Author: Jill Brooke
Discovering Spirituality in a Flower: A Journey into Nature’s Wisdom
By Liz Taggart Most early mornings, with shafts of light warming the still cool air, with bare feet and a steaming mug of coffee in hand, my two white fluffy Bichons, Saatchi and Hoshi trotting alongside me, I take a walkabout around my farm, Amba Farms in Bedford, New York. It’s an intentional walk, to …
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How To Plant a Pollinator Garden for National Pollinator Week
By Ellen C. Wells Thank pollinators for the vast variety of flowers in the world and for the food you eat. If you put your ear close to your fruit smoothie, your quinoa kale bowl, even your tomato-laden bacon cheeseburger, you can hear it—the buzz emanating from your food. Without pollinators—from hummingbirds to butterflies, moths …
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At Ascot, It Doesn’t Have To Be Ladies’ Day To Be Ladylike
By Linda Lee According to the strict rules of the Royal Enclosure at Ascot, it is hard not to be ladylike. There are rules for attire, for men and women, that do not apply in the Queen Anne Enclosure and the Village Enclosure. Only the Windsor Enclosure does not require women to wear hats and …
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Inhale! The Ten Most Fragrant Flowers for a Blissfully Scented Garden
By Sarah Melville Hodder Simply put, sweet-smelling flowers make us happy! Fragrant flowers are as diverse in size and shape as they are in scent. Some grow on trees in the tropics, or on shrubs or vines, or grow close to the earth as compact blossoming plants. Some bloom in petal clusters, others with bold …
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Street Seen – Our Top Fabulous Floral Fashions For August
Here at Flower Power, we see the world through flowers. It’s actually a wonderful way to approach life. Find the beauty of nature and marvel at how people apply botany in so many ways, often without knowing it. Sometimes I will be going down the street, and my head will literally jolt back. Because floral …
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How to Grow Hydrangeas: Tips for Planting, Blooming, and Pruning
When to Plant? Plants in pots can be planted any time the ground can be worked. Cuttings are best rooted in the spring. What does “hydrangea” mean? The word comes from the Greek for water “hudro” and vessel “angeion” – probably for the shape of the seed capsule. When does a hydrangea bloom? Spring to …
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10 Ways to Get Your Kids To Love Flowers And Gardening
By Jill Brooke Isn’t it mesmerizing to see kids faces as they glance at a garden flower? The way they become enchanted, almost drugged by the dreamy colors and pillowy soft petals. The fragrant smell draws them in like a magic vapor and then something inexplicable happens. They get quiet. And then, even better, they …
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How to Grow and Care for Daylilies – Tips For Daylily Care
When to plant: bare root daylilies should be plated in the spring; potted day lilies can be planted any time. What daylily (hemerocallis) means. Hemerocallis, from the Greek – hemera (day) and “callos” (beauty). In many languages, the name remains “daylily.” In German it is taglily, in Spanish “lirio del dia.” The idea is the …
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Foxgloves: How To Plant, Grow And Care For Foxglove
By Linda Lee When to plant: Last year (not a joke; these are biennials) What Foxglove (digitalis) means: the Anglo-Saxon name was “foxes glofa” (“the glove of the fox”) because it looked like it would fit a fox’s paw. The Latin name, “digitalis” comes from the word “digit” or finger, since it was easy to …
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How to Grow Lisianthus: Tips for Planting and Caring for This Delicate Flower
How to plant and Grow Lisianthus (eustoma, Prairie gentian, Texas bluebell) When to plant: spring (seed), spring/summer (potted plants) What “eustoma,” the Greek name, means: “eu” means “beautiful” and “stoma” means “mouth.” The second Greek name “lysianthus,” may seem confusing. “Anthos” means flower, and “lysis” means “dissolution.” Not in the sense of “dissolving,” but in …
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