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ED’S COMMENT

SPRING IS SPRUNG!

Spring symbolises new beginnings, renewal, reference to plants
positivity and hope, and words such as springing from the
abloom, blooming and blossoming are so ground. In the 15th
descriptive, especially for the green industry. century, this got shortened
Abloom: bursting into flower to ‘spring time’ and then in
Blooming: the organic process of bearing the 16th century, it was further
flowers shortened to just ‘spring’.
Blossoming: the time and process of
budding and unfolding of blossoms. It’s true that there is a more cheerful and but also very sad, considering that he died
light-hearted feeling when we know by suicide in 2014.
A quick Google search gave the following spring has arrived and I love this quote
interesting information about the origin of from (the late) American comedy actor Welcome to spring. May your spirits soar
the word ‘spring’: Robin Williams. He aptly summed up the and your businesses boom !
“Before spring was called spring, it was season with his famous, trademark sense
called Lent in old English. In the 14th of humour when he said: “Spring is nature’s Karyn Richards
century, it was called ‘springing time’, a way of saying ‘let’s party’! So appropriate Editor

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