Author: Jill Brooke
Who Had the Best Floral Fashions at the Tony Awards?
Here is the highlight reel for the best floral fashions of the Tony Awards for 2023. Which one is your favorite? When your name is Leyna Bloom, of course, you will wear a flower to the Tony Awards. The Broadway actress wore a Mark Bumgarner dress with a big gold rose. And the rose is …
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Flower Power, the Site, Meets “Flower Power,” the Show
How could we not cover an exhibition called “Flower Power,” at The Future Perfect? The artist, Christ Wolston, said he wanted to be a landscape architect when he was growing up in Providence, RI. With “Flower Power,” he has created a landscape of terracotta furniture inspired by the flora found in the mountains and forests …
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Tiffany Excites Customers with Extraordinary Floral Displays
By Jill Brooke You know that someone at Tiffany has done a good job in hiring when their floral displays become another reason to visit the iconic Fifth Avenue store. Yes, flower lovers, those who want a floral retreat – and treat – must visit the newly renovated New York City store. “Who did the …
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6 Breathtakingly Beautiful Flower Books for Summer
By Jill Brooke It’s summer time and not only are the flowers blooming but so are the book titles about beautiful blooms. Here is a round-up of six new highly anticipated books. Inside these pages is expert advice to elevate your knowledge of flower arranging and enhance your understanding of the flora around us. For …
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June’s Unexpected Gardening Tips from Lawrence Leaf
By Lawrence Leaf, Jr. As someone who has been digging deep in the garden for several decades, I am here to offer you insights about the world of growing things. So each month, I will be telling you a few things I have noticed. There’s a reason I’m known as the Ambassador to Spring. How …
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The 5 Best Performing Roses – Winners of AGRS 2023
By Jill Brooke The annual American Garden Rose Selections (AGRS) winners have been announced and here they are! For two long years in six different regions, roses are tested for vigor, foliage proportion, plant habit, flowering effect, rebloom habit, bloom form, aging quality of blooms, fragrance, and hardiness and must demonstrate superior performances. So if …
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Dry Spell or Not, Get Soaker Hoses
You are not still out there hand-watering plants, are you? Don’t you feel like a dope? Because you are wasting water. You are watering the leaves, not the roots. You are also wasting time. What you should be doing is laying down soaker hoses, either that or grow plants that do well in a drought. …
Iris: Bearded, Siberian, Louisianan, Japanese, Native — Go See Them
Tulips, tulips, tulips. Crowds trample each other every year to see tulips in Holland. Why not iris? Do tulips have a better PR company? Iris are blooming now, and through the beginning of June. And, you know, Giverny… Irises are more complex and stately than tulips, and also dreamier. These days they have also been …
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Ricky Paul Flowers Gallops towards Victory and Fun
By Jill Brooke Once again the amazing talents of Ricky Paul Flowers galloped away to becoming a winner at the Chelsea in Bloom festivities. No surprise really. They are known in London as the go-to florists for a playful, fun, and whimsical vibe. To add fun to the Chelsea Flower Show is Chelsea in Bloom, …
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David Austin Roses Names Flower After Black Gardener
By Jill Brooke David Austin – the Rolls Royce of rose breeders in England – has unveiled its new apricot rose at the Chelsea Flower Show 2023. David Austin® Roses presented its new English shrub rose named after Danny Clarke – The Black Gardener, with $10,000 from the proceeds donated to not-for-profit Grow2Know. Not surprisingly, …
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