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Broom Corn: The Sorghum Variety That Built an American Industry, Now on Everyone's Mantel
by The Gathering Garden August 24, 2026

Benjamin Franklin is the reason broom corn grows in American fields at all, or so the story goes: a whisk broom imported from India supposedly had ...

Posted in americana, broom corn, dried sorghum, fall decor, farmhouse decor, flower history, section-flowers-plants

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The Unglamorous Stems Florists Can't Stop Using: Why Texture Is Beating Bloom in 2026
by The Gathering Garden August 20, 2026

No one has ever bought a bouquet because of the ammobium in it. It's a small, papery, silver-white everlasting that most people couldn't name if yo...

Posted in ammobium, broom corn, dried flower texture, floral design trend, mountain mint, section-flowers-plants

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