Author: Jill Brooke
The Ultimate Flower-Filled Mother’s Day Gift Guide
By Rozalia Jovanovic Mother’s Day is around the corner (May 10th!). This year, gifts that inspire calm and restfulness and add a touch of floral cheer are a good way to help your mother find peace in this stressful time. Here are a few items we’ve found that tap the healing and beautifying potential of …
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Mother’s Day Bouquets to Swoon Over
“Mothers are the flowers in the garden of life.” This quote by Thomas Fuller sums up how we feel and why we are starting this series called “Mother’s Day Flowers to Swoon Over.” So let us give you a visual treat of some of the artists we have curated for your visual pleasures. We have …
Florists Scramble to Deliver Mother’s Day Bouquets with Less Inventory Available
by Jill Brooke Considering that 69 percent of gifts for Mother’s Day are flowers, and florists count on $1.9 billion in sales, Covid-19 has disrupted not only the floral supply chain but a financial lifeline for bouquets of bucks. Complicating matters, each state had strict rules regarding what is an essential worker. Although we at …
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Caroline Heggdal’s Make-Up Style is Floral Eye Candy
By Nancy Molina Considering that people have always worn flowers in their hair, make-up artist Caroline Heggdal realized that people should maybe apply natural beauty to their faces. Call it Floral Eye Candy. Like a painter, she takes pastel pigments of eye shadows and blends them with real flowers for an extraordinary effect. It is …
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Artist Láolú Counts Serena Williams, Beyonce As Fans
By Jill Brooke It’s not a surprise that artist Láolú Senbanjo feels connected to the Lotus flower. The Nigerian-born artist, whose fans include Beyonce Knowles, Taraji P. Henson, Serena Williams, Lupita Nyongo, Alicia Keys and her husband Swizz Beats, connects to the spirituality of the ancient flower that symbolizes enlightenment, self-regeneration and rebirth “Lotus flowers …
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What Is All the Hoopla Over Nootropics? We Break Down the Hot New Floral Wellness Trend
Here’s a look at what experts say are the top five best natural nootropics, and how they support the mind and body.
See These Floral Foodie Creations That Dazzle and Taste Great Too!
In our Floral Foodie series, we explore culinary creations inspired by flowers and bring you the recipes so you can try them at home. Necessity has always been the mother of invention. With more time at home, people are becoming so creative with their home cooking, Tomatoes and strips of parsley become like paint for …
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Storied Chelsea Flower Show to Launch First-Ever Virtual Program
By Jill Brooke The Chelsea Flower Show, the oldest and most fabulous floral extravaganza in the world, was canceled due to Covid-19 but now announced the show will go on – but in a special on-line series. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) says this is the “first” ever virtual version of the show which has …
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As Symbol of Hope, Vogue Puts a Single Rose on Its June Cover
By Jill Brooke “I feel as if I had opened a book and found roses of yesterday sweet and fragrant, between its leaves.” ― L.M. Montgomery That’ sentiment is how we are feeling right now after discovering that Vogue magazine put a red rose on its June/July cover. Not any rose. But a rose …
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When Taylor Swift Sends Gigi Hadid Flowers, of Course They’re Glorious
Oh gosh. It must be fun to be a celebrity with friends who can afford bouquets from the best florists in the world. Imagine price not being an issue and you just search for the best blooms on the planet – fresh and colorful and spectacular. That’s why it’s fun checking out Gigi Hadid’s recent …
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