If you have never tried and experienced 'fragrant cooking / eating' you just don't know what you are missing out on. Now if are within cooee distance of Edible Flower Food Fest at SouthPark tomorrow then you should get on over there and  see what it is all about. Image via Wikipedia Of course for those of you who already enjoy this type of culinary delight don't need any convincing - here are the details: When: 7:15 p.m. Thursday Admission: $18. Reservations required. Where: Buffalo Inn,...

You know there is a lot to be said about 'old' when it comes to the rose garden . Think of wine  and you think  'aged or mature'. Image by sogni_hal via Flickr When it comes to Roses some of the 'old-fashioned roses' are the absolute glamour girls and guys of the garden and are as romantic as they sound. Some of course date back to 1860 or even earlier. Old Roses have a reputation for being hardy, disease resistant with wonderful fragrances.  These grand 'mature specimens of the rose g...

Rose Gardeners of the world we certainly do owe John Lichfield an enormous thank you. To quote him exactly, here is what he said: Image by bill barber (very sporadic) via Flickr "It is now apparently utterly oafish behavior to turn up at a Parisian dinner party with a bunch of shop-bought flowers or a box of marron-glacés. The annoyingly cutting-edge thing to do is to present your host with a few roses, or even a herb plant, "from my little garden in Normandy". Actually his entire articl...

Roses bloom at annual show Image by buckle1535 via Flickr Rose growing fans, word has it that The Southwestern Oregon Rose Society a Pony Village Mall was just an amazing blaze of color and spectacle. Competitors from all around the South Coast went along to enter their blooms - there were 112 categories in all, with countless varieties on show.  If you have any photos of some of   them please send them in so that we can feature them in our hall of fame. To the winners - hearty, hearty...

Yes, Roses are both Beautiful and Smart - Just ask the Rose Farmers in Yongdeng County, North West China. I just loved this story and what an eye opener, in more ways than one. We all know about the roses reputation as the "flower of love," representing both romance and passion - this story from  the Beijing Review certainly deserves retelling. Image by Creativity+ Timothy K Hamilton via Flickr The article in the Beijing Review reports that fFarmers in Yongdeng County, in northwest China...