Author: Jill Brooke
These Extraordinary Flowers Show Us How Weird Can Be Beautiful
By Nancy Molina Life is a little weird right now, isn’t it? Nature has pressed the reset button on our priorities and perspectives. So we thought we would gather some of the flowers that teach us the lesson that even in the weirdness, there is beauty. When we started this series, we did it on …
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This Fascinating Project Invites You to Create and Send Virtual Bouquets
By Jill Brooke Flowers draw people together – literally and figuratively. An inventive museum entrepreneur recognized the healing aspects of flowers following a memorable 25th-anniversary gift to his parents and adapted the concept for a worldwide movement called “Bouquet of Hope.” Abhishek Poddar, who founded The Museum of Arts and Photography (MAP) in Bangalore, India, …
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See Highlights From the New York Botanical Garden Plant Auction
If you’re looking to buy plants online, check out the New York Botanical Garden’s auction, which offers a variety of blooms for indoor and outdoor gardens.
Jill Kargman Survives Quarantine with Black Flowers, Art and Humor
By Jill Brooke Jill Kargman, star and author of Bravo’s “Odd Mom Out,” is a colorful character most comfortable wearing black. Not surprisingly, when it comes to flowers, she also prefers black. Given the current pandemic, that dark shade may just capture the mood of the moment. The lanky laconic actress and writer of 10 books, …
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7 Essential Tips for First-Time Vegetable Gardeners
By Chris Beytes So the pandemic has you thinking you need to grow your own food, eh? Excellent! Being able to start with a seed and end with a salad is a handy life skill that should be taught in every grade school. But it’s not, so chances are you’re a newbie and clueless, even …
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9 Tips for Making Simple and Stunning Floral Collages
By Jill Brooke Dr. Richard Howard has spent a lifetime as a surgeon involved in organ transplants. While his professional career has had him working with the human body, in his free time, he works with other kinds of living things, flowers, in the creation of floral collages. “Flowers are one of God’s best creations,” …
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Need a Mask? Why Not Try One of These Floral Styles for a Touch of Cheer
By Jill Brooke In these days of social distancing, it is now becoming necessary to have masks in our fashion arsenal to protect ourselves and others. Of course, we recommend finding cheerful floral options since flowers make you happier. Here are a few that have caught our eye. We particularly like the ones now offered …
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How to Create Amazing Tables for Zooming with Friends and Family
By Jill Brooke Our flower lovers manage to be creative despite any obstacles – including Covid-19 – which clearly has defined 2020. But as nature teaches us, we learn to be adaptive and often beautiful results then appear. Tips to Find Joy Despite Covid-19 Restrictions Although Easter lilies are often available in spring, many of …
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The History and Floral Meaning of the Easter Lily
By Jill Brooke In celebration of Good Friday and Easter, here are some fun facts about the Easter Lily which is the flower associated with this holiday. SPIRITUAL HISTORY OF THE LILY Known as the “white-robed apostles of hope,” fragrant white lilies were believed to symbolize the purity of Christ. Turns out that in art …
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Flower Lover Queen Elizabeth Inspires with Easter Speech to Nation
We wanted to give a moment of thanks to the great Queen Elizabeth, she who has been a world leader for over seven decades, for the comforting speech she recently gave. Here was her Easter comments that she just gave. “This year, Easter will be different for many of us, but by keeping apart …
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