Someone once told me that flower districts always pop up by hospitals ... and bars by funeral homes (morbidly interesting). That got me thinking about flowers. Somehow no matter where I am in the city, I undoubtedly run across a teeny girl touting a huge orchid or a burly man dragging some fern-ish looking plant home to his unsuspecting wife. Flowers are so common and oh so pretty but how useful are they? This week we tackle: FLOWERS.

- Deborah