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High school notebook: Vaughn Flowers stepping in larger role for Rolling Hills Prep boys basketball team - The Daily Breeze

Mater Dei-Windward, followed by Etiwanda-Harvard-Westlake). Bishop Montgomery opens the boys schedule at 6:30 p.m. against Sierra Canyon, followed by Etiwanda-Mater Dei.San Pedro’s Barrios heading to stateSan Pedro sophomore Sydney Barrios finished second at 143 pounds at the L.A. City Section wrestling finals on Saturday to qualify for CIF State Girls Wrestling Championships Friday and Saturday in Visalia.Barrios will join Mira Costa’s trio of Sasha Medvidovic (150), Allysa Nocum (121) and Viviana Ramirez (189) as South Bay wrestlers competing. Wrestling begins Friday at 9 a.m.Mira Costa water polo moving onThe Mira Costa girls water polo team advanced to the semifinals of the CIF Southern Section Division 3 playoffs with Saturday’s 8-4 win over Rosary.The fourth-seeded Mustangs (20-10) will take on top-seeded Harvard-Westlake (23-4) in the semifinals on Wednesday at the William Woollett Aquatics Center (4601 Walnut Ave., Irvine). http://www.dailybreeze.com/2018/02/20/high-school-notebook-vaughn-flowers-stepping-in-larger-role-for-rolling-hills-prep-boys-basketball-team/

Muir Ranch gives students at Muir High a chance to flourish with flowers - Pasadena Weekly

San Pedro. He recalls Barrett arriving at one giveaway “with a 14-foot truck to load up,” and the two quickly struck up a friendship over the fact that Barrett’s vision of the Muir campus “extended beyond being just asphalt and concrete.” Baron and his initial group of student Ranch workers first attempted to grow and sell food crops to school cafeterias, but found that the opportunities were extremely limited by the state’s educational bureaucracy. Having long specialized in growing and selling exotic flowers in his other endeavors, he decided to switch the focus of the program with resounding success. “The focus on flowers puts us in direct engagement with caterers, weddings, and galas, makes it more appealing to the kids,” says Baron. “I pick the genetics, the variety, and the minimal growing conditions for the flowers, but the kids do really beautiful things with them, and we just sold $4,000 worth of flowers the week before Mother’s Day.” Under the $250,000 annual budget, which is raised through a combination of public and private funding including a $25,000 contribution from Miracle-Gro, the student workers earn $10.50 an hour for up to 30 hours each week, including a seven-hour Saturday shift. Once the flowers are ready to market, they are sold weekly at the South Pasadena Farmers Market as well as the Saturday morning farmers’ market at Pasadena’s Victory Park, with proceeds channeled back into the program. The Ranch also has a growing base of “subscription” customers who purchase fresh flowers weekly for their homes and businesses, including Jones Coffee and AltaEats in Pasadena. This year marked the first time they supplied flowers to the Rose Parade, via the Miracle-Gro float, and Baron just closed the program’s first $10,000 deal — to create floral “hats” that will be placed on the heads of 1,000 random attendees and possibly some performers at the upcoming Arroyo Seco Music Festival.Their wedding-flower business is also starting to thrive, due to the fact that flowers purchased from the program are tax-deductible. One satisfied customer on the wedding front is Hollie Loson, a Pasadena resident who had her flowers supplied by the Ranch for her 2014 wedding. She was so impressed by the results that this past January she joined the Ranch team as a part-time marketing advisor to help them expand their reach and orchestrated a special showcase for wedding industry professionals and event spaces at the school in April. “Over the last couple of years, they’ve been hired to do a lot of events and Mud was tapped out by all the hats he was wearing, so they took me on to sell packages for the students,” says Loson. “I have a history in sales, and I talk to the brides, we invite them to the Ranch, and they have a meeting with our lead student designer. We talk about their inspiration, look at photos and if they hire us, we execute whatever is in their floral package on the day of the wedding.” While the focus on flowers puts the students in contact with a broad array of local businesses and puts money in their pockets, the program has impacted one particular student in a much greater way. Manny Garcia started with the...

Cut Flowers Caucus blooms on Capitol Hill - Washington Examiner

American flower farms like the ones in Alaska.” In Young's 46 years in the House, he's received no contributions from PACs linked to florists or nursery services and only small individual donations in 1994, 2006, and 2011 from people working in the sector, according to OpenSecrets data. The Cut Flowers Caucus is just one example of Capitol Hill's more niche collection of lawmakers. Other instances in the 116th Congress focus on areas ranging from political, ideological, regional, ethnic, and economic, including the Candy Caucus, the Civility and Respect Caucus, the Rock Caucus, the Small Brewers Caucus, the Term Limits Caucus, the Wrestling Caucus, and the Zoo and Aquarium Caucus. "I'd never heard of the Cut Flowers Caucus," Georgetown University government professor Michele Swers told the Washington Examiner with a laugh. The organizations serve different purposes, depending on the topic, she explained. "Caucuses allow members to take various public positions and advertise that an issue is important to them, but their profile obviously depends on what group you're talking about," Swers said. "We've seen how the House Freedom Caucus has attracted enough members to shift policy to the right, whereas being a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus makes them look bipartisan and provides them with the opportunity to tell their constituents they are interested in ensuring Washington works." The organizations additionally reflect broader trends, the professor added, citing the new Servicewomen and Women Veterans Caucus created this year following the election of a host of female lawmakers. George Mason University political science associate professor Jennifer Victor predicted more groups would form in the future. "Caucuses are growing; there are more of them every year. The growth is driven in part by outside industries, like flower growers," Victor said. "Often caucuses don't take up particular bills and opt not to push for legislation because they value bipartisan relationships and the informational benefits of the group over controversial policy."... https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cut-flowers-caucus-blooms-on-capitol-hill

