By Jill Brooke Flower Power Daily, Artist Philip Corps Here’s a tasty floral treat to look forward to! While the RHS Chelsea Flower Show requires coveted tickets to attend – and gets sold out quickly – anyone could enjoy the tangential Chelsea in Bloom, which celebrates its 15th year. It is the bucket list experience I always recommend. Over 80 stores, restaurants and hotels participate in creating London’s largest FREE flower festival right near the show that includes Sloane Street, Pavilion Road, Duke of York Square and King’s Road. It is organized by Cadogan in association wi ..read more

By Jill Brooke You got to love the creativity of some floral artists. After all, flowers express what words often can not. It’s a visual vocabulary. So first, here’s a shout-out to Love Always Floral in Fargo, North Dakota. The clever artists used a scabiosa and craspedia to mimic the eclipse. As we know, on April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse moved across North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun. The sky will darken as if it were dawn or dusk. The ne ..read more

By Jill Brooke   Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife Yuko gave U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden the perfect gift. More cherry blossoms!  How many? 250 of them. These trees will replace the 100 that have to be removed as part of a restoration project now taking place around the famous Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. Sea walls that were built in the 1800s have sunk and need to be replaced to protect the Jefferson Memorial from storm surges. As we know, Washington D.C.’s iconic cherry trees were a gift from Japan in 1912. The gift, says Prime Minister Ki ..read more

By Jill Brooke Photo: Flower Power Daily At what will become an annual event called Tulip Day, Consul General of The Kingdom of the Netherlands in New York, Ahmed Dadou, presented an exclusive New York tulip variety to the City of New York at Union Square Park. “We are honoring our history, the Dutch history of New York and also looking at the future, and creating another 400 years of a beautiful relationship,” said Dadou. Photo: Flower Power Daily Holding a champagne glass, Iris Rodriguez-Rosa, the City of New York’s enthusiastic Parks & Recreation First Deputy Commissioner then watered t ..read more

By Jill Brooke With the launch of her groundbreaking country music album, “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé has been sending flowers. To Jack White. To Mickey Guyton. To K.Michelle. But not just any floral bouquet. These are ALL white flowers. White anemones. White hydrangeas. White ranunculus. White roses. Instagram, Mickey Guyton As a floral historian, the choice of a white flower carries symbolic meanings. Beyoncé’s entry into country music is being noted for how few black artists thrive in that genre. Hence her floral gift to Mickey Guyton and K. Michelle who have paved the way. But white flowers ..read more

By Jill Brooke Considering that floral designer and educator Holly Heider Chapple is such a champion of garden roses, how wonderful that Alexandra Farms created a special rose in her honor. It’s a “wonderfully imposing peach-colored bloom,” owner Joey Azzout says. In fact,  Princess Holly’s Hope was selected by Holly as her signature garden rose during a visit to Alexandra Farms in early 2020. Transitioning from a soft peachy-toned center to creamy outer petals, this sizable ruffle-cup bloom is classified as “very full” in terms of petal count, as it has over 80 petals. Princess Holly’s ..read more

By Jill Brooke Photo Credit: Pixabay It is no secret that Holland is the epicenter for all things tulips – and blooms. This is why Royal Anthos, who represents Dutch companies that distribute bulbs around the globe, is now bringing their popular San Francisco tulip festival to New York. On Sunday, April 7 between 11.30 a.m. and 3 p.m. in Union Square,  over 200,000 tulips will be on display. Furthermore, visitors can each get TEN free flowers. How fabulous is that? “We’re overjoyed to share the beauty and excitement of the many tulip varieties with New Yorkers for this one-day event,” sai ..read more

The 49th Macy’s Flower Show in New York City is now taking place until April 7th. This year’s theme is a collaboration with  Christian Dior Parfums where floral designers created an immersive journey to discover the history and savoir-faire behind the iconic Miss Dior perfume – and the designer too. The Miss Dior: From Flower to Fragrance installation and pop-up boutique will be open at Macy’s Herald Square flagship from March 24 to May 12, 2024. Over 16,000 flowers were used to tell this flower story. Born in Provence, the legendary Miss Dior debuted in 1947 by Christian Dior as the Mai ..read more

By Jill Brooke Photo Credit: Royal Family Oh how we all wish Princess Catherine of Wales a speedy recovery and private time to heal and be with her family. In front of a bed of daffodils, Kate Middleton sat on a bench and shared that her absence from public appearances was because she had cancer. Following abdominal surgery, post-operative tests revealed she had the dreaded disease that impacts so many. As much as 1 in 2 women or 1 in 3 men will develop cancer in their lifetime. She shared how she has been undergoing chemotherapy since February. The British have often expressed personal sentim ..read more

By Jill Brooke Photo: Flower Power Daily Belaggio Hotel Want to increase your Luck? Flower Power Daily recommends looking to nature through these plants and flowers. Scoff at your own peril because the force of nature is worth tapping into – and at the very least, it can’t hurt and can only help. Science supports this too. According to a recent UK survey of 2,000 adults, the ideal working environment includes a variety of plants (40 percent) and bright colors (32 percent). More than half surveyed say being surrounded by greenery makes them feel more productive, and 60% say it makes them feel h ..read more