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Easy Flower Arrangements At Home February 13 Program With Blue Ribbon Winners - The Newtown Bee
Sunday, February 10, 2019Ms O’Connor and Ms Shanley have created for many town occasions over the years. They have been longtime donors of flower arrangements for the Holiday Festival Tea in the Alexandria Room each holiday season, many homes on Newtown Historical Society House and Garden Tours have been graced with their floral art, and The Newtown Lions Club Great Pumpkin Race and Great Pootatuck Duck Race events have both received donations from these two women.Both of the previous Town & Country Club presidents have also designed and provided flowers for personal occasions, such as the weddings of both of Ms O’Connor’s granddaughters and the daughter of mutual friend (and fellow past club president) Barbara McCann.The program will begin at 6:30 pm at Newtown Senior Center, 14 Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The public is welcome and invited free of charge.Reservations are not needed, but additional information is available by calling 203-426-5418. https://www.newtownbee.com/easy-flower-arrangements-home-february-13-program-blue-ribbon-winners/02042019
Alexandria Florist Invents Free Online Puzzle Game - The Zebra
Sunday, February 10, 2019Players Attracted to Challenges and Zero AdvertisingPaul Brockway loves adventure and correctly figured others do too.By Mary WadlandIf you have lived in Alexandria for any time at all, you know the name Conklyn’s, one of Alexandria’s flagship florists, established in 1938, and you probably also know the main man at the head of that blooming business, Paul Brockway.But you probably don’t know Paul loves clever games and that he has invented a free, web-based scavenger hunt game called SillyPuzzles, which is gaining traction everyday.SillyPuzzles can be played on a player’s phone or tablet web browser. Puzzles are designed to take players to points of interest – historical sites, street art, museums, parks, brew pubs, etc. where, at strategic points, clues are provided and a puzzle question is exposed.The on-line scavenger hunt, SillyPuzzles, has now created more than 250 puzzles to be solved in five states and the District of Columbia. Originally designed as a game to be played in Alexandria, VA and Washington, DC, SillyPuzzles has now branched out as far as Florida and Texas with new puzzles being designed... https://thezebra.org/2018/07/10/alexandria-florist-invents-free-online-puzzle-game/
Meghan Markle’s Wedding Florist Philippa Craddock Launches a Second Round of Faux-Flower Hair Crowns and Clip Accessories - Us Weekly
Tuesday, April 16, 2019Meghan Markle’s Wedding Florist Philippa Craddock Launches a Second Round of Faux-Flower Hair Crowns and Clip Accessories Us WeeklyPrince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding florist, Philippa Craddock, debuted her second collection of faux-flower hair accessories just in time for festival and ... https://www.usmagazine.com/stylish/pictures/meghan-markles-florists-spring-2019-flower-crowns-clips-pics/
'A handful of little carnations': Customers complain Bloomex's bouquets don't always arrive as advertised - CBC.ca
Tuesday, April 16, 2019I looked at the card and it was from me," said Hodnett."It was just very cheap-looking … I was so embarrassed," said Hodnett. "I just wanted to hide it."5 bouquetsBilling itself "Canada's official florist," Bloomex advertises that it purchases flowers directly from growers and suppliers in order to deliver a fresh product to customers for a better price.The Ottawa-based company also claims to be Canada's largest florist and operates nationally, shipping products from eight warehouses across the country. Bloomex also sells other products, like gourmet gift baskets and balloons. To test the quality of Bloomex's products, Marketplace ordered five different bouquets from the online retailer to be delivered within the Toronto area.None arrived within the selected delivery window, even though Marketplace had paid extra for them to be delivered at that time. Delivery confirmation emails for each bouquet also arrived prior to any of the bouquets being delivered.Marketplace also showed all five bouquets to Don Waltho, a longtime florist and founder of the Canadian Institute of Floral Design (CIFD), a private career college registered with the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, asking him to compare the delivered products with the flowers that were advertised on Bloomex's website.Overall, Waltho graded all five bouquets as a "fail" due to the poor quality and condition of the flowers; he also identified many flowers that were missing or where others were substituted in. ?Bloomex's substitution policy states that "due to our order volume fluctuation, we reserve the right to substitute with similar product of equal or greater value." But with the bouquets Marketplace received, Waltho said that wasn't always the case. He noted all of the greenery in the bouquets was leather fern, for example, what he described as a cheap substitute for th... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/online-florist-delivery-marketplace-1.4913560
OurCrowd Portfolio Company Bouqs Seeks to Disrupt Online Florist Business. Better Flowers, Lower Price - Just What Consumers Want & Need - Crowdfund Insider
