Sri Lankan flowers

　　Sri Lankan flowers that grace homes around the world have inspired a new business initiative by Hayleys Agriculture to develop the local market for cut flowers and horticultural plants.

　　Some of the colourful blooms in greenhouses at the Boralanda facility of Hayleys Quality Seeds and Flowers.
With more than three decades of expertise in nursery management, production of hybrid flower seeds and growing, harvesting and exporting flowers and young plants, the Group says it can now double production at its 18 hectare facility in the central highlands to supply local enthusiasts and has begun appointing distributors and agents for the purpose.
"We can increase production to 100,000 flowers a month whenever we want to," Hayleys Agriculture Managing Director Rizvi Zaheed said.
"Up to last year, 100 percent of our production was exported, but already the local market accounts for 5 percent and domestic demand is projected to increase," he said.
Newly appointed distributors for Hayleys Quality Seeds and Flowers are reporting rapidly increasing sales and the potential for new employment generation in this sector is significant, Zaheed said. Among the customers of Hayleys Quality Seeds & Flowers are some of the global top five seed breeders. The company's employees are highly skilled and qualified, as F1 hybrid flower seed production involves precise specialized operations such as hand pollination and emasculation.

The charm and beauty of Lanna never fails

　　The charm and beauty of Lanna never fails to delight visitors to the mountainous northern region of Thailand. The beauty of Chiang Mai's numerous temples, the exquisite mural paintings in Nan and the graceful, intricate detail of woodcarvings in the wats in Lampang are but a few examples. And visitors soon discover that the spell of Lanna truly lies in the way of life of its people.

　　That certainly proved true to me during the course of producing the book, Dok Mai Thai: The Flower Culture of Thailand. During our long photo session in Chiang Mai, we had the privilege of observing local religious ceremonies performed in village temples. Various kinds of fresh offerings made from plant materials such as flowers, coconut leaves, banana leaves and betel nuts were brought to the temples for each occasion. Small parts of these offerings were suay dok, or cone-shaped floral receptacles made from banana leaf _ the inspiration for today's floral display.
Instead of the traditional banana leaf, however, I use jackfruit leaf for its beautiful texture.
I begin by cutting the leaf stem, so it can be easily folded. I then proceed to roll the leaf to create a small cone. The key is to let the fresh leaves lose their brittleness by airing them for a while after they've been cut, so they can be easily bent.
After that I use a bamboo sliver to pin parts of the leaf together to maintain the required cone shape. I then cut that piece of bamboo sliver to an appropriate length.
After a small cone of foliage has been made, I continue to cut a tiny bit of its bottom off to create a small hole for the stem of the flower to go through. I then insert the tiny stem of the small pink globe amaranth through the opening of the jackfruit-leaf cone, then through the small hole that had just been cut.
After a number of the floral cones, each complete with a pink globe amaranth, have been made, I proceed to arrange them in a small square glass. After the square glass is filled with water, we have a simple floral display that delightfully evokes the charm and beauty of the Land of a Million Rice Fields.

Life like a flower bright beautiful

　　

　　Waking Up by *ReachForTheStarfish

　　


Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into. ~Henry Beecher, Life Thoughts, 1858
Flowers are not only a sign of beauty but also of beautiful fragrance. Today i have gathered some of the most beautiful Flower photography by various photographers. These are very colorful and of different types. Hope you enjoy them.

Flowers. by ~spacedude89

　 Red_tulip by ~Boui34
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wedding beautiful flowers

We'll help you create a design that's tailored just for you. From the initial meeting with our design consultants to the big day itself, we'll be with you every step of the way. Drawing inspiration from the cutting edge of fashion our bridal bouquets are always a talking point, blending elements from your dress and the theme of the day.
From striking table centrepieces, corsages to flowers for the groom every aspect of your wedding is considered.
So whatever your budget and wherever you are (we travel worldwide), we'll make your day truly unforgettable.

Enjoy Beautiful Flower Garden Time

Imagine that you have this beautiful flower garden. See it in your head. Mine is full of sunflowers. If you do not weed it pretty regularly, crabgrass and all kinds of other unwelcome visitors will inevitably start popping up. Without any maintenance at all, the weeds will eventually take over and choke out the flowers.
Your mind is like this garden. You can pull weeds and plant flowers in the garden of your mind.

In his book, Buddha’s Brain, Rick Hanson writes:
To gradually replace negative implicit memories with positive ones, just make the positive aspects prominent and relatively intense in the foreground of your awareness while simultaneously placing the negative material in the background. Imagine that the positive contents of your awareness are sinking down into old wounds, soothing chafed and bruised places like a warm golden salve, filling up hollows, slowly replacing negative feelings and beliefs with positive ones.
You know that pesky automatic negative mental chatter made up of your subconscious thoughts, beliefs, and feelings? Some of it is material from the present, and some from the recent past, but most of it is comes from the implicit and explicit memories of childhood. He suggests first becoming aware of and familiar with your “usual suspects” that make for recurring upsets and problems through some self analysis. In other words, find the root. Once you do, infuse positive material into it….the weed killer.
The point is not to resist painful memories and experiences or grasp at pleasant ones. That leads to its own kind of suffering. The goal is to pair negative material with and, eventually, replace it with positive emotions and perspectives…the flower, if you will.
For example, if not feeling good enough is one of your common themes, when this thought appears, recall a specific time when you were more than good enough. Really recall the feeling of it. Give it the power of language and verbalize it. Make it into an affirmation. Do this a couple more times in the following hour. Scientific evidence shows that negative memory is especially vulnerable to being changed after it is recalled.
For me, it is just the general fear of the future and anxiety about the unknown. Can I handle it? How will it turn out? What if the worst happens? I remind myself that I have not only recovered from a serious brain injury with no professional guidance just by my sheer determination and tenacity, but I am better than ever. If I can do that, I can handle anything. I will figure it out. And you know what? I really believe it now!
You can do this any where and at any time. With repetition, this actually changes your brain and builds new positive structures and weeds your garden. Here’s to beautiful gardens!