I had just finished telling a friend that I’d heard you can make jam from the rose hips of the beach rose plant, Rosa rugosa when a fateful email newsletter arrived from the Goldenrod Foundation. “Do you want to join us at a remote field research station on a beach in Plymouth to make rose hip […]
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Setting the Table with The Local Bouquet
As I said in my previous post, I have been following the Slow Flowers movement with great interest over the past year or so. One day I was reading the Field to Vase blog and was delighted to find out that there was a florist in my area who is championing the cause. The Local Bouquet is a […]
Slow Flowers
After years of drooling over images of gorgeous arrangements from my favorite florists Saipua, Floret, and Studio Choo, I started to learn about a growing community (pun intended) of florists, farmers, and flower lovers who are advocating for the production and use of locally grown flowers, often called the Slow Flower movement. Like the Slow Food movement, the Slow Flower movement champions […]