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With floral candles, Hmong sisters honor parents’ farming legacy
Artist sisters Xee (left) and Pachia Vang (right) created homemade candles using flowers from their family's farm to accompany this year's Hmong American Farmers Association Thanksgiving share. This story comes to you from Sahan Journal , a nonprofit newsroom...
Mayesh launches new eCommerce website
Mayesh Wholesale Florist is inviting florists to explore its newly redesigned website and eCommerce flower tools. The updated site has been created to provide the ultimate user-friendly experience with improved navigation designed to assist clients in finding quality...
If You’re Going To San Francisco
Most people who have spent any time in San Francisco talk about how much they love the city. Small wonder; it’s a totally awesome place. San Francisco’s natural beauty, creative vibe and legendary social movements are an important part of what makes the city unique. This cool coastal city has a relatively small population…
Flower etiquette has changed dramatically over time. But the type you give still sends a message.
A Cathy Graham arrangement includes dahlias, garden roses and ranunculus plus fragrant rosemary,which signifies remembrance. It would make a nice mothers day or get well delivery. (Quentin Bacon) When London flower designer Shane Connolly discusses arrangements with...
Naples Social Season Blooms with Hats in the Garden
From left: Connie Vandenberg, Jody Lippes, Mary Ann Bindley, Karen Scott, and Wynnell Schrenk, all members of the Naples Botanical Garden Sustaining Leadership Council Photography by Vanessa Rogers The tickets are coveted, the dresses are couture, and the message is...
Blooming with joy: Lewis Miller shares his life in flowers at TEDx Charlottesville
Designer Lewis Miller created a street art movement with his flower flashes in New York City. He will be in Charlottesville to talk about it at TEDx on Friday. Publicity photo In this busy, challenging world, many of us have to be reminded to stop and smell the roses....
What message are you sending with your flower delivery?
When London flower designer Shane Connolly discusses arrangements with his clients, which include members of the British royal family, he sometimes suggests using a flower that has a special significance. "Considering the meaning of flowers really adds an extra...
6 Of London’s Best Christmas Wreath Making Workshops
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… Okay, so we know we’re not even a week into November yet but London is bursting at the seams with festive pop-ups and craft making workshops, with the latest edition to the list: the wreath workshop. Sure, you could just...
Flower Arranging Secrets from Top Floral Designer Amy Merrick
If Amy Merrick set out to write her just-released book— On Flowers: Lessons from an Accidental Florist ($29.95, amazon.com ) —several years ago, it would have been a very different book. "It would have followed a much more straightforward flower arranging format," she...
