The Florister

May Spring Be Short, and Summer Long!

Hello and welcome to the May edition of the Florister! Last month I quoted Ralph Waldo Emerson so in keeping with something literary, here’s a poem that sums up where we are right now: half way between winter and summer:

The sun was warm but the wind was chill.
You know how it is with an April day
When the sun is out and the wind is still,
You’re one month on in the middle of May.
But if you so much as dare to speak,
A cloud comes over the sunlit arch,
A wind comes off a frozen peak,
And you’re two months back in the middle of March.

~ Robert Frost (1874–1963)

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April Showers, Bring May Flowers!

Hello and welcome to the April edition of the Florister! To quote Ralph Waldo Emerson, “April cold with dropping rain, willows and lilacs brings again, the whistle of returning birds and trumpet-lowering of the herds.”

Spring is finally here, and with this new season comes the budding of springtime flowers. At last, winter is finally over and warmer weather awaits us. So as you begin your spring cleaning, and plan your April Fools pranks, and as children excitedly look forward to the coming of the Easter Bunny…

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“I wandered lonely as a cloud…”

Welcome to the March edition of the Florister. I’ve had a few people ask about the origins of the birth flowers, well if the history books are correct, we can thank the Romans. It is believed birthday celebrations originated in the Roman Empire and the origins of birth month flowers could be said to date back to these times.

The birthday celebrations included honouring the Roman Gods and decorating their altars with flowers. During Roman birthday celebrations family and friends offered congratulations and brought gifts. The gifts included flowers – the first traditions and origins of Birth Month Flowers. Who knew?

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