Enid Haupt: Seventeen Magazine Editor, Lover of Plants, and Patron of American Horticulture
"Instead of curtains, Enid had potted Camillia plants on either side of the windows.
In order to survive indoors in New York, they needed to be misted three times a day."
June 18, 1971
On this day, the Austin American-Statesman shed light on Enid Haupt's life after retirement from Seventeen magazine.
The article shared fantastical scenes from inside Enid's Park Avenue Apartment:
Instead of curtains, Enid had potted Camillia plants on either side of the windows. In order to survive indoors in New York, they needed to be misted three times a day.
And there was a rug in her drawing room that Enid claimed she had waited 23 years to acquire.
It was from the Palace of Versailles, and it featured antique hollyhocks and tulips on a rose background.
Enid said,
Plants are my life. I feel responsible for them.
And Enid cautioned against babying plants, she said
I have a protective attitude without pampering.
If you pamper a plant, it's like a person.
It grows too soft.
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