Tuesday, April 16, 2019Then there is the exporter which manages the shipping to the wholesaler. The importer receives the flowers who then bundle them up and delivers them to the florist. Of course, the online order gatherer processes the delivery and payment and takes their cut. After all of that, hopefully, the flowers are delivered on time, looking something like the picture you saw online.But each segment of this process takes time and costs money. The tim,e which may last about 2 weeks until the flowers are cut and actually delivered, means a huge amount of waste. Most of the life of the flowers is used up in transit.The cost ends up being shouldered by the purchaser who is largely unaware of any of the processes beyond paying for the flowers.And what happens if the consumer wants red roses and only yellow ones are available? The flowers may end up being pitched and wasted.Bouqs is flipping this model upside down by cutting out the middlemen and doing this by shipping directly from the farmer to the receiver. Lower cost. Better flowers. And a lot less waste.Bouqs is also an OurCrowd portfolio company which appears to be an emerging success story from the crowdfunding platform.img class="aligncenter size-top-story-thumbnail wp-image-145777" src="https://cdn.crowdfundinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/JOHN-TABIS-600x450.jpg" alt width="600" height="450" srcset="https://cdn.crowdfundinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/JOHN-TABIS-600x450.jpg 600w, https://cdn.crowdfundinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/JOHN-TABIS-300x225.jpg 300w, https://cdn.crowdfundinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/JOHN-TABIS-768x... https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2019/03/145772-ourcrowd-portfolio-company-bouqs-seeks-to-disrupt-online-florist-business-better-flowers-lower-price-just-what-consumers-need/
Urbandale: Where business is blooming and helping one another is the way the neighborhood grows - south west michigan
Tuesday, April 16, 2019Elisha decided to throw caution to the wind. She put her house in Grand Blanc on the market.“My mom said I could take my banking background and her florist background and we could buy this business,” Hodge says. “When she mentioned it, I don’t know if any of us thought she was serious.”However, when Hodge’s Grand Blanc home sold in two weeks, she took it as a sign and moved back in June 2015 to embark on a new career as a business owner. She lived that summer in her sister’s basement and interned at the flower shop, putting her energy into learning about everything from how to order flowers, to arranging, to delivering.“I made a business plan and researched the market and did what I could to see if I could make this work,” Hodge says. “Over Labor Day my family came in and we cleaned and painted and rehabbed the whole place and on September 15 we opened as Plumeria Botanical Boutique.”She says what happened even before her shop opened, validated her decision to move home and is very emblematic of the close-knit ties that are routinely found in Urbandale.Her very first impression of the way in which residents and neighborhood business owners look out for each other was when the now-late Frank Zanetti, co-owner of Battle Creek Tile & Mosaic in Urbandale, walked into her shop, introduced himself and ordered flower arrangements for family members, women at his church, and Bedford Manor.There are many items in addition to flowers for sale at Plumeria.Hodge says she remembers thinking, “How do you trust that I’m going to be able to do this?” in response to Zanetti’s orders. She says this was her first exposure to the pervasive “We are here to help each other” mentality that runs throughout Urbandale. Zanetti not only made Hodge his go-to florist but also encouraged other business owners to do business with her. “The business owners in this area understand how important it is to keep our money here in the community,” Hodge says.When she took ownership, the shop was under contract with 1-800-Flowers and FTD. She worked for two years to get out of those contracts because she says they were siphoning money from customers and the shop and the money was not staying local. Although she had concerns about how she could compete with well-established florists in the city, she took a proactive approach and joined the Chamber of Commerce. She continues to network with business owners, and keep on top of trends in the florist industry.Fred Bachman, owner of Bachman Hebble Funeral Home in Urbandale says Hodge is very energetic and has become very involved in the community through her participation in the annual Fall Festival, the Urbandale Level Park Area Business Association, and other activities and organizations.Like Hodge, Bachman was born and raised in Battle Creek. After high school, he planned to pursue a career as a physician and attended t... http://www.secondwavemedia.com/southwest-michigan/features/Urbandale-Where-business-is-blooming-and-helping-one-another-is-the-way-neighborhood-grows1213.aspx
In bloom: Anaheim's top 5 florists, ranked - KABC-TV
Tuesday, April 16, 2019Looking to explore the best florists in town? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top floral designers in Anaheim, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of where to venture next time you're in the market for florists. 1. Sarah's Flowers PHOTO: marisa c./YELP Topping the list is Sarah's Flowers. Located at 30 E. Orangethorpe Ave., Suite 1 in Northwest Anaheim, the family-owned and operated florist is the highest rated floral design spot in Anaheim, boasting five stars out of 174 reviews on Yelp. 2. Bella Blooms Photo: Melanie R./Yelp Next up is Southeast Anaheim's Bella Blooms, situated at 2221 E. Winston Road, Suite S. With five stars out of 95 reviews on Yelp, the florist has proven to be a local favorite. 3. Sunland Flowers Photo: Sunland Flowers/Yelp Northwest Anaheim's Sunland Flowers, located at 708 N. Valley St., Suite S, is another top choice, with Yelpers giving the specialty florist five stars out of 79 reviews. 4. Designs By Marina Photo: Kyla B./Yelp Desi... https://abc7.com/business/in-bloom-anaheims-top-5-florists-ranked/5142100/
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