Wedding Flowers

May 18, 2010

Flowers are an important part of the wedding ceremony and reception. There is just something about the reception centerpieces and ceremony arrangements which can turn an ordinary room into an extraordinary one. Varieties are selected for many reasons such as for the church, for the couple and bridal party as well as to decorate the [...]

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Easy Tips in Taking Care of Flowers at Home

May 18, 2010

 
Many homeowners prefer decorating their houses with plastic flowers. They’re low-cost and low-maintenance, plus they will definitely last a long time. Some plastic flowers look like the real thing but most of them just look like cheap imitations—admit it, if you got them for P200 at some department store sale, you can’t expect much.
On the [...]

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How to Grow Iris Plants

May 18, 2010

 
With hundreds of varieties in several different colors and combinations, Irises are popular and easy to grow perennial. The most common larger varieties are great at the back of the flower bed or as a cutting. For flower growers, there is a place in your garden for one, or several groups. But, be careful, as [...]

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A Day to Celebrate Love

May 18, 2010

Valentine’s Day is widely perceived as a day in which love of all its forms is celebrated through dining, wining, present giving and defining – that which exists or is lacking in one’s romantic life. The coming of this day elicits various emotions in singles and couples alike, so we’ve come up with a few [...]

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Flower Therapy: Convey Any Feeling with Colours

May 18, 2010

 
 

Nurturing
 
 

Romantic
 
 

Sensuous
The power of color is well established. Throughout time, nature’s spectrum has played a vital role in areas that significantly impact our everyday lives, from the color of our walls, to our clothes, to our cars – and, even more meaningfully, our emotional responses. In this realm, color may be more essential to our consciousness [...]

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Brighten Your Day with Flowers

May 18, 2010

Brighten your home and your day with fresh flowers. A behavioral research study conducted by Nancy Etcoff, Ph.D., of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, reveals that people feel more compassionate toward others, have less worry and anxiety, and feel less depressed when fresh flowers are present in the home.
“Other research has proven that [...]

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Valentines Day: Where did it all Start?

May 18, 2010

St. Valentine’s Day is a festival that has been celebrated for centuries – with its origins dating back at least as far as the 5th Century. There are several different accounts as to who Valentine was. The first theory is that he was a priest in Rome in the year 270AD, helping early Christians to [...]

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Daisies

May 18, 2010

Daisies are one of the most popular flowers to grow in the home garden. They are beautiful to look at, and it is fairly easy to grow them. Unlike many other flowers that can be grown, daisies will not require too much work, and they work great either as outdoor plants in your garden, or [...]

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Mother’s Day History: Origin of the Modern Celebration

May 18, 2010

Mother’s Day . . . Few of us are more than dimly aware of the history of our modern celebration of these extraordinary women. You can perhaps recall enouth of the history of Mother’s Day to know that it originated in the hills of Appalachia and is now celebrated in countries throughout the world. What [...]

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FILL THOSE VASES – AND STILL HAVE BRILLIANT BORDERS

May 18, 2010

If you wince at the thought of laying waste your best summer borders with secateurs and stuffing valuable cupboard space with vases, florists’ wires and pinholders, then you are probably not cut out to be a serious flower arranger.
But there is a world of difference between the real McCoy and someone who – like me [...]

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