Ep 27 - Chinese Lanterns

At this time of year the Wreath is an absolute must have festive necessity!  In this final podcast of the year, our Fabulous Flowers tv twinkly twosome discuss all things wreaths.  Paulie shares his tips on how best to create the perfect Wreath for you.  It seems that there are so many different accessories you can add to make your very own bespoke wreath thats just right for your own environment.  Adorning your knockers on your front door, brightening up your back door, on the wall, or over the mantle piece - your creation and your choice, your Wreath.  The history of the Wreath is fascinating and in this episode Lucy and Paulie delve into the wreath over the past centuries. Touching on St Lucy's Day, 13th December, when St Lucy herself wore a wreath on her head to help those in need.  With the most fantastic of Christmas Elfs as the contributor - the amazingly talented flora legend that is ..... Paula Pryke.  Listen to how Paulie even used sweets to create one of the most memorable and edible wreaths of all time! And as we approach the final star sign of the year, Capricorn, hear which flowers are best as a gift for these rather dedicated ( if a little stubborn ) Goat start signs. Festive frolics and fabulous floral fun abounds in the final podcast for the year and you'd be mad to miss it! Why not enjoy this festive podcast while you put up your decorations or wrapping some presents, making Christmas cocktails or finishing off a wreath for yourself!  it's a festive treat for your listening ears full of fun and uplifting flowery banter.  Happy Christmas from Paulie and Lucy @ Fabulous Flowers tv.    Follow us on Instagram:  @fabulousflowerstv For all things Fabulous Flowers tv -  with lots of flowery magic for your listening ears in our podcasts and many instructional and fun films head over to the website where you’ll find links to all things Fabulous Flowers tv. Please SUBSCRIBE to our tv channel o YouTube and our podcasts on your usual listing platform.  https://www.fabulousflowers.tv Thank you for your support.        

In this festive podcast the Fabulous Flowers tv twinkling twosome focus on Hellebores, otherwise known as The Christmas Rose.   Paulie tells of a ravishing winter wedding where Hellebores took centre stage and he shares his tips nohow to use them to best effect.  The history and horticulture references on Hellebores is manifest throughout the centuries and they date back as far as the Greeks who even used them as an assassination weapon!  This week Fabulous Flowers tv invited the wonderful horticultural gardening genius, Arthur Parkinson to share his views on Hellebores and also another festive favourite.   Mistletoe is of course one of the staples in the doorway of so many houses and homes at this time of year and Lucy and Paulie uncover s many interesting Floriography Fun Festive Facts on this parasitic and dainty beauty.   Why not enjoy this festive podcast while you put up your decorations or wrapping some presents, it's a fun and uplifting way to spend 25 minutes.  Follow us on Instagram:  @fabulousflowerstv For all things Fabulous Flowers tv -  with lots of flowery magic for your listening ears in our podcasts and many instructional and fun films head over to the website where you’ll find links to all things Fabulous Flowers tv. Please SUBSCRIBE to our tv channel o YouTube and our podcasts on your usual listing platform.  https://www.fabulousflowers.tv Thank you for your support.    

Amaryllis are a tall, statuesque flower that perform brilliantly for a festive seasonal splash of colour and radiant beauty.  In this episode our Fabulous Flowers tv festive pair discuss the ups and downs of using these sturdy plants and Paulie shares his tips on how to make sure you get the very best from them in any situation.  With a rather fabulous contributor this week from Petal to the Metal, Paul Furness.  Listen to Paul's passions for Amaryllis and how he uses them in his floral decorating for clients.  This week for the Floriograohy Festive Fun Facts it's the little prickly hedgerow favourite Holly that takes the stand.  With Christmas approaching it's that time of the year again to forage in the woods, gardens or garden centres near you and pick yourself up some festive green Holly with its bright red berries to add to the decorations.  Did you know it was used in medieval times to wed off witches by making the hedgerows too prickly fo them to run across!? And as we are now in mid December, the Fabulous Flowers tv duo, Paulie and Lucy uncover the brith flower for the month and find out that there are in fact a choice of two!  Why not pop this podcast on whilst you're getting your decorations up, preparing a wreath or putting together some festive flowers.  It will cheer you on your Merry way!  For all things Fabulous Flowers tv -  with lots of flowery magic for your listening ears in our podcasts and many instructional and fun films head over to the website where you’ll find links to all things Fabulous Flowers tv. Please SUBSCRIBE to our tv channel o YouTube and our podcasts on your usual listing platform.  https://www.fabulousflowers.tv Thank you for your support.      

