Flower News Archive - Jul 2009

Titan Arum

The Titan Arum, found in the wild in Indonesian rainforests, can reportedly grown up to 12 feet tall. It only blooms over a 24- to 48-hour period, and the pungent smell has been compared to that of a decaying mammal.

Change in colors

In the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, two researchers document their studies of the evolution of columbine flowers in North America. They studied red columbines pollinated by hummingbirds, and white or yellow columbines pollinated by hawkmoths. They believe that a color shift from red to white or yellow has happened five times in North America.

Replace Sunflower with Rose

As we approach the July 4th Independence Day Holiday, one of the nation's best known horticulturists recommends replacing the rose as America's national flower with the sunflower. The reasons, according to George Ball, chairman, W. Atlee Burpee & Co., the nation's leading home gardening company, based here in Bucks County, are obvious, and for patriotic reasons the sunflower should be elevated to America's top flower.

Quality flowers

The $17.5 million project introduced in 2008 would help cultivate 50-200 hectares of flowers to boost the crop's export receipts to Rwf323 million in 2009 from Rwf14 million registered in 2008. Muvara said flower prices on the international market have declined by 15 percent.

Non-oil sunflower seed

New, high-yielding sunflower germplasm that gives this important oilseed crop resistance to insects and two fungal pathogens could result from a research effort by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Fargo, N.D.

Three decades as a President

Jane Pepper, who raised the stature of the Philadelphia Flower Show to international status, will retire next year after almost three decades as president of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.

Beautiful flower-bedecked fields

SEVERAL thousand rural people in Bangladesh are now living on flower cultivation which has proved to be a profitable business. The beautiful flower-bedecked fields lying on both sides of the road catch the eyes of the passersby if anyone goes to Benapole by road.

Largest Garden

The 222-year-old Indian Botanical Garden has been renamed Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Botanical Garden. The one of its kind garden at Shibpur in neighbouring Howrah district was named after legendary Indian scientist Jagadish Chandra Bose by Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh.

Hundreds of flowers

THE ancient haymeadows in Northumberland National Park are in glorious full bloom now. Meadows with hundreds of flowers can be enjoyed in the Upper Coquet Valley, in the North Tyne Valley and at Greenlee Lough National Nature Reserve north of Hadrian's Wall.

Massive flower

The world-famous scent of rotting death will be in full bloom at a San Francisco university greenhouse beginning Saturday. San Francisco State University will have a specimen of the Titan Arum, or corpse flower, on public display Sunday and Monday afternoon.

Award-winning floral design

Lori Friedlander, Proprietor of Flore, a fine florist in Southbury, CT, announced that her award-winning floral design shop has been nominated as a finalist in the 2009 Retailer Excellence Awards. Introduced in 1951, The Retailer Excellence Awards are the oldest, and among the most prestigious in the industry, recognizing excellence in both retailing and individual achievements.

Nonstop Blossoming

Hibiscuses are grown with pride and sought out by gardeners, especially Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, the Chinese hibiscus, commonly sold by florists. Its shiny leaves and habit of nonstop blossoming make it a top contender for a showy indoor plant in a container, for it is not hardy.

Flowers and Gifts

The Flowers/Gifts/Greetings category saw a 16-percent growth to 36 million visitors in May, with American Greetings as the top site for the group, having 12.4 million visitors. ProFlowers.com came in second, after experiencing a massive growth of 255 percent from the previous month, rising to 5.6 million visitors.

Flower on an unpredictable schedule

The public is invited to view - and smell - SF State's giant corpse flower this Sunday and Monday. The corpse flower, or Titan Arum, is famous for its death-like stench and its huge central flower structure. The plants, which grow in the wild only in Indonesian rainforests, flower on an unpredictable schedule, once enough energy has been accumulated, and is in bloom for only 24 to 48 hours.

Decrease in Rose production

With the rose cultivation in Pushkar hitting an all-time low, for the flower vendors, exporters and dealers, the current scenario is anything but rosy. The decrease in production has affected the market price of roses. "The cost of roses have increased from Rs 15.50/ kg to Rs 25/ kg in the last two weeks," Avinash Pandey, owner of a flower export firm said.

