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Deep field set for Bridge of Flowers 40th anniversary

Saturday at 9 a.m. for the beginning of the 40th annual road race on the Iron Bridge in Shelburne Falls.The race will be preceded by the Steve Lewis Subaru Charity 3K Run/Walk, which begins at 8:15 a.m.This year’s main event has been shortened from a 10K to an 8K race in order for organizers to cut out the part of the course that had competitors run along Route 112 in Buckland, which was the lone street that is not fully closed down for the race. While some folks expressed initial concern over the shortening of the race, the number of registrants was up as of earlier this week and the field includes many top runners from New England.Last season, John Busque, of Manchester, Connecticut, showed up on the morning of the event, registered and won.Busque tracked down defending champion Glarius Rop, of Agawam, on the stretch of course that no longer exists. He passed Rop and beat the two-time champion by 43 seconds.Those two men are back this season and both will be among the favorites to win the race. The third-place finisher from a year ago, Scott Mindel, of Burlington, Vermont, also returns.Rop is a memb... https://www.gazettenet.com/Bridge-of-Flowers-19387803

Sang, Cuffe rule Bridge of Flowers

SHELBURNE FALLS — A week ago, neither Aisling Cuffe nor Collin Leibold knew the Bridge of Flowers 8K Classic existed.Both being fans of races steeped in tradition, however, they discovered the 40th edition of the biggest race in Franklin County and signed up just in time.Cuffe captured the women’s overall title, and Leibold was the runner-up on the men’s side, as the engaged couple from Grafton showed their mettle on an overcast but comfortable Saturday.Cuffe, who was a standout runner and three-time Pac-12 champion at Stanford University, won the women’s race with a time of 29 minutes. She bested last year’s winner, Holly Rees, who was the runner-up in 29:22.“I didn’t look at the course before signing up,” began the 24-year-old Cuffe of the grueling course, which celebrated a successful first year as an 8K race after moving from a 10K course, “but I loved the race so much. You can tell the people in the town really get into it and... https://www.recorder.com/Bridge-of-Flowers-19415790

Roberts Floral: A 4th generation business with roots in honey - KFYR-TV

BISMARCK, N.D. - A Bismarck florist has been in business for 60 years. Roberts Floral is a fourth generation family business with a goal to spread happiness. A milestone for the family behind this floral shop. It all started in the 30s with the honey business. And then became the shop we all know today. A shop with roots stemming from a greenhouse made for their honey business. "The flower shop got started because if you have a greenhouse, you might as well have a flower shop," said Mary and Herb Roberts, who have been in the florist business for 60 years. Herb grew up learning about the business, and his daughter Laura started young, too. "I have been here since I was a little girl. Like even before I was in grade school I was working in the flower shop playing," said Pat and Laura Rus... https://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Roberts-Floral-A-Fourth-Generation-Business-With-Roots-In-Honey-493203681.html

Can the season's plentiful poinsettia displays be harmful to you or your pets? - Colorado Springs Gazette

Poinsettias get a bad rep. They can be toxic if they’re consumed. But they’re very bitter to taste, so the risk is low,” said Dixie Schneider, designer with Springs In Bloom florist, 318 E. Colorado Ave. Quite a number of the bad-tasting leaves would have to be consumed to sicken someone. An Ohio State University study showed that a 50-pound child would have to eat more than 500 poinsettia leaves to have any side effects.“Those beautiful flowers you’ve been so wary of keeping in your home during the holidays (lest they poison pets or children) are not toxic,” reports Live Science, citing a study that looked at nearly 23,000 cases of poinsettia exposure reported to poison control centers. None was fatal, and the most severe responses were stomach aches. The poinsettia fears probably were sparked, Live Science writes, by a 1919 case in which a child was said to have died after eating parts of a poinsettia, but neither the death nor the poinsettia connection was confirmed.The milky white sap inside the plant’s stem can cause an allergic reaction — especially ... https://gazette.com/life/can-the-season-s-plentiful-poinsettia-displays-be-harmful-to/article_5a5f17ec-f4d6-11e8-8399-cbea3dc81409.html

Floom, the online marketplace and SaaS for florists, receives $2.5M seed - TechCrunch

Floom, the online marketplace and SaaS for independent florists, has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding. The round was round led by Firstminute Capital, and will be used by the London-headquartered startup to continue to expand to the U.S., where it already operates in New York and L.A., and to further develop its software offering.Additional investors include Tom Singh (founder of New Look), Pembroke VCT, Wing Chan (CTO digital experiences of The Hut Group) and Carlos Morgado (former CTO of Just Eat). Morgado has also joined Floom’s board.Founded by 31-year-old Lana Elie in 2016, Floom bills itself as a curated marketplace for independent florists. Alongside this, the company’s technology platform gives florists the software and tools they need to create and deliver “beautifully crafted bouquets” to customers. It’s this SaaS play that Elie says sets Floom apart from competitors.“We rely on a network [of florists], like many of the bigger competitors, so that we can offer same-day delivery without th... https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/02/floom/

Local florist fighting negative graffiti with positivity - WPSD Local 6

November 26, 2018 PADUCAH — A local florist is turning some negative graffiti into something positive.Rose Garden Florist in Paducah says a man wrote “Paducah is trash” on their wall in chalk over the weekend.The shop owner decided instead of getting mad, they wanted to change the man’s mind.They will be providing chalk to anyone who wants to stop by and write what Paducah really is.The shop owner said they want to show love instead of hate. They say they have lots of room to write.Rose Garden Florist is located at 805 Broadway Street.Related Articles .yuzo_related_post .relatedthumb { background: !important; -webkit-transition: background 0.2s linear; -moz-transition: background 0.2s linear; -o-transition: background 0.2s linear; transition: background 0.2s linear;;color:#666666!important; } .yuzo_related_post .relatedthumb:hover{background:#ffffff !important;color:#666666!important;} .yuzo_related_post .yuzo_text, .yuzo_related_post .yuzo_views_post {color:#666666!important;} .yu... https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/2018/11/26/local-florist-fighting-negative-graffiti-with-positivity/

How to Save on Wedding Flowers - The New York Times

Supported byField NotesHow to Save on Wedding FlowersImageThe founders of Bloomerent, Julia Capalino, left, and Danit Zamir, right, with the florist Carly Ragosta, demonstrating how flowers are reused from the first wedding to the next.By Brooke Lea FosterMarch 29, 2018When Nathalie Guedes and her husband, Christopher Zardoya, were planning their wedding at 501 Union in Brooklyn, they knew they wanted flowers — and lots of them. “We’re both from Miami, so we’re used to tropical plants and flowers everywhere,” she said. Still, they didn’t want to spend too much money. Centerpieces and bouquets are often thrown away after the night ends, and as architects, they believe strongly in sustainability.“Weddings can be so wasteful, so we tried to reuse as much as we could,” said Ms. Guedes, who budgeted $2,000 for florals. She and her husband used discarded squares of marble from finished architectural projects to make decorative table number plaques and seating number assignments. Then Ms. Guedes discovered Bloomerent, a company that finds ways for brides and grooms to share wedding f... https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/fashion/weddings/how-to-save-on-wedding-flowers.html

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