Reward & Risk ~ Money Bouquets
What happens when you turn cold cash into a faux-floral tribute?
Giving gifts is a gift. Giving money is a contribution. So what is giving a money bouquet?
In Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana, and Nigeria, it’s illegal.
And it has been for several years. Around
Armenian Growers Strangling under Russian Ban
As Armenia builds closer relations with the EU, Russia retaliates, withdrawing its ambassador and banning Armenian flowers.
Russian authorities destroyed 40,000 roses coming from Belarus earlier this week, claiming that the flowers had originated in Armenia and lacked “the required phytosanitary certificates or shipping documents.”
For Those with Pink Thumbs
On the rollercoaster of taste, the lawn flamingo—America’s ersatz flower—has enjoyed a 48-year ride. (Make that 69..,and counting.)
At a garden center on the rich side of Austin, Texas, where all personal vehicles are war-ready and the children blond, a hillside is covered most of
Should Cadillacs Be Forgot?
General Motors, after another near-death experience, might be revived by making the vehicles of its glory days—like the flower car.
The cortege for Year 2008 is lined up, idling, ready to roll into history. And in that procession, we hope to spot a flower car,
Plant Patents: Potted Gold
A variegated redbud won’t make Allen Bush a mint, but if you enjoy growing ‘Alley Cat,’ please buy him a beer.
My friend Mike Hayman phoned the day after “The Decision” —the LeBron James’s televised public relations disaster. LeBron and his handlers had spent the
Afghan Poppies: Poison, Plow, or Look the Other Way
While national and international leaders haggle over how to handle the opium poppy, Afghanistan supplies 90% of the world’s heroin.
2007 is shaping up as Afghanistan’s biggest year ever for opium poppies. The United Nations has reported that last year production rose almost 50%, and
Los Silleteros
Medellin’s flower festival culminates in a parade of flower vendors, the silleteros who once walked in from the mountains.
For centuries the cool, bright climate of the Colombian Andes has been flower country . The province of Antioquia prides itself on some of the most
Avez Vous Vos Muguets
France celebrates May Day with anarchy and fragrance from a better world.
Baisers to our French readers and to Francophiles everywhere. ( Incroyable , there are even some of us in Texas.)
Along with protests of globalization and worker holiday parades, May 1st brings an
