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North Dakota Florist Association to host public class

SHOW ARTICLE -- The Minot Convention and Visitors Bureau welcomes the North Dakota Florist Association to Minot, Sept. 7-9. The ND Florist Association is hosting a public class at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Minot on Friday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m.Participants are invited to work alongside members of the Florists Association to create and take home a mixed fall floral arrangement. Partakers will learn tips and tricks on how to create a beautiful arrangement throughout the year from the comfort of their home. This year’s class titled “Setting the Scene” will allow participants to design a nature-inspired centerpiece showcasing fall mums and embellishments. Charge for the class is $25 per person and the individual must pre-register. For more information, or to pre-register for the class, contact Michele Dean, Executive Director of the North Dakota State Florists Association, by Wednesday, Sept. 4 by 5 p.m. Dean can be emailed at NDStateFloristAssoc@hotmail.com. For more informatio... http://www.minotdailynews.com/news/local-news/2018/08/north-dakota-florist-association-to-host-public-class/

Maine florists expect blizzard of Valentine's Day activity after Monday's snow delay - Press Herald

Legislature is usually in session and staffers fill the state office buildings.“Once the state offices close, we’re in trouble because so many of our deliveries go to the state,” O’Brien said.Minott’s Flowers in Portland had employees working in shifts Monday, and store manager Ashley Dyer said there was a lot of telephone business.But many of the shop’s orders go to businesses or offices that were closed Monday, so drivers are going to be doing a lot of backtracking Tuesday to get everything delivered, she said.“We gave a courtesy call to all our customers who were scheduled for Monday delivery telling them we would try,” Dyer said. “We’ve been able to get a lot of runs done, but since none of the businesses are open, a lot of them are being held until tomorrow.”In Waterville, Dave Lagrange said that despite the heavy snowfall Monday morning, a customer came into KMD Florist & Gift House looking for a special Valentine’s Day order.Lagrange had planned to make about 10 deliveries Monday, with the remaining orders set for Tuesday.“We’d normally have triple our regular crew, but most of them can’t get in today,” he said. “We’re going to see how much we can pack into one day that is usually spread over two days.”All of the florists admitted that if it weren’t the day before Valentine’s Day, they probably wouldn’t have opened their shops Monday. They also said that despite the bad weather of the past week, their products are in good shape.Dyer said all the flowers from Minott’s wholesaler in Rhode Island were delivered by Sunday and are “fresh and nice.” Lagrange said his orders are “looking great and are as fresh as they can get.”Despite the challenges the storm has thrown at them, the florists are optimistic that most of the orders will be fulfilled and delivered in time for people to celebrate Valentine’s Day with their loved ones.“We’re sitting on about $40,000 worth of fresh flowers that we’ve already purchased and normally they’d be all gone already,” said Allen of Harmon’s & Barton’s, which also has a store in Portland. “Flower shops have a low profit margin to begin with, but we’re hoping for the best.”... http://www.pressherald.com/2017/02/13/maine-florists-expect-a-blizzard-of-valentines-day-activity-after-mondays-snow-delay/

We Ordered Bouquets From 6 Online Flower-Delivery Services - New York Magazine

To find the best of the new players, we put six of these online florists to the test, ordering a bouquet from each and seeing how the arrangements stood up to shipping and a few days on display. We chose not to include delivery services like Floom and BloomNation, which are essentially marketplaces for local florists because, while their selections are terrific, the options vary widely based on your location. The same goes for big players in the flower-delivery space like 1-800-Flowers and FTD that function as middlemen between customers and local florists. Instead, we focused on services that arrange and deliver standardized flower arrangements, often shipped straight from the farms directly to the consumer. To determine which of the new services to use, we ordered a $50 bouquet (or as close to $50 as we could find) from each service, assessing the flowers delivered and determining which was best for what you’re looking for. Below, the results. Selection: From a $36 bouquet of ten pink and purple Matthiola incana stems (vase not included) to a $78 “grand” bouque... http://nymag.com/strategist/article/best-flower-delivery-services.html