The Christmas Tree is possibly one of the most iconic sights during the Festive Season and in this episode our Fabulous Flowers tv twinkly twosome Paulie and Lucy, investigate the history of this majestic symbol, its heritage and a rather touching Norwegian story! Paulie tells of how he used to enjoy decorating his family tree as a child and shares some of his Christmas wedding stories with some coloured baubles going astray for a castle in Scotland and tells of a secret door where celebrities were harboured in a famous London hair salon where he delivered rather bespoke Christmas decorations.  The incredibly talented floral decorator Paul Thomas is this weeks FFtv contributor and he is most renowned for his Christmas Trees at The Ritz Hotel in London, as well the the odd Royal Wedding!  Hear his tips on how to make the most of your tree this year and elevate it to professional heights.   Poinsettias feature as this weeks Floriography Fun Festive Facts and we learn how they were given their name, arrived over in to Europe from Mexico and are now symbolic with the festive season worldwide. You won't want to miss this Festive episode - and why not pop over to the Fabulous Flowers tv channel on YouTube and subscribe so you get to see all the helpful and inspirational 12 Festive Filmettes being released this month.   For all things Fabulous Flowers tv -  with lots of flowery magic for your listening ears in our podcasts and many instructional and fun films head over to the website where you’ll find links to all things Fabulous Flowers tv. Please SUBSCRIBE to our tv channel o YouTube and our podcasts on your usual listing platform.  https://www.fabulousflowers.tv Thank you for your support.      

Do you or don't you? Faux is something that has always been judged somewhat harshly - but wait until you hear how Paulie and Lucy dispel the myth that artificial flowers are 'yesterday'. A carefully chosen set of Faux stems are in fact a real stalwart to any floral decorating or design collection and do very much have a place in the home.  Using Paulie's fantastic tips on how to use Faux flowers, you too can collect a seasonal library of stems and blooms and use them year in, year out in conjunction with fresh flowers.  Boost your look, add extra 'va va voom' to your displays and use Faux to strengthen your floral look and create increased impact whenever required.  And this week, the Fabulous Flowers tv duo have a wonderful contributor on all things Faux.  The founder, owner and creative inspiration behind the incredibly successful faux brand Peony.  Let Julie Bates change your views on Faux and bring you up to date with the new trend in artificial flowers and how she uses them in her own home.  If you are, or you know a Sagittarius, then you'll most certainly be needing to listen to this episode in particular to find out which flower to select as a gift for this birth sign.  Why not make a birthday centre piece or a bouquet for this zodiac birthday. Crammed with some incredibly fun facts, and with some truly hilarious moments where our floral twosome are reduced to giggles and even belly laughs - let this episode of Fabulous Flowers tv podcast bring you some joy!  To see our Fabulous Flowers tv Films over on YouTube and to hear more flowery magic for your listening ears in our podcasts, head over to the website where you’ll find links to all things Fabulous Flowers tv. Please subscribe to our tv channel o YouTube and our podcasts on your usual listing platform.  https://www.fabulousflowers.tv Thank you for your support.  

