Flowers for Valentine's

By JALEEN RAMOS and AARON HOMER DIOQUINO. Heavy traffic at Dangwa flower market in Manila and Farmers Garden in Cubao, Quezon City is expected tonight until ...

“Iba ‘yung feeling na inaabutan ka ng flowers every Valentine’s Day, though pwede ka naman bigyan ng ibang items. Some also buy different kinds of flowers such as sunflowers, stargazers, and tulips. Pwede ka bigyan ng foods, pwede ka bigyan ng clothes, pero iba kasi ‘yung dating kapag flowers ‘yung binibigay, nakakakilig (The feeling is different when you receive flowers every Valentine’s Day, although you may get other items.

THE CONNECTION between roses and love can be traced back to Aphrodite in Greece or Venus in Rome: the Goddesses of love. The cut-flower industry was ...

It is estimated that one-fifth of the chemicals used in the floriculture industry in developing countries are banned or untested in the US. The cut-flower industry is a short-cycle production process that requires the extensive use of agrochemicals which have a negative effect on the air, soil and water supply. There are huge implications for the environmental impact of the industry.

To ensure you get the most bang for your buck, Leshyn says stay within your budget and be sure your bouquet is fresh.

To ensure you get the most bang for your buck, Leshyn says stay within your budget and be sure your bouquet is fresh. “We have growers all over the world and the United States. She encourages anyone on the fence about buying flowers to make the purchase and help support the industry.

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Albertson's is getting ready for massive flower sales ahead of Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day is the largest floral event ...

With Valentine's Day coming up, customers turn to floriststo provide one of the classic gifts for their partners: flowers.But this year, the rose bouquets ...

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Flower shops across the Valley are getting ready for the demand of all the Valentine's Day gifts.

“My best advice for lovebirds is to take a look at your situation, take a look at things that you want to do, and on Valentine’s Day it’s a great day to symbolize love and a bouquet is a great day to do that, but don’t forget to love people all year long and don’t forget to love people as well. We want to symbolize Valentine’s Day with love, but it’s a lifelong process.” When you think about Valentine’s Day, the first word that comes out of your mouth is usually a bouquet and roses especially associated with Valentine’s Day.” Reif said.

Take, for example, this bouquet of tulips and irises from 1-800 Flowers. Among other things, an iris can symbolize trust and faith, while red tulips symbolize ...

If you're paying enough attention to the meaning of flowers to care about their positive associations, you must take caution to avoid flowers with negative associations. If you're wary of them getting the wrong idea, you can create a bouquet of roses and sunflowers to ensure they know that the friendship is mixed with romance. They're certainly unorthodox, but as they're flowering plants, cacti are fair game to be used in the language of flowers. the kind you can fit in a bouquet) are classically associated with adoration. It can either be used to praise your Valentine for their strength, describe how deeply you love them or describe your relationship as a whole. Both "gladiator" and "gladiolus" are derived from the Latin word for sword "gladius." Give a bouquet of calla lilies to your Valentine to tell them how stunning you find them. This is not the case with the orchid, which has a meaning just as beautiful as its look. While sending a bouquet of roses is a standard way of saying "I love you," sending a varied spread of flowers to say something more specific can come across as more meaningful. Premade bouquets can save you money instead of buying individual flowers, and they can still come with a wonderful message. Roses are widely known as the flowers of romance and love. You can even make a fun game out of deciphering the bouquet.

The massive cut-flower industry — valued at $34 billion in 2019 — isn't the most environmentally criminal of all commercial enterprises, but it's far from ...

Think about it, though: If you really need to save money or time, it’s a lot faster and a lot cheaper to write a heartfelt love letter and go for a walk in the moonlight. Here are some [tips](https://help.nytimes.com/hc/en-us/articles/115014925288-How-to-submit-a-letter-to-the-editor). [can be hard to parse](https://www.vox.com/22611799/houseplants-environmental-impact-youtube), but it isn’t benign, either, involving some of the same problems with pesticides, water use and transportation as cut flowers. This concept, she writes, is an “artisanal, anti-mass-market approach to celebrations, festivities and floral gifts of love.” Her site provides a searchable database of flower farms and florists committed to locally sourced flowers. Often the flowers are fragile heirloom varieties that would never survive a trip from South America. If not a bouquet of bright flowers in the dead of February, then what? The floral foam commonly used in cut-flower arrangements is [yet another contaminant](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191210111651.htm), leaching toxic chemicals into the water supply and creating a significant source of microplastic pollution in waterways. Which was fine by us, because we’d turned the screen porch into a sunroom by then and had space for the ficus again. But not by container ship, like [the vast majority of imported commodities](https://www.oecd.org/ocean/topics/ocean-shipping/#_blank). [30 percent of annual cut-flower sales](https://safnow.org/aboutflowers/holidays-occasions/valentines-day/valentines-day-floral-statistics/) — more than the holiday season does, more than even Mother’s Day — so it’s very likely that all the florists in town are already booked. One of our sons rolled it down the street on a dolly, his head entirely obscured by the foliage. The popularity of indoor plants exploded during Covid: 71 percent of North American greenhouses saw

Although it may not be a flashy bouquet, most garden centers sell pre-potted flower arrangements or plants that could make for a sweet Valentine's Day surprise.

[From You Flowers](https://www.fromyouflowers.com/deliver/select-area-delivery-flowers): Charges an extra $4.99 for Valentine's Day delivery. [1-800-Flowers](https://www.1800flowers.com/valentinesday): Charges an extra $4.99 for Valentine's Day delivery. [UrbanStems.](https://urbanstems.com/valentines-day-flowers) [Floom.](https://www.floom.com/us/) Online flower delivery: With Valentine’s Day at our door, local flower displays might be picked clean. Have you forgotten to buy Valentine’s Day flowers? Most local grocery stores carry fresh flowers, and so do some retail chains that you may not expect.

Oklahoma florists have seen inflation drive up the price of flowers ahead of Valentine's Day. According to the National Retail Federation, consumers are ...

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Mackenzie Benson, co-owner of Crozier's Flowers, says their business more than triples on Valentine's Day.

ISLAMABAD, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Flower shops are full of flourishing flowers decorated with toy bears, balloons and other cute accessories, which are specially ...

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Enter Fides Bernardo. She surprised her boyfriend Anton Segismundo by sending him funeral flowers on Valentine's Day. advertisement. And surprise him she did. " ...

"Funeral flowers Valentines." "When I got the box, it was blank save for the receipt. I wanted something different."