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A Look Back after Ten Years...
Diana, Princess of Wales
July 1, 1961 ~ August 31, 1997

Flowers laid outside Kensington Palace. Photo: Fiona Hanson/PA
Flowers laid outside Kensington Palace. Photo: Fiona Hanson/PA
(Source: 
Comment is Free)
Kennington Palace - Diana Funeral - C Walt Reiss
(Source:  C Walt Reiss)


Princess Diana Casket Flowers
(Source:  BBC)
Diana Casket Wreath
(Source:  Houston Chronicle)

Elton John at Lady Diana's funeral - Photo source BBC news
Friend Elton John shown with floral tributes and notes.
(Source: 
BBC News)
Elton John sings at Laday Diana funeral
(Source:  BBC)

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A mountain of flowers, photos and tributes...


Public grieving of this type has become the norm, where strangers manifest their feelings for people they didn't know personally and might only have heard about through the media.  But why? "These extraordinary scenes of public bonding are known as communitas," David Ritchie, of Deakins University in Melbourne and a member of the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement, writes in a paper titled Fateful Moments and the Discourses of Grief.

"Conversations are had, stories are shared, images are unearthed and memorials are created. Participants are reminded of their own mortality, in the overall scheme of things." But it hasn't always been this way.

When U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in 1963, thousands lined his funeral parade route. But there were no piles of flowers, save those his family left beside the eternal flame at his gravesite in Virginia's Arlington National Cemetery.  When Kennedy's namesake son crashed a plane into the Atlantic Ocean almost four decades later, floral tributes sprang up outside JFK Jr.'s Tribeca apartment in New York City and at the Kennedy Museum in Boston.

Where did this fascination with shrines and flowers come from? The earliest manifestations of this type of mass mourning can be found in the 1970s, social scientists say.

Open displays of emotion and the stripping away of the attitude of keeping a stiff upper lip were encouraged by psychologists at that time. Real men did cry, and public displays of grief and anguish were acceptable.

McGill social scientist Estelle Hopmeyer hypothesized we have become a global community rather than a local community through instantaneous media coverage.  Planes fly into the World Trade Centre and we are right there, in real time.

The notion of a funeral as a communal gathering has been extended to everyone. It's not just friends and family anymore.

"Placing flowers on an accident site is a communal response," Hopmeyer said. Floral tributes are widely photographed and documented by the media, thus perpetuating the practice, she added.

"With the global definition of community comes a sense of identifying with what happened - 'That could have been my child,' for instance. People feel threatened, and putting flowers on a shrine is a tiny bit of control over our lives." Making a gesture like placing flowers is a reminder that you, too, are mortal, Hopmeyer said.


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Once again, flowers offer comfort to the world. 
Tributes to Steve
Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter...

Steve Irwin Floral Tributes

Steve Irwin Floral Tributes



Steve Irwin Floral Tributes

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Rev. Al Sharpton speaks at memorial service for
The Godfather of Soul - James Brown

James Brown Funeral
Photo: Kathy Willens, for AP

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Floral Tributes for President Gerald Ford



Gerald Ford Funeral
Capitol Rotunda in Washington DC
AP Photo
President Gerald Ford
White House Tribute
Photo: Gerald Herbert, for AP


Gerald Ford Funeral

Washington National Cathedral
Photo: Gerald Herbert, for AP
 
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ANNA NICOLE SMITH - FLORAL TRIBUTES

Anna Nicole Smithe Tribute - AP Photo       Anna Nicole Smith Funeral Flowers - (Tim Aylen, AP)

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Flowers begin the healing at Virginia Tech University










Virginia Tech Hokie Bird with Flowers



The Department of Horticulture set up a fund to honor Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, French instructor and wife of Jerzy Nowak, VT Dept. of Horticulture Head, who was killed on that tragic day.  They will be honoring her with a memorial garden.  Contributions may be made to the address below:
 
The Jocelyne Couture-Nowak Memorial Garden Fund
Department of Horticulture (0327)
301 Saunders Hall, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061

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Wildflowers for Lady Bird Johnson

Floral Tribute to Lady Bird Johnson by Martin Alvarez

Floral Tribute to Lady Bird Johnson by Martin Alvarez
displayed at the Texas State Florists Association 2007 Convention.
Display included packets of wildflower seeds provided by
the Go Texan program of the Texas Department of Agriculture.

Go Texan Logo

Go Texan Program

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Fans Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Death
of Elvis Presley ~ the King of Rock ' Roll

Elvis Funeral Flowers 1077 - AP Photo
Fans reach out to touch floral arrangements at Forest Hills Cemetery in Memphis, where Elvis Presley was buried on Aug. 18, 1977. (Photo: AP Photo - CBS News)
Elvis' gravesite - Source: Beans Around the World
Elvis' final resting place
(Photo source:
Beans Around the World)

Floral FTD surge for Elvis Presley
Scott Cendrowski
The Arizona Republic
Aug. 16, 2007 10:50 AM

On this day in 1977, Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD) received the largest number of flower orders in its entire history.

Where were they to be delivered? "Graceland."

Elvis Presley had died the night before and fans famously flooded by the hundreds of thousands to hoping to see his open casket at "Graceland" estate.
 
FTD employees claim that more than 2,150 arrangements were delivered to "Graceland."

The arrangements were shaped like lightning bolts, guitars, hound dogs, and stars, as well as more traditional wreaths and bouquets. Many of the arrangements were sent immediately to Forest Hill Cemetery, the site of the burial. After the funeral, Vernon Presley allowed the fans to take away the flowers as mementos.

Today is the 29th anniversary of Elvis' death. Fans gathered to pay their respects, and candles and candlelight vigils outnumbered the flowers this year.

Source:  azcentral.com

Elvis' Grace - Source Branson Critic
Elvis' final resting place
(Photo source: Branson Critic
)
Elvis' favorite flower was a red rose.

Every August during Elvis week over 500,000 people travel to Graceland to visit Elvis' grave site.

Source: 
Elvis Presley News

The grounds of the cemetery were a sea of flowers. I remember a spokesperson for FTD, the flowers-by-wire service, telling us they had more orders that day for Elvis than ever before in their history. We were told 3,116 floral arrangements had been delivered.

Source: 
CBS News



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INTERESTING ARTICLE:

CHROMOTHERAPY:  The Healing Power of Colors and Flowers


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THE ARTISTRY OF FLORAL DESIGN

Floral Design by Cathy Hillen-Rulloda, AIFD, AAF, PFCI       Floral Design by Cathy Hillen-Rulloda, AIFD, AAF, PFCI

When the Rulloda family's beloved beta fish passed away, floral designers Lenka Dostalova and Nid Indravudh of Avante Gardens in Anaheim, CA offered comfort to Phil, Cathy, and their daughter with a miniature floral wreath complete with ribbon fish. Cathy claims it was made "tongue-in-cheek", but it is truly an inspired tribute.

See more of their creative floral designs at Avante Gardens

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REST IN PEACE ~ KIRK PAMPER AAF AIFD PFCI

Kirk Pamper AAF AIFD PFCI       Kirk Pamper AAF AIFD PFCI

See Kirk's amazing contribution to the floral industry at Kirk Pamper

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Heath Ledger ~ 1979-2008

Heath Ledger               Heath Ledger


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