Posts Tagged ‘Flower history’
Why we prefer British flowers
The BBC News website recently wrote an article on flower gangs in Cornwall. Workers were being paid £50 a week to pick flowers such as daffodils from fields and roadsides. ...
Mother’s Day – the ‘Mom’ kind!
So while the British have celebrated their mother’s day already, the Americans (as well as Hong Kong, Australia, China, New Zealand, Singapore, Italy, Denmark, Brazil, India, Switzerland, Turkey, ...
World’s smelliest flower set to bloom this week!
The ‘Titan Arum’, is due to bloom in Kew Gardens, just outside of London, in the next few ...
Fashions come and go – flowers are forever!
As I was walking to work today I passed a man wearing Dunlop Green Flash shoes. These have been in and out of fashion since the 1930s when the great ...
L’Histoire du Parfum
L’histoire du parfum remonte à l’antiquité. Tirant ces premières origines de l’Egypte ancienne, le parfum a traversé les âges. Utilisé dans un but sacré en tant qu’offrande aux Dieux, il ...
Flower History: Tulip Mania
Tulips were introduced into Europe from Turkey in the mid sixteenth century, and the delicate vividly coloured flowers became a popular if pricey item. The demand for differently coloured varieties ...
