connecting with our immediate environment is the first step in motivating us to make changes to help the planet
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Some gardening tips I’ve learned while tending my backyard/floral design classroom
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Biblical (and beyond) thoughts about the power and communicative abilities of plants.
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Look (and smell) around for flowers wherever you are walking
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The Spring Equinox is upon us. So many rituals and ceremonies and practices surround it. This is a time of year when people around the world celebrate the possibility of new growth and fresh beginnings, and as the beginning of the astrological year, many consider this the true start to the new year.
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Employees’ mental health is a key piece of keeping them with you and staying productive. Calm, creative and collaborative activities - even online - provide a much needed outlet for stress, and a way to bring joy into these fraught times. And they provide extremely effective ways to bring teams together.
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Mari Gold describes Fleur Elise’ floral design class at the National Arts Club with wonderful detail
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I have found teaching floral design ALWAYS puts me in “the zone”. Or “in flow”. Or whatever expression best captures the feeling of being one’s best self. Without self-consciousness. With energy and enthusiasm and genuine enjoyment of everyone in one’s sphere
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Learning while doing isn’t new for me and I do get a certain adrenaline rush from figuring things out on the spot. There have been many successes in taking these risks - the great unknown of trying something new in an active public space for the first time.
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Emily Mortimer and Michael Schulman took class with me as part of their conversation about the series she wrote, directed and acted in, The Pursuit of Love., now on Amazon Prime.
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Wise CEO’s are figuring out ways to give their teams time to relax, refresh and reconnect.
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My belief in the healing and calming power of flowers and plants has increased exponentially this year. I now start most days with my coffee and some rearrangement of whatever flora happen to be in whichever vases. At this point it is almost automatic for me - I look around, remember who needs a water change, which flower has run its course, what is the best vase for whomever is left, and have a few lovely moments “in conversation” with my flowers. They don’t actually talk back but observing them closely lets me know what to do and the small satisfactions of arranging them to “look their best” is a great way for me to start my day.
Blue, new versions, where it comes from and how it manifests in nature
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