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1) How Transportation Methods Keep Fresh Flowers Fresh
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
Business
Chances are the flowers that arrived on your doorstep today traveled a long, grueling journey from flower farms in the Netherlands or South America. Yet they look just as fresh as they were when they were growing in fields. The secret to their blooming appearance is in the transportation methods used by the flower industry when they ship flowers to any point in the world.
Depending on where they are grown, flowers take various routes to their buyers. For local shipments, some growers send...
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2) Pink Roses in the Victorian Era
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
Relationships
People in the Victorian era took the language of flowers very seriously. Due to the repressive atmosphere of the times, flowers became the means by which women communicated with their suitors. The distinct scent of a particular flower or the grouping of flowers in a bouquet conveyed unique messages.
Often, these botanical gifts demonstrated feelings and emotions nobody dared say out loud in public. Even the way flowers were given to someone had its own hidden message. For instance, if...
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3) The Meaning of Yellow Roses: Friendship and Well Wishes
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
Relationships
The yellow rose might be younger than all the other rose colors, but that doesn't make its history and meaning any less fascinating. Yellow roses were first discovered in the wild at parts of the Middle East during the 18th century. Before its discovery, roses were cultivated in shades of red, pink, and white. Once the first yellow roses were introduced to Europe, however, their popularity quickly grew.
At around the time the yellow rose was introduced to the West, hybridization techniqu...
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4) How the Flower Industry Works
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
Business
The flower industry, or floriculture, is a dynamic, fast-growing industry happening on a global scale. The countries with the biggest flower-growing industry are The Netherlands, Kenya, Colombia, and Israel, but many other nations such as The Philippines, Malaysia, South Africa, and Ecuador are joining the market and investing in the industry. Although most of them grow the bestselling flowers - roses, tulips, sunflowers, carnations, iris, daisies, orchids, lilacs, and lilies - many are start...
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5) Restaurant Flower Design
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
Arts and Entertainment
As customers and diners trickle into your restaurant, they will take a moment to look around and absorb their surroundings, especially while they wait to be seated. If you decorate the place right, your customers will feel the ambiance created by the elegant and stylish elements of your décor.
Fresh flowers that complement your restaurant's interior and color scheme will help produce a warm, welcoming, and hospitable environment. Raise your diners' spirits and make them feel welcome by pla...
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6) The Perfect Gift
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
Relationships
While our options today are almost bottomless, we somehow manage to go back to flowers when we pick out the perfect gift. As a jeweler residing in the Philippines, I get requests every so often asking me to cast diamonds at the center of flower shaped earrings or make a gold bracelet look like a little lei. I honestly could not help but wonder why flowers work and has always been considered as perfect gifts. Is it their appearance? Could it be because of their aroma? Below are some of my guesse...
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7) Preserving Cut Flowers
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
Home and Family
Whether it's for a special occasion or no occasion at all, receiving a bouquet of flowers always makes us feel good. Unfortunately though, the shelf life of cut flowers is very short; once a flower is cut from its mother plant, it gets cut off from its life support system. Your colorful bouquet will deteriorate in a matter of days. Watching your flowers wilt and fade isn't the most cheerful sight in the world, and there's no way you can bring them back to life. However, using flower preserv...
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8) Flower Exporters from Around the World
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
Business
The flower industry works like a simple value chain: growers grow flowers, suppliers obtain them, then the flowers are sold to retailers or to wholesalers before consumers buy them in bunches or bouquets. It sounds really simple, except the people involved come from all over the world. Most of the produce in the flower industry are grown in Europe, South America, Africa, and Asia, with Netherlands as the biggest trade center and Germany as the primary market for imports.
Exported cut flo...
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9) Sending Farm Fresh Flowers
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
Relationships
Flowers should be beautiful. Flowers should be stunning. Flowers should leave you wide-eyed and completely speechless when you receive them unexpectedly. But their visual beauty isn't everything - flowers are also loved for their scent, their freshness, their quality, and the length of time they live in a vase. That's why you need to make sure that you send nothing less than premium farm fresh flowers to the woman in your life.
How do you know that what you're getting are flowers straig...
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10) How to Make Your Own Flower Arrangement
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
Home Improvement
On their own, flowers are beautiful and colorful enough to pick up the mood in any room, but just think of how everything will look ten times more incredible if you arrange your flowers cleverly. There are no hard and fast rules to flower arranging, but there are a couple of guidelines and measures you might want to consider if you want to create a striking flower arrangement worth airtime on a Martha Steward episode.
Consider the size and space where you intend to place your arrangement,...
