Sally's shop on Gabriel Lobo street
It was a cold morning of an appointed date. In a Madrid without crisis. The office bell rings. Twelve red roses with my name cover the face of the anonymous messenger. In my opinion, the deputy director, the secretary and two more spontaneous do not stop emitting excessive "oyoyoys" and "ayayayays". "Is it possible that these dozen lollipops with petals cause a whining recital?" I lament. At the end of the day I understand it, when someone rebukes me: "Where are you going with that silly smile?"
It is like that, the flowers like how they do it beautiful things, ephemeral, mute and with no other purpose than to make the routine lighter. I take the license to state that it is not a question of gender. It is true that we have a more sensitive visual acuity. It is a proven scientific fact. The female visual capacity distinguishes more chromatic nuances than that of the man (Nature balances with a greater male sensitivity to detect fast-moving stimuli). Furthermore, a British study found a woman capable of perceiving neither more nor less than 100 million chromatic tones. The human being detects around a million colors.
Margarita's orange tree is called my love
Floral art in Spain has been consolidated thanks in large part to the climate. Our sun helps Let's be one of the great producers of these stemmed wonders (The United States, Holland, Japan and Colombia compete with us). I invite you to rid yourself of uncomfortable prejudices, live without brakes and give you a joy in the Madrid orchard. In these places you can pick up authentic rarities, send bouquets from Ohio to St. Petersburg, learn artistic tricks and, why not, talk to them.
MODERN PETALS
Margarita is called my love (Fernando VI, 9) Peonies, gladioli, buttercups, orchids, chrysanthemums, purple carnations... in one of the most stylish streets in Madrid. **On the corner of Campoamor (pun intended) ** the newcomer pays homage to one of Vicente Escrivá's 60s hits, and an afternoon hit at Cine de Barrio. Although that aesthetic looks little. The one that was Cacto-Cacto (one of the few florists specialized in cacti) has metabolized the Parisian aesthetic of Salesas : white wood on the floor, natural light at all hours, indie soundtrack and almost exclusive attention.
Sally Hambleton Wedding Arrangements
** Periwinkle / Ad Hoc ** (León, 11) In the heart of Antón Martín, the new neighborhood of modernity, this place on Calle León has been a female benchmark since it opened in 2005. It divides its beautiful space into Ad Hoc and Vincapervinca . The first corresponds to a beautiful store where you will find labels from young (and promising) designers. such as Kling's schoolgirl dresses, Demolina's pendants or Conspirators' brooches. In addition to antique furniture, decoration pieces and illustrations by Clara Ruíz, its owner. In the second, Aitana Zaldúa welcomes you in the middle of a festival of flowers and plants, some are as extravagant as ideals of death, such as astromelias. Its original garden decoration gadgets and some herbalist whims deserve to splurge.
** The Workshop ** (Gabriel Lobo, 10) Sally Lerma has it in her genes and in her impeccable education in England. Her aunt, with whom she lived, was dedicated to floral art, which caused a certain attachment to the garden and the pot. After ten years dedicated to finance, she returned to Great Britain to let flow the vocation of a gardener. In addition to running The Workshop and preparing magazine bouquets, she teaches seeds at The Flower School. They especially boast of the baskets of olive trees with a bottle of ditto oil and their well-known hat boxes.
Modern daisy flowers is called my love
CASTILIAN FLOWERS
Columbus Flowers (Colón, 1) For more than 15 years, the motley stall of Flores Colón has witnessed the frightened faces of those who drop by the Wax Museum. His tiny gazebo hides mango-sized carnivorous plants, blue roses, and natural orchids that could pass for the wax sculptures of the neighboring museum.
** Casaflorida ** (Marqués de Riscal, 12) The ideal location of this classic from the Chamberí neighborhood that convinces with its aromas of a Parisian salon since the end of the eighties. Madrilenian ladies of high rank and neighbors of the neighborhood they rave about their rose centerpieces. They also design landscapes, teach floral art courses, set up art scenes in hotels and shops, the three museums of the Triangle of Art and they are behind the flower arrangements of Volver and Broken Embraces.
Casaflorida flower chamber
FAITHFUL GARDENERS
** Royal Botanical Garden ** (Plaza de Murillo, 2) . Next to the Prado Museum and a few steps from the great Madrid lung this orchard of more than 250 years is unnoticed (to the consolation of those of us who know its charms), to the hordes of tourists who alternate the museum halls with the picnic in front of El Retiro lake. The €3 entry fee may keep beer cans and scraps of aluminum foil away. Only silence would deserve a separate chapter. In addition to the 5,500 living species exposed to the open air, the enclosure hides wonders such as the emblematic bonsai collection of former president Felipe González, in the Terrazas de los Laureles. It has 61 native Iberian specimens, as well as Japanese, Chinese and Canadian species, many of them gifts from other presidents and heads of state. In no case, do not miss the Store of the Royal Botanical Garden. The explosion of floral aromas whets even the appetite.
** Los Peñotes ** (Carretera de Burgos, Exit 12-A) It is the dream of every frustrated gardener. This paradise of the noble periphery has been for many children of my villa the Sunday plan. While we, the kids, ate sand and climbed the swings, they, the adults, made all kinds of garden trifles, swearing like every year that they were essential. Just turned half a century, continues to sell beautiful specimens of now and always, unlikely plants and above all that lifestyle that you like so much.
** El Jardín del Ángel ** (Huertas, 2) Its profile reads: "always open". Far from being a sleepless local, it is its flowers that remain wide open all year round. In this bucolic chalet, right where Huertas starts, I could live one of the cutest gardeners that the cinema of the nineties has left us: Eduardo Manostijeras. Behind the gate, you come across a hundred-year-old olive tree, some lemon trees, fuchsia bougainvillea and jasmine. In the art nouveau greenhouse you will find a whole collection of floricultural tools, bulbs and seeds of species from around the world. Weekends encourage Do it yourself or DIY (Do It Yourself, in English it looks like a university degree).
The fountains and flowers of the Royal Botanical Garden
GLORIES AND PENALTIES AT HOME
** Interflora ** (Building D-1, Julián Camarillo, 29 4ª) For expatriate couples and families separated by seas of kilometers. The company has been making women around the world happy for years, including my grandmother. For Interflora there are no distances or borders. **Distributes its centers, bouquets and bouquets in the five continents. **
** Oranges from China ** (Hermosilla, 159) The sensuality of the exotic fruit baskets competes with the exuberance of its otherworldly flowers such as alstroemerias, orchids or harmonies. They teach courses and **workshops aimed at turning the garden into Giuseppe Arcimboldo's own still lifes. **
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