Green4Kids Blog
Green House Plants for Clean Fresh Air Indoors
Sick House Syndrome (SHS)-have you ever heard this term? It has been bantered around quietly since a NASA study years ago but public awareness of SHS came to light loudly with hurricane Katrina. Unknowing to so many well meaning, construction companies and celebrities donating and building temporary housing; they made the rescued people ill.
Sustainable Flower And Garden Conference
Recently I was one of the guest, keynote speakers at the State University of NY at Farmingdale in Long Island. It was a conference I was so honored to speak because I never thought I would see one of its kind on the subject of my passions & work-agriculture that saves the environment and its
Save the Easter Plants
Plant or donate your Easter plants instead of tossing them. Don’t sentence them to the landfill. We all await spring with Easter being the signal that it is not far away. The potted bulbs have arrived in the store giving an instant refreshment from the stuffy indoor air we all have tolerated. The hyacinth and
Flower Preservation-Save Your Valentine’s Day Flowers & Bones Forever
Don’t you just love getting fresh flowers or a new bone, but hate to see them dry up and die? Me too. Did you know we have a way to preserve your pretty flowers? We do. Flower preservation is something I kind of understand. I bet you have brown & crispy flowers in a
Martha Stewart’s American Made Awards-Some Good & Bad Things?
Hi Casey-this one’s for you and California Cut Flower Commission and Debra at Slowflowers! **Dear friends, A little background on this post. Martha Stewart has initiated a new program whereby she is giving various US companies an American Made award. This is a super idea, however there is debate as to her criteria with one
About Flowers On Pearl Harbor Day
The Flower Wreaths… Every year I am commissioned to create wreaths of flowers for the various veteran, ceremonies including Pearl Harbor Day; oddly it is now a different kind of order. Flower remembrances for Pearl Harbor Day are traditionally tossed into a body of water, and somehow it seems people are aware of something amiss
Thanksgiving Shopping
Halloween-Thanksgiving- Christmas-When? Halloween in August, Thanksgiving in September, and Christmas in October. I am a stickler for my store displays and actually, I don’t have the Halloween spirit in August anymore than I have the Christmas spirit in October. It usually doesn’t sail into my mind until after Thanksgiving, so the store stays in the
A Magnificent Perfection-Beautiful Dahlias
It is a short season; but this is dahlia time. I seem surrounded by these beautiful dahlias-everywhere I look, every bouquet I send out, and every wedding bouquet I make. Magnificent, beautiful dahlias are everywhere and… I am smitten. If you want a bouquet like no other, then take advantage of making a splash no
Buy From Local Pet Friendly Stores
With our honor a few years ago, as chosen one of the Merchant Success Story’s on IndependantWeStand.org ; I thought I would again pass on just a few of my itty bitty thoughts about buying local that are easy to do. Sometimes we get caught up hurrying and forget. Actually they are simple and
Love A Tree Day-The Decorah Bald Eagles-Gazillion Reason 10 Of Why To Love Trees
For the past 2 spring times I wake up to birds chirping and twigs rustling. At first I thought I was dreaming but I soon realized it was coming from as usual…Lynn’s lightbox*. I found out I was listening to the Decorah Eagle Project in Iowa, the idea of the Raptor Resource Project. In 2007,
The Meaning Of Tulips
The Language of Flowers reads of many flowers for translating your feelings of love. The rose being the most popular to declare love; but we forget yet another that is just as high on the meaning list. The perfect Tulip. The red tulip was the all powerful ‘to declare your love” with the black center
New Noah Movie Is Animal Free
Of any movie expected to use a gazillion of my animal friends-it would be Noah. Gathering two of every wild & captive, exotic animal could have started me and my animal actor friends on an animal riot as many could have been swiped from their homes. Like all the Shamu’s 🙁 Well….animation artists instead, created
Make A Shamrock Corsage For St. Patrick’s Day
The Shamrock Corsage & Shamrock Leaves My latest craze and new corsage or lapel. Fresh, shiny, and long lasting galax leaves are an old fashioned leaf traditionally used surrounding a Victorian, violet nosegay. Make your own shamrocks for pennies with my ‘how to make a shamrock’ on Pinterest. Or….if you can’t be bothered just call-I’ll
2014 Sochi Olympic Flower Bouquets Speak A Russian Language Of Flowers-From South America.
I always anticipate seeing the nearly 4500 Olympic ceremony bouquets as they usually incorporate meaning and significance by choosing flowers according to some tradition and culture of the host country. The 2012 Olympics in Great Britain took it a sustainable step further by requiring all the flowers be grown and locally designed in the UK,
It’s Valentine’s Day- Flowers And Me!
Ok all you humans, I think it is time to start preparing for the big day. Valentine’s Day is around the corner and if you wait too overly long my appointment book for personal photos & greetings will be filled :), and many flowers will be spoken for already. As you can see I
For Valentine’s Day Save Yourself & Protect Your Identity
Valentine’s Day Gifts With the approach of every heavy retail, buying time; I always think “here we go”, and here we go again with Valentine’s Day 2014. A time of in your face ads, promises of quality, and shelves of cheap imported gifts-including flowers. The big three gifts of this day are predominantly jewelry, flowers,
Poinsettia Poisoning To Dogs-The Myths And Fears
They will poison your pet friends and sicken your children. Poinsettia poisoning to dogs. How many times have you heard this; and how many times I have heard Lynn warned about me sniffing them, I can’t count. How this rumor began, I wonder of maybe some mean rival, but in fact I have read about
Poinsettia Gift And The History of Poinsettias -The Noche Buena
So many ask me about this red plant that now is the largest selling plant by the millions every year. Native to Mexico and Central America, poinsettias, grow wild up to nearly 10 feet blooming in the winter. The red ‘flowers’ botanically, are really not flowers at all, yet are just red leaves surrounding the