Author: Jill Brooke
Which Florist Does Samuel L. Jackson Call For His Wife?
By Jill Brooke Samuel L. Jackson has achieved many records. Sure, as The Hollywood Reporter noted, he is one of the most bankable stars on the planet with over 120 movies under his belt and over $13 billion in box office receipts from movies like “Star Wars,” “Avengers” and “Pulp Fiction.” But one of his …
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State Flower Project Celebrates How We Share Similar Roots
“This is all part of our desire to celebrate state pride while remembering we ALL share the same roots.” ~ Jill State Flower Project By looking at all our state flowers, we clearly like multi-COLORISM. Look at the states that share a link with the color PINK – Go Wisconsin!!!! You and these states …
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Carol Woolton’s Floral Jewels Brilliant Sparkle at Sotheby’s
Orchid, Cartier, 2005. K. Riou © Cartier. When you seek pearls of wisdom, go to Carol Woolton. For decades now, she has written about jewelry for British Vogue with a flair for descriptive prose and probing history to uncover true gems. Her masterpiece is a book called “Floral Jewels.” (Prestel) In collaboration with Sotheby’s, …
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Oscar Film Florist Jenny Tobin Teaches How To Make a Bouquet
Inspired by Jenny Tobin
Lewis Miller’s Flower Flash Campaign Captivates New York
By Jill Brooke Lewis Miller calls himself a “storyteller through the art of floral design.” So when Meghan Markle‘s friends wanted to create a memorable story from her baby shower in New York City, Miller was hired to teach her friends – including Amal Clooney, Serena Williams, Gayle King, Abigail Spencer, and Jessica Mulroney – a …
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It’s Nice To Know You Can Grow a World on Your Windowsill
An apartment is never truly inhabited until it has plants in it. There is no excuse for not growing things. Brown thumb? Nonsense! That just means someone can’t be bothered or isn’t paying attention. Start with something simple, like a cyclamen. It doesn’t need a lot of light. It doesn’t need a lot of water. …
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Martha Stewart’s 6 Top Flower-Growing Tips for a Gorgeous Garden
By Jill Brooke Happy Birthday Martha Stewart. Among her many talents, Martha Stewart is the Goddess of the Garden. What can’t this woman do? For a pursuit that was plagued by a whiff of superficiality, this self-taught former stockbroker approached the domestic arts with serious study and scientific zeal. Photo Credit: Fadil Berisha Her attention to …
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Day Lilies – Splitting, Transplanting And Buying New Ones
If you are lucky, you already have daylilies crowding each other out along a fence, around a lamp post, and around an old well, and want to transplant some of them, perhaps give some to friends. In our town in Upstate New York, we trade day lilies on Memorial Day, to get a little variety, …
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Avalanche Of Garden Catalogs Promises Pleasure and Pain
By Linda Lee Thomas Jefferson once said that he wasn’t greedy. He just wanted his own land, and the land next to that. That’s the way I feel about flowers. I want my own flowers, and all the flowers I see next to them in the garden catalogs. This hardly seems like a complaint, but …
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Kate Middleton Will Participate in the Chelsea Flower Show
Anyone going to the Chelsea Flower Show this year (see Calendar) which runs from May 21 to May 25 will be pleased to know that Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, is designing an installation for the event. Don’t look for something overflowing with geraniums. The theme is “Back to Nature.” Working with the Royal …
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