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Florist gets cold feet weeks before a bride's wedding - WOWT

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) -- A bride-to-be in Omaha thought she had everything ready for the big day, but her excitement wilted away when one vendor failed to come through. Not long after her engagement, Kamber Durham gave Toujours Wedding Planning a $230 deposit. “You don’t have a wedding without the flowers,” said Durham. She needed eight bridesmaid’s bouquets, 19 boutonnieres, seven corsages, and her own bouquet. “I was in sheer panic. I was 44 days out from my wedding and had no florals, absolutely nothing,” said Durham. Just a few weeks from I do’s she found another florist who did fill the order, but Kamper needs a refund from Toujors to help pay for it. “It’s not about the money it’s about the principle. I can’t operate my business doing that to customers,”... https://www.wowt.com/content/news/Florist-gets-cold-feet-weeks-before-a-brides-wedding--562569431.html

Four Floral Businesses To Receive The Century Award In Palm Springs

The 2018 Century Award honorees are: City Line Florist in Trumbull, Connecticut; Gould's Flowers in Lockport, New York; Janousek Florist & Greenhouse, Inc. in Omaha, Nebraska; and Lake Forest Flowers in Lake Forest, Illinois. "Each year when we gather at the SAF convention, we interact with business owners who have determination, vision and grit," said SAF Awards Committee Chairman Marvin Miller, Ph.D., AAF, of the Ball Horticultural Company in West Chicago, Illinois. "But to sustain that for 100 years or more is truly an impressive feat." City Line Florist Trumbull, Connecticut City Line Florist has been owned and operated by the Roehrich/Palazzo family since 1918. When Charles Roehrich returned home from World War I, he already had a family history in the floral industry; his grandfather had grown plants in greenhouses in Stratford, Connecticut, in the late 1800s. Charles borrowed a horse and wagon and sold flowering plants and cut flowers at the entrance of St. Michaels cemetery in Stratford, eventually opening up a storefront in Bridgeport, which sat on the city line of Stratford, leading to the name, City Line Florist. In 1975, Charles' son Bob and his grandchildren, Susan and Carl, decided to move to a new location in Trumbull, where they turned an old horse barn into a charming new florist shop. Bob received the Connecticut Florist of the Year Award in 2005. City Line, located in a quaint New England town of 30,000 people,  has been voted "Best Florist in Fairfield County" for several consecutive years and won the 2... http://www.perishablenews.com/index.php?article=0069973

Why Small Businesses Matter in Fairfield: Fresh Flower Bar - HamletHub

Flowers have a transformative quality and can immediately add beauty and life to a room and bring joy to people. Since launching my business in 2018, people have described me as a modern florist and I have quickly built a reputation for my unique style and color combinations that are now recognizable in Fairfield County, Connecticut and beyond. The best compliment I get is when people tell me that my flowers don't look real because they are so gorgeous.What is your best selling product/service? My best selling product is my flower arrangements in my signature hatbox. I wanted to create exquisite floral bouquets in a modern vase that is environmentally friendly and can be repurposed into a chic storage container or recycled. My best selling service is my Mobile Flower Bar. I travel with buckets of beautiful flowers to people's homes, local restaurants, businesses and other locations and create handmade bouquets and conduct flower arranging and wreath making workshops.How many local businesses do you use to support your business (products and services) and can you name them?I use many local businesses, including No. 299 which is a gifts and goods store that I share a retail location with. We have a unique business approach because we share a space with complementary products but operate as completely separate business entities. I purchase my flowers from East Coast Wholesale flowers in Norwalk and local Connecticut flower farms. Very often, I will have my flower arrangements on display in local businesses such as The Perfect Pair and Penfield Collective, which drives traffic to my floral studio located at 11 Unquowa Road in Fairfield.Fresh Flower Bar is located at 11 Unquowa Road, Fairfield. Call&... https://news.hamlethub.com/fairfield/places/48836-why-small-businesses-matter-in-fairfield-fresh-flower-bar

