April Showers Bring May Flowers
For the non-gardener or gardenless, fabulous flowers are only one click away.
April is the season to welcome the sweet fragrances and colors of springtime back into your home. Special occasions, gifts or for yourself because you are as special as any occasion, peonies, roses, exotic mums, tulips and so, so many more varieties await you from these easy to order websites. And for those who live in the New York Metro area, Jason Edmonds, The NY Flower Guy, happily will help you with your floral requests.
Being a city ‘girl’, I am thrilled when I find flowers that last for eight to ten days or more. Here are a few of my homemade arrangements from a single stem to centerpieces. If I can do this, so can you! EE
DAVID AUSTIN- fragrant EDITH GARDEN ROSES
ROSSANO CHARLOTTE CRYSANTHUMUMS
PINK FRINGE TULIPS
PEONIES
ROSES
Text and Photos ©Ellen Easton
Ellen Easton, author of Afternoon Tea~Tips, Terms and Traditions(RED WAGON PRESS), an afternoon tea authority, lifestyle and etiquette industry leader, keynote speaker and product spokesperson, is a hospitality, design, and retail consultant whose clients have included the Waldorf=Astoria, the Plaza and Bergdorf Goodman. Easton’s family traces their tea roots to the early 1800s, when ancestors first introduced tea plants from India and China to the Colony of Ceylon, thus building one of the largest and best cultivated teas estates on the island.
A shower of flowers Nothing compares to their beauty. Yesterday I bought yellow tulips to bring brightness. In a couple of days the will begin to dance! Thank you Ellen for bringing us the good things in life???
Thanks so much for your kind words. Very much appreciated. Happy spring. EE