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Flowers Made Of Nude Bodies

Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Magic, Photography, Video, Cecelia Webber, Cecelia Webber Photography, Cecelia Webber Art, Art in America, Flowers, Nude Art, Exposure, Nsfw Pictures, Slideexpand, Female Artists, Arts News

Cecelia Webber creates entrancing images of flowers in full bloom, from luscious roses to sprightly sunflowers. But if you look a little closer you wi...

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Maximizing Reproduction: How Flowers Do It

Kristin Beale | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Flowers, Biology, Biology Research, Plant Biology, Flower Pollination, Flower Research, Science News
Kristin Beale

How do plants prevent too many pollen tubes from entering a single ovule? And what if a sperm is defective?

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PHOTOS: 10 Spectacular Gardens Around The World

Laura DiMugno | Posted 05.13.2012

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Laura DiMugno

What better way could there be to understand a place than to walk through a garden?

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Katherine Bindley

How To Order Mother's Day Flowers She'll Actually Like

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 05.09.2012

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When it comes to giving -- or receiving -- Mother's Day flowers, it's supposed to be the thought that counts. And of course it does. But at the same t...

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After Early Spring, Annual Tulip Fest Shows Off Stems

AP | Posted 05.04.2012

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HOLLAND, Mich. -- The annual Tulip Time festival in West Michigan is looking like it might be more of a "stemfest" this year after unseasonably warm w...

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May Day Festivals of Flirtation, Fertility, and Sexual Frenzy

Donna Henes | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Marriage, May Day, Puberty, Fertility Goddesses, Adolescence, Ecstasy, Sex, Goddesses, Green, Flowers, Fertility, Sexuality, Trees, May Day 2012, May Pole, May Day Holiday, Mindfulness, May Day Traditions, May Day History, Gps-Soul, Healthy Living News
Donna Henes

This May Day, let us pay tribute to the Earth Mother and Her daughter goddesses of green growth by planting May trees and flowers and then dancing around them to celebrate the lovely, lusty miracle of life.

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The Faithful Shopper: April Showers, May Flowers

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 04.30.2012

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Faith Hope Consolo

With Mother's Day around the corner, it also seemed like a good time to discuss some of the great florists in our city. Whether your needs are for a simple bouquet or outfitting a full event, take a look.

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Not to Be Missed Japanese Paintings at the National Gallery of Art

Barbara Ernst Prey | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Birds, White House, Museum, Flowers, Exhibit, Artist, Cherry Blossoms, Washington DC, United States, American, Western Art, Shuttle Discovery, National Gallery of Art, Asia, Painting, Watercolors, New York, Japan, Nature, Nasa, Culture, Chinese Brush Painting, Art, Art History, Japanese Art, National Endowment for the Arts, Arts News
Barbara Ernst Prey

One of Japan's most celebrated cultural treasures, "Colorful Realm: Japanese Bird-and-Flower Paintings" by Itō Jakuchū (1716-1800) is on view at the National Gallery of Art in Washington through April 29.

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Bruce Cohen: A Hint Of Something Else

John Seed | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Flowers, Louis-Stern-Fine-Arts, Rumpled Sheets, The Morning After, Larry Cohen, Bruce Cohen, Painting, Los Angeles, Still Lifes, Home News
John Seed

Untitled (Poppies Against a Storm), 2011 oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches © Bruce Cohen, Courtesy of Louis Stern Fine Arts In Bruce Cohen's...

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Springtime Inspiration: A Tablescape And Menu

Jennifer Segal | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Radish Toasts, Easter, Spring Tablescape, Asparagus Salad, Easter-Lunch, Flowers, Spring Menu, Mothers Day, Lemon Squares, KitchenDaily News
Jennifer Segal

I recently hosted a small luncheon in honor of my 91-year old grandmother. To make it special, I enlisted the help of a dear friend, Beth Horta, the florist, author and photographer behind the beautiful blog Sweet Sabelle.

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PHOTOS: 10 Colorful Spring Festivals Worth The Trip

George Hobica | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Flowers, Spring, Festivals, White Mountains, Travel, Gardening, Horticulture, New Hampshire, Travel Blogs, Spring Travel, Slidepollajax, Travel News
George Hobica

It's time for festivals that celebrate both flowers and the season in general.

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The Faithful Shopper: More March Madness!

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 05.14.2012

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Faith Hope Consolo

It's March Madness again! And regular readers know that I'm not referring to basketball, but the new shops for spring so that we can refresh our wardrobes.

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What Thoreau's Journals Reveal About Climate Change

Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Video, Plants, Henry David Thoreau, Flowers, Spring, Climate Change, Botany, Life Sciences, Global Warming, Science News

By: Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 03/09/2012 12:11 PM EST on LiveScience Springtime in Concord, Mass., has changed since the t...

