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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

A little bit of spring right now - Store helps people surround themselves with greenery - Brown County Democrat

Flowers and Gifts owner Debbie Herring, left, poses for a photo with her employees Jamie Rumple, middle, and Judy Games in the shop. Ironweed sells primarily house plants and is a full service florist. They make bouquets. They provide arrangements for weddings and funerals, too. The shop opened last April. It's open Monday through Saturday. They deliver in Nashville and outside of the area. Ironweed Flowers and Gifts is about surrounding yourself with flowers, plants and nature.The floral and gift shop, at 188 S. Jefferson St., opened last April. The building was previously home to the Village Florist.“Everything in here, I try to get flower-related. I love flowers and plants. I wanted it to be something different in Nashville. That’s what we’re trying for, something that maybe other shops don’t have. It’s a mixture of old and new,” owner Debbie Herring said.Herring and her family also own the Brown County Inn. She and her husband, Barry, moved to the county six years ago, but they have owned land for 22 years and built a cabin there. The family would come down on the weekends and for holidays before they moved here full time.Story continues belo... http://www.bcdemocrat.com/2019/02/08/a_little_bit_of_spring_right_now_floral_shop_prides_itself_on_handpicked_customer_service/

Caught on camera: Man burglarizes east Tulsa florist with toddler in tow - KTUL

Man robs east Tulsa florist with toddler in tow TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Unfortunately, burglaries are not all that uncommon, but having a toddler as an accomplice? That's very rare."It's almost a first for a lot of us," said Officer Danny Bean with Tulsa police.Officers at the Tulsa Police Department are still stunned whenever they watch the surveillance video from Jan. 7 at an east Tulsa florist."It's disturbing. It's a man, I don't know if it's his child or not, we can't confirm that, but he brings a very young child who is obviously disturbed by that, and she's running around trying to find him," said Bean.It took the man several minutes until he finally found a way in, and after all that effort, he gets away with a toolbox."What the gentleman took was of no real value, just some tools we've accumulated over the last 30 years," said Trey Benton, the owner of Greenleaf Wholesale.Benton's business is the one that was hit. His concern, and every one of the employees that we spoke to, was for t... http://ktul.com/news/local/man-robs-east-tulsa-florist-with-toddler-in-tow

Better Than Roses - The Newtown Bee

The Gardenist of Norwalk offers floral arrangements and designs, along with garden design support and maintenance, according to her Facebook page, The Gardenist. She mostly sells her flowers to local florists and people who contact her directly. A farmer florist, Ms Collette said she has private properties where she plants seasonal flowers, all organically. She harvests and creates bouquets along with maintaining a dahlia farm in New Haven. Growers in Connecticut, unless they have a greenhouse, do not grow flowers out of season, she observed. This makes it harder for local shops to maintain locally grown flowers in the winter months.When asked for ideas for alternative Valentine’s Day presents, Ms Collette recommended gifting a living flower arrangement or foraging for a bouquet of seasonal elements. Potted plants from a nursery also provide year-long enjoyment.“If it is a perennial, you can enjoy the plant from when you purchase it [until you] plant it in the spring,” said Ms Collette, who is currently selling house plants.Around mid-January, Evelyn Lee of Butternut Gardens LLC of Southport shared a presentation in Bloomfield with local farmers on flower growing in Connecticut.“We’re trying to get Connecticut-grown flowers to become a thing in people’s minds,” said Ms Lee, adding that this time of the year is hard for local growers. “... I think for next year, there is a better opportunity.”Ms Lee shared information about the Slow Flowers Movement, which, according to a website for the movement, slowflowers.com, is “a response to the disconnect between humans and flowers in the modern era. It aspires to reclaim the act of flower growing, recognizing it as a relevant and respected branch of domestic agriculture. Slow Flowers connects consumers with the source of their flowers, putting a human face of the flower farmer and floral designer behind each bouquet or centerpiece. The value of local, seasonal, and sustainably grown flowers is heightened when there is transparent origin labeling of all botanicals sold to consumers and professional florists.” The website was created by author Debra Prinzing. Ms Lee recommended Ms Prinzing’s book The 50 Mile Bouquet: Seasonal, Local, and Sustainable Flowers and Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful, by Amy Stewart, for those who wish to know more about the flower industry and the positive impact of supporting local farms.Locally grown flowers stay fresh longer and have a smaller carbon footprint than those purchased from afar. As a result of her discussion with local farmers in mid-January, Ms Lee said she is working to build a stronger consortium of growers. She is also looking for partners in various towns in Connecticut to create flower pickup points for her flower subscription service, which is offered seasonally. Anyone interested in reaching Ms Lee can contact her through her website, butternutgardens.com.Since locally grown flowers are hard to come by at the moment, Ms Lee suggested Valentine’s Day gifters can purchase a flower subscription service for their loved ones or a subscription to a local Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. (Shortts Farm & Garden Center of Newtown, an organic fruit and vegetable farm, offers a CSA program. Questions about 2019’s CSA program can be e-mailed to f... https://www.newtownbee.com/better-roses/02102019

Alexandria Florist Invents Free Online Puzzle Game - The Zebra

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 daily.To play the free game, players create an account and login to see nearby puzzles listed in order by distance from their phone. When they get near the de... https://thezebra.org/2018/07/10/alexandria-florist-invents-free-online-puzzle-game/

Wild Things: More Than You would Expect From a Local Florist - StyleBlueprint

As a teenager, Chicago native Carolyn Harbert had to choose a summer job. After learning her mother used to work for a florist, she decided to follow suit and give it a try. It was during that job, while assisting her local florist, that she discovered her passion for floral design and her gift for creativity.She took that artistic bent to college at Auburn University, where she earned her degree in graphic design, which in turn earned her a position at an advertising agency in Atlanta. While building her creative portfolio in Atlanta, she met her husband, a Birmingham native. The couple soon moved to Birmingham, where Carolyn dabbled in the freelance world of branding and logo design — but she had a nagging feeling that it wasn’t quite the job for her. She oftentimes found herself visiting local supermarkets to buy flowers to decorate her new home, but wished there was a local stop — both trendy and fun — that sold fresh arrangements, along with other pretty trinkets to pepper throughout a home and brighten someone’s day.Then one day she realized she should create this dr... https://styleblueprint.com/birmingham/everyday/wild-things-more-than-youd-expect-from-a-local-florist/

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