Sub Rosa

It's finally here: .argue's show 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆 - an unabashed commentary on climate change and the epidemic of book banning - opens to the public tonight at 7pm.*

We couldn't be more thrilled to present this work to our community and to welcome our brilliant friend, Doug, to Northampton. Bringing 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆 to Sub Rosa has been in the works for over a year - ever since we were invited by our friends and to share a meal with Doug. At the time, we were still in the midst of building-out Sub Rosa and Doug was painting a new body of work that sounded so poignant, exacting and relevant to our shared realities...but he revealed that his galleries were uninterested in showing these new pieces. As q***r farmers who are deeply affected by climate change / book banning / the latest incarnation of culture wars, the walls at Sub Rosa suddenly seemed like they were being built for this show.

If you don't have a ticket for the artists' talk this evening, we will be opening to the public at 7pm tonight, when you can meet Doug and get a signed copy of his (banned) book 𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 🌹

Supermoon feelings.

The frost hit the fields in the Valley this week.... more than once. But we'll keep bringing you flowers from our greenhouses for as long as we can. See you tonight 🌹

Image from the online exhibition: FALASTIN Chapter II
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Our ode to the dahlia is bountiful tonight…we’re expecting a frost in the valley this week, so we will bid adieu to our field crops within the next few days and rely solely on our greenhouses to keep bringing you flowers for as long as we can 🥀

Come celebrate the ephemeral with us tonight, and head home with some dahlias while you can 🌸

Gather at Sub Rosa on Saturday, October 26th to celebrate the opening of New York City-based artist .argue's new body of work, Fire for Fire - an unabashed commentary on climate change and the epidemic of book banning.

Doug will be joined by his good friend and co-conspirator, , for an intimate conversation. There are only about 20 tickets available to this artists' talk (link in bio)...

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Artists' talk begins at 6 p.m. Doors open to the public at 7 p.m. Ticket holders will receive a copy of Doug Argue's book 𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, which was banned by the Weisman Museum the night Argue's career survey exhibition (also called Letters to the Future) opened at the museum. Sub Rosa is honored to host these two brilliant minds and gather in community with you all. 🌹

Rebecca is BACK tonight for the first time in weeks after designing her heart out every weekend in recent memory. Come say hi.

We've got some delicious new wines for you that have yet to make their way to the printed pages of the menu....IMO, it's better to hear Rebecca wax poetic about them in a way that only a writer - turned - farmer / florist can do. See you soon. 🌹

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Don't ever be surprised
to see a rose shoulder up
against the ruins of a house: this is how we survived. -

Artwork by .neto

We're looking forward to seeing your faces again this weekend, however dystopian that may feel right now. Let us take care of you and your heartbreaks🌹

To our beloved botanical dreamers:

We have made the difficult decision to close Sub Rosa this week. We wish that we could be in all the places at once, but the reality is, life has thrown some curve balls our way - including some illness amongst our farm staff. Since it's just the two of us running the lounge, we are making this decision to keep our community safe and healthy. We know you all understand ♥️

We will be back with our special guest friend/server extraordinaire next week.

And stay tuned for a BIG art show announcement that's premiering at the end of October 🔥

We love y'all and we already miss you. See you Thursday 10/3 🌹 Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Free Lebanon 🇱🇧

News from the past few weeks has had us really clinging to the words of Dinos Christianopoulos: 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘶𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴.

It's . If you haven't already, come see 's 𝑴𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒚 before it heads to the Toledo Museum of Art at the end of this month.

Free Palestine. 🇵🇸🍉

appreciation post 💙 A true blue friend who came to our aid in a moment's notice last night! To know her is to love her, amirite??? (Our apologies to her loyal followers - we'll let you know ahead of time whenever she's helping out next so y'all can properly fan grrrl over her 😘)

See y'all again tonight at 5 🌹

We're back at it tonight, fam. We had a fantastical week designing with our team - some of the best florists in the world...for real. Thank you for your patience in our absence. We missed you. See you tonight at 5 🌹

Here's one sneak peek at what we were up to. 📸 by the formidable

We (and our fall crops) are pretty into these moody, late summer, cool nights... How you feelin?

