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Make Mirrors Out of Fresh Flowers When you order an online delivery of flowers or someone sends flowers to you from an online florist, you might be looking for creative ways to use those flowers. Sure, you can always place them on your desk or table to serve as decorations, but there’s also more creative and innovative things you can do with them as...

Tutorial: How to Make Bath Salts from Flower Petals When you’re the recipient of an online delivery of flowers, you might think that you can only enjoy your flower bouquets as long as the blossoms stay alive. However, although you can’t prevent the flowers from eventually wilting and fading, you can still get some use from them after they’re gone per Mother Nature’s course....

Future of Flower Industry in India The Floral Industry is one of the fastest grown and major commercial businesses of India and due to the increase in awareness and high demand, flowers are predominantly becoming one of the fastest growing commodities in the Indian society. Flowers were never cultivated on a commercial basis a few decades ago but a recent shift in the situation...

Holiday Decorating Ideas with Flowers The holidays are supposed to be a cheerful, happy time, so it’s only fitting that the atmosphere of your home or office reflect that as well. Nothing says “cheerful” and “happy” more than fresh arrangements of flowers that fill the room with life and vibrant. Part of what’s great about flowers is that there are blooms for every season...

Process of Flower Export Floral Industry is one of the major industries in many developed and developing countries across the World. Floriculture dates back to the late 1800’s and it all began in England where flowers were grown in large numbers in vast various estates. Coming to the present, it is a more dynamic, multinational and fast paced industry that has achieved massive growth...

Remember all those times when you had a birthday or it was an important date, and you forgot to pick up a gift. And then the frantic rush to the florist to select some gorgeous flowers. When you go there, all you see are some conventional bouquets with no exciting design. And if you even manage to find something, there is always a chance...

Why do Flowers have Fragrance? Whenever we think of flowers, first thing that comes to the mind is the smell apart from others such as colors, shapes etc. Even when you pass thru a garden, the fragrance of flowers completely engulfs us. Nature has instilled flowers with beauty, charisma, colors, fragrance and nectar. Insects get pulled towards flowers and they sit on them and...

Keep Your Flower Bouquets Forever by Digitalizing Them Modern technology has made it so that you can order flowers online from an online florist and schedule to have them delivered to your home or that of a recipient at the date and time that you specify. This makes it extremely convenient for you to ensure that your home is always supplied with fresh flower...

Ways to Re-purpose Almost Dead Flowers When you buy flowers online, you’re sure to be pleased with their vibrant look while they’re fresh, but what do you do when they start wilting and dying? If you’re like most people, your instinct is to simply throw them out and opt for some new, fresher bouquets. However, just because your flowers are a bit wilted doesn’t...

The medicinal properties of flowers which are commonly found in and around our gardens or at any florist’s shop is a lesson in healing much cheaper and safer than being subjected to a lot of other harmful medicinal practices. This knowledge is one which has been prevalent not only over a wide span of time but has also been shared among different countries and...

Using Silk Flowers for Monograms Flowers are timeless gifts, which is part of why they are one of the most popular types of gifts to give. In today’s modern world where almost everything can be conducted online, it’s not uncommon for people to buy flowers online from an online florist and have them delivered to their recipients. However, you don’t only have to settle...

Health Benefits of Having Flowers in the Home Flowers are not only beautiful and serve as wonderful decor pieces, but there are actually some health benefits of having them in your home. While you might be accustomed to ordering flowers online and having them sent to someone you love or care about, you can also place an online order for flowers to be delivered...

You can easily get your flower delivery in Mumbai from anywhere in the world by just visiting the website of florist, who offer you online buying and delivery options. Order flowers online as a perfect celebratory treatment In this festive season, decorations are something essential to uplift moods and give them the perfect celebratory treatment. Every celebration sees scores of people rushing to buy...

Convey Your Feelings to Your Date With the Right Flowers Although it’s been said that a picture can convey a thousand words, so can flowers. The right flowers can communicate to someone, most notably that special someone, what you can’t or don’t want to put into words, which is part of what makes flowers so perfect for dates. You can buy flowers online and...

A Gesture of Goodwill: Welcoming Your Guests with a Bouquet of Flowers Next time you consider flowers, think about online flower delivery in India. No need to run to the shop,sending flowers online for birthdays and other special occasions is very easy in India. The gift of flowers can be valuable in many instances when you need to make a lasting impression or show...

Online Flower Gift Delivery in India Gifting has always been a very tedious process especially when it is something personal that you have to give but don’t know what and how to present the gift. From searching from the ideal gift to the presentation of the gift to the receiver is quite an uphill task. We at May Flower have received many such requests...

Flowers that help in fighting cancer Periwinkle This pretty plant from Madagascar gives us two very important cancer-fighting medicines: vinblastine and vincristine. Vinblastine has helped increase the chance of surviving childhood leukaemia from 10% to 95%, while vincristine is used to treat Hodgkins’ Disease. Traditional Madagascan healers used the rosy periwinkle for treating diabetes. This led to its study by western scientists who then...

Dandelions Flowers Health Benefits The health benefits of dandelion include relief from liver disorders, diabetes, urinary disorders, acne, jaundice, cancer and anemia. It also helps in maintaining bone health, skin care and is a benefit to weight loss programs. These and other health benefits are currently being studied for complete validation by a number of international institutions. Despite the health benefits of dandelions, they...

Winter is the time of the year, when you sit before the fire, and having a big mug of coffee in your hand, and you think some coziest thing in your mind at the cold break day. Winter is also that time, when everyone is in wait of arrival of Valentine’s Day to express love and affiliation with his or her beloved ones. Then...

We do every thing with the flowers, we represent the flowers via different ways; we express our feelings in sadness, we express our feelings in happiness. Life comprises of two basics elements, which includes sadness or happiness, and flowers represent us in different ways and convey our hidden emotion through its appearance and its smell. Personalities are sensed with different types of flowers, we...