“I don’t buy my wife flowers. She just likes photos of flowers. Saves me money.” – overheard in a greenhouse filled with orchids in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Photos courtesy of Kristina Anderson.
Arctic Blossoms: Purple Saxifrage
Purple Saxifrage a.k.a. Saxifraga oppositifolia has been around since at least the last ice age. Known as the northernmost wildflower on Earth as it’s found on the northernmost piece of land on Earth, Kaffeklubben Island, it can survive extremely cold…
Flowers in Saa Paper Crafts
Recently in Thailand on June 21 to 23, the village of Ton Pao, located in Chiang Mai province, held a festival called “Amazing Lanna Saa Paper Festival” promoting local handmade paper production and handicrafts. Our correspondent in Thailand, with camera…
Unshrugged: Floral Street Art of Lewis Miller
Lewis Miller, the Banksy of floral street art, dazzles Gotham City once again. Our correspondent in NYC was taking a stroll around St. Patrick’s Cathedral when she spotted Miller’s recent addition to his Flower Flash series. And yet we thought…
Edible, but is it Nutritious?
One way to prevent your wilting flowers from going to waste is to eat them. Yes, eat the flowers. Our sources in Thailand inform us that Dianthus (see above photo) and Verbena flowers are edible, “but”, she says, “only the…
Inside the Floral Studio – Artist Profiles
Featuring: Bruce Wright on Ania Norwood Bruce Wright on Gerry Toh BRUCE WRIGHT is one of the most recognized voices reporting on the floral industry today. He has written extensively for Floral Management magazine and was formerly the Editor of…
From Wildfire to Wildflower
Photograph by Milos Tonchevski (stock image). The super bloom is not a recent phenomenon. According to early Spanish explorers along the California coast, Native Americans would burn grassy fields in the wild, and then some time after, wildflowers would emerge…
