Archive for January, 2009
All About Orchids
Most people find orchids a mystery and think that they are fairly elusive. However, it only takes a little basic knowledge to get orchids growing.
First of all, terrestrial orchids are ...
Blooming in the Heat of the Winter Sun
Sunshine in the winter cannot be compared to anything else. The rays of the sun are at their lowest, they slant and are very subtle.
The winters are getting milder, which ...
Window dressing on the Web
Our Home Page is like a shop window to our supply of flowers. Each morning I ask the florist who has been to the market what she has bought today. ...
Tet Without Traditional Flowers
In Han Noi most residents are eagerly preparing for Tet (the lunar new year), beginning on the 26th of January. However, there is a great worry that they will not ...
Making Wedding Cakes Bloom
Rosalind Chan has always had a passion for dabbling with cream, butter, sugar and flower. She used to have a job in administration but gave it up to work on ...
Tips for Saving on Your Wedding Flowers
Picking flowers for any wedding can be quite complicated — bouquets, boutonnieres, the corsages, the ceremony flowers and each reception detail needs to be considered. Most of the time this ...
Flowers help patients heal!
A new paper published in a technology magazine has concluded that plants and flowers in hospital rooms have healing benefits, especially for recovering surgery patients.
The project included ninety patients each ...
Rare Flower the Star of Chicago Musical
Recently, quite a show was put on at Chicago’s Civic Opera House as a part of the Divine Performing Arts 2009 World Tour.
Hair designer Lynnesa Lovett Bey, a Chicago native, ...
Sweet Stories from a Flower Shop
Nancy Yeoman knows that she cannot change a person’s life with flowers, but after 27 years working in the flower business, she is sure that flowers are the best way ...
In the deep mid-winter – time to buy flowers!
January, February are the coldest and most depressing of months. But the flowers love it! It is expensive in the summer to keep the place cool enough and keep the ...