Heads up y'all: We are TOTALLY CLOSED THIS WEEK for a private event / design extravaganza that has been in the works for a year... we can't believe it's finally time for this dreamy event. All of our energy needs to be with this one, so we unfortunately can't be with you this week.

We'll be back Thursday, August 29th 5pm. And we've got lots of things in the works for this Fall, so get ready. See you soon. Free Palestine 🌹

The rumors are true.... karaoke 🎤 tomorrow night at CLUB ROSA hosted by and . 8pm-12am*** (we're staying open an hour later to hear y'all sing your hearts out)!

While jae & kev have never done this before, we have been getting our acts together to bring you this night for a WHILE now and let's just say, this first one promises to be a banger!

See y'all tonight for regular hours... tomorrow for hurricane 🌀 deb karaoke and Saturday to reflect on what a time it was🌹

It's Friday .... and somehow, it's also August?

There are magic makers, Earth workers and healers descending upon Northampton this weekend. We, as a community, are beyond privileged to have their knowledge, light and energy in proximity to us. Let's see if you can feel it .....

Open tonight at 5. And just a heads up - we'll be closing to the public around 10 on Saturday to host a special late night private party. See y'all soon.🌹🥀

We had an incredible Thursday night with you all! Thank you for bringing such good vibes yesterday ❤️‍🔥

You'll find the first dahlias of the season for sale at the bar this weekend, direct from the ' field... AND some pretty cooooool off-menu drink specials like a chilled red (that kel may or may not remember the name of when they're hyping it up) and a special italian amaro situation with fresh mint from the farm....

On the desert side of things, how do you feel about a frangipane plum galette with fresh mascarpone whipped cream? Or maybe a local sundae is more your speed?

One way or another, let us take care of you this weekend. Doors open at 5 -- and will probably be ajar all weekend long with this incredible relief from the heat! See you soon 🌹

We're grateful for you all. Come share our harvests and dream with us - of new, just, joyful worlds🌹

Still image from Dreams (and painting) by Akira Kurosawa.

A few weeks ago, we were humbled and honored to debut this stunning photograph at Sub Rosa, on loan from our friend, . 𝑴𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒚 will be on view at SR until September 30th, 2024, and the entire photo series will be shown at the Toledo Museum of Art in October.

Read more of Ocean's words (reposted below) about this photo project in his photo essay in the latest issue of .

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overjoyed to finally share this project—a photo essay 15 years in the making—now featured in the latest issue of

On a sweltering July day in 2009, I came home from college to photograph my mother and her coworkers during their shift at my mother’s nail salon. I intended this session to be the first of many, hoping to document them through the seasons. But three months later, with the recession in full swing, my mother declared bankruptcy and sold her salon. The place that sustained us for over two decades, from which my brother and I were raised, where we worked answering the phones, evaporated overnight. The photos I took that one fateful day would be the only ones I have of that place.

15 years later, perhaps as a cumbersome way of grieving, I spent a week in July photographing my brother, who moved in with me after our mother died. What began as a study of a place, the small but mighty people who live, labor, and lose there, became an exercise in looking at the only thing left of that place: my little brother, Nicky. I suppose some projects change the way some desires change through the years, not by deliberate searching, but by discovering a more-ness, a dynamism, in what remains. In this case, the person bound to us by blood.

A deep bow to for featuring a selection from this ongoing project, along with an original essay on photography, memory, the vexed ethics of seeing, and which bodies the archive holds—and which it erases. (Link in bio)

Special thanks to , , , , , , and , for your kind guidance and encouragement in my image work, which culminated in this being in the world.💕

A few weeks ago, we were humbled and honored to hang this stunning photograph for its public debut, on loan from our friend, . 𝑴𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒚 will be on view at Sub Rosa until September 30th, 2024. It will join the companion photographs in the series for Ocean's upcoming show at the Toledo Museum of Art this October.

Read more of Ocean's words about this photograph and his photo project in the latest issue of .

It's been a minute, friends. If you didn't already know, when we're quiet on the socials, it's because we're sweating it out in the flower fields...

