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Love At First Sight florist to retire after blossoming career - Current in Carmel

Submitted photo)By Viktoria Nasteva Twenty-eight years and more than 60,000 bouquets later, Suzanne Calloway Fammartino is retiring from the floral industry. Fammartino plans to spend retirement in Arizona and is seeking a buyer for her Love At First Sight Floral & Design store in Carmel. She opened the store nearly 20 years ago after moving from Miami, where she opened her first floral business, Lasting Impressions.While Fammartino she was trying to grow Lasing Impressions, her mother’s health declined. She met her future husband, Gary, while tending to her mother in the hospital. Fammartino and her husband eventually moved to Carmel, she she opened Love At First Sight Floral & Design at W. 131st St. The store has been in business for 18 years. Customers are sorry to see Fammartino retire.“I honestly don’t know what we’ll do,” said Mary Bennett of the Carmel Clay Public Library, who has been receiving flowers from Fammartino since her son-in-law discovered the business online seven years ago, adding with a laugh that her husband might never get her flowers again.“It will be a big loss,” Bennett said.Fammartino is seeking a buyer who shares her values. She said the store might close if she doesn’t find a buyer b... http://www.youarecurrent.com/2019/03/01/love-at-first-sight-florist-to-retire-after-blossoming-career/

The 5 best florists in Phoenix - Hoodline

Alhambra's Roadrunner Florist, situated at 2007 W. Bethany Home Road. With five stars out of 73 reviews on Yelp, the florist, gift shop and floral designer spot has proven to be a local favorite.3. Arizona Flower MarketPhoto: arizona flower market/YelpCentral City's Arizona Flower Market, located at 2050 S. 16th St., is another top choice, with Yelpers giving the wholesale store, florist and arts and crafts spot 4.5 stars out of 87 reviews.4. Camelback FlowershopPhoto: michelle k./YelpOver in Camelback East, check out Camelback Flowershop, which has earned 4.5 stars out of 83 reviews on Yelp. You can find the florist and floral designer at 4214 E. Indian School Road, Suite 101.5. PJs Flowers and EventsPhoto: tony m./YelpAnd then there's PJs Flowers & Events, a South Mountain favorite with 4.5 stars out of 38 reviews. Stop by 3021 S. 35th St., Suite B-3, to hit up the next time the urge strikes. https://hoodline.com/2019/02/the-5-best-florists-in-phoenix

Third-generation owner seeks to turn retail plant shop into lifestyle brand - Crains New York Business

That's not part of our business anymore. Now we have our own commercial clients, and they make up half of sales. Our accounts include Arizona Beverages, Bank of America, Columbia University, Chanel, Facebook and Kith. We have expanded our retail model by opening cafés, and we have boosted our e-commerce business to 20% of revenue.Many of our local customers shop online. We also offer online ordering with next day, in-store pickup at any of our shops. This allows customers to make quick purchases on their way home or to work, or as they get their morning coffee from us.It's difficult to pay a real living wage. We are committed to it. My family owns the West 96th Street building and has considered selling it, but we want to keep a retail presence there. PlantShed needs more space for production, though. We might move offices to New Jersey—where we recently got a warehouse—Long Island City or further uptown. There are stresses on the business, but we're making it work. When I took over, I realized we could not just be a retail flower store. The numbers wouldn't support it. That's why we pursued the idea of putting cafés in our shops. Retail stores also need to be a lifestyle brand.Our goal is to spread our love of plants and flowers to people around the city and beyond. I've hired employees to facilitate partnerships and make our stores young and hip. Through the cafés, we have created a way for people to gather and be surrounded by nature. Those who come in every morning for a cup of coffee think of us when they need to buy a bouquet of f... https://www.crainsnewyork.com/asked-answered/third-generation-owner-seeks-turn-retail-plant-shop-lifestyle-brand

Horticulture expert brings floral design class to ASU - The State Press

Morgan Anderson, florist and floral art advocate, arranges stones in her cacti arrangements at her home in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. By Jessica Ferrigno 10/11/18 2:33am Spring semesters bring new flowers and new classes to ASU, including a new stem class, but this one has no connection to the engineering school. Florist and floral art advocate Morgan Anderson is bringing floral design coursework to the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Anderson received a master's degree in horticulture, the science and art of growing plants, at Kansas State University and her doctorate in horticulture from Texas A&M University. She also taught classes in floral design at both universities.Anderson will teach a topic course called Wellness in Floral Art for the 2019 spring semester at ASU. The class will focus on how flowers relieve stress and affect the senses. “It’s biophilia, so we’re being connected back to nature, which is where we come from," Anderson said. "Working with plants is a therapy, so not only is it a therapy for me to educate others on floral design as an art form and a stress reliever, (but) it’s also awesome to see other people benefit from it.”  While 90 universities in the ... http://www.statepress.com/article/2018/10/spartcult-floral-art-advocate-brings-new-classes-to-asu