to become spring

Flowers in a New York City trash can, an image credited with inspiring an online aesthetic trend.

Cover of <n>Les fleurs animées</n>, illustrated by <n>J. J. Grandville</n> and published in 1867.

<n>Marigold</n>s growing on outdoor steps.

<n>Pan Haowen</n> and <n>Wong Chunjin</n> for <n>i-D</n>, photographed by <n>Alexandra Leese</n> in collaboration with <n>ASAI</n>.

<n>Crane</n> (1897) by <n>M. P. Verneuil</n>.

<n>C Joseph Wilfrid T</n> (2014), a digital print by artist <n>Carl Trahan</n>.

<n>If you can’t be free, be a mystery</n> (2023) by digital artist <n>Fares Zoghlami</n>.

An <n>Art Nouveau</n> bathroom with intricate mosaic tilework at <n>Le Château Laurens</n> in Agde, France.

<n>G. Arthur Cooper</n> with a <n>century plant</n> in Marathon, Texas, 1960. Photo via the <n>Smithsonian</n>.

<n>Ficus petiolaris</n>, also known as a Rock Fig, photographed by <n>Mark Dimmitt</n>.

The <n>Brutalist</n> interior of the <n>Renaissance Center</n> in Detroit, designed by architect <n>John Portman</n> in 1977.

<n>Marshmallow Laser Feast</n>'s <n>Breathing with the Forest</n> (2023), commissioned by <n>Emergence Magazine</n>.

A charcoal drawing by <n>Jonathan Delafield Cook</n>.

Photo by <n>Colin King</n>. Floral design by <n>Field Studies Flora</n> and <n>SpadaFlora</n>.

Photograph of <n>Phlomis herba-venti</n> from the <n>Herbarium</n> series by <n>Manel Armengol</n>.

<n>Branche infinie</n>, a bronze wall sculpture by <n>Clotilde Ancarani</n>.

From the photobook "Oma Toos," a portrait of the artist's grandmother by <n>Jaap Scheeren</n>.

Fresco from <n>Pompeii</n>'s <n>House of the Golden Bracelet</n>, 1st century AD.