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Houseplants make the perfect gift as they are natural, long lasting and beautiful

Over the years, it can be difficult to know what to get for the number one lady in your life on her special day, Mother’s Day – but you can never go wrong with gorgeous cut flowers and potted plants. Add a personalised touch, and you have an even more thoughtful, memorable gift. Lisianthus posy Although they are available all year round, delicate pastel Lisianthus are a perfect Mother’s Day gift for a small gesture (or small person to give... [more]

The Obsession Roses and Champagne presentation set is a luxury Valentine gift to remember

Flying Flowers’ Valentines Flowers selection has set a new standard of luxury gift for lovers this year with the Obsession Roses and Champagne presentation set. Arguably one of the most luxurious bouquets available, the signature Obsession bouquet of roses was selected especially for Valentine’s Day 2010 and features thirty-six tall stems of the finest grade Grand Prix and Red Naomi roses, presented with fronds of fresh green Hypericum Berries... [more]

Be remembered every year with the Pink Bulb Range blooms

de Jager has put together the gift that goes on giving: a specially designed summer bulbs 'Pink Bulb Box' that will also benefit de Jager's chosen charity - Breast Cancer Campaign. So, forget the bouquet for Mothers’ Day or Easter. “Because bulbs flower year in year out, these gift packs mean that you will be remembered every year they bloom,” says de Jager’s owner, George Clowes. “Not only will you be giving a superb gift but you will be help... [more]

Go even greener this Christmas

Consumers are a lot more green aware this year with several of their Christmas tree gifts ranges selling out in early December. The company is hoping that UK consumers make further steps to save the planet such as recycling their wrapping paper and of course buying a living tree. Founder and Director of Tree2mydoor, Gareth Mitchell said: “We’re not asking for Santa to go back to his green suit but we would like people to think about the planet... [more]

Gardening Direct creates easy-grow Vegetable Collection for Christmas

Gardening Direct has created the ideal Christmas gift: an easy-grow Vegetable Collection in which varieties are delivered throughout the year at the optimum time for planting. Perfect for the novice gardener or new allotment holder. So all the lucky recipients have to do is to plant them in the ground and watch them grow! Gardening Direct has hand-picked vegetable varieties to ensure that they will grow happily in any garden, on a patio or eve... [more]

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Group seeks Fair Trade designation for Teaneck (The Record and Herald News)
Steering committee seeks to make township Fair Trade certified.

Compost catches on with company's help (Greeley Tribune)
For the past couple of weeks, Pam Bricker's garbage from her downtown Greeley flower business has created a green movement like none other within her ranks. "We've noticed an incredible difference in the actual garbage we put in the Dumpster," said Bricker, owner of Mariposa Plants Flowers Gifts, who is now recycling the cuttings and leaves from the flower and plant waste. "We fill up a 40 ...

Hey diddle diddle... (The Reporter)
Staff Writer Take another look at that headline. Depending on your generational frame of reference, it might not be automatic that you know the rest of the words of that nursery rhyme.

Attractions: March 11 (Bradenton Herald)
Area attractions run on a rotating basis as space allows.

Hundreds participate in City-Wide Science Fair (Fernley Leader)
FERNLEY-Young scientists used scientific principals to test their theories at the annual City Wide Science Fair held at Fernley High School.

New Website Makes Mother's Day Flower Shopping Simple (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
A unique new price comparison website helping find the best deal on flower delivery has been launched ahead of Mother's Day this Sunday .

Book brings flowers to life (The Post and Courier)
Gene Bauer has planted close to a million daffodil bulbs in the hills behind her home in the San Bernardino Mountains. For 40 years, she opened her property for three weeks each spring, free of charge, so the public could bask in the glory of all that yellowness, in the passion and hard work of a woman intent on making the world a more beautiful place.

Exeter/Hampton/Rockingham community calendar (Exeter News-Letter)
n sEABREEZE QUILT GUILD: will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 9 in the Senior Center, Court Street, Exeter. This month's program will be the annual UFO (unfinished objects) auction of quilt-related items. Contact Alicia Harville for information.

Workshops teach how to create rain gardens (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Don't know a rain garden from Madison Square Garden? You might be a candidate for a series of free workshops for Fort Wayne residents on how to create one. The workshops are sponsored by City Utilities.

Luncheons, fittings, parties, gifts: With the Oscars just days away, Hollywood gets busy (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
LOS ANGELES - If the Academy Awards are like the Super Bowl of entertainment, then it's game week in Tinseltown. There are cocktail parties in every corner of the city. Gift lounges have sprouted up like spring flowers.