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Long-time Springfield Resident Joseph Pepe Jr. Passes Away - TAPinto.net
Tuesday, February 05, 2019SUMMIT, NJ - Long-time Springfield resident Joseph Pepe Jr. has died.According to the obituary published by Bradley Funeral Home, Pepe passed away on Feb. 2 at age 84. His memorial service will be held at Bradley, Borough and Dangler Funeral Home on Feb. 9 at 10:00 a.m., with internment to follow at St. Teresa cemetery in Summit.Pepe was born and raised in Springfield, living in town for 65 years before he moved to Martinsville, NJ. He graduated from Jonathan Dayton High School in 1952, where he played football and baseball. After high school, he served in the United States Army and National Guard before working as a Warehouse Manager at Carpenter Technology in Union, NJ.Sign Up for E-NewsAfter the untimely passing of his son, Joe Pepe III in 2004, he retired from the position a year later and opened Varsity Jackets Plus, a company that provided letterman jackets to high school students. Pepe was a familiar presence in the halls of Jonathan Dayton High School, where... https://www.tapinto.net/towns/springfield/articles/long-time-springfield-resident-joseph-pepe-jr-passes-away
Dewar Nurseries Launches Family Owned Floral Retail Brand
Tuesday, October 30, 2018We’re proud to deliver potted beauty that perfectly coordinates with every living space.”The Elizabeth & Alexandra brand will debut at the PMA Fresh Summit trade event in Orlando on Oct. 19-20, 2018.Founded in 1963, Dewar Nurseries began as a single nursery with a team of fewer than 10 people. Today the brand boasts a team of 350 employees.The Dewar brand, with a fleet of 55 trucks, distributes in major retailers spanning 20 states.Brian Sparks is senior editor of Greenhouse Grower and... https://www.greenhousegrower.com/management/dewar-nurseries-launches-family-owned-floral-retail-brand/
The Dutch Florist behind the Met’s Grandiose Bouquets - Artsy
Tuesday, July 09, 2019Dutch horticulture industry (famous for its tulips). His great-grandfather had grown flowers for a living, while his grandfather and father became florists. Van Vliet was raised in his father’s shop and began arranging flowers not by choice, but “out of obligation,” he remembered, with a laugh. “It’s kind of like being the son of a butcher or baker—you have to help out in the family business. So that’s what I did.” He spent the majority of his young life in the family store, arranging as many as 40 to 50 bouquets per day for locals and the occasional royal. Each small-ish arrangement took him around 10 minutes to assemble; he plucked flowers from a patchwork of buckets behind the counter as he went. When he wasn’t in the shop, Van Vliet immersed himself in art. (His grandfather, who’d painted and collected art on the side, had rubbed off on his grandson in this way, too.) In school, he learned painting, etching, watercolors, welding, and art history; he remembers at least two works from the Met’s collection showing up on his final exams. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-dutch-florist-mets-grandiose-bouquets
HELL OF A DAY: Try working at a La Jolla flower shop on Mother’s Day - La Jolla Light
Tuesday, July 09, 2019Day — the mother of all flower holidays. (Kristen Tebbetts, owner of Bloomers of La Jolla for the past 10 years, said it’s busier than Christmas or Valentine’s Day.)Most of the three full-time florists at Bloomers, 7520 Eads Ave., worked from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. on the Thursday and Friday before the big day, fulfilling more than 300 orders. The website was turned off on Thursday evening.“I finished at midnight and went to check the computer and there were 20 new orders,” Tebbetts said. “I’ve been leaving home at 5 a.m. and getting back late every week. I’m a mom, too, and I want to be with my kids.” Bloomers of La Jolla had about 80 Mother’s Day orders come in on Saturday, May 11 — and that was after it turned off its website ordering mechanism.(COREY LEVITAN) Bloomers would only let me fulfill one order. But judging from the look on my fellow florists’ faces, it was one too many. The order, placed by La Jolla resident Jolynn Deiro, was for a $69 bouquet of “anything.” Apparently, even anything can be screwed up. When I returned from one of the store’s two flower coolers with my choices, I was told that butterfly ranunculus were good for the order since they were $2 each, but alstroemeria were not because they were $6 each. The two flowers appeared identical, by the way.“To you,” said florist Thomas Hoyle.Hoyle, a North Park resident, knows his flowers. Even Tebbetts defers to him when a man and woman walk in seeking emergency... https://www.lajollalight.com/lifestyle/sd-cm-ljl-hell-florist-20190516-story.html