Fabulous Flowers tv duo Paulie & Lucy are in a state of fragrant bliss this week.   The Tuberose has the most heavenly scent and brings joy and beauty to all the senses.  Listen to how Paulie, our celebrity florist like to use this bloom and why he's such a huge fan. Meanwhile, Lucy delves in to the horticultural side and history behind the Tuberose. On a sideways step this week these two flowery lovelies investigate Essential Oils.   Their wide and varied documentation and uses across millennia are quite astounding and of course Essential Oils are still extremely, widely used today.  They invite a fabulous contributor onto this episode who speaks all about her passion for the Essentials Oils and their healing becoming her business. It's another twenty-five  minutes of floral fun including loaded with facts, histories, stories and step by step guides on how to make your own essential oils from flowers in your garden.  What's not to like? Find a place, find some space and enjoy Fabulous Flowers tv  - Episode 30.   These truly uplifting and factual entertainment podcasts will leave you better off florally, historically and most importantly - mentally. You’ll be glad you listened. To see our Fabulous Flowers tv Films over on YouTube and to hear more flowery magic for your listening ears in our podcasts, head over to the website where you’ll find links to all things Fabulous Flowers tv. Please subscribe to our tv channel o YouTube and our podcasts on your usual listing platform.  https://www.fabulousflowers.tv Thank you for your support.    

Lisianthus or 'Lizzies' to the flower trade - what a twirling, fluttering and unfurling little flower.      Paulie shares his fun and factual tips on how wonderful these little beauties are for weddings, bouquets and frankly any vase you like!  Even Lucy uses these as they are readily available in her local supermarket as well.  Inexpensive to buy in the supermarket or corner shop Lisianthus in shades of pink, purple and in creams and whites they can be paired with all kinds of other star performers such as peonies, roses or stocks and yet are also capable of stealing the show on their own. And they last for a long, long time.  Sometimes known as 'Prairie Gentlemen' or a 'Poor Mans Rose' - you can see way, as they have wistful, fluttering petals that unfurl in a roselike way and they herald from hot parries and barren deserts.  For the Floriography Fun Facts this week these flowery lovelies focus on Ivy.  With its historical references and Celtic drama - theres really so much intertwining the Ivy plant.  It symbolises not only friendships but also marital bliss and can be found through history, especially in Ireland, on monument stones dating back through hundreds of years. You'll be amazed.  And, as if all that isn't enough, Paulie and Lucy honour the memory of Remembrance Day this November and uncover some fascinating and moving facts about the Poppy.  This delicate and fragile flower has ing been associated with Remembrance Sunday and you'll learn who was behind its initial use and why.  There'e even a rendition of a classic poem 'In Flanders Fields' to round off this rather poignant and memorable episode. It's such a great way to pass 20 minutes with this Fabulous Flowers tv duo whenever you can.  But particularly in November when the Remembrance Poppy is so key.   Make time, sit back and relax and enjoy this uplifting and rather moving episode with  Lucy & Paulie.   Let this two flowery twosome bring a little joy and colour into your day and leave you with a smile on your face and florally in better shape all round!  To enjoy more flowery podcasts, instructional and fun flowery films and loads more…head over to the Fabulous Flowers tv website.   https://www.fabulousflowers.tv Your support is so much appreciated for our podcasts and also our tv channel on YouTube.  Search Fabulous Flowers tv and subscribe.  And if you hit the notification bell, then you will be alerted whenever we release a new flowery film.  Thank you!

Fabulous Flowers tv duet, Lucy & Paulie are all about Hypericum this week.  An amazing plant or shrub with pretty flowers and a fantastic autumnal show or warm red berries.   Hear how it grows pretty much everywhere and in many different guises, it is even a butterfly favourite.   Some may know Hypericum by is other name too St Johns Wort. Used for millennia in so many medical ways it has gained it name from a summer Saints Day and produces a nectar that has been heralded as an alternative to modern medicine which is still used even today.  Paulie loves to use Hypericum as it offers several different looks and can bring enormous texture and variety to his floristry and client work.  Floriography Fun Facts go all herby this week!  The Bay is an evergreen herb and has been a staple in cookery since the Ancient Greeks use it to flavour many dishes.  It carries two meanings for a recipient when sent as a message in a bouquet or as a gift, so you'll be right up to speed on Bay should you want to sent this particular message.   Hear how Paulie uses Bay in some of his incredible floral creations too - you'll be amazed.  There's so much fun in this episode, theres even a 'shoe-off' with Craig Revel Horwood that will make you laugh out loud.  This is yet again, another funpacked, florally uplifting podcast that will bring sheer flowery joy into your listening ears.  Enjoy!    To enjoy more flowery podcasts, instructional and fun flowery films and loads more…head over to the Fabulous Flowers tv website.   https://www.fabulousflowers.tv Your support is so much appreciated for our podcasts and also our tv channel on YouTube:  Fabulous Flowers tv Search Fabulous Flowers tv on YOUTUBE.  And if you hit the notification bell, then you will be alerted whenever we release a new flowery film for your viewing pleasure.   Thank you!

