Author: Jill Brooke
Minnesota to Pay Residents $500 to Grow Bee Friendly Flowers
By Jill Brooke Here’s some good news. Minnesota is the first state in the nation to pay residents to plant lawns with bee-friendly wildflowers, clover and native grasses. The state is also asking residents to stop spraying herbicide and let their lawns re-wild into a more natural state. As the Star Tribune reported, citizens living …
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Floral Fashions Bloomed with Understated Elegance at Oscars
By Jill Brooke and Nancy Molina It there was one concept for floral fashions at the Oscars for 2020, it was understated elegance in most of the clothing choices. Penelope Cruz wore a black flowing taffeta dress cut above the ankles at an angle which was very cool and feminine. But the detail that made …
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7 Tips for a Valentine’s Day Lunch Celebrating Your Friends
By Jill Brooke Valentine’s Day is a celebration of love and that doesn’t only mean the romantic kind. If you don’t have a lover in your life, maybe February can be a chill to the heart. But the thaw melts when we focus on the love we do have such as the intimacy and warmth …
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At BAFTA, Margot Robbie Wins Floral Fashion Award in Chanel
In floral fashions, we checked out the 73rd annual British Academy Film Awards – known as BAFTAs. This event – held at the Royal Albert Hall in London – not only is attended by Kate Middleton and Prince William – but also is the last gasp of important award shows before the Oscars on Sunday, …
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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Vulva Flower Art: The New Georgia O’Keefe?
By Jill Brooke You know how much we all love dazzling flower sculptures at Flower Power Daily. We work really hard to find the best ones from around the globe to share with you all. But we’re not so sure about this one from Gwyneth Paltrow and her team. Roses of a vulva? It certainly …
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St. Patrick’s Day, You Can’t Avoid the Green
My German grandmother used to grow these in her garden in Minnesota. I have no idea why, except they were pretty, and odd. They certainly were not traditional German flowers. Moluccella laevis, shown above, can be ordered from Park Seed, but since St. Patrick’s Day is March 17, and Bells-of-Ireland, as they are called, flower …
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Flower Power Daily’s Floral Fashion Award Wins at Grammys
By Jill Brooke Floral Fashions weren’t blooming at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. But then again the fashions at the Grammys are more costumes than couture. Unlike the Golden Globes, very few items would one wear anywhere but on stage. There were some notable exceptions. Esperanza Spalding, who won the best jazz vocal album for …
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In Honor of Chinese New Year, Celebrating Designer Zang Toi
By Jill Brooke In floral news, we want to give a shout out to Chinese fashion designer Zang Toi in honor of the Chinese New Year. Thirty years ago after coming to the United States to study at Parsons School of Design, he opened his atelier for those who appreciated lush fabrics with exuberant feminine …
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Winners for the International Garden Photography of the Year Awards
Imagine sifting through thousands of photographs to pick the best floral shots of the year from over 20,000 entries. What fun, right? That’s what the team behind the prestigious International Garden Photographer of the Year awards do every year. Entries are welcome from amateurs and professionals alike from any country in the world. The main …
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Flower Power Daily’s Fashion Winners at the Sag Awards
By Jill Brooke In floral news, there were some stand-out dresses at the recent Sag Awards. Designer Monique Lhullier created a stunner for Christina Applegate, which didn’t show a lot of skin but showed a lot of style. Applegate was nominated for the role of Jen Harding in “Dead to Me,” shined in a black …
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