Author: Jill Brooke
Peach Fuzz – Pantone Color for 2024 Seen In These Flowers
By Jill Brooke Peach Fuzz was named the Pantone Color of the Year for 2024. Expect to see this color woven into home decor, art, and of course – flowers. A hope for calm is clearly motivating this choice which is found so often in nature. “At a time of turmoil in many aspects of …
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Decor and Floral Ideas to Celebrate and Understand Hanukkah
By Jill Brooke Hanukkah is the festival of lights, a feat of the Jewish people to prolong one day’s worth of oil to eight, which secured a victory over Syrian rule and prevented their faith and temple from being diminished and destroyed. For 2023, the Hanukkah festivities start on December 7th and I wanted to …
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Rosalynn Carter’s Vast Contributions to Flowers and Farming
By Jill Brooke Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter understood the stories that flowers tell. She and her trusted assistant of 38 years, Melissa Montgomery, often took in the sweetness of her favorite peach rose at home while strategizing the flowers that she wanted for her funeral. “In the composition of her floral arrangements, Mrs. Carter’s …
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Giving Back-Some Flower Forward Ideas
By Kristen Hayes, Superbloom founder There are so many ways to lend your support this season to help use flowers & floral inspiration as a force for goodness. For GivingTuesday and throughout the holiday season, the Superbloom team is encouraging folks to consider donating to flower-inspired nonprofits and groups that bring goodness into the world. As …
States With Most Flower Buyers? Results Are So Surprising!
By Jill Brooke Guess who are the biggest flower buyers proportionally in the United States? It’s a bit of a surprise but the tiny state of Connecticut is a petal powerhouse. As José Luis Martínez wrote, of Connecticut’s estimated $686 million in agricultural sales in 2022, “24.4% came from floriculture.” Results came from sales and …
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Marigolds May Hold Clues to Parkinson’s Disease Cures
By Jill Brooke Here’s some good news for flower lovers about the healing impact of marigolds. Compounds extracted from marigold flowers may be useful in treating Parkinson’s disease, according to a study done in laboratory models. How great is that? We know how flowers are mentally healing but once again science proves its medicinal powers …
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What Lit Up Salon Art+Design Show? These 7 Floral Chandeliers
By Jill Brooke Salon Art + Design, the prestigious fair in New York, showcasing the finest art, architecture, and design from leading galleries worldwide, is always catnip for designer lovers. Part of the reason is that its leader Jill Bokor cherry-picked what designers can participate in the event that only has sixty-two installations. Therefore it …
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Why Marigold Shines on Diwali- NYC Makes It Official Holiday
By Jill Brooke Marigolds are everywhere for Diwali, a five-day religious celebration that symbolizes the spiritual “victory of light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance.” Members of Hindu, Sikh, Jain, and some Buddhist communities decorate their homes with lights, little oil-filled lamps called diyas, flowers, and candles. They also create rangoli, elaborate designs made of colored rice, …
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“United By Flowers” Theme of 2024 Philadelphia Flower Show
By Jill Brooke The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society unveiled the theme of the 2024 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show: United by Flowers. The 195th PHS Philadelphia Flower Show will be held March 2 – 10, 2024 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. United by Flowers celebrates the colorful community that comes together to share in their love of …
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Record-Breaking 1,366-Bloom Chrysanthemum on Display at Longwood Gardens
By Jill Brooke Longwood Gardens’ world-famous Chrysanthemum Festival includes a Thousand Bloom Chrysanthemum this year, after two misfires. Well, actually it is now 1366 flowers on a single plant stretching more than 12 feet in diameter. Proving that hard work and pivots pay off, this star flower “has been painstakingly grown by dedicated horticulturists for …
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