Local florists urge consumers to beware of online flower resellers - WNYT
Tuesday, July 09, 2019Longhitano says it works like this: You search florists on-line and order from one you think is local, but your order is going to a place out of the area to someone who doesn't know flowers, then they take their cut before forwarding the order to another middle man, who finally sends it on to a local florist for fulfilling."They're literally just there to take your order and after that they have nothing to do with it," said Longhitano. Monica Jacobs of Queensbury knows it all too well."I learned a big lesson. I definitely learned a big lesson. I will never do that again."Jacobs ordered flowers through an order gatherer for an out of town funeral, but they never arrived."And I was like, 'Oh no!' I couldn't believe that I spent over $100 thinking they were going to get this beautiful arrangement and they didn't even receive it," said Jacobs. "So, I was mortified."Longhitano says consumers with an issue have to talk to order gatherers and have no contact with the local florist who is fulfilling the order.Becau... https://wnyt.com/news/queensbury-florist-urges-consumers-to-be-aware-of-on-line-flower-resellers-who-serve-as-order-takers/5331850/
Pop-up florist to debut in Huntington - Long Island Business News
Tuesday, July 09, 2019A new mobile florist concept will be blooming in Huntington next week.Hometown Flower Co. is a pop-up retailer that will serve customers from its vintage flower truck parked at Long Island businesses, farmers markets and events.On Thursday, May 9, Hometown Flower Co.’s 1976 Ford 100 pickup will be setting up shop outside of Industry Market & Artist Space at 344 New York Ave. in advance of Mothers’ Day, the busiest weekend in the florist business.Beginning in June, the Hometown Flower Co. truck will be making weekly appearances at farmers markets in Roslyn and Babylon.The mobile florist concept is the brainchild of Jaclyn Rutigliano, a marketing consultant who grew up around her family’s florist business in Woodbury. That store, Jack & Rose Florist, was founded in 1943 by Rutigliano’s grandparents in Fresh Meadows.Rutigliano discovered how detached florists and consumers were from where their flowers came from and how they were grown.“I grew up around flowers, but had no interest in the indu... https://libn.com/2019/05/02/pop-up-florist-to-debut-in-huntington/
The Countess of Wessex's wedding florists launch exciting new service the royals will love - HELLO!
Tuesday, July 09, 2019They’re a favourite among the royal family June 27, 2019 - 15:16 BST Chloe Best The Countess of Wessex and Prince Edward’s royal wedding florists Lavender Green Flowers are launching a nationwide home delivery service The florists who created the beautiful floral displays for the royal wedding of Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex are launching a new nationwide home delivery service, meaning anyone can add a royal-approved touch to their homes.Lavender Green Flowers were chosen by Edward and Sophie to arrange the bouquets and displays for their nuptials at St George’s Chapel at Windsor in 1999, and have a long-standing relationship with the royal family, continuing to provide flowers to Windsor Castle and Kensington Palace, as well as at Royal Ascot. More recently, they were also selected by the Duchess of Cambridge’s sister Pippa Middleton to deliver the flowers, and stunning floral arch, for her wedding to James Matthews. Lavender Green Flowers is launching a home delivery serviceSure to be a hit with the royals, as well as members of the public, the new Lavender Green AT HOME subscription service is designed to hand deliver a seasonal selec... https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/2019062774700/countess-of-wessex-royal-wedding-florist-home-service/
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