Author: Jill Brooke
Fun Flower Fact: Touch-Me-Not Plants and Their Explosive Seed Pods
Look but don’t touch. Oh, go ahead. It won’t hurt you. It will just make you jump. The more common name for the plant is “Touch-me-not.” Jewelweed, or Impatiens capensis, can shoot its seeds as far as ten feet away if you so much as brush a finger against its long seed pod. The …
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Art Plus Nature = Wave Hill, the Bronx
It is no secret to New Yorkers that Wave Hill in Riverdale, a pastoral part of the Bronx, is a stunning collection of gardens fronting two mansions with views of the Hudson River. It has history. Mark Twain once lived in one of them. It has greenhouses with alpine plants. And a coy pond. It …
The Flower Parades of the Netherlands Are a Must See
By Linda Lee The Netherlands are to flowers as Paris is to perfume and fashion. And it is not just in springtime when the tulips are in bloom. There is a second flower season in the Netherlands, when the dahlia “bloemencorsos” (flower parades) begin, a tradition that began in the 1930s and began to draw …
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Tech Consultant Katlean de Monchy Throws Floral Themed Bash
By Katlean de Monchy For my birthday bash, I decided to create a floral theme. It was easy to do. Just tell everyone to wear floral attire. After all, floral patterns are so plentiful and who doesn’t have at least one floral shirt or dress? Whether it’s Tory Burch, Cynthia Rowley, Ralph Lauren or Nicole …
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Julie Simon’s Cakes Attract Kylie Jenner and Stars Galore
By Jill Brooke Julie Simon’s cakes are treats you eat with your eyes. Of course, the talented artist’s desserts also taste good. But it is the visual artistry – which often requires 200 hours of work – that has earned this Los-Angeles based baker rave reviews and a rabid following. When Kylie Jenner was celebrating …
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HBO’s ‘Gentleman Jack’ Has Flowers Designed by Jenny Tobin
By Jill Brooke Fresh off “The Favourite” and “Fantastic Beasts,” Jenny Tobin’s floral talents can now be seen in HBO’s British costume drama, “Gentleman Jack.” “I’ve done so many period dramas that people call me for these types of jobs,” she says, with a laugh. “They know I can get the job done.” The HBO …
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Flowers Abound At Sotheby’s Summer Impressionist Art Sale
When half of your audience is in the Hamptons or Provence, and another goodly number refuse to leave their air-conditioned homes and offices, perhaps it makes sense to sell minor oil paintings, works on paper and pieces of sculpture online. The names for Sotheby’s sale — which ended at noon on July 24 — are …
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Hot Time At Miami Swim Week 2019 – Florals Are Skimpy
It was probably the veteran publicist Charlie Cinnamon who came up with the idea, one of those concepts that is lost to the annals of PR history. What could make people come to Miami in July? Why a fashion show of swimsuits. What could be more obvious? Miami already attracted people who lived inland, who …
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Wallpaper for the Smallest Rooms Or Hallways in Your House
We think floral wallpaper can be used anywhere, but these patterns from Albany in England may be a little too aggressive for a dining room. So how about a powder room. Albany calls this pattern Ayana, a combination of hot jungle flowers on a mustard background. If the mustard seems a little too intense they …
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White Flowers, A Symbol of Hope for Alzheimer’s Disease
For years the primary colors at the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s have been purple t-shirts, and orange, blue, yellow and purple flowers. At the end of the walk, these flowers are planted in a Promise Garden, the promise being the end of Alzheimer’s. Now a new color has appeared: White, to represent the hope …
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