While flower crowns have been popular for the last few years, at weddings and music festivals alike, decorative flowers in general are having a recent heyday of their own. You might have seen them…
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Re-purpose, Re-Gift and Reap Some Smiles It seems like such a shame to throw something as beautiful and alive as wedding flowers right into the dumpster. All of the work involved in selecting the…
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Houseplants have many health benefits – but with the limited space in your home, where are you going to put your little beauties? A ladder plant stand is a pretty option! A DIY step…
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No flower in the world oozes positivity and cheerfulness quite like sunflowers. In our opinion, they’re nature’s purest expression of a big, cute laugh—the kind that can lighten up an entire room. But, to…
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Have you ever noticed that some flowers in your garden tend to have more dirt than sunshine on their petals? These low growing blooms could be perfect to transfer to a hanging basket. The…
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You jolt awake at 6 AM and your brain kicks in. You ask yourself ‘What am I forgetting’ and then you get the startling realization that yesterday was your besties birthday…and you didn’t even…
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Photo credit: @arianalauren Here at The Bouqs Co., we’re what you’d called DIY junkies. And that extends to whipping up some homemade cut flower food on the fly. I mean, why would you want…
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Unfortunately, what natural flowers bring in fragrance and color, they lack in longevity – and after receiving a beautiful bouquet, it can be so hard to watch those vibrant daisies, aromatic lilies, or happy…
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If you want to step up your dessert game, using edible flowers for cakes is the way to do it. Think about it: baked goods are already fantastic as is. There is no situation…
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Daisies belong to one of the largest plant families in existence, making up 10 percent of the world’s flowering plants. Though we might traditionally only think of the Common Daisy or the Gerbera Daisy…
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Photo credit: @pikepetals The History of Floral Adornment People have been wearing flowers as fashion accessories dating as far back as the Ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that by wearing a flower, its scent…
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When you order a cup of hot tea at your favorite cafe, you’re most likely getting traditional black or green tea. Made from camellia sinensis, this traditional type of tea gets its color from…
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Ranunculus. Say that five times fast. Yeah, we couldn’t do it either. So what is this oddly named flower? You may know it informally as a buttercup! Interestingly enough, this flower’s name doesn’t actually…
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Succulent wedding bouquets have been booming in popularity over the last few years, and they’re a refreshing contrast to traditional blooms – not to mention easy to preserve long after your special day. In…