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How I Finally Learned To Love Flowers

Rachel Cho | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Weddings, Flowers, Floral-Arrangements, Wedding Flowers, Wedding Planning, Wedding Florals, Planning 101, Weddings News
Rachel Cho

As I sit at home listening to Phantogram, on my laptop on a Friday night, I sit here thinking about flowers and my next event. Who really cares about flowers?

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WATCH: Visiting The 2012 Philadelphia International Flower Show

John Polly | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Flowers, Philly Flower Show, Gardening, Philadelphia International Flower Show, Philadelphia, John Polly, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Video, Travel News
John Polly

Flower Show participants range from landscape designers and florists from all over to school groups, garden clubs and horticulture organizations.

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David LaChapelle Makes Flowers Laugh

Posted 02.15.2012

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David LaChapelle bridges commercial, fashion and high art photography with his hyper-saturated, juicy images and his newest exhibition hits just in ti...

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New "Porta Potty" Flower Discovered

Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Flowers, Porta Potty Flower, Greg Wahlert, Corpse Flower, National Geographic, Amorphophallus, Weird News News

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. And a new species of Amorphophallus—the genus that includes the "corpse flower"—still smells like r...

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Romantic Getaways, Not Diamonds, Are A Girl's Best Friend

Natalie Pace | Posted 04.14.2012

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Natalie Pace

For the past decade, I've been conducting surveys to determine what women really want for Valentine's Day, and over that 10-year period, one trend stands true.

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Ensure You Valentine's Day Bouquet Isn't Exploiting Women

Alexis Sclamberg | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Valentine's Day Gifts, Women's Rights, Women's Issues, Activism, Women's Health, Valentine's Day, Flowers, Globalization, Holiday Gifts, Workers Rights, Impact News
Alexis Sclamberg

It is hard to imagine that your lovely roses are responsible for disturbingly high rates of miscarriage, birth defects, skin conditions, and breathing problems for the women who create them. Yes, human suffering grows tall and strong alongside our flawless flowers.

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Sinfully Good and Cruelty-Free: Vegan Recipes for Valentine's Day (PHOTOS)

Nil Zacharias | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Human Rights, Recipes, Slavery, Vegan Recipes, Vegan, Environment, Flowers, Slidepollajax, Valentine's Day, Vegan Chocolate, Fair Trade Chocolate, Vegan Food, Valentine's Day Food, Valentine's Day Ideas, Valentine's Day Recipes, KitchenDaily News
Nil Zacharias

2012-02-10-Screenshot20120210at11.29.55AM.jpg Have your (Valentine's Day) cake and eat it too, while minimizing your negative impact on people, animals and the planet!

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Don't Be Stupid, Cupid -- Show Your Love Responsibly

Annie Leonard | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Flowers, Diamonds, Gold, Valentine's Day 2012, Chocolate, The Story of Stuff, Annie Leonard, Green News
Annie Leonard

Most roses and other flowers sold in the United States are imported from Colombia, where the cut flower industry is also known to use child workers and forced labor.

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Daffodils and the Life of Faith

Lillian Daniel | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Flowers, Christianity, Sbnr, Gardening, Spiritual but Not Religious, Ucc, Culture News
Lillian Daniel

When I was a kid, my mother planned a big garden party, where her yard would be filled with blooming daffodils that she had planted in anticipation. B...

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Stop and Smell the Roses

Soren Petersen | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Design, Tradition, Flowers, Sustainability, Rose Parade, Green News
Soren Petersen

Every New Year, the world turns it's eyes toward Pasadena, California for the annual Tournament of Roses Parade. This year's parade will have 43 float...

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Pushing Through and Making It Work

Kathleen Hyppolite | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Small Business, Kat Flower, Women Entrepreneurs, Flowers, Women in Business, Entrepreneurship, Event Planning, Weddings, Slidepollajax, Bv-Life, Black Voices Life, Black Voices News
Kathleen Hyppolite

I wasn't always a floral designer. Yes, I love what I do and I can't imagine doing anything else but not very long ago, I was an event planner. I guess technically, I still am.

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10 Perfect Gifts for That Posh Person Who Has Everything

Elizabeth Thorp | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Christmas, Christmas Gifts, Flowers, Champagne, Fashion, Poshbrood, Christmas Shopping, Gifts, Jewelry, Holiday Gifts, Style News
Elizabeth Thorp

Are you stumped on what to get your premiere client, chic girlfriend who always rocks the latest trends, your finicky mother-in-law or your drama-pron...

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