Author: Jill Brooke
How Could NYC Floral Hero Floratorium Be Snubbed by L.E.A.F. Festival?
By Jill Brooke While it’s so exciting that New York City will have a floral festival created by the newly minted L.E.A.F. group this weekend in the Meatpacking District, we were so upset not to see Floratorium get the respect this talented team deserves. Floratorium’s innovative and transformative work creating gorgeous floral outside installations helped …
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Lewis Miller Helps Celebrate National Best Friend’s Day
By Jill Brooke Since today is National Best Friend’s Day, time to call a friend and let them know how you appreciate them. Better yet, send flowers. Perhaps you can be inspired by Lewis Miller’s Flower Flash he just did in London. All those dreamy yellow roses and sunflowers in this pop-up which are ancient …
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Landscaping Trends Sparked by Philadelphia Flower Show
By Jill Brooke Landscape designers got to strut their stuff at the Philadelphia Flower Show like never before. Because the historic Philadelphia Flower Show was moved from a March indoors floral extravaganza to an outside venue in June at FDR Park, this opened up an opportunity for more space and garden focus for these designers …
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Meet 8 Floral Stars of Philadelphia Flower Show
By Jill Brooke For the first time in its 193-year history, the Philadelphia Flower Show is not taking place in February indoors but at an outside venue of FDR Park, which was designed by Frederick Law Olmstead. This gives a new opportunity for landscape designers to showcase their artistry as well as floral artists. As …
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Designer of NYC High Line Will Exhibit at Philadelphia Flower Show
By Jill Brooke Considering that Philadelphia was the epicenter for botany during the United States’ early growth, it is not all that surprising that a New York treasure and knowledgeable botanist, gardener and lecturer would be venturing to Pennsylvania to participate in the largest and world’s longest-running horticultural event. Patrick Cullina is an award-winning landscape …
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Flower Moon Arrives to Dazzle
By Jill Brooke Did you hear that there will be a “Flower Moon” part of a celestial spectacle taking place before dawn on Wednesday morning? According to NASA, and the Farmer’s Almanac, skywatchers are in for a treat because there will also be a simultaneous lunar eclipse, full moon and a super moon at the …
The Beauty of Decay Through the Life of a Flower
By Jill Brooke Falling apart doesn’t mean you lose your essence. It is, as Sharon Johnson-Tennant’s award-winning work reveals, a process that leads to change which through her lens proves to be something not to be feared but embraced with grace. Although the California-based photographer has roamed the world to some of the most desolate …
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New Knock Out Rose Introduced! A Petite Version
By Jill Brooke Big news in the rose world. Knock Out roses, those history-making reblooming, disease-resistant flowers that Will Radler created in 2000, now come in what Star Roses and Plants are calling, “the petite Knock Out rose.” This is the first-ever miniature rose of its kind created after years of research and development. Unlike …
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Netflix Series Shows How Halston Popularized Orchids
By Jill Brooke What is the spark that ignites or sustains creative genius? For the fashion designer Halston, whose story is now streaming on Netflix starring Ewan McGregor in the title role, he needed to be surrounded by luminous sensual orchids. In fact, when funds were tight during his early days, his assistant tells him …
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Macy’s Flower Show Highlights
Macy’s Flower Show resumed its 70th tradition with the theme of fortitude. When the store closed, florists parachuted in overnight shifts to work until the wee hours of the morning when the department store’s doors opened up to customers. The last show, which explored the theme of space, was in 2019. This year’s theme is …