Hamilton Flower Shop News
David Austin, whose new varieties returned fragrance and romance to the rose, dies - Texarkana Gazette
Tuesday, January 22, 2019Darcey Bussell. "Charles Darwin" is big and golden and lemon-scented. "Falstaff," like Shakespeare's character, is red-blooded and full of life. The tangerine-colored "Lady Emma Hamilton," named for the lover of Admiral Nelson, is "useful for creating a little excitement in the border," according to the catalogue.Two things irritated Austin. The first was the suggestion that his success was because of slick marketing instead of the character and beauty of his roses.The second was if someone asked him to name his favorite creation. "He would never deign to answer that question," Marriott said. ... http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/national/story/2018/dec/24/david-austin-whose-new-varieties-returned-fragrance-and-romance-rose-dies/758030/
Famed florist to present during Atlanta Botanical Garden Flower Show - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Tuesday, January 08, 2019Floral Design, Horticulture and Photography. The Landscape Design division will showcase small garden displays by Boxwoods, Ed Castro Landscape, Hamilton Land Services and Unique Environmental. During the show, visitors can explore the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s seasonal landscape and annual Orchid Daze exhibition inside the Fuqua Orchid Center. The show is chaired by Mary Wayne Dixon and Mary Katherine Greene and honors Pat Hartrampf. Margaret Chambers and Greer Pope chaired the preview party. Proceeds benefit the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s International Plant Exploration Program. For tickets and more information click here. https://www.ajc.com/blog/buzz/famed-florist-present-during-atlanta-botanical-garden-flower-show/cyqPwgRtfpKEOGZaOZwkRM/
Manitowoc Roorbach Flowers offers full-service FTD shop | Chamber Notebook - Herald Times Reporter
Tuesday, December 04, 2018Since 1952 when Harry and Julia Roorbach moved from Illinois to buy the former Hamilton greenhouse and establish Roorbach Flowers, the Roorbach family has been active in Manitowoc's retail scene. Jim and Claire Olson joined Claire's parents in the business in the late 1960s and took ownership in the early 1990s. This coincided with an extensive remodel that created a new retail store, greenhouses and parking on Custer Street. The store is at 961 S. 29th St. and online at roorbachflowers.com or facebook.com/roorbach. Roorbach is a traditional, full-service FTD flower shop offering assistance and consultation for all of life's occasions. The 12,000-square-foot greenhouse is home to a large selection of green plants with a great selection of succulent plants, which are so popular now. In the spring, there are plants for flower gardens, vegetable gardens, and pots and hanging baskets, too. Roorbach participates in events at the Rahr-West Art Museum, the Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra, Lakeshore Wind Ensemble. It partners with local groups — Kaleidoscope Dance, Manitowoc County Youth Hockey and LHS Dance Team, with fundraisers at Christmas and in the spring with great success. Variations in the staff follows yearly holidays and seasons. For the majority of the year, the business has seven designers, greenhouse... https://www.htrnews.com/story/money/2018/11/08/manitowoc-roorbach-flowers-offers-full-service-ftd-shop-wisconsin/1923898002/
Blooming marvellous: Thrifty bride-to- creates her own stunning bouquets for her wedding - costing her just $13
Tuesday, August 28, 2018But this doesn't always have to be the case as one thrifty bride-to-be revealed, sharing how her clever solution helped bring down costs of bridal bouquets.Stevie Hamilton took some artificial flowers and twine she purchased from Kmart and turned them into chic and stylish arrangements.And best of all her creation costs just a mere $13 - and is one that could potentially save hundreds. Stevie Hamilton revealed how it's possible to create chic and stylish floral (pictured) arrangements for very little cost Bride-to-be Stevie Hamilton took to a mother's group on Facebook to share how inexpensive flowers from Kmart could be fashioned into stunning wedding creations Her efforts also wowed others who saw the results of her handiwork after she posted a photo to a mother's Facebook group. Along with the image of the stunning bouquets, Stevie wrote: 'Today I made my wedding bouquets. Everything is from Kmart! And only works out to be $13 a bouquet.'Her DIY skills were met with an outpouring of support with her post earning nearly 4,000 likes and almost 200 comments. This bunch of artificial flowers (pictured) from Australian retailer Kmart costs just $8 Many remarking on Stevie's skills were impressed by the fact the bouquets looked very much like real flowers.Replying to those who left comments, Stevie said she was yet to make her own arrangement, however, she didn't expect her budget to be more than $17.It's not the first time Kmart has proved a godsend for those wanting to keep the cost of wedding decorations down. This gorgeous DIY wedding wreath has been made using a $5 hula ... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6075065/Bride-Stevie-Hamilton-shares-incredible-13-Kmart-wedding-bouquet.html
