I love flowers and I love designing them. But because I am not doing floral designing professionally, I can't really share my designs with many people. That's the main reason why I wanted to have this blog; To share my knowledge on flowers and to share my designs with other flower lovers.
I was thinking why flowers never perish as gifts? Since the first human being they held a special place among other gifts and they are never out of fashion. According to some surveys, flowers, clothing and jewelry are the most popular gifts exchanged in America. Flowers top the lists of both men and women as the best "I love you" gift. As for love interests, according to the research, more than 25 percent of Americans say the gift they would most like to receive from an admirer is flowers or houseplants - followed by jewelry, clothing and perfume or cologne. While most Americans enjoy receiving gifts on traditional holidays, "no special occasion" tops the list with nearly one-third of respondents citing it as their favorite time to receive a gift of flowers. Flowers also lead the bunch as the gift most given to express everyday sentiments. (Survey by the SAF, 2003). I did a little research and I've actually found a scientific research on flowers and their effects on emotions. Below is the abstract of the research and if you are interested in reading the whole article click here. An Environmental Approach to Positive Emotion: Flowers Abstract: For more than 5000 years, people have cultivated flowers although there is no known reward for this costly behavior. In three different studies we show that flowers are a powerful positive emotion "inducer". In Study 1, flowers, upon presentation to women, always elicited the Duchenne or true smile. Women who received flowers reported more positive moods 3 days later. In Study 2, a flower given to men or women in an elevator elicited more positive social behavior than other stimuli. In Study 3, flowers presented to elderly participants (55+ age) elicited positive mood reports and improved episodic memory. Flowers have immediate and long-term effects on emotional reactions, mood, social behaviors and even memory for both males and females. There is little existing theory in any discipline that explains these findings. We suggest that cultivated flowers are rewarding because they have evolved to rapidly induce positive emotion in humans, just as other plants have evolved to induce varying behavioral responses in a wide variety of species leading to the dispersal or propagation of the plants. Article taken from:
Evolutionary Psychology – ISSN 1474-7049 – Volume 3. 2005. http://www.epjournal.net/filestore/ep03104132.pdf
WHY FLOWERS?
I love flowers and I love designing them. But because I am not doing floral designing professionally, I can't really share my designs with many people. That's the main reason why I wanted to have this blog; To share my knowledge on flowers and to share my designs with other flower lovers.
I was thinking why flowers never perish as gifts? Since the first human being they held a special place among other gifts and they are never out of fashion. According to some surveys, flowers, clothing and jewelry are the most popular gifts exchanged in America. Flowers top the lists of both men and women as the best "I love you" gift. As for love interests, according to the research, more than 25 percent of Americans say the gift they would most like to receive from an admirer is flowers or houseplants - followed by jewelry, clothing and perfume or cologne. While most Americans enjoy receiving gifts on traditional holidays, "no special occasion" tops the list with nearly one-third of respondents citing it as their favorite time to receive a gift of flowers. Flowers also lead the bunch as the gift most given to express everyday sentiments. (Survey by the SAF, 2003). I did a little research and I've actually found a scientific research on flowers and their effects on emotions. Below is the abstract of the research and if you are interested in reading the whole article click here. An Environmental Approach to Positive Emotion: Flowers Abstract: For more than 5000 years, people have cultivated flowers although there is no known reward for this costly behavior. In three different studies we show that flowers are a powerful positive emotion "inducer". In Study 1, flowers, upon presentation to women, always elicited the Duchenne or true smile. Women who received flowers reported more positive moods 3 days later. In Study 2, a flower given to men or women in an elevator elicited more positive social behavior than other stimuli. In Study 3, flowers presented to elderly participants (55+ age) elicited positive mood reports and improved episodic memory. Flowers have immediate and long-term effects on emotional reactions, mood, social behaviors and even memory for both males and females. There is little existing theory in any discipline that explains these findings. We suggest that cultivated flowers are rewarding because they have evolved to rapidly induce positive emotion in humans, just as other plants have evolved to induce varying behavioral responses in a wide variety of species leading to the dispersal or propagation of the plants. Article taken from:
Evolutionary Psychology – ISSN 1474-7049 – Volume 3. 2005. http://www.epjournal.net/filestore/ep03104132.pdf
3 comments on "WHY FLOWERS?"
hayırlı uğurlu olsun cnm:) ne güzel etmişsinde açmışsın blogunu.. böyle güzel dizaynları kemdine saklamak olmazdı tabi.. tebrikler.
Tesekkur ederim Aylin. Sen ozendirdin beni zaten:)
eh hayırlara vesile olmuşum ne güzel.. bu arada küçük ağacı çok beğendim cnm.. sevgiler..
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