Roses are greatly admired by gardeners as well as by ordinary diletants. They are the perfect flower combination for anyone’s garden. Bouquets of roses and cut roses can add to the colorful ambience of your home. Roses can also be used to decorate the exterior architecture of your house. Planted…

Your wedding is one of the most important days of your life and you will need to start your planning early if you are going to ensure that everything is in place for the big day. But the prospect of planning your wedding can be daunting to say the least. There are one hundred and one things to at…

Catching the bride’s bouquet automatically puts you next in line for the next blushing bride to walk up the aisle according to another of the old wives tales. Belief in yarns of yesterday should leave me standing before a court of law for bigamy. But tradition is tradition and the tossing of the…

Simple Celebrations

A friend of mine told a wonderful tale about a man she met through a Christian dating service. This gentleman asked in one of their first online conversations about Karen’s favorite flower. When they finally had their first real date, he showed up with a beau…

Spring is coming fast and with it the colors of the world come to life. The spring season is not just a time for the gardens to bloom, but a season for the butterfly to come to life as well. Your garden is an ocean of color and to keep this ocean of color coming back in the spring, your use of pe…

Once the proposal has been accepted, the dress ordered, the invitations sent and the venue booked, it’s time to start thinking about the main colour themes that will be running through the big event. No doubt, your handsome groom has some ideas of which colours he would rather not wear and equal…

The internet is a great resource for information. But when ordering flowers, you should be aware that things are not always as they seem. More and more, “order gatherers” have built websites to entice you to purchase your flowers through them. Some of them even buy ads in your local yellow page…

Leave your tic-tacs at home. This medicinal plant provides delicious mouth fresheners to integrate into a balanced healing diet.

When a herb or plant has the designation ‘officinalis’ it means it has been recognised to have medicinal qualities. ‘Rosemarinus’, so called because of marine…

The idea of a rose is timeless. The flower symbolizes all manner of pleasant things, from love, beauty, to youth. For millions of people from around the world have clipped roses and displayed them in their homes, and enjoyed them for their aroma and color. The idea of roses is timeless, yes, but …

If you are like many people, backyard birding is a hobby for you whether you actively encourage visits from birds or not. One way to attract birds is to put out suet — beef fat — and watch the crowds stop by and devour the treat. Suet is an inexpensive food source and should become part of your…