How Newport Became the Most Exciting Beach Town in New England - Travel+Leisure
Tuesday, March 27, 2018Victorian-era lighthouse keeper famous for how many people she rescued. Farther along was the Forty 1° North, a gracious luxury hotel cofounded by the late Campbell Soup heiress Dorrance "Dodo" Hamilton, and the 19th-century spire of St. Mary's Church, where in 1953 John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier.History in Newport is ubiquitous — and enjoyable. The identity of the little New England town, beyond the beaches and the lobster shacks, has long been tied up with its Gilded Age mansions, its fancy boats and cars. People come here to gawk at how America's elite — the Vanderbilts, the Astors, the Morgans — lived more than a century ago. But Newport is more than a well-preserved relic. Beyond the touristy fudge shops and T-shirt stores on Thames Street, there's a city with real personality waiting to be discovered, one with chic bistros, craft-cocktail bars, and the same kind of authentic blending of surf and fishing culture for which Montauk, on the eastern tip of Long Island, has long been known. "Don't tell me Newport is trendy now," groaned Camilla Hammer, a friend who grew up summering there, when I told her I was writing a story about the city. Perhaps not yet, but Newport is becoming an increasingly appealing Northeastern beach alternative to the overcrowded Hamptons or Cape Cod. That's thanks in part to newcomers, like McGowan, who've set up businesses in Newport after being drawn in by the natural beauty and quality of life. There are also plenty of native Newporters who've returned after getting burned out by big-city life — like Rizzo, who brought home Studio Choo, the flower shop she cofounded in San Francisco. Rizzo grew up in the Fifth Ward, a working-class Irish neighborhood where many of the domestics who worked in the great mansions settled in the 19th century. When she was younger, the city felt alive to her only during summer, when it filled with visitors who came for events like the celebrated annual jazz festival. "Now it's a year-round town," she told me.Floral designer Jill Rizzo of Studio Choo prepares an arrangement at one of Newport’s h... http://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/newport-rhode-island-beach-town
Third-generation owner seeks to turn retail plant shop into lifestyle brand - Crains New York Business
Sunday, February 10, 2019My family owns the West 96th Street building and has considered selling it, but we want to keep a retail presence there. PlantShed needs more space for production, though. We might move offices to New Jersey—where we recently got a warehouse—Long Island City or further uptown. There are stresses on the business, but we're making it work. When I took over, I realized we could not just be a retail flower store. The numbers wouldn't support it. That's why we pursued the idea of putting cafés in our shops. Retail stores also need to be a lifestyle brand.Our goal is to spread our love of plants and flowers to people around the city and beyond. I've hired employees to facilitate partnerships and make our stores young and hip. Through the cafés, we have created a way for people to gather and be surrounded by nature. Those who come in every morning for a cup of coffee think of us when they need to buy a bouquet of flowers. We want to foster community and build a local attachment to our brand.I'm a partner in Haven, a boutique hotel in Montauk, which is a separate business from PlantShed. In the past few years, we have blown Haven out with plants, putting custom-made hanging baskets in the walkways and tropical houseplants in the hotel rooms. Guests love it. Now I am working on a hotel concept. I'm trying to find a location for a farmstead, greenhouse and inn in the Hudson Valley or the Catskills. PlantShed would own it, and it would be something really unique, bridging biophilia and hospitality.It's definitely something we could bring to New York City or another city down the line. We have found that incorporating plant life in an urban setting is appealing to people. We assume these travelers want a city vibe, rather than a country or tropical feel. So it would be a matter of incorporating plants and flowers in a way that accentuates the look and feel of a city. https://www.crainsnewyork.com/asked-answered/third-generation-owner-seeks-turn-retail-plant-shop-lifestyle-brand
Better Than Roses - The Newtown Bee
