Red Poppy Brooch Green Acorns were used extensively as

Acorns were used extensively as a food source for native North American Indians and also roasted as a coffee substitute

yet flexible branches

In Roman times parsley appeared on banquet tables both because of its flavor and its breath freshening properties

“I hope you enjoy my contemporary interpretation of one of nature’s true beauties

The Orange Collection has been developed in collaboration with the Victoria & Albert Museum in London

Red Poppy Brooch Green Acorns were used extensively asFollowing the trench warfare of the first World War which took place in the poppy fields of Flanders, red poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime. The use of the poppy was inspired by the World War I poem "In Flanders field". Its opening lines refer to the many poppies that were the first flowers to grow in the churned up earth of soldiers' graves in Flanders. Red Poppies, or artificial ones, are worn on