Giant flowers bloom and react to pedestrians and transportation in Jerusalem. Each 30-foot-tall flower provides interactive shade, movement and beautification in the plaza. When a tram arrives, the flowers open to provide cover for the pedestrians as they step off the train.

“…One of my personal secrets is to add herbs to an arrangement for not only the play of colors and textures, but also the intoxicating aomas, which will make other fall in love with the design.” ~ Maria Maxit

As seen in Flower Magazine.

President Obama made a surprise appearance at a recent wedding designed by BBrooks member Adorations Botanical Artistry, CA.  Best wedding crasher ever!

BBrooks member florist The Flower Studio, TX created this beautiful Autumn display at the Four Seasons Hotel, Austin.

BBrooks member Greenwich Floral Design, CA features a great mix of florals and fruit in this textured seasonal centerpiece.

Among the many artful arrangements winding their way through Instagram, Pinterest and Tumblr accounts, a very specific aesthetic is asserting itself: a low, wide, asymmetrical grouping that is nothing like the tidy Martha Stewart bouquets that dominated in the 1990s. Now, airy and elaborate mixed compositions erupt from low-footed urns and nearly spent-looking blooms reach in all directions alongside stray tendrils and vines. This distinct style, which appears over and over, calls to mind Dutch and Flemish botanical paintings of the 16th century…

In the 16th century, flower bulbs were so rare and expensive that it was more economical to commission a painting of an arrangement than to own fresh blooms…In its heyday, the Dutch style deliberately combined disharmonious colours and, unlike later tall and stiff Victorian styles, had no symmetry or central point. “Wild flowers and grasses from the field were also included,” Blacker notes. “Some flowers were purposely placed facing backwards and sideways…they were not crowded in the vase – the aim was to make each bloom clearly visible.”

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Robin Wood Flowers, OH

Black kale with bright orange contrasts are all the rage this Halloween!

It’s a WHITE HALLOWEEN! Our own great white pumpkin with dahlias, succulents, poppies and blushing bride flowers from BBrooks member Floral Art, CA.

With some of the best views in Maui farm country, Kula Country Farm Stand promises just rewards for those who are deserving! 

A lot of flowers provide a treat, like a sweet-smelling treat or a nectar reward for the service of pollination….  Not so with all…. The plants featured below trick their pollinators and don’t give a treat back. It’s a horticultural twist on trick or treat.

Dracula orchid, Dolls Eyes (seen above), Poison Ivy, Bleeding Tooth fungus…. the names say it all… As seen in Chicago Tribune Oct 2015