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Flower Power Daily’s Jill Brooke Wins 2023 AIFD Merit Award
By Jill Brooke Flowers have helped heal, inspire, charm, and beautify the human experience throughout history. This is why I love writing about floral artistry and cool historical facts. What an honor I will treasure always to have received the 2023 Merit Award from AIFD– (American Institute of Floral Designers): the Harvard for any floral …
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Jill Brooke’s Video Report From The 2019 Philadelphia Flower Show
Video produced by Vanessa H. Smith The theme of The Philadelphia Flower Show, which runs this year, 2019, from March 2 through March 10, is Flower Power, a nod to the psychedelic summer of love in San Francisco, 1968, more than 50 years ago. But for serious admirers of floral art, the big event this …
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Meet Jill Brooke and the Flower Power Creative Team
Flowers are never in a rush. They bloom when they are ready. Over my lifetime, I’ve learned many life lessons from flowers. Through the years, I’ve been a CNN correspondent, an EIC at Travel Savvy, Avenue and Show Circuit, a columnist for the New York Post, Ad Week and Metropolitan Home, as well as writing …
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Dr. Jill Biden and Lady Gaga Celebrate Flowers in Inauguration Attire
By Jill Brooke What roots us all together? Flowers of course and that’s why Dr. Jill Biden chose to have her “Celebrating America” dress adorned with all 50 state flowers. Her Gabriela Hearst coat was also adorned with flowers- as was the matching mask. There was soft glittering embroidery of the peach blossom representing Delaware, …
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Jill Kargman Survives Quarantine with Black Flowers, Art and Humor
By Jill Brooke Jill Kargman, star and author of Bravo’s “Odd Mom Out,” is a colorful character most comfortable wearing black. Not surprisingly, when it comes to flowers, she also prefers black. Given the current pandemic, that dark shade may just capture the mood of the moment. The lanky laconic actress and writer of 10 books, …
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Lyndhurst Mansion Flower Show in Tarrytown: Jill’s Review
How did the Lyndhurst Mansion make its Gothic-styled architecture come alive? They created the Lyndhurst Flower Show in early April to attract visitors to Tarrytown in Westchester county, New York, and invited more than a dozen regional florists to use their artistry to complement this historic residence. Photo Credit: Colonial Village Flowers/FPJ Finished in 1842 …
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“Chelsea in Bloom” Will Have Food Theme for 2024
By Jill Brooke Here’s a tasty floral treat to look forward to! While the RHS Chelsea Flower Show requires coveted tickets to attend – and gets sold out quickly – anyone could enjoy the tangential Chelsea in Bloom, which celebrates its 15th year. It is the bucket list experience I always recommend. Over 80 stores, restaurants and hotels …
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Solar Eclipse Creativity from Florists!
By Jill Brooke You got to love the creativity of some floral artists. After all, flowers express what words often can not. It’s a visual vocabulary. So first, here’s a shout-out to Love Always Floral in Fargo, North Dakota. The clever artists used a scabiosa and craspedia to mimic the eclipse. As we know, on …