Herald - Issue 406

Page 50 • The HERALD • 13th May 2021 v GROW YOUR BUSINESS WITH THE HERALD v Contact Nick 07825 662955 or 023 8017 3186 (office) • Local Domestic and Commercial Tree Surgeons • Hedging work • Tree reductions • Thinning • Tree dismantles • Arboricultural reports and Surveys • Fencing Free no obligation quotation, and free advice E: enquiries@langleyarb.com W: www.langleyarb.com For All Your Gardening Needs General Garden Maintenance Overgrown Gardens Cleared Existing Garden Makeovers Areas Re-designed and Re-planted Hard Features Created Garden Coaching Lawn Care and Turfing Fencing Erected and Repaired Contact Paul on 07794 122065 | DOWN THE GARDEN PATH | THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS by the Foresters Flower Club When I choose owers, I like them to be seasonal and look as if they have been collected from the garden, a celebration of nature. Flowers can be enjoyed simply plopped into a jam jar or made into an arrangement that becomes a feast for our eyes. Either extreme becomes an absolute treasure within our homes that li s our spirits. For thousands of years owers have had meanings. e language of owers appears to have started in the Ottoman court in Turkey and was used as a system of coded messages throughout history. By the end of the 1900’s understanding the language of owers was as important as being correctly dressed if one wanted respect in society. Flowers were used to express and elicit emotions and feelings, otherwise suppressed. e most widely understood ower “meaning” is the red poppy-symbolising remembrance of loss of life in the First World War. Now with no restriction on methods of communication, the notion of owers having meaning remains delightful in many people’s eyes. I think even more so during the socially di cult times experienced by a pandemic. Some examples we could use are: Red roses mean I love you (single-always), yellow roses show jealousy/ decline of love (I thought it meant friendship!), white chrysanthemum represent truth, pink carnations act as an ‘I will never forget you’, white carnations are sent to woman for good luck, alstroemeria is for devotion/friendship, Orchids represent beauty, dahlia shows good taste/elegance, da odils are one for the gentlemen expressing regards/chivalry, tulips are traditionally given for fame, iris celebrates good news, poinsettia represents good cheer, lavender is for mistrust, hydrangea signi es vanity. Our pairing foliage can have meaning too: bay embodies true/forever; rosemary is for remembrance; eucalyptus shows protection; trailing ivy denotes constancy/ delity. So, enjoy knowing the language of owers, but please don’t let it spoil your fun, the owers alone will bring such joy! We are keeping everything crossed to re-group in person on ursday 1st of July, Copythorne Parish Hall, 7.30 pm. For information contact Debbie orne on: 07769 830752. e Healthy Haven Garden are holding a sale on Saturday 15th May from 10am until 12moon. is includes plants of owers, vegetables, and herbs, garden equipment and books. It is being held in the car park at the Waterside Medical Practice, Beaulieu Road, Hythe next to Day Lewis pharmacy. All welcome. Sale at Healthy Haven