The Future of the Floral

When she speaks about the fascination people have with flowers, noting that this attraction dates back to the Neanderthals who placed them in their graves, Marjorie Simon grows animated. “I think we’re hard-wired for flowers,” she says, then wonders aloud if that is putting it too strongly. Whatever the origin of this fervor, she acknowledges a deep personal connection to flowers; “and if I feel that kind of passion,” she states with conviction, “it might as well be in my work.”