Dear Members and Friends,
As you may well know, the Philippines was recently hit by Typhoon Ondoy which left many hurt and homeless.  We’d like to do our part by donating part of our income to help those who are in need.

Small-scale agriculture remains the majority activity of 70% of the rural sector in the poorest of countries and the major source of rural employment in these regions. Unfortunately, bad practices, falling prices and weak development policies continues to make it unviable.
Small-scale farmers in these regions are best described and identified as owning or tilling  or [...]

The Age of the Internet has been changing many facets of daily life. Now we get access to information, keep in touch with friends and even go shopping on the web. This article discusses the first person point of view of key advantages of one of the most purchased retail items on the web, flowers!

Tradition holds that the Maid of Honor is always a treasured role in a wedding. It can be the sister, a cousin and often times it is the bosom friend of the bride. It is enough trouble to mother over the bride over the days leading to the wedding.  You can pick up after her, [...]

Island Rose’ Marketing Director shares his own experience at the Maven Secrets held at the Asian Institute of Management last August 13. Dustin Andaya tells the story of Island Rose – how it began from his thesis in Graduate school in the University of Bath and how it grew to a successful online flower shop.
Island [...]

To quote Freud “The great question… which I have not been able to answer… is, what does a woman want?”  This eminent psychologist must have served this statement part in awe as in jest as tribute to the very fascinating mysteries of women that men are cursed with to never truly find the answer to.
Fortunately [...]