The recent international trade exhibition for flowers, held in the Italian City of Padua, highlighted one thing – choice, value and quality of flowers and plants will only get better for consumers. Before the economic crisis, flower growers had it relatively easy – all they had to was produce the same old flowers and plants [...]

As the nights draw in and we wave goodbye to summer, we’ll all no doubt be spending more time indoors. This means less fresh air for all of us and sadly, as medical evidence proves, more runny noses as more of us fall foul of cold viruses. However, did you know that by keeping indoor [...]

From the Egyptians to the Victorians, the Ancient Greeks to modern day Japanese – centuries of missives and communications have been relayed through the medium of flower delivery and exchange. In contemporary terms, the language of flowers was popularised by the Victorians. To send flowers full of covert messages and meanings was a common pastime, [...]

Research by the Dutch Horticulture Product Board has concluded that there are three main types of flower buyer – which type are you? The three main types of flower buyer were described as “the flower arranger”, “the flower sniffer” and “the swift flowerist”. The “flower arranger” already knows a bit about flowers, so is fairly [...]

History dictates that to send flowers is to care. From the ancient Egyptians to the Victorians, a thoughtful arrangement of flowers has always been employed to convey sentiments across the full spectrum of complex emotions (however, we doubt the ancient Egyptians ordered their flowers online). I Love You The Victorians absolutely loved to send flower [...]