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Peony therapy.
A constant favourite of garden owners, peony flowers may soon help ease chemotherapy’s side effects like nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, stomach cramps and weight loss. Given with three other plants, it also cuts tumour growth, suggests a new research from the Yale School of Medicine, US, the Daily Mail reported. Chemotherapy works by killing cells that grow and divide abnormally fast, a characteristic of cancers, according to the journal Science Translational Medicine.
Flora, the flower Goddess…
In Roman mythology and religion, Flora was a goddess of flowers and the season of spring. While she was otherwise a relatively small figure in Roman mythology, being one among several fertility goddesses, her association with the spring gave her particular importance at the coming of springtime. Her festival, the Floralia, was held in April or early May and symbolized the renewal of the cycle of life, drinking, and flowers. Her Greek equivalent was Chloris. Flora was married to Favonius, the wind god, and her companion was Hercules. Her name is derived from the Latin word “flos” which means “flower.” In modern English, “Flora” also means the plants of a particular region or period.
Gardening: “big” floral design.
Garden design is the art and craft of designing and creating plans for layout and planting of gardens and landscapes. Garden design may be done by the garden owner themselves, or by professionals of varying levels of experience and expertise. Most professional garden designers are trained in principles of design and in horticulture, and have an expert knowledge and experience of using plants. Some professional garden designers are also landscape architects, a more formal level of training that commonly requires an advanced degree and often a state license. A lot of amateur gardeners also attain a high level of experience from extensive hours working in their own gardens, through casual study, serious study in Master Gardener Programs, or by joining gardening clubs.
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Tagged Blooming plants, Europe, Floral Design, Flowers, gardening, Japan, plant
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Something else about design.
Floral design is the art of using plant materials and flowers to create a pleasing and balanced composition. Evidence of refined floristry is found as far back as the culture of Ancient Egypt. Professionally designed floral designs, arrangements or artwork incorporate the elements of floral design: Line, Form, Space, Texture and Color and the Principles of Floral Design:Balance, Proportion, Rhythm, Contrast, Harmony and Unity. Book of Floral Terminology, AIFD.
Posted in About Flowers, Flowers: how to use
Tagged Blooming plants, bouquet, boutonnière, Corsage, Floral Design, Flowers, Garland, Ikebana, Nosegay
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Japaneeze floristry: Ikebana.
Ikebana, means “arranged flower”, is the Japanese art of flower arrangement, also known as kadō, or way of flowers. More than plain putting flowers in a container, ikebana is a disciplined art form in which nature and humanity are brought together. Contrary to the idea of floral composition as a collection of particolored or multicolored composition of blooms, ikebana often emphasizes other areas of the plant, such as its stems and leaves, and draws emphasis toward shape, line, form. Despite the fact ikebana is a creative expression, it has certain rules governing its form. The artist’s intention behind each arrangement is shown through a piece’s color combinations, natural shapes, graceful lines, and the usually implied meaning of the arrangement.
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Tagged Blooming plants, Floral Design, FLoristry, Flowers, Ikebana, Moribana
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What’s a boutonnière?
A boutonnière is a floral decoration worn by men, commonly a single flower or bud. It comes from the French word boutonnière, or buttonhole, which is the British word. The flower itself is often a carnation or rose, which is most formal white, while red is a classic alternative. Other colours may also be chosen to better coordinate with whatever else is being worn, such as a blue cornflower.
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Tagged boutonnière, Floral Design, FLoristry, Flowers, holidays
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Floristry: art and business.
The art of floristry, or being a florist, involves different skills and creativity. A florist should be able to select flowers and other floral supplies and materials that will look good together (based on principles and elements of floral design or market demands), know how to handle and arrange flowers and plants so they will remain fresh as long as possible, and would be desirable for purchase, which also involves knowledge of customers’ requirements and expectations. Possibility to create a lot of floral designs such as wreaths, bouquets, corsages, boutonnières/’buttonholes’, permanent arrangements and other more complicated arrangements is also important.
Salix discolor used in a decorative arrangement outside a hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.
Painting of a Chinese flower basket, by Southern Song artist Li Song. Ink and color on silk, late 12th-early 13th century.
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Tagged bouquet, bridal bouquets, Floral Design, FLoristry, Flowers, holidays
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Flowers&Design: Floristry.
Floristry is the main term used to denote the professional floral trade. It encompasses flower care and handling, floral design or flower arranging, merchandising, and display and flower delivery. Wholesale florists sell bulk flowers and related supplies to professionals in the trade. Retail florists offer fresh flowers and related products and services to consumers.
Posted in About Flowers, Flowers' cultivation history
Tagged bouquet, design, Floral Design, FLoristry, flower garden in a box, Flowers, Poppy
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Flower Gardening.
Many people have gardens where flowers are grown for decorative purposes. Because flowers bloom at diffenent seasons of the year, and some plants are annual, dying each winter, the creation of flower gardens can take into consideration to maintain a sequence of bloom and even of consistent color combinations, through varying seasons.
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Tagged Blooming plants, design, flower garden in a box, Flowers, food, gardening, herbs, seeds
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In modern time.
Nowaday, there are a lot of ways to cultivate, buy, wear, or otherwise be around flowers and blooming plants, partly because of their agreeable appearance and smell. People all over the world use flowers for a wide range of events and functions that, cumulatively, encompass one’s lifetime
- As a corsage or boutonniere to be worn at social functions or for holidays;
- For new births or Christenings;
- For wedding flowers for the bridal party, and decorations for the hall;
- As brightening decorations within the home;
- As a gift of remembrance for bon voyage parties, welcome home parties, and “thinking of you” gifts;
- For funeral flowers and expressions of sympathy for the grieving;
- For worshiping goddesses. in Hindu culture it is very common to bring flowers as a gift to temples;
- As tokens of love or esteem.
So, we grow flowers around our homes, on the streets, dedicate entire parts of our living space to flower gardens, pick wildflowers, or buy flowers from florists who depend on an entire network of commercial growers and shippers to support their work.
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