Author: Jill Brooke
The Winners of Fleurs de Villes’ Fashion Floral Sculptures
When you gather some of the world’s most celebrated florists to create floral sculptures inspired by New York’s iconic characters, you know it’s going to be eye-popping, jaw-dropping fabulous. And it was. Adam Glassman, Creative Director of O, The Oprah Magazine, master florist Raul Avila and I were asked by Fleurs de Villes – a …
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650 Florists Give Free Bouquets in Petal-It-Forward Campaign
By Jill Brooke It’s not Christmas yet but the Society of American Florists (SAF) came up with a fantastic idea called “Petal It Forward” to bring joy to the public by encouraging their many members to surprise passersby with flowers. Considering that most SAF members are flower shop owners, and growers, it wasn’t hard to …
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10 Feng Shui Tips for Using Flowers to Attract Love, Joy, and Prosperity
By Jill Brooke For Feng Shui consultant Nitu Patel, flowers are an essential part of her advice to global clients. “Flowers are living chi and can change or enhance the mood of a space,” says Patel, who runs the New York-based Phoenix and Rose Feng Shui. “Using colored flowers in specific sections of the home …
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Hail the Chrysanthemum, a Japanese Tradition
Kiku fever has struck the United States, with shows dedicated to the chrysanthemum (in Japanese, “kiku”) in cities like Pittsburgh, New York, Buffalo, Northampton, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, and Peoria Illinois, along with Toronto, Canada. These are not the chrysanthemums you see in pots at the grocery store. Some look like daisies. Some look like dahlias. Some …
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Fleurs de Villes’ Flower Events Help Retail Stores Flourish
Karen Marshall and Tina Barkley, who launched Fleurs de Villes, have found a solution to a problem impacting the bottom line of many bricks and mortar retail stores. Walk down any street and you will see an abundance of fashions with floral motifs no matter the season – winter, spring, summer or fall. What …
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Floral Wizards Bill Schaffer & Kris Kratt Create Magic
By Jill Brooke Bill Schaffer and Kris Kratt know how to do love stories. And I’m not even talking about their own romance. Aside from winning room fulls of gold medals at floral Olympic competitions such as the Philadelphia Flower Show, assessing floral talents for the American Institute of Floral Designers (AIFD) and being asked …
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The Ikebana Floral Show at Kitano Hotel Celebrates Tradition
Over 30 floral artists contributed their talents to an ikebana exhibition hosted by New York City’s Kitano Hotel. The Japanese-style hotel, near Grand Central Station, has two annual flower shows for both the fall and spring seasons that the public can visit. In light of what took place in Japan, perhaps we can honor this …
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Dec. 22 and Dec. 25 Coming Sooner than You Think
By Linda Lee I don’t remember doing embroidery. But I have the proof that I did: One very bad sampler done, I’m sure, under my grandmother’s tutelage. Clearly, I did not grow up to be a crafter. If you, however, are the type to knit a baby blanket, cross stitch a pillow, crochet …
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Festive Blooms: How to Grow Amaryllis, Paperwhites & Christmas Cactus for the Holidays
By Linda Lee Attention indoor gardeners. It’s planting time. I’m not going to talk about herbs or house plants. I’m talking those three things that make the holiday season bright: paperwhites, amaryllis and Christmas cactus. You are probably not trying to revive last year’s poinsettia, because the new plants are so cheap. But if you …
Jeff Koons’ Bouquet for Paris or a Self-Serving Gimmick?
Jeff Koons’ 41-foot-tall sculpture unveiled in early October is meant to honor the victims of the terrorist attack in November 2015 at the Bataclan nightclub and five other locations in Paris, which left 130 dead and 494 wounded. Portentiously, Koons compares his work to the Statue of Liberty, a return gesture from America to France, …
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