Rose – symbol of the Blessed Virgin of prophecy, "the Rose wherein the Divine Word was made incarnate. Daisy – "Mary's Flower of God" (Jesus) Periwinkle – "Virgin Flower", the blue color recalling her ...

The Mary's Gardens movement was founded by John S. Stokes Jr. in 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to research the hundreds of flowers named in medieval times as symbols of the life, mysteries and ...

On this day, simultaneously, we remember the ritual purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary after she gave birth to the Savior: “When the time for Mary’s purification according to the Law of ...