Arranging flowers

A budding Falmouth florist has been named UK amateur flower designer of the year. Mother of two Joanne Cooper, a former part-time police officer, was selected by a panel from discount store Aldi among hundreds of entries to add a new bouquet to their online floral range with her design Tequila Sunrise.

Flower Shop

Pat Owens has owned Janet's Flower Shop for roughly 35 years in Eloy. Pat bought the flower shop from Mildred Turner and while keeping the original name, she has made Janet's Flower Shop her own. She specializes in any occasion, arrangement, and ceremony that require flowers to brighten up the day. Being the owner since 1970, Pat Owens has seen Eloy's ups and downs, and is hopeful the city will be thriving once again.

Amorphophallus titanum

It's a smell that can only be described as one of the worst you've ever sniffed, but boy can it draw crowd. Following a rare bloom of the Amorphophallus titanum, or Corpse Flower, at the Huntington Gardens in California, Binghamton University is now showing off its own floral giant.

Corpse Flowers get their name from a powerful, fetid stench they emit after blooming.

Flower bouquets

After arranging flower bouquets, plants and corsages for more than three decades, Arc Floral in Rochester announced its Mt. Hope Avenue shop will close at the end of the month. The Arc of Monroe County operates the shop and provides assistance to people with developmental disabilities.

Planted flowers

Jayne Bailey, a retired florist, gave the concrete island on her housing estate a makeover as the cobble-stones were coming loose and she thought they were dangerous.

world's top flower exporters

Green campaigners in Kenya, one of the world's top flower exporters, called Tuesday for a boycott of flowers from some 30 farms contributing to the degradation of Lake Naivasha. The executive director of the Indigenous bio-diversity environmental conservation association (IBECA), James Kahora, said his group would travel to Europe to promote the "Save Lake Naivasha" campaign.

Fresh Flowers

Flowers by Barbara in Thousand Oaks, CA is pleased to introduce its completely redesigned Web site. The new site offers beautiful new photographs of fresh flowers and (http://www.flowersbybarbarainc.com) floral arrangements for all occasions. The site's improved navigation also helps visitors find flowers by color, price and occasion. Visitors to the Web site can order arrangements online or place orders by phone.

700th anniversary celebrations

MORE than 5,000 visitors marvelled at Boston Stump's flower festival. Over the last few days St Botolphs has been full of brightly-coloured arrangements, both large and small, and one even incorporating a tractor. The displays were all part of the church's 700th anniversary celebrations.

Son of Stinky

The giant, stinking flower that drew national attention to the Huntington Library, Art Galleries and Botanical Gardens collapsed Monday morning. The corpse flower, or Amorphophallus titanum, started blooming last week at the Huntington's tropical conservatory. Botanists and spectators patiently waited for more than two weeks for the petal-like outer spathe to start unraveling and unleashing its stench.

Dendrobium floresianum

A previously unknown orchid had been identified on Flores Island in East Nusa Tenggara following three years of work to establish that it was a new discovery, the state-run Indonesian Institute of Sciences said on Monday.

Surya Blossoms

The second largest flower farm around Woliso town of Oromia State, which is owned by an Indian business company, Surya Blossoms, was officially inaugurated on Sunday. The farm, which is a sister company of Karuturi Global Company, has already started exporting its products.

Floral arrangements by occasion

PC Flowers, a (http://pcflowers.net) local florist in Wilmington, DE is pleased to announce its newly redesigned Web site. The new Web site is located at http://www.pcflowers.net, and features a newly redesigned user interface, beautiful full-color photos of floral arrangements, and easy navigation to help Web site visitors find floral arrangements by occasion, price or color.

Cut flowers

Iran ranks 17th among countries producing flowers around the globe and yet in the field of flower export, it has not achieved the high status it deserves. Nearly 5,700 hectares in Iran are currently under flower cultivation, 2,900 hectares of which are greenhouses and the rest open areas.

Flower Bed competition

PARTINGTON Town Council is looking to take on all comers in this year's RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park. The town council is exhibiting an imaginative flowerbed entitled 'Partington Pride' in the Colegrave National Flower Bed competition. The project, co-ordinated by the town council's Alan Hamilton, draws on the town council logo, which depicts a ship when Partington was invaded by Vikings from the River Mersey.

