Jill Manson Flower Journeys

27/10/2025

Flower Care Tip: Choose the Right Spot

Where you place your flowers can make all the difference. Keep your arrangements away from direct sunlight, heaters, and fruit bowls — the ethylene gas from fruit can make your blooms fade faster.

A cool, shaded spot will help your flowers stay fresh and full of life for longer.

21/10/2025

Flower Care Tip: Fresh Water, Fresh Blooms

To keep your flower arrangements looking vibrant for longer, change the water in your vase every two days. Give the vase a good rinse to remove any bacteria that can shorten the life of your blooms.

Clean, fresh water truly is the secret to keeping your flowers radiant and happy for days to come.

13/10/2025

10/10/2025

Pro Tips: Fresh Cuts for Fresh Blooms

Want your flowers to last longer? Always trim the stems at an angle before placing them in water. This helps them absorb water more easily and keeps them hydrated for days to come.

Pro tip: re-trim every couple of days to keep them drinking happily.

24/09/2025

Today we celebrate the beauty of South Africa’s rich and diverse heritage – woven together like a tapestry of wildflowers, each one unique, yet blooming brighter when gathered as one.

May this Heritage Day remind us to honour our roots, our stories, and the natural treasures that make our land so extraordinary.

Happy Heritage Day, South Africa.

24/09/2025

When you pause, when you stop and listen, when you reflect, consider you will come to know that Flowers are not silent.
They whisper messages of hope, love, and support to the soul willing to listen.
Each petal becomes a prayer, each bloom a reminder that beauty and healing are always within reach.

When we pause with them, we find mindfulness. When we receive their messages, we discover clarity. And when we walk with their wisdom, we awaken to inspiration, realisation, and joy.

This is the devotion of my life’s work: to serve others through the gentle voice of the botanical kingdom — guiding hearts home to truth, peace, and happiness.

22/09/2025

To all my beloved Jewish clients and friends…

Wishing you a Shanah Tovah U’Metukah — a good and sweet New Year. May this year be filled with health, joy, peace, and blessings for you and your loved ones. May your days overflow with sweetness, your heart with gratitude, and your home with love.

As we enter this new chapter, may you be inscribed in the Book of Life for goodness, kindness, and abundance. May the year ahead bring renewal, healing, and countless moments of sweetness — like honey on the tongue and light in the soul.

L’shanah tovah tikatevu v’tichatemu — may you be written and sealed for a year of blessing and peace.

And of course FLOWERS !
Much love from all of us at Jill Manson flowers

19/09/2025

Happy day from Stanford!

We were so delighted to visit Chelsea Flowers in Stanford 2025, a beautiful celebration of South African flowers and fynbos artistry. The fragrance of all the blooms was at once delicate, lush, and invigorating - and it felt like being welcomed into nature’s secret heart.

A huge congratulations to Leon Kluger and Tristan Woutberg for once again winning Gold at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Their design - celebrating the water that shapes the Cape Floral Region - was breathtaking!

It’s a gift to see this award-winning display recreated here in Stanford, reminding us of the wonder and beauty that our flowers hold!

15/09/2025

What an unforgettable journey!
At this retreat, we didn’t just go into nature—we let nature guide us.

From Aug 15–18, we gathered on the Garden Route for Conscious Blossoming — 3 days of nature immersion , yoga, forest bathing, beach walks, ocean breaths, flower farm foraging, and soul-deep connection.

We laughed, cried, created, and left lighter, braver, and more connected — to ourselves, to each other, and to nature.

To everyone who joined, thank you for blooming with us.

And for those who missed it — 2026 retreat dates are being announced soon. Come and experience this magic for yourself!

15/09/2025

Together we blossomed - reliving our incredible retreat

Dear Flower Friends, It has taken me a month to find the words to capture and explain the incredulous and deeply magical experience that was Conscious Blossoming, Aug 15 - 18 2025 on the Garden Route south Africa! I sit in awe, humbled once again by the Spirit that moves in Nature. How miracles happ...

12/09/2025

Friday Flower Wisdom

"The flower doesn’t dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes." – Mark Nepo

Nature teaches us to grow authentically. Flowers don’t strive or chase — they simply open and let life come to them.

This Friday, remember that your only task is to bloom into your truest self. What’s meant for you will arrive in its perfect timing.