She drives a tiny flower truck, and business is blooming - CBC.ca

Crawley said."I've had this in my dream box for quite a few years now and just decided that now is the time to put it into play." She has no formal training as a florist. A former stay-at home mom to her three children, she spent seven years working as a secretary at a local elementary school.After a string of family illnesses and mishaps last year, Crawley felt overwhelmed and craved change.Then she realized being a florist on the move was her dream job."You really try to sit back and try to figure out things that really make you tick, the things that you really love."If you could pick anything in the world to do, what would those things be? For a long time, it was really hard to make that list. "And then I came across that picture and I thought, 'You know what? I think I'm ready to try this.'" It just makes people smile, which was exactly what I needed.- Laura CrawleyShortly after, Crawley quit her steady job at the school, found the perfect tiny truck for sale in Lacombe, and hit the road. Selling flowers by the stem or bouquet out of her flatbed has been a challenge, Crawley said.She had to customize the truck's bed to ensure the flowers are well protected from the elements and don't wilt en route. Some varieties fare better on the road than others.  But business appears to be blooming and it's a rewarding job. The perfect bloom bring can brighten a home or a bad mood, Crawley said. And that's why she got into the business. To spread a little happiness."It gives me more than I give to it," she said. "It just makes people smile, which was exactly what I needed and I think what everybody needs."... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-flower-truck-business-1.5197252

Carrollwood Florist Offers Custom Hand-crafted Floral Arrangements that Suit Every Occasion - Press Release - Digital Journal

Tampa Flower Delivery - OFFICIAL Carrollwood Florist WebsiteBeing in the floral industry since 1992, Carrollwood Florist has been delivering long-lasting premium flower arrangements that are handcrafted to suit any occasion. They help you to make a lasting impression with a creative bouquet delivered on time.Tampa, Florida - June 25, 2019 - Located in Tampa, Florida, Carrollwood Florist, the best florist in Tampa has been specializing in the supply of long-lasting premium flowers that can be customized to suit any occasion since 1992. They supply flowers for different events including weddings, birthdays, newborn baby bouquets, sympathy, and more.“We are your local, full-service Tampa florist, and take pride in providing our customers with quality flowers, artfully designed arrangements and gifts for all occasions. From birthday flowers to holiday flowers to sympathy flowers, our long-lasting relationships with you and your family are what keep us growing,” commented the spokesperson of Carrollwood Florist. Their catalog for... http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/4357325

A Perfumer’s Fragrant Flower Salad - The New York Times

The Los Angeles-based perfumer Ezra Woods grew up in the 1990s surrounded by food and flowers. The florist business his parents ran — the Woods, which catered to celebrities and the Four Seasons Hotel — was across the street from Mezzaluna, the Brentwood trattoria that vaulted to notoriety during the O. J. Simpson trial. The family had an account at the restaurant, so it became the place where young Ezra developed his palate. Now 35 and the co-founder of the boutique fragrance brand Régime des Fleurs, Woods has found two new ways to combine his obsessions: He makes edible scents and he cooks with edible flowers. “I love nothing more than flowers,” he says. “There’s something magical about being able to eat something so beautiful.”[Coming soon: the T List newsletter, a weekly roundup of what T Magazine editors are noticing and coveting. Sign up here.]ImageFlowers inspire everything about Régime des Fleurs, from its name to its scents, and Woods isn’t picky about which ones he puts in his salad. While the flavor is generally mild, the visual impact is anything but.CreditJulia StotzTo be clear, most of his fragrances — ones that conjure up palo santo and musk — are not meant to be dige... https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/t-magazine/ezra-woods-flower-salad.html

Local florists urge consumers to beware of online flower resellers - WNYT

Longhitano says it works like this: You search florists on-line and order from one you think is local, but your order is going to a place out of the area to someone who doesn't know flowers, then they take their cut before forwarding the order to another middle man, who finally sends it on to a local florist for fulfilling."They're literally just there to take your order and after that they have nothing to do with it," said Longhitano. Monica Jacobs of Queensbury knows it all too well."I learned a big lesson. I definitely learned a big lesson. I will never do that again."Jacobs ordered flowers through an order gatherer for an out of town funeral, but they never arrived."And I was like, 'Oh no!' I couldn't believe that I spent over $100 thinking they were going to get this beautiful arrangement and they didn't even receive it," said Jacobs. "So, I was mortified."Longhitano says consumers with an issue have to talk to order gatherers and have no contact with the local florist who is fulfilling the order.Becau... https://wnyt.com/news/queensbury-florist-urges-consumers-to-be-aware-of-on-line-flower-resellers-who-serve-as-order-takers/5331850/

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