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OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. 16 Last month, a week before arriving at the Dallas Arboretum to discuss her book Martha's Flowers: A Practical Guide to Growing, Gathering, and Enjoying, Martha Stewart calls me from her farm in Bedford, New York. "We're having a really hideous heat wave right now," she says. "It was 100 in New York yesterday, and 100 the day before. It's terrible for the gardens." Weather aside, it will come as no surprise to anyone familiar with Martha Stewart that blooms are thriving in each of her four gardens in Bedford, East Hampton, New York City, and Seal Harbor, Maine — peonies, roses, lilies, poppies, tulips, hydrangeas, and more. Martha's Flowers, her newest project from her lifestyle empire, is not just a beautiful tome packed with photos of elegant arrangements. It's also a handy resource, offering gardening tips from Stewart and her longtime colleague, I n mid-June, CityCentre welcomes International Smoke, a San Francisco-based venture from chef Michael Mina and cookbook author Ayesha Curry. The restaurant explores cultural variations in the use of fire, grilling, and smoke to create savory dishes reflecting Mina's and Curry's travels and heritage … Former Kiran's sous chef Dominick Lee and restaurateur Ian Tucker have opened Poitín at 2313 Edwards Street in the Sawyer Yards development. Look for a creative cocktail menu and diverse cuisine including Marble Ranch wagyu and herb-infused ricotta ravioli. See more on Poitin in next month's issue … Greenway Coffee owner David Buehrer and Malk Organics founder August Vega have opened the city's first plant-based beverage bar inside Snap Kitchen at 3600 Kirby Drive. Malk Organics & Greenway Coffee crafts nut milks by blending almonds, pecans, and cashews with high-quality ingredients sourced from Texas to Tibet. For a caffeine kick, add your favorite malk to a Greenway Coffee cold brew. Watch for the Malksquad menu with beverages created by Instagram foodies. Meghan West Restaurant BUZZ SORRY, CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW. I'm on the phone with Martha Stewart. Kevin Sharkey. During our chat, she talked about what not to grow in Texas and which French château she thinks has the most magnificently verdant park. How to grow flowers in the brutal Texas heat. I would absolutely take a course at the local botanical garden. Talk to garden centers where they sell plants that are indigenous to your area so you're not trying to plant something that won't grow. Don't try to grow delphiniums in Texas. A memory you associate with a certain floral scent. The most fragrant garden I ever had was in East Hampton. I had about 900 roses on one acre. It was really special. People would come from everywhere just to walk down the street and smell the roses, because the scent was so intense. That's the kind of memory that stays with you for a long time. The most beautiful gardens you've seen. I like landscape gardens — those big, old, fabulous maintained gardens. There's a château in France called Courances. It has the most beautiful cascading pools. I've visited all the gardens in Japan. They have some very beautiful landscape gardens in China. England, Scotland, France, Italy, Russia, Germany, Greece … I've been to a lot. Trickiest and easiest flowers to grow. Really, really tall delphiniums are tricky. You have to have great conditions. And pillar roses. Those are both difficult. Daffodils are pretty easy; you get a lot of bang for your buck, as they say. "DON'T TRY TO GROW DELPHINIUMS IN TEXAS." — Martha Stewart Martha Stewart BY LINDEN WILSON