Flower Saltire

The UK's largest flower Saltire has been unveiled today at Torosay Castle and Gardens on the Isle of Mull. In celebration of Homecoming Scotland 2009, Torosay has planted over 1000 blue and white pansies in the shape of the iconic St Andrews cross.

Butterfly Orchid

A website has been launched in a bid to record locations of an increasingly rare flower. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) said the west of Scotland was considered a stronghold for the lesser butterfly orchid. Its numbers have "declined significantly" across the UK, the government agency said.

Amorphophallus titanum

A so-called corpse flower known for its rotting flesh odour has begun to bloom at The Huntington Library in San Marino. The Amorphophallus titanum is being called "Son of Stinky" because it was propagated from a seed from another corpse flower that bloomed at the Huntington in 1999 - the first such bloom ever in California.

Flowers of Hawaii

Ana Tzarev spent years studying horticulture and researching plant life in countries around the world. Her works are based on sources as diverse as the indigenous plants of Africa, the exotic tropical flowers of Hawaii and the gardens outside her studio. Tzarev was greatly inspired by the flower merchants of Southeast Asia and the vista of their boats overflowing with fresh flowers on the way to market. Fragrant River, 2004, captures this scene in a dramatic, large scale painting.

Beautiful floral display

A FENWICK lass with a flair for flowers had her stunning work recognised at Westminster Abbey and the Royal Chelsea Flower Show. Emma Dobson, 15, created a beautiful floral butterfly display which was chosen by the National Association of Flower Arranging Societies (NAFAS) for a display at Westminster Abbey.

Flowers Harbor

By the end of July, construction of Beijing International Flowers Harbor, the largest "garden" ever planned in Beijing, will be completed. The Flowers Harbor will open to visitors in September, and at the same time Beijing's first chrysanthemum festival will be held.

Chrysanthemums and Candles

The two women, who have worked together for approximately 20 years, own The Flower Shop at 151 Main St. North. The shop opened in May. Ms. Clifford has more than 30 years of experience in the floral business. She previously owned a local garden center that also served as a floral and gift shop. Ms. Kennedy has 20 years of experience in the business.

Flowers for the party

Nottingham florist received an order for 6,000 white roses, he knew it was no ordinary customer. But Keith Murphy, of Vaas in Hockley, was stunned when he found out that the order, costing about £70,000, was for a party for the Sultan of Brunei.

Floral arrangements

Lori Burks-Jones and staff are committed to offering only the finest floral arrangements and gifts, backed by service that is friendly and prompt. At Summerlin, all customers are important, and the professional staff is dedicated to making each experience a pleasant one. That's why Burks-Jones said she and employees always go the extra mile to make floral gifts perfect.

Plant used in medicine

A substance from the root of a flower growing in many gardens may cure prostate cancer, Germany's cancer-science council said on Wednesday. The lily-like flowers of Belamcanda chinensis are grown in temperate-region gardens as a perennial. In China it grows wild. The plant is used in Korean and Chinese medicine.

Glencairn Garden

With its beautifully landscaped flower gardens and walkways, Glencairn Garden could be considered Rock Hill's crown jewel. But, in what's become a reoccurring problem, thieves have uprooted some of the garden's gems.

Manhattan's Flower District

While the economic recession continues to take some of the financial bloom out of Manhattan's Flower District, merchants and customers alike are finding new ways to substitute simplicity for extravagance.

Black Flower

Black is a color rarely thought of when it comes to flowers. While several flowers have been cultivated to bloom black, the color is known to occur naturally only in the Flor de Muerto.

Flower shop

For 26 years she's lived what she says is the great American dream, but that was shattered after a fire destroyed her flower shop.

Flowers & Plants

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Chrysanthemums and Candles

The two women, who have worked together for approximately 20 years, own The Flower Shop at 151 Main St. North. The shop opened in May. Ms. Clifford has more than 30 years of experience in the floral business. She previously owned a local garden center that also served as a floral and gift shop. Ms. Kennedy has 20 years of experience in the business.

Medal for her floral creations

A BUDDING florist has won a bronze medal for her floral creations at the Chelsea Flower Show. Stephanie Lui, 45, of Hatfield, competed against 15 other regional heat winners to gain third place in the Chelsea Florist of the Year Competition. Ms Lui, who has owned a florist in Potters Bar for 18 years, said: "I'm so pleased that my work was recognised to be at such a high standard.