Sparks Florist opens store inside Renown hospital - NN Business View

RENO, Nev. — Sparks Florist Inc., which turns 60 years old next year, recently opened its fourth store, this one inside the main campus of Renown Regional Medical Center.According to a press release from the Sparks-based business, the store is located in the Sierra Tower at Renown’s main hospital at 1155 Mill St., Reno.Patrons may purchase items for patients or employees at the hospital, or they can place orders for regional deliveries.Sparks Florist — which bills itself as Northern Nevada’s oldest and largest florist — was established in 1960.It has since grown to four locations, including a store on Pyramid Way in Sparks; one in the Smithridge Center in Reno; and the company’s design center and production facility at 1440 Hymer Way in Sparks. https://www.nnbusinessview.com/news/sparks-florist-opens-store-inside-renown-hospital/

Why this Kamloops flower shop is handing out 500 free bouquets today - iNFOnews

Kathy Underwood, left, owner of Kamloops Florist Ltd. and volunteer Jenny Gessel hand out flowers as part of Petal It Forward. Image Credit: SUBMITTED / Kathy Underwood October 23, 2019 - 12:30 PM A Kamloops flower shop is the only one in the province taking part in Petal It Forward, a North American initiative to create positivity and connection by handing out free bouquets. Kamloops Florist Ltd. has prepared 500 bouquets to hand out today, Oct. 23, at different spots throughout town. Head designer Alanna Gobkes says this is the first year the company has participated and notes they are one of four stores in Canada handing out free flowers. She says there are two floral shops participating in Ontario and one in Manitoba. The annual event is organized by the Society of American Florists, and she hopes to see more Canadian participation in the coming years. “There are quite a few flower ... https://infotel.ca/newsitem/why-this-kamloops-flower-shop-is-handing-out-500-free-bouquets-today/it66965

'Our customers have been our lives but it was time'; St. Ives Florist set to close - Reno Gazette Journal

California when she was 16, with a bucket of daisies. Now more than 50 years later, she and her sister Patty Sue Thornton, who have run the Reno landmark St. Ives Florist for 27 years, are saying their goodbyes. The shop at 700 S. Wells Avenue will close on Dec. 5.  The shop has provided generations of families with flowers for births and deaths, proms and weddings. The sisters also provided flowers for the presidential inaugural balls for George H.W. Bush in 1989 and then for George W. Bush in 2005.  Both times, the sisters were the only florists from Nevada chosen to travel to D.C.  On Monday on Facebook, the sisters posted about closing, and since then the shop has been full of people coming in to say goodbye and get one last arrangement.   "It is bittersweet and overwhelming," said Thornton. Both said they are grateful.  "We are overwhelmed with people coming in to thank us," Thornton said.  "All of these people have been our lives," Acton said. "They have been part of our family for generations."  Business still booming Business is booming, but it was time to retire, Acton said. She said the process of closing the shop started after a customer mentioned wanting to buy... https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2019/10/24/st-ives-florist-reno-nv-closing-december-george-hw-bush/4085361002/

Police in Yardley 'petal it forward' - News - Bucks County Courier Times

Usually giving something else out," said Sgt. William Golden as he prepared for the delivery duty.This is the fifth year that the police department has joined with Ye Olde Yardley Florist in a national "Petal It Forward" campaign sponsored by the Society of American Florists, of which the shop is a member.The acts of kindness caught drivers and pedestrians off guard, but their smiles told the story. No one seemed to mind the few extra seconds waiting in traffic for the officers and flower helpers to hand out two roses to those who drove or walked down Main Street.The campaign’s idea is that you keep one rose for yourself and give the other to a friend, family member or even a stranger."It’s my absolute favorite day of the year," said Noreen Gorka, a manager of the flower shop, a Yardley institution for 105 years. "We gets tons of smiles, gratitude and even hugs and tears."The shop, located at 175 S. Main, supplied 900 roses to the event this year, in bright white, golden orange and sunny yellow. And, of course, red and rosy pink.Some of the colorful bouquets were sent to Edgewood Elementary School for the teachers there; they in turn, gave their extra rose to teachers at Charles Boehm Middle School, Gorka said.Others went to a networking group in Newtown to share, and were given to commuters at the Yardley train statio... https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/20191024/police-in-yardley-rsquopetal-it-forwardrsquo

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