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Queen tours the Chelsea Flower Show as participants honour the monarch

25 May 2022

Queen Elizabeth II put in an appearance at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show on Monday, as it returned to its traditional May slot after the hiatus of the coronavirus...

Shanghai grannies knit love and pride into Olympic bouquets

26 Jan 2022

Gulf Today Report When Olympic champions at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games are handed their customary bouquets on the medal stand, no one will be prouder than Shanghai pensioner...

VIDEO: Abu Dhabi Police replace fines with flowers in Al Ain

16 Aug 2021

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter The Abu Dhabi Police implemented a ‘Hand-In-Hand’ initiative in Al Ain, through which a number of traffic violations were replaced with awareness tips and bouquets...

Should you play music to your plants? It turns out there may be benefits

24 May 2021

Prince Charles famously said it was “very important” to talk to plants, but could the sound of music also help them thrive? Spotify has revealed a 1,400% increase in...

Pandemic puts tulips, bluebells, cherry blossoms in hiding

24 Apr 2021

Gulf Today Report There is no stopping flowers when they bloom, blossoms when they burst. Unfortunately, people have been stopped from enjoying them these days. In pandemic times, when...

Saudi Arabia's city of roses blooms in Ramadan

17 Apr 2021

Every spring, roses bloom in the western Saudi city of Taif, turning pockets of the kingdom's vast desert landscape into a vivid and fragrant pink. In April, they are...

VIDEO: Sharjah Police gift flowers, juice to expat instead of Dhs1,000 fine

29 Mar 2021

Sohaila Ahmed, Staff Reporter The Sharjah Police General Directorate and its personnel repeatedly have successfully conveyed a humanitarian message by handling different situations with community members with noble gestures....

Kashmir’s iconic Tulip Garden blooms over 1.5 million flowers

25 Mar 2021

Sakeena Banday, Gulf Today Tulip festival is the biggest draw for tourists every year. The picturesque and colourful tulip beds mesmerise the tourists in all their grandeur and mark...

Springtime in Japan as COVID-19 limits festivities for cherry blossom fans

24 Mar 2021

An early spring in Japan is drawing cherry blossom fans to Tokyo's parks but the government has urged people to limit traditional festivities to prevent a resurgence of COVID-19...

Egypt's blossoming trade in fragrant jasmine flowers

25 Aug 2020

At midnight, Eman Mehanna switches on her headlamp and begins her day's work picking jasmine flowers, as their powerful fragrance wafts far across the fields in Egypt's fertile Nile...

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