The still life floral arrangements that populate Rosa both expound and subvert the loaded historical and aesthetic potentials of the rose as central subject matter. Commissioned by John Tebbs of Pleasure Garden magazine to visit Matthews Nurseries Ltd. – a multigenerational family rose farm in Whanganui, New Zealand, known for its unique rose breeding program – in 2018, Gooch and Henderson were so taken by the experience that they returned the following year to source, select and cut the unique rose varieties that appear in the book. The results are quiet yet spectacular, poetic yet expressive, with Henderson capturing Gooch's highly sculptural, unconventionally elegant floral signature with casual warmth and formalist precision.