107:, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the daughter of Isaac Edwin Easterbrook and his wife Matilda Mary (née Draper). In 1929, aged 19, she accompanied her mother on a trip around the world, during which they visited many famous gardens and greenhouses in England, continental Europe, and the United States, inspiring Roberts' lifelong interest in floral design.
240:, which in 1956 carried a 6 page color spread of floral arrangements designed for it by Roberts. In addition, she appeared in and did arrangements and table settings for live lectures across the US and internationally. as well as radio and television programs and movies. In 1950 she was a commentator for the first televised broadcast of the New York Flower Show.
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Roberts also designed floral-themed interior decorations for established
European manufacturers and their importers, including W.H.Bossons (plaster mirrors and plaques made in England); The Walter Hatches (painted wrought iron & glazed ceramics made in Italy); John Beswick Ltd.(porcelain &
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Edwards Roberts (an American lawyer for the Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association), with whom she had two children. Roberts and her husband divorced in 1947, and Roberts became a U.S. citizen in 1948. Roberts’ last twenty years (1967–1987) were spent living in
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Roberts School of Dramatic Floriculture in Detroit, Michigan. She also had a weekly radio program on flower care and arranging, and wrote a monthly column for the industry journal
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brassware made in
England); S.P. Skinner Co. (pewter & brassware made in England): and Pierson, Page & Jewsbury Co. (brassware & pewter made in England). She established the Patricia Roberts Studio in
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in 1963; Roberts was described as "world famous as a lecturer on flower arrangements". The journal
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The Etiquette Advantage: Socially Smart Skills for Personal Success
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Roberts was born Patricia Mary Easterbrook on March 17, 1910, in
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Australian-born floral designer, author and landscape designer
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189:(1958) "the authoritative book on the subject", and
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