![2020 Contributing Editors Portraits of new contributing editors for Flower magazine](https://flowermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2020-Contributing-Editors.jpg)
From left: Elaine Griffin, James Farmer, and Frances Schultz
Sept. 18, 2020—Flower magazine is elated to welcome two new contributing editors who will lend their expertise to our pages. Interior designer Elaine Griffin creates spaces that display a deft and often bold use of color and a global design perspective. The gorgeous Sea Island garden party that Elaine styled for our July/Aug 2016 issue remains one of our all-time favorites.
![Julia Lynn Photography The long table is set with bamboo-handled flatware, simple white and blue plates, white scallop-edged napkins with a band of 3 pink stripes, and a pink peony atop each setting.](https://flowermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ElaineGriffinSeaIslandGATablescape2.jpg)
Floral arrangements by The Vine (@vinegardenmarket). Photo by Julia Lynn.
A cheery floral Lilly Pulitzer tablecloth sets the scene for abundant lush summer blooms on a table styled by Elaine Griffin for FLOWER magazine.
The creativity of interior designer and overall Renaissance man James Farmer has also graced our pages before. Now we are making it official. James designed the fabulous entryway shown here, which appears in our Sept/Oct 2020 cover story.
Elaine and James join the multi-talented artist, author, and entertaining maven Frances Schultz who came aboard as a contributing editor earlier this year. In our July/Aug 2020 issue, Frances whisked us away to a most pleasant evening spent under the olive trees at her ranch in California’s Santa Ynez Valley.
Join us in giving them a big welcome.
![JamesFarmer_Connecticut_21_b entryway designed by Flower contributing editor James Farmer](https://flowermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/JamesFarmer_Connecticut_21_b.jpg)
An entry designed by James Farmer features wallpaper by Schumacher. Photo by Jeff Herr from James’s new book, ARRIVING HOME (Gibbs Smith 2020)
![Table by Frances Schultz ShellyStrazis-0167 table setting created by contributing editor Frances Schultz for Flower magazine](https://flowermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Table-by-Frances-Schultz-ShellyStrazis-0167.jpg)
“I’m all about high–low, here using melamine plates from Pottery Barn in two patterns, vintage green stemware, heirloom silver goblets, and mercury glass votives,” says Frances Schultz. Photo by Shelly Strazi