Team of growers

Plants grown at Bradford Council's Woodville Work Activity Centre, in Keighley, are helping to transform a site. The team of growers - people with learning disabilities and teenagers on day release from school - will be working at Wrose Brow over the next three months to create a wild-flower meadow.

19 different kinds of flowers

İstanbul is outfitted in different clothing to welcome each season. The first piece of clothing is made from the many tulip bulbs which compete against each other to spread the news that spring has officially arrived.

Newport Flower Show

WBZ NewsRadio 1030 wants to send you to Rhode Island the weekend of June 26, 2009 for The 2009 Newport Flower Show! The Boston Globe's Carol Stocker blogged about The Newport Flower Show recently and called in the "best flower show left in New England!" Enter below for your chance to win a getaway for two to Newport, Rhode Island, with lodging at the Hotel Viking and passes to the Friday "Opening Night Party at Rosecliff" and VIP tickets to The 2009 Newport Flower Show, which includes judged classes of all kinds, lectures, exhibitions, and The Newport Flower Show Marketplace! Plus, the winner will also receive passes to tour The Newport Mansions!

400 year old garden

Dublin based Doyle Scapes landscapers won gold for their show garden exhibit "Urban Native" at Bloom this June. Situated in Cabinteely South Dublin, Doyle Scapes initially worked with customers in the Dublin area, now they service all of Ireland and abroad with projects in France, Poland and the Czech Republic.

Flower market in UK

Along with other goods on the fresh produce market, there is a growing preference in consumers to buy British cut flowers. The cut flower market in the UK is worth more than £2 billion. There is a growing feeling in this market that we need to be buying as locally and accountably as we can.

Jacaranda Flowers

JUNIOR florist Kate Pearse-Marmont of Nailsworth-based Jacaranda Flowers is hoping her career will blossom when she takes on the industry?s finest in the semi-finals of major national competition. Kate, 19, who started working at Jacaranda Flowers two years ago, has successfully made it through to the penultimate stage of the British Florist Association's Young Florist of the Year Competition at the RHS Show Tatton Park in July.

Tropical and Rose gardens

The 12th annual Gardens In Bloom, a self-directed tour of six gardens on the Peninsula, will be held June 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hosted by the Canadian Federation of University Women, the tour allows participants to browse the gardens all day in any order.

Competition flowers

Park officers believe the plants were stolen in Glenrothes to order last weekend. It is being seen as a blow to the Fife town's hopes of doing well in this year's Britain in Bloom competition. The begonias and geraniums were in a display in Riverside park and were said to be difficult to replace at this time of year.

Flower industry not blooming

The flower industry is suffering during the global crisis. A growers group in the Central West of NSW has just folded, and grower numbers in SA and Tasmania have diminished in recent years. Sal Russo, from the NSW Flower Growers Committee, says competition from overseas is one factor, but the global crisis has made things even harder.

Eating roses

Restaurants around Italy are adding a colorful new ingredient to their menus, which has diners smelling and eating roses and a host of other edible flowers. Carnations, geraniums, tulips and rose petals are just some of the fresh flowers making the leap from the bouquet onto the serving dish. "Flowers open up a whole new world of flavor," said gourmet florist Nicola Pizzi, who started growing buds to eat seven years ago, which he claims made him the first flower grower in Italy to serve his wares for supper.

Pontypool Floral Festival

A NAME has been chosen for the colourful trail to entice people to Torfaen - Pontypool Floral Festival. The Festival this September, will open private gardens to the public and the council has agreed to install a rugby-themed floral display depicting the famous Pontypool RFC front row of Charlie Faulkner, Bob Windsor and Graham Price.

Growing several inches a day

An Amorphophallus titanum, also known as a "corpse flower," is growing several inches a day and preparing to make a rare bloom -- revealing not only its velvety maroon interior but its even more notorious smell. According to officials at The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, there have only been 50 documented blooms of the corpse flower in the United States. A different corpse flower bloomed at The Huntington in 1999 -- the first ever in California -- and again in 2002.

