During the Victorian era, floriography, or the language of flowers, became a popular way ... us the endless Canterbury Tales uses mating birds to explore notions about romantic love, free will ...

The coded language of floriography meant that Victorians could express affection, desire or disdain, allowing a society governed by strict etiquette to show its true feelings. Now the language of ...

The Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance (NINA) will hold a tour of several recently restored Victorian-era homes ... [email protected]. Feeding Birds In Winter Shari Guarino will ...

Despite its cheerful appearance, the bird’s-foot trefoil symbolizes a warning of revenge in the Victorian language of flowers. Bird’s-Foot Trefoil didn’t get its quirky name by accident!

While flowers have held symbolic meanings for centuries – especially in religion – floriography really took off in Europe and America during the Victorian period. A number of flower ...

James Alexander-Sinclair takes us on a tour of Philippa Pearson and Jonathan Denby's garden, Silver Flora Medal Winner Winners at this year's Chelsea. This is a garden that is meant to be a place ...

According to a new novel, whose central character revives the Victorian trend for bestowing ... The Language of Flowers by the American author Vanessa Diffenbaugh, is poised to do for the floral ...

As we think about flower decorations for the holidays, it is interesting to think about the lavish scale of floral art in homes of the landed gentry during the Victorian period in England.

You don’t have to be a botany expert to decipher what it means when somebody sends you a rose. Every year on Feb. 14, millions of people exchange the flower to express their love — and upwards ...