But we're checking in to say: we can't wait to see you over the next few days. We're ready to immerse you in the first official harvests of summer. Let the flowers, in all their emphermal beauty, reassure you that another world is possible. See you soon 🌹

📸 Bob Bauer, Rose Deconstructed

Some of the most ethereal, precious stems we grow are here for your enjoyment this evening. Come immerse yourselves in foxtail lilies and smokebush. See you soon 🌹

Dearest dreamers, it's time to come see us. Kel is back behind the bar all weekend, and we've got a special guest / friend helping out Friday and Saturday. It's high season in all of our farming and design ventures, so we plan to immerse you in all those ethereal, magical vibes ✨

Rebecca has been working hard to select some v special new wines, beers, and ciders (happening Friday). has cooked up some delicious new food hitting the menu starting tonight....and we *might* even world premiere something pretty huge this evening. Come see your yourself. We love you. Free Palestine always and forever 🌹

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Dear friends - it's that time of the week: we're open tonight, 5-10 and Fri & Sat, 5-11. We will have Peonies for Palestine on hand to help remind you of the beauty that is possible in this world. Get them while you can - they are hard-won, gorgeous blooms that are finite in the MG fields. Half of all peony sales will be donated to - they are providing essential medical aid and food for the hundreds of thousands of displaced and besieged Palestinians in Gaza. Take care of yourselves and maybe we'll see you soon.

📸 xyk22taka_

From the dish pit to the speed rail: Kel's world premier bartending shift happens tomorrow! Catch them and their friend working the crowd on Thursday (5-10) and Saturday (5-11)!!!

FRIDAY Sub Rosa is CLOSED FOR A PRIVATE EVENT. We'll be sorry to turn you away, so adjust your plans accordingly!!! See you soon 🌹

Come see your favorite bartender/floral designer extradordinare tonight 🌹 We'll be celebrating a dear friend's bday and chatting it up with all the Smithies in town for graduation/reunion weekend. Come shower us with your rich q***r histories about the neighborhood! Special shout out to all those alums in town supporting 's Reunion of Giving campaign collecting donations for families in G@za. We ❤️‍🔥 you.

Who is the MOTHER of your house? Join us for our first-ever Sunday service at Sub Rosa to honor our MOTHERS - we’re thinking expansively (not just biologically) and taking a much-needed moment to honor the caretakers and icons in our lives. We look forward to hosting you and yours🌹 

Tickets available at link in bio.

Each ticket purchase will offer you the following indulgences on Sunday, May 12th:

Two drink tickets (value of $36)

Two homemade sweet or savory pastry items made for us by (value of $28)

A $45 credit to our Bouquet Bar, where you and your guest can build your own bouquet. We will have a stunning assortment of freshly-harvested flowers available from the farm.

Note that we are limiting tickets for each time slot in order to accommodate walk-in customers, and remember: ONE TICKET is a reservation for TWO people. We highly encourage reserving your spot in advance, as we anticipate reaching capacity quickly. We can’t wait to see you on Sunday, May 12th

This Saturday is the start of our local pride here in Northampton (a month earlier than everywhere else 🤔), but what better timing to highlight that our liberation struggles are inextricably tied together! We wholeheartedly believe that "no one is free when others are oppressed," and we are so heartened by the students' actions across the country and around the world demanding their universities divest from war profiteering as they fight for a Free Palestine. Thank you to all our community members who are showing up with their bodies on the line right now. 🇵🇸❤️‍🔥🍉

We're opening early this Saturday in honor of Noho/Hampshire County Pride. Come share all your deep feelings starting at 2pm 🌹

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Reposted from “We are talking about complete revolution, revolution to change people and institutions. The university, so long as it chooses to remain in the dark age of repressiveness, is the enemy. There will be no freedom for anybody as long as we are oppressed. All oppressed people are our allies. The enemy is the same. The only solution is revolution.” - Gay Students Liberation at NYU, September 1970

Picture: “GAY POWER - BLACK POWER - WOMEN POWER - STUDENT POWER - ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE,” Weinstein Hall, New York University, October 5, 1970. Photo by Diana Davies. .