Botanical designer Lewis Miller returns to the streets of New York City to enliven an otherwise ordinary corner with a bountiful bouquet of flowers. A few years ago, Miller turned empty garbage cans into voluminous vases, each of which overflowed with colourful blooms and lush greenery.

His most recent street-side installation emerges from a telephone booth at 825 West End Avenue in Manhattan’s upper west side, spilling out from within the booth’s sliding doors.

Miller’s latest Flower Flash is a project that he and his team emphasise is a “constant pursuit of beauty”.

“What initially began as Lewis Miller design experiment to reinvigorate and reconnect us to our craft, turned into a beautiful shared experience in a city of millions,” the team said. “The Flower Flash is our gift to New Yorkers. Our goal is to create a positive, emotional response through flowers. Seeing people’s reactions to our flower flashes emphasises the basic goodness in all people and prioritises compassion and the need for LMD x NYC to carry on.”

All images by Irini Arakas Greenbaum