With Halloween nearly upon us, our Fabulous Flowers tv duo, Lucy & Paulie, concentrate on a real Autumnal favourite, Physalis - probably better known as Chinese Lanterns.  These architectural seed pods are a really textural and interesting addition to any display and as they are a paper thin, dried floral accessory they don't actually require water, so you can introduce them to so many different arrangements and displays. Paulie shares a wonderful story where Chinese Lanterns nearly caused an upset when he was the Friendly Florist on 'This Morning' with Richard & Judy Finnegan.   Great for any Autumnal or seasonal celebrations from Harvest Festival and Thanksgiving to Guy Fawkes, these little orange beauties with their bright lantern like effect are completely warm and enchanting.  For this weeks Floriography Fun Facts  the floral twosome go behind the scenes on all things Tablescaping.  Hear how this creative way of table decor began, how it was inspired and how it has metamorphised through the past centuries into how we know it today.  And if you haven't heard of this art of Tablescaping, then you're in for a treat. After this episode you will most creating be inspired to have a go yourself. Another florally uplifting 25 minutes of fun - you'll love it!    To enjoy more flowery podcasts, instructional and fun flowery films and loads more…head over to the Fabulous Flowers tv website.   https://www.fabulousflowers.tv Your support is so much appreciated for our podcasts and also our tv channel on YouTube.   Fabulous Flowers tv  -  Floriography Fun Facts Search Fabulous Flowers tv on YOUTUBE.  And if you hit the notification bell, then you will be alerted whenever we release a new flowery film for your viewing pleasure.   Thank you!     

This week the Fabulous Flowers tv duo Paulie and Lucy focus on Antirrnhum. Or as you might know them - Snapdragons! From the Greek for 'snout', these ravishing and fluffy blooms are used widely by Paulie for many event and celebrity displays and come in all kinds of heights and colours. Listen to some great tips on how to use and condition these flowers and also a great tip for keeping your vase water clear and stopping it from smelling.  With their links to witchcraft, European castles, and even a youthful face wash! ..... Snapdragons are such a historically mentioned and heralded bloom.  The Iris is this weeks Floriography Fun Fact with its messages when sent and  how these messages can vary on the colour of the Iris chosen to send.  Hear how the Iris inspired Kings and Family emblems worldwide, as well as growing out of the walls of the city of Florence, in Italy.  With links to French Kings and Dutch painter Vincent Van Gough, the Iris is a fascinating subject for a few fun facts and historical references.  Calling all Scorpios! - if this is your star sign, of if you know a Scorpio, then listen to this episode to find out what you should be sending as a gift, or arranging in your house as this zodiac birthday celebration.  There's even a rather fun tale concerning the legendary Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams. Hear how Lucy and he clashed over a Scorpio birthday party!  This is a truly fun packed episode and will most certainly lift your floral spirits and leave you with a smile on your face!    To enjoy more flowery podcasts, instructional and fun flowery films and loads more…head over to the Fabulous Flowers tv website.   https://www.fabulousflowers.tv Your support is so much appreciated for our podcasts and also our tv channel on YouTube.   Fabulous Flowers tv  -  Floriography Fun Facts Search Fabulous Flowers tv on YOUTUBE.  And if you hit the notification bell, then you will be alerted whenever we release a new flowery film for your viewing pleasure.   Thank you!