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How Farmopolis is saving Chelsea Flower Show plants for North ... - The Wharf

Saturday, July 30, the collection will open to the public with free launch activities taking place throughout the day and into the evening.These include child-friendly shows by the Arcola Theatre, face painting, a botanical jewellery class and dream potion making (no psychoactive ingredients, we understand).Charitable visitors can also adopt a rescued plant from the Chelsea Flower Show and the Farmopolis cafe and bar will be serving “narrative driven seasonal food and drink” over the course of the day. We can only imagine what that story might be. The Clipper Bar's floral cocktail collection in celebration of Farmopolis' Great Plant RescueIf that’s not enough to wet your whistle or the outside becomes all too much, though, The Intercontinental London – The O2 ’s Clipper Bar (over the other side of the Peninsula) has come up with a range of summer cocktails inspired by the floral display at the floating garden.These include The Orchid featuring edible flowers, Pink Blossom with lavender, Orange Dahlia with, well, oranges and Blue Hyacinth with violet liquor.They’re probably not suitable for the kids, however, Farmopolis does have a range of child-friendly events taking place throughout August and the details are here.Follow The Wharf on Twitter @the_wharf .Keep up to date with all our articles on Facebook . http://www.wharf.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/how-farmopolis-saving-chelsea-flower-11664164

Zacks Investment Research Downgrades FTD Companies (FTD) to Hold

Canada, the U.K., and the Republic of Ireland. Its portfolio of brands also includes Flying Flowers, Flowers Direct, and Drake Algar in the U.K. FTD Companies, Inc. is headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois. “ Get FTD Companies alerts: Other analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. DA Davidson lowered their price target on FTD Companies to $3.50 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, July 20th. ValuEngine upgraded FTD Companies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 2nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and four have assigned a hold rating to the company. FTD Companies currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $5.83. FTD Companies opened at $3.54 on Wednesday, Marketbeat reports. The stock has a market cap of $95.21 million, a P/E ratio of 7.73, a P/E/G ratio of 3.43 and a beta of 0.26. FTD Companies has a 52 week low of $3.25 and a 52 week high of $20.29. FTD Companies (NASDAQ:FTD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 8th. The company reported ($0.17) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.22 by ($0.39). The company had revenue of $318.17 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $297.10 million. FTD Companies had a negative return on equity of 0.01% and a negative net margin of 20.88%. analysts expect that FTD Companies will post 0.08 earnings per share for the current year. A n... https://www.fairfieldcurrent.com/2018/07/27/zacks-investment-research-downgrades-ftd-companies-ftd-to-hold.html

Spirit of Central Illinois: The Secret Garden

To see what names are the winner check up on the facebook page https://www.facebook.com/secretgardendecatur/. To nominate someone for the Spirit of Central Illinois email jacklynn.boatman@wandtv.com... http://www.wandtv.com/story/38702531/spirit-of-central-illinois-the-secret-garden

Local designer shaping Governor's Mansion renovations

Candice Hart, owner of Pollen and Pastry says its an honor to design flower arraignments for the Governors Mansion which reopens on Saturday.(Photo Courtesy: Illinois Governor’s Mansion Association/Facebook)By Blake HaasBLOOMINGTON – Stop and smell the Roses has always been an old saying, but for one Bloomington native that has turned into a life long dream.With the seed being planted in 4-H, one local florist didn’t know what she would be doing then would blossom into the face of the Governors Mansion in Springfield.“I was a kid in 4-H and I took flower design and horticulture as a project and then enjoyed it and kept doing it over the years and [then] I majored in horticulture in college,” added Candice Hart, owner of Pollen and Pastry located at 2121 Morrissey Dive in Bloomington. “I started my business during Grad School [at University of Illinois in Champaign] and kept going with it.”When Gov. Bruce Rauner first moved to the mansion in 2014, he found peeling paint, over grown trees and shrubs, buckling walls and other problems including problems with the roof, but after a $15 million renovation... http://www.wjbc.com/2018/07/13/local-designer-shaping-governors-mansion-renovations/

Agribusiness accolades: Grinter Farms featured in Country LIving; Next to Nature Farms in 435 Magazine

Kris the mercantile, which is in a house down the road from the fields that also gets quite busy come sunflower time.Other fields making the list criss-crossed the country: Ohio, New Jersey, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Alabama, New York (2), Florida, California, Wisconsin, Virginia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, North Carolina (2), Tennessee and Minnesota.Georgia had two fields on the list and, of course Grinter Farms wasn’t alone in the Sunflower State.The other is in Lyndon, which is south of Topeka on U.S. Highway 75.The Lyndon Leader 4-H Sunflowers are “organized and managed by the local Lyndon Leaders 4H Club,” according to Mattern. “This sunflower field in Lyndon, Kansas is open to visitors for photos and flower picking. Donations are accepted on site and are often donated to local charities, making this attraction well worth the visit.”To see the full list, go to countryliving.com.Next to Nature FarmThis month’s 435 Magazine features a story called “The Business of Bees,” which profiles Next to Nature Farm, a local operation just northwest of Tonganoxie.The farm, established in 2008, offers honey for food consumption, honey-based skin care products, fruit (apples, peaches, plums and pears) and eggs.Owner Chad Gilliland, an avid beekeeper, and his family have taken a “chemical-free” approach to their farm, as they do not use pesticides and rely on sticky traps and other means to combat insects.According to Sherry Kuehl’s story about the farm in her 435 Magazine feature, the Gillilands launched their Next to Nature line of skin products for the first time after extensive research between Chad and his wife.Current best-sellers, according to the story, are the Comfrey Salve, Healing Salve and lotion bars.“My wife and I did a ton of research on the medicinal and healing properties of natural herbs and essential oils,” Gilliland said in the 435 story. “We spent countless hours making sure that each and every ingredient component would work well and offer the specific medicinal properties we desired as well as the right natural moisturizing ingredient components that would complement the recipe.”After Friday’s Tonganoxie Business Association meeting, Gilliland told The Mirror that his family stays pretty busy throughout the year with selling at markets and other events. He also hopes to eventually open a store at the farm.To read the 435 story, visit 435mag.com. http://www.tonganoxiemirror.com/news/2018/jul/11/agribusiness-accolades-grinter-farms-featured-coun/