Worlds largest producer of roses

Flower exporter Karuturi Global is raising Rs 290 crore from its promoter Ramakrishna Karuturi and a consortium of foreign institutional investors (FIIs). Both promoter and FIIs are together subscribing 241.5 million warrants of Rs 12 each, which would converted into one equity share. A group of four FIIs, which include hedge fund Monsoon Capital, are pumping in Rs 248.64 crore in the firm. The rest is being invested by the promoter, Ramakrishna Karuturi. The company is now seeking shareholders approval through a postal ballot.

Iris season

The Rules own and operate Willow Bend Iris Farm at 2331 J Road, where a simple blue and white sign hardly tells the casual observer what treasures lie waiting in a nearby field. Here, the Rules raise 850 varieties of bearded iris on four acres and 260 varieties of Hemerocallis daylilies on an adjacent acre. They care for the irises as they would family, albeit a family that is for sale.

Summer has bloomed

The St. Cloud Community Garden, located next to SCSU's Women's Center, continues to grow in popularity and productivity in its fifth summer since SCSU sociology professor Tracy Ore's first planting. Since the garden's modest beginnings as a deserted plot of littered land it was transformed into a garden with less than a handful of volunteers and a few rows of planted produce.

Gardening is a life skill

Green-fingered pupils at a Streatham school have been donated award-winning plants from the Chelsea Flower Show for their budding school garden. Roger Platts, an award-winning garden designer and horticultural expert, was at St Leonard's School in Mitcham Road on June 3, to help pupils bed the flowers and plants he used in his exhibit at this year's world-famous flower show.

Flowers plus a wide selection of plants

To ensure that the executives in its brands and business units understand and are responsible for their IT costs, 1-800-Flowers implemented a chargeback system in which everyone benefits. Started as a retail store in 1976, 1-800-Flowers.com, based in Carle Place, N.Y., provides customers with flowers plus a wide selection of plants, baskets and other gifts for all occasions. Recently, after making a number of acquisitions, the company was supporting about 14 new brands and businesses, including The Popcorn Factory, Cheryl&Co. cookies and Fannie May chocolates.

Surprise bloom

A tiny yellow flower found recently in the Presidio is as good as gold to native plant specialists. The Smooth Owl Clover had not been seen at the former military base since 1917 when Presidio Trust naturalists stumbled across a surprise bloom while collecting seeds near Fort Scott.

Flower power for orchids

Growers, propagators and lovers of orchids in Indonesia can celebrate thanks to Endang Semiarti's breakthrough research into molecular genetics and tissue culture techniques. The 47-year-old university lecturer has succeeded in speedily multiplying orchids, using a gene transfer method.

Free flower plant

The Greater Polk County Farmers' Market will be featuring Flowers for Kids Day at Saturday's market session. One free flower plant will be given to every child age 10 and younger, while supplies last. Some vegetable plants and seeds will also be available for those children who prefer that option.

Flower and vegetable gardens

The historic McCarty-Fickel Home on Seventh Street was once surrounded by flower and vegetable gardens, many of which were planted in the early 1900s. While a good portion of the original landscaping remains on the property, most of the former gardens are gone. "The majority of shrubs and bushes are original," said Teri Johnson, director of the McCarty-Fickel Home. "We would like to get the flowers back to where they were."

1,200 new roses

It':s June in the heartland, and the heart of Loose Park's rose garden is resplendent with a new burst of color. About 1,200 new roses were planted in the center of the garden as part of a massive overhaul that had kept it closed since August. The Laura Conyers Smith Municipal Rose Garden will be rededicated Sunday as part of the annual Rose Day event. The public is invited.

Web-based flower and gift company

A leading provider of Technology Financial Management (TFM) solutions for IT cost transparency and chargeback, today announced that the June issue of Baseline magazine features an article on how the web-based flower and gift company 1-800-FLOWERS.COM INC. uses ComSci's chargeback and cost transparency solution, delivering financial benefits to both the business units and IT.

American Orchid Society Botanical Gardens

The bloom is back on the rose-- make that the orchid-- in Delray Beach. The gardens will not have to close to members and the public after all. The board of trustees reversed its February decision to close after a group of supporters secured around 40-thousand dollars in pledges.

