Author: Jill Brooke
Flowermaid Florist Becomes Floral Princess in HBO’s Hacks
By Jill Brooke Ines Garstecki, the owner of Flowermaid in Los Angeles, got to live one of all flower lover’s dreams. Imagine getting a call from HBO and being told you have an unlimited budget to find the most beautiful, colorful and spectacular blooms you can find. After all, even if you have well-to-do clients, …
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Florists Furious at James Corden: Flowers Not a Waste of Money
By Jill Brooke How can it be that James Corden, an Englishman born in the land of devoted gardeners and flower lovers, has dissed the delightful daffodil, the pillowy peony and even the beloved proud rose by declaring on CBS’ “The Late Late Show” that “flowers are a waste of money.” Discussing recent news …
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Floral Fashions Saved 2021 MET Gala
By Jill Brooke Crass vs. class. Leave it to flowers to save the day – or night. The Costume Institute’s annual gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art could have been an opportunity for a great dress-up occasion to remind us of how fun fashion can be and how much we miss occasions to be …
2021 Hamptons Classic Table Setting Champions
By Jill Brooke It wasn’t only thoroughbred horses competing for ribbons at the 2021 Hampton Classic Grand Prix held in Bridgehampton, New York. So were table setting designs created with flair and ingenuity each year by sponsors and equestrian enthusiasts who hire the great florists and event planners to dazzle the crowds and showcase trends. …
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How Florists Get Their Work into Design Showhouses
By Jill Brooke Although flowers enhance any room with pizzazz and personality, that is not the focus for Steven Mandel. Like a Dumbledore-like wizard from Harry Potter movies, Mandel is busy fielding calls and conjuring possibilities for award-winning decorators across the country who want to be part of the many show houses he organizes each …
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To Protect Chanel No. 5, Company Buys More Jasmine Fields
By Jill Brooke Concerned that their iconic scent, Chanel No. 5 may face diminishing supplies of the jasmine flower, the company has bought up more land in Grasse, France – the perfume capital of the world – to ensure future supplies of jasmine and other varieties of flowers will be plentiful. Turns out the jasmine …
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How Flowers Inspire Music and a Let’s Rock Vibe
By Jill Brooke Looks like this Colorado wildflower has a rock n’roll vibe. What do you think it’s rocking out to? Maybe this is the type of flower that inspired Tom Petty’s iconic song, “Wildflowers.” Over the centuries, artists have been inspired by the rich symbolism of flowers. In a songwriter’s hand, flowers are reliable …
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Passion Flower Teaches Us Life is Beautiful and Complicated
By Jill Brooke As Elizabeth Bernstein writes, “nature provokes awe – that emotional response to something vast that expands and challenges the way we see the world.” There is nothing that makes me feel that sentiment more than looking at passion flowers. The intricacy of their web-like construction seems to be telling the world that …
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The Impact of One Flower on U.S./Russian/British Efforts in Afghanistan
By Jill Brooke Did you know that the national flower for Afghanistan is the tulip? We may think of their origin as Dutch but tulip cultivation began in Persia in the 13th century and then tulip bulbs were planted around the globe in a rainbow of glorious colors. Sadly, it is far easier to …
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The Science Behind CBD Cartridges and Your Health
After the adoption of the 2018 Farm Bill in the USA, hemp got excluded from the prohibited substances list, and the CBD market started to boom. Millions of people with chronic and debilitating conditions have received access to a safe, herbal remedy for their ailments – cannabidiol, or CBD. The best about CBD is that …
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