Author: Jill Brooke
Daffodils Greet Boston Marathoners Symbolizing New Beginning
We love how daffodils have been planted alongside the route of the Boston Marathon since the horrific bombing in 2013. These flowers represent rebirth and new beginnings. Local volunteers have placed more than 5,000 pots and a total of 20,000 daffodils along the marathon route as a tribute to Boston Strong. As Megan O’Brien reported …
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Magda Indigo’s Flower Portraits Mix Intrigue and Beauty
Magda Indigo shoots flowers the way Annie Leibovitz shoots rock stars for the cover of Rolling Stone. They may never look this good again. The four ranunculi look like they are painted on black velvet. An array of white lilies are at their peak of perfection. Her husband, Paul, is also a photographer and therefore …
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Romantic and Fantastic Rosie Assoulin’s Floral Dresses
The dress designer Rosie Assoulin once worked event and floral design, and doesn’t it show? Her floral dresses from past seasons, like this yellow lace dress are hot sellers. She worked briefly under Oscar de la Renta, studied at FIT (she’s a New Yorker, born in Brooklyn), worked at Lanvin under Alber Elbaz. Her first …
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Felicia Greenberg’s Pet Floral Displays Delight Her Fans
Felicia C. Greenberg knows how to delight her fans. She and her husband, Glen, go off on a road trip with their family. In their household, family means a car full of puffy white poodles and other canine breeds. At least they won’t have to make pit stops. Because these show dogs are life-like but …
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Is Buying Seeds Worth It? Exploring the Value and Quantity in Seed Packets
How many seeds in a seed packet? It never occurred to me to ask when I bought Sweet Peas at the local garden center, what we still call Agway. And where I had to force myself not to buy a couple of newly hatched chicks, especially the ones labeled “silly” — the French salmon-colored Faverolle …
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Lyndhurst Mansion Flower Show in Tarrytown: Jill’s Review
How did the Lyndhurst Mansion make its Gothic-styled architecture come alive? They created the Lyndhurst Flower Show in early April to attract visitors to Tarrytown in Westchester county, New York, and invited more than a dozen regional florists to use their artistry to complement this historic residence. Photo Credit: Colonial Village Flowers/FPJ Finished in 1842 …
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Stylist Gayle Perry Picks Her Fave Summer Dresses
We asked Gayle Perry @gaylestyle to pick her favorite floral spring dresses. Gayle once worked for Donna Karan and Calvin Klein and was the director of European fashion for Conde Nast Digital. Today she works as a personal stylist and fashion consultant known for her innate sense of style, specializing in high/low flexibility. Her clients …
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Jean Shafiroff Makes Charitable Philanthropy Fashionable
Jean Shafiroff spends her days and nights trying to brighten people’s lives. To do so, she dresses to impress. The author of “Successful Philanthropy: How to Make a Life by What You Give,” is often in the spotlight as the press takes pictures of her in her fashionable dresses. As Shafiroff, the savvy philanthropist noted, …
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