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11) The Meaning of Pink Roses: Love and Gratitude
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
Relationships
Pink roses are one of the oldest roses known to us and have a rich history that dates back to some of the earliest pieces of visual art. In the Talmud, it is written that pink roses are the only flowers allowed to bloom in Jerusalem; thus, they came to be associated with paradise. Pink roses were the dominant species of wild roses and were the first flowers to evolve into their present-day form. When roses were first cultivated in the 18th century for commercial use, most of them existed in sh...
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12) Flower Photography Equipment
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
Arts and Entertainment
Shooting flowers in the great outdoors is considered to be a pastime more than work. The relaxing feel of the outdoors in national heritage sites and parks is enjoyed by many outdoor photographers. Going on such outdoor day shoots requires some equipment especially if you're using a digital SLR. I currently enjoy my Nikon D40, probably the most affordable digital SLR bought from Hidalgo for a mere P21, 000.00. If you want to do some flower photography, it would be a great idea to invest in a fe...
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13) Surprising Someone with Flowers
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
Home and Family
Surprising someone with flowers can undoubtedly brighten anyone's day. Presented tastefully, surprises can leave beautiful and unforgettable memories. Cooking up a game plan is not always easy nor is convenient so before you begin, make sure that this person is actually worth the effort you are about to exert and the money you are about to burn.
Popping a surprise in school has been done too many times already but that does not mean you cannot perform one yourself. Favorites include leaving...
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14) General Tips for Flower Photography
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
Arts and Entertainment
There is nothing more bedazzling than an open field of flowers reaching out from the ground to caress the sun. As any amateur or professional photographer would claim, flowers have always been a staple subject in photography classes, being delivered by the bulk to the studio or having hobbyists going out to various flower markets.
If your conditions for shooting flowers are fixed by a studio, checking the fresh batch of delivery helps you segregate the worn flora from those that can be used....
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15) The Philippine Flower Industry
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
Business
The Philippine flower industry has gone a long way since cut flowers were its major produce in the 1970's and growers were local hobbyists and plant enthusiasts. During the 1980's the flower industry became more commercialized as it generated huge profits and had lots of potential to earn foreign revenues. The land area of flower farms grew and growers adapted modern techniques and machinery to produce flowers both Filipinos and other people around the world can enjoy.
Over the last two d...
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16) Sending Flowers during Funerals
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
News and Society
Losing a friend or a loved one causes a deep, searing pain that is difficult to endure, but sending over flowers can give comfort to those who are mourning. However, one should always remember that grieving relatives and loved ones may have some conservative views on death. Before sending over any floral arrangements for a funeral, you might want to know a little bit of etiquette when it comes to sympathy arrangements.
Since funerals and wakes are very sad occasions to begin with, color...
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17) Using Red France Roses in Weddings
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
Relationships
The Red France variety of roses is the true red rose. You won't be able to find these blossoming in the wild; this flower is carefully cultivated and grown by Philippine rose growers to achieve this unique, blood red color. Compared to other roses, this rose has higher petal count and a large head size, making it perfect for a lavish bouquet or as a single long stemmed gift for the woman you love.
For many years, this flower variety has become the standard for florists worldwide. This fl...
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18) Hand Made Chocolates and Flowers
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
Food and Drink
If flowers symbolize passion and love, then chocolates are the very voice of this love. Whether it's love for the sweet, luscious confection itself or love for another person, chocolates are a great gift for someone you care about or someone you'd like to get to know.
The best kind of chocolate to give along with a bouquet of flowers is the assorted type - the ones that come in a pretty box and contain a delightful assortment of truffles, bonbons, and pralines. Forrest Gump was right whe...
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19) The Meaning of Orange Roses: Passionate Love
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
Shopping and Product Reviews
The blazing energy of orange roses makes it a truly unique rose among today's popular flower species. Orange roses come in a wide variety of shades, from soft coral and peach to a bright, vivid sunset shade, bringing to mind passionate thoughts about romance, the sweetness of a citrus fruit, or the warmth of a glowing sunset. It's no wonder that rose aficionados everywhere quickly found a soft spot for the vibrant orange rose when it was first introduced to the market.
Orange roses never g...
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20) Sending Flowers to the Philippines
Author:
Timothy Spencer
Category:
Shopping and Product Reviews
I was able to save more than two hundred dollars in my recent travel to Kuala Lumpur from the Philippines. Instead of boarding up for the week in a cheap hotel, I discovered the week prior to my leave that an old friend had migrated and taken an expatriate status in the Bangsar area of Kuala Lumpur, one of the better-looking districts of Malaysia's capital. We weren't really close to go out of our ways to see one another outside work but we were close enough to share a few rounds of alcohol....
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