Obituary Notices: Week of July 29, 2018 - Big Island Now

Friday, August 10, 2018 at St. Anthony Church, Mass will begin at 11 a.m., and burial will follow at 12:30 p.m. at Maui Memorial Park, Garden of Meditation.Candy was a Floral Designer at Kahului Florist for 52 years until she retired.She is survived by her daughter, Michelle Santos; son, John (Capri) Santos Jr.; siblings, Dolores (Jay-deceased) Conroy, Patricia (Jimmy) Saltiban, Fred de Aquino, Leonard (Carla) de Aquino, Estrellita (David) Marcellus; and three grandchildren, Cade Betancourt, Celise Santos, and Jena Santos. SPONSORED VIDEO Candy was predeceased by her husband, John Santos Sr.; daughter, Eileen Santos; parents, Pedro and Emelia de Aquino; sister, Louisa Pacubas, and brother, Andrew de Aquino.The family would like to acknowledge Hospice Maui for their compassionate care of Candy.Isabelle KainoaIsabelle KainoaOctober 28, 1934 – July 22, 2018 ADVERTISEMENT Isabelle Leina‘ala Chartrand Kainoa, of Waiehu, Maui passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 22, 2018. Isabelle was born in Honolulu, HI on October 28, 1934, to John Frances and Edith Kalawai’a Chartrand. She retired from the State of California Department of Rehabilitation after 18 years. She was predeceased by her husband Royal Joseph Kainoa, Sr. She is survived by her children, Joyce Kuuipo Mandracken, Roy Ernest Kalaelo... http://bigislandnow.com/2018/07/29/obituary-notices-week-of-july-29-2018/

'A handful of little carnations': Customers complain Bloomex's bouquets don't always arrive as advertised - CBC.ca

I 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

Retired educator, florist Sylvia Richardson dies at 76 - Richmond Free Press

Sylvia D. Richardson loved the color purple. And the bubbly woman who brimmed with enthusiasm infused that color into her dual roles as an educator and a florist. During her tenure as principal of Bellevue Elementary School, Mrs. Richardson turned the historic building in Church Hill into a purple palace. She had the school’s entry door, hallways, classroom walls and building floors painted her favorite color. Purple also was the color of the house on the corner of Brookland Park Boulevard and Edgewood Avenue from which she operated a floral business, Bouquets by Sylvia, for nearly 25 years. “Purple was her chosen color because the color signifies royalty, and that was how Sylvia carried herself and also how she treated everyone with whom she came into contact,” Adeline Clarke, a longtime friend, wrote in a tribute.Mrs. Richardson died Monday, March 18, 2019, of complications from a fall at her residence, her family said. She was 76. Family and friends celebrated her life at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church on Tuesday, March 26. Born Sylvia Juanita Duncan in Cheraw, S.C., she came to Richmond to teach after graduating from Bennet... http://richmondfreepress.com/news/2019/apr/05/retired-educator-florist-sylvia-richardson-dies-76/

Flower Delivery Vancouver: Marketing to the millennials - Augusta Free Press

In the meantime, houseplants seem to be what millennials are preferring. As a flower delivery Vancouver florist, it could be the right time to reconsider changing what you produce to meet the needs of the future generation.The virtual spaces that we live now transform the general landscape of living, necessitating businesses of all types to change to adopt their products and strategies used to market them. If you have not embraced this fundamental change, this is the right time to start formulating ways that will enable you to reach the millennials.1. Increase Your Online Presence.The playground for millennials nowadays is the internet, enabling them to be connected across the world. This earns the internet the first place in communication and specifically, in our case, marketing. As a florist, you should understand how to fully use the internet for marketing your brand. This is an excellent way of making you known to your potential target clients.2. Involve Social Media.One of the tools or websites with high traffic is social media sites. Therefore, as a flower delivery Vancouver florist, you should use this f... https://augustafreepress.com/flower-delivery-vancouver-marketing-to-the-millennials/

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