Author: Jill Brooke
Take a Virtual Tour of the Walled Gardens at Downton Abbey’s Highclere Castle
Downton Abbey fans should be thrilled that they can now experience life at Highclere Castle—the location for the film and series—each week in this show.
Unlocking the Language of Roses: 18 Types and Colors Explained
By Jill Brooke We all love roses. They evoke history, romance, ardor and passion. As June is the month of the rose, our national flower, we at Flower Power Daily thought it would be fun as well as interesting to teach people about all of its facets. It all goes back to the goddess of …
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The Significance of Flowers as a Tribute to the Deceased
By Jill Brooke At our rawest moments, those times when words cannot express the depth of emotions, flowers can. A clarion call triggers human hands to find them—the reliable carnation, the fierce rose, the fragrant lily—because flowers are imbued with special powers. They comfort and offer hope. So here we are again, facing the aftermath …
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Paul Fuentes’ Floral-Inspired Designs Encourage Hope
By Jill Brooke “Flowers have an immediate impact on happiness,” says Paul Fuentes, a Mexican artist and photographer based in London. “You can express so many feelings with flowers such as sympathy, love or support.” Especially now, Fuentes’ graphic images, which he does with Ilse Fuentes, resonate and provide hope. The owners of Paul Fuentes …
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Instead of Expensive Planters, Why Not Try Plastic Tubs That Cost Less Than $10?
By Jill Brooke There are now over 16 million newbie gardeners and Jill Sokol is one of them. The mother of three was planning to create a garden on her deck but discovered that pots can be expensive. Beautiful yes. But she didn’t want to spend “$75” or “even more” on large pots like these. …
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American Rose Society Names 2020 Winner for Easiest Rose to Grow
By Jill Brooke Drumroll please. The prestigious American Rose Society—whose team of experts are not only flower lovers but educators and cheerleaders for what is our national flower—has unveiled its big winner for Members’ Choice Rose for 2020. “The Olivia Rose Austin is the Members’ Choice Award winner,” says executive director Jon Corkern. Each …
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How a Special Rose Brought a Family Together
By Dr. Charlotte Nutt The allure of roses is as old as recorded history. A carefully and well-tended structure with roses is rich with innuendo—some person planned, chose, and tended young plants, and trained them. Implicit in this process is the creator’s unique aesthetic vision combined with the ability to delay gratification. The gardener each …
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Tips for Composting Your Garden Blooms at Home for National Composting Day
Need a great way to both nourish a hungry garden while also redirecting flowers and garden waste from landfills? Try composting.
Loria Stern’s Fab Floral Foods on Shark Tank
By Jill Brooke “Eat Your Flowers” How can you not be compelled by Loria Stern’s mission statement that reflects her love of flora as well as utilizing nature’s bounty in her baked goods? They really aren’t cakes or pies or loaves of bread. They are works of art. Perhaps this is why she was approved …
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How Growing a Victory Garden Saved Me During the Pandemic
How one recent Connecticut transplant learned to keep calm during the Coronavirus pandemic by growing a Victory Garden.