Sunday, February 10, 2019The Sunshine Bouquet Company began in New Jersey before branching out to Florida and Columbia, which allowed “Sunshine to provide efficient, rapid delivery to the United States.”Ms Brisch said Big Y also offers flower bouquets and potted plants from local farms, like Cavicchio Greenhouse in Sudbury, Mass. Since Big Y is headquartered in Springfield, Mass., its local farms are located in Massachusetts or Connecticut. Newtown Big Y Store Director Angelo Soto shared a list of all of its local farms, and those include Casertano’s Greenhouse in Cheshire, Connecticut Valley Flower in Hamden, Geremia Greenhouse in Wallingford, and Grower Direct in Somers.“There are so many local things to chose from,” said Ms Brisch.From choosing to support a conscientious company to finding ways to support local farms there is more to consider than just the color of a bouquet’s assorted flowers.Off-Season OptionsConnecticut-grown flowers can be hard to find in the winter.Natalie Collette of 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 hous... https://www.newtownbee.com/better-roses/02102019
Third-generation owner seeks to turn retail plant shop into lifestyle brand
Tuesday, February 05, 2019My family owns the West 96th Street building and has considered selling it, but we want to keep a retail presence there. PlantShed needs more space for production, though. We might move offices to New Jersey—where we recently got a warehouse—Long Island City or further uptown. There are stresses on the business, but we're making it work. When I took over, I realized we could not just be a retail flower store. The numbers wouldn't support it. That's why we pursued the idea of putting cafés in our shops. Retail stores also need to be a lifestyle brand.Our goal is to spread our love of plants and flowers to people around the city and beyond. I've hired employees to facilitate partnerships and make our stores young and hip. Through the cafés, we have created a way for people to gather and be surrounded by nature. Those who come in every morning for a cup of coffee think of us when they need to buy a bouquet of flowers. We want to foster community and build a local attachment to our brand.I'm a partner in Haven, a boutique hotel in Montauk, which is a separate business from PlantShed. In the past few years, we have blown Haven out with plants, putting custom-made hanging baskets in the walkways and tropical houseplants in the hotel rooms. Guests love it. Now I am working on a hotel concept. I'm trying to find a location for a farmstead, greenhouse and inn in the Hudson Valley or the Catskills. PlantShed would own it, and it would be something really unique, bridging biophilia and hospitality.It's definitely something we could bring to New York City or another city down the line. We have found that incorporating plant life in an urban setting is appealing to people. We assume these travelers want a city vibe, rather than a country or tropical feel. So it would be a matter of incorporating plants and flowers in a way that accentuates the look and feel of a city. https://www.crainsnewyork.com/asked-answered/third-generation-owner-seeks-turn-retail-plant-shop-lifestyle-brand
N.Y. man who buried the man he murdered behind a N.J. florist shop found guilty - NJ.com
Tuesday, January 22, 2019Vance said in a release. "He was murdered in cold blood in a crime of unconscionable violence, his body mutilated, thrown from a fourth-story window, and abandoned behind a florist's shop in New Jersey."Comunale was stabbed 15 times on Nov. 13 at Rackover's East 59th Street apartment following a party also attended by Lawrence Dilione, 28, of Jersey City and Max Gemma, 30, of Oceanport, authorities said.Both men are also facing charges related to the incident, including a second-degree murder charge for Dilione.At about 9:45 p.m. that night, Rackover and Dilione drove Comunale's body, which had been burned, to a field behind a florist on Monmouth Boulevard in Oceanport and buried it, investigators have said. A court motion filed on behalf of Gemma, who is the son of former Oceanport Mayor Gordon Gemma in January claimed Dilione, a former Oceanport resident, admitted to investigators that he knocked Comunale unconscious after an argument over cigarettes, the New York Post reported.Dilione told investigators that Rackover then viciously kicked and beat the defenseless Comunale. After realizing Comunale was severely injured and afraid of being arrested, the motion says, Rackover said: "We have to kill him," according to the report.Rackover is expected to be sentenced on Dec. 5, a release from the district attorney's office said.The charges against Dilione and Gemma were still pending Friday, Vance said.Dilione was charged with second-degree murder, hindering prosecution, tampering with physical evidence and three counts of concealment of a human corpse. Gemma was charged with hindering prosecution and tampering with physical evidence.Dilione was scheduled to stand trial on Jan. 14 and Gemma's court da... https://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2018/11/ny_man_who_buried_the_man_he_murdered_behind_a_nj_florist_shop_found_guilty.html