Floral designer

Bernice H. Green was a traditionalist when it came to floral arranging, refusing to cut corners. During her more than 50 years as a floral designer, the lifelong St. Charles resident continued to wire individual flowers and tape them together, even as other florists began to employ hot glue guns.

BBrooks is a high-end network of florists

The English Garden, the award winning florist in Raleigh, NC, is pleased to announce that it has been selected by BBrooks, the consortium of florists, to represent the Raleigh-Durham, Triangle Region of North Carolina. BBrooks is a high-end network of florists that focus on delivering high quality and luxury designs.

JC Flowers

A consortium led by financial investment specialist JC Flowers is facing potentially the largest European private equity loss on record after shareholders in distressed lender Hypo Real Estate Holding AG (HRX.XE).

NO PLANTING NEEDED

Are you tired of playing nursemaid to baby flowers, seedlings that each year you plant in containers, carefully nurture, then plant out in the garden once the weather settles? Besides watering each carefully, you also, of course, have to decide where to plant them.

pressing flowers

Lush, plump petals can be a flower's greatest asset in the garden, but when the blooms are pressed, their natural moisture may cause discoloration and mildew. Of the many wild and cultivated flowers that are suitable for this preservation technique, thin and dry varieties, including larkspur, violets and pansies, yield the best results with minimal effort.

Agriculture Business Idea

Millions of flowers are purchased each year for every kind of occasion imaginable, and all of these occasions have one thing in common, the flowers have to be arranged once they arrive at the event.

Plant flowers in front of stores and offices

The city of Aspen is offering businesses up to $200 each to plant flowers in front of stores and offices. A total of $2,000 in flower money is available. That's on top of the $18,000 the city spends each year on flower beds and hanging baskets in the downtown area.

Ranelagh celebrates its 300th anniversary

The Ranelagh school had a blooming victory when it grabbed a silver at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show. The prize has put extra sparkle into what has so far been a very special year for Ranelagh as it celebrates its 300th anniversary.

Colourful flower market

HUNDREDS of people headed to a colourful flower market held under bright blue skies in a Moray village at the weekend. The annual event, held at the Salmon Green at Burghead, attracted almost 20 traders from a wide area. Elizabeth Main, chairwoman of the village's floral committee, said it had been a great day for everybody involved.

Floral Farms celebrates its tenth year

This year, Oregon Floral Farms celebrates its tenth year of supplying custom and creatively hand-tied organic floral bouquets to customers throughout the region. And, as they continue to grow flowers, so does their business grow. While their hand-tied organic floral bouquets have received much attention over the past 10 years, they have evolved into a supplier of conventional/mainstream and hand-tied bouquets as well.

Flower's market in central Gujarat

A horticulturist from Lilipura village in Karjan taluka has taken up an initiative to export locally grown Dutch roses to USA. Rakesh Patel's move is likely to boost the flower's market in central Gujarat as well.

Green thumbs show off daylilies

A subtle, sweet scent enveloped passers-by, who strolled and stopped along the aisles to admire one of the 453 flowers on display Saturday at the 14th annual Daylily Show. Bedecked in buds and ribbons, the daylilies stood proudly in vases and or snuggled in bowls, after being judged in 10 different divisions by judges from across the Southeast.

15th annual campus flower planting

University of Alaska Fairbanks students, staff, faculty and community members are invited to grab their favorite garden gloves and lend a hand during the 15th annual campus flower planting on Wednesday. Planting will take place from 9 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m. A barbecue for volunteers will be at noon at the chancellor's home. Parking is free in the Nenana lot across from the Patty Center. The "flower shuttle" will check in outside Constitution Hall.

Cut flowers

Iran ranks 17th among countries producing flowers around the globe and yet in the field of flower export, it has not achieved the high status it deserves. Nearly 5,700 hectares in Iran are currently under flower cultivation, 2,900 hectares of which are greenhouses and the rest open areas.

Agriculture Business Idea

Millions of flowers are purchased each year for every kind of occasion imaginable, and all of these occasions have one thing in common, the flowers have to be arranged once they arrive at the event. The opportunity for making money by creating and selling flower arrangements are endless

dress up your table with fresh flowers

If you're throwing an outdoor party this summer, why not dress up your table with fresh flowers that might come right out of your garden, even if the gathering is as casual as a hot dogs-and-chips get-together