December 11, 2023

For the Flower magazine showhouse 2023, Editor-in-Chief Margot Shaw enlisted design luminaries Barry Dixon as the Honorary Chair and Mary McDonald as the Design Chair.

“The Flower magazine designer showhouse 2023 offers a beautiful in-person experience that brings together all the elements that our readers are passionate about: decorating, entertaining, gardening, and travel,” says Shaw. “This year we’ll celebrate design in the deep South and all of its lush landscapes, unique architecture, vibrant colors and rich flavors.”

Located on the fabled Goodwood Estate in Baton Rouge, the classically styled 6,000-square-foot house was built by Ivy Residential Concepts and was landscaped by Reich Landscape Architecture, one of the oldest operating landscape firms in the state of Louisiana. The Flower magazine showhouse 2023 features 15 high-profile, southern-based interior designers. They are:

1. Arianne Bellizaire, Arianne Bellizaire Interiors

2. Rachel Cannon, Rachel Cannon Limited

3. Kara Cox, Kara Cox Interiors

4. James Farmer, James Farmer Designs

5. Amanda Smith Fowler, Style Editor, FLOWER magazine

6. Ashley Gilbreath, Ashley Gilbreath Interior Design

7. Chad Graci, Graci Interiors

8. Susan Hable, HABLE

9. Will Huff and Heather Dewberry, Huff-Dewberry, Inc.

10. Benjamin Johnston, Benjamin Johnston Design

11. Megan Molten, Megan Molten

12. Lisa Palmer, SummerHouse

13. Ware Porter, Ware M Porter and Company

14. Laura Roland, Laura Roland Interiors

15. Veronica Solomon, Casa Vilora Interiors

Sponsors of the Flower magazine showhouse 2023 include Ann Connelly Fine Art, B. Viz Design, Bella Notte, Bevolo Gas & Electric Lights, Blumera, Chaddock, Chelsea House, Currey & Company, European Turf Company, Fabricut, Farrow & Ball, Fireside Antiques, Fuller Architectural Panels, Hartstone, Hickory Chair, Kravet, L’Atelier Paris, LEE Industries, Liberty Fabrics, Little English, Marmi, Modern Matter, New Ravenna, Ngala Trading, Palmer Industries, Replacements, Ltd., Serena & Lily, The Rug Company, Thompson, Universal Furniture, Waterworks, and York Wallcoverings.

Floral designers featured in the showhouse include Dunn and Sonnier, Hummingbird Floral Studio, Kim Starr Wise, Michelle West Design Studio, and Pick-a-Petal Floral Design

A portion of ticket sales for the Flower magazine showhouse 2023 will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

—By Leslie Clagett, KBB managing editor

Photo credit: Paul Costello