rose’s Pomegranate Blue block-patterned tablecloth. Made from 100-percent cotton and printed by hand by artisans in Jaipur, India, this vibrant spring print is full of blue and green floral notes. It’s also available in three distinct sizes (and, for those looking to expand the garden theme, in placemats, runners, and linen napkins, too). The store’s own Lavender Pinwheel Napkins, though, a set of four printed with delicate lavender flowers, makes a lovely spring accent for those who only need a tiny dining room overhaul. 

Bring a little of the garden inside with a trip to MONC XIII, in Sag Harbor. In addition to the store’s many other bespoke items, they now carry home fragrances and candles from Spanish luxury designer Loewe. The much-beloved Tomato Leaves Home Fragrance truly smells like a walk through the garden, but the retailer also carries Loewe’s orange blossom candle; ivy candle; oregano candle; cypress balls candle; and cucumber candle. Candles are available in both small and medium sizes and are a beautiful and articulate addition to any home. 

Bridgehampton’s English Country Home offers shoppers everything from furniture to linens to art. Speaking of the latter, a collection of floral photography, printed on plexiglass, brings the garden indoors. The store offers a 40 x 60 image of a delicate white ranunculus and a triptych of cherry blossoms on their branches (each panel is 30 x 60), to start. Or, enjoy a framed photograph of an alee of trees, taken in France, printed in black and white and heralding the start of the new season. 

And at Wainscott’s Rumrunner Home, there is plenty to choose from for those embracing a garden interior spruce-up. Take, for example, the Leah Vase, sold as a set of three. These tall, narrow, white and green vessels have a scraped exterior and mirror growing bamboo, the perfect accent to bring the outdoors inside. Looking for an even bigger statement piece? Rumrunner’s Cast Root Console, a 56 x 16 x 30 molded piece that resembles roots climbing up from the earth, is an excellent way to recast an entryway or living area with a little of the garden in mind. No matter your fancy, though, the East End has something with a hint of the garden in store for your home this season.