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Cut flower growers’ conference set for March - Augusta Free Press

Even more producers have entered the field since then, raising flowers for the floral bouquet market.The 2019 Cut Flower Growers Conference on March 13 and 14 at the Fredericksburg Expo and Conference Center will offer newcomers and experienced growers a chance to learn more about cut flower opportunities.Raising flowers has many advantages for small-scale producers, according to Virginia State University’s Small Farm Outreach program. They’re a high-value crop that can be raised on a small footprint, requiring only a few people to raise them. And if growers use a high tunnel or a greenhouse they can sell their products year-round.“Around here in Southside Virginia, flowers are like vegetables. People like what they know and grew up with,” noted Amy Carwile, co-owner of Archlynn Farms in Charlotte County. She and her husband grow fruits and vegetables, and in 2018 she added cut flowers to the mix. “I like to grow pretty flowers, ones you can take home, put on a kitchen table or share with your friends,” Carwile said.Jessica Hall, master grower and designer for Harmony Harvest Farm LLC in Augusta County, said farm-fresh flowers are a “great way to marry agriculture with the niche market of cut flowers.” She and her mother, Chris Auville, started their cut flower business in 2... https://augustafreepress.com/cut-flower-growers-conference-set-for-march/

Team flower power | News, Sports, Jobs - The Adirondack Daily Enterprise

The society started in 1910, but the park system plan goes back to 1907 when the Olmsted Brothers firm — the brothers’ father, Frederick Law Olmsted, designed Central Park in New York City and was the most renowned landscape architect of his day — rolled out a plan that would eventually lead to the establishment of Beaver, Vest Pocket, Denny, Dorsey, Sunset and Triangle parks, as well as the Herb Garden.Flowers brighten Broadway, Saranac Lake, in front of the village parking lot beside Berkeley Green.(Enterprise photo — Aaron Cerbone) “VIS has always had these beauty spots, and then it started being, ‘Let’s take it to the streets. Let’s take it out of these parks. Let’s see what we can do downtown,” Kathy said. As the plants branched out along the streets, connecting park to park, they were initially met with drunken opponents, pulling out flowers after late nights out, but the Steinbruecks said that nuisance resolved itself eventually. “Vandalism was a terrible problem in the beginning,” Roger said. “But the last few years have been good.” Roger said this year was perfect for flowers: some rain and lots of sun.–Who’s behind the flowers– Other local nurseries also provide flowers for the other parks and gardens in Saranac Lake. The Riverside Park garden, around the veterans memorial, is paid for by the Veterans Memorial Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW Auxiliary, American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary and Sons of American Legion, planted by Nancy Hurteau and maintained by the village. There are four entry sign gardens, paid by the village and planted and maintained by VIS. The Star Garden at the World War I memorial on the corner of River and Church streets is paid for by the village, maintained by volunteer Chuck Van Anden and planted with Scott’s Florist flowers by VIS. The triangle at River Street and Lake Flower Avenue (by NBT Bank), the garden beside the Rusty Nail on Broadway at Bloomingdale Avenue and the Harrietstown corner barrel are all paid, planted and maintained by VIS. Adirondack Bank, the Community Store, Nori’s Village Market, the post office, Tri-Lakes Home Medical Equipment and Bitters & Bones have two barrels each. Rice Furniture, Saranac Lake Wine & Liquor, Blue Moon Cafe, Belleville & Associates insurance, T.F. Finnigan menswear, Edward Jones Financial Services, Small Fortune Studio, I.B. Hunt Agency insurance, Eye Care for the Adirondacks, Tri-Lakes Center For Dentistry, Cape Air, the vacant former Scheefer’s jewelry building, Borracho Taco, Goody Goody’s, Adirondack Loon Center, Fiddlehead Bistro and Left Bank Cafe each have one barrel. The village pays for 10 planters in full: four in Riverside Park, four in the parking lot beside Berkeley Green, one in Berkeley Green and one in the Main Street parking lot. ... http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2018/09/team-flower-power/

Gardening: Enjoying the flowering rebirth of perennials while they bloom - OCRegister

The alkaloid toxins in daffodils, seeping out of their stems, are so strong that they will cause other flowers to wilt when placed together with them in a vase. Next time you visit a florist, note that daffodils are isolated from other flowers in a bucket of their own. They must be soaked for six hours until toxins are fully removed at which point they can be placed in vase arrangements without causing an early demise of other blooms.Narcissus, the botanical Latin name for daffodils, is an elaboration of narco, a word that means numbness and refers to the incapacitating and narcotic effect of daffodil toxins. Narcissus makes reference to a character in Greek mythology who was so enamored of his reflected beauty in a passing stream that he could not avert his gaze; he froze into a narcotic somnolent state and was transformed into a flower. It is not clear whether the flower was named for the myth or the myth originated with the flower, but the nodding aspect of daffodils is said to mimic the head of Narcissus bent admiring himself over a reflecting stream.Although herbaceous perennials are generally associated with spring bloom, some flower in summer. The two most notable among these summer bloomers are gladiolus and dahlia. Gladiolus corms – which are swollen root stems – may be planted at virtually any time of the year in our area. For continuous bloom, space their planting over several months. Gladiolus requires a fast-draining sandy soil and regular water. To keep plants blooming year after year, it is advisable to remove their corms in late fall for winter storage. Throw away old corms and plant out the attached, newly developed ones the following spring.Cymbidium orchid. Photo by Joshua SiskinMy personal favorite among summer-blooming herbaceous perennials are the giant dahlias of central Mexico, which can grow up to 20 feet tall with blooms that are eight inches wide. While dahlia tubers can remain in the ground during winter, storing them over winter in sand or vermiculite will enhance their performance the flowing spring. Blooming dahlias should be available now in most nurseries and garden centers.Tip of the Week: A special sale of orchids to readers is being held by Art and Aurora Mendoza on March 22, 23, and 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 16057 Nordhoff St., North Hills, 91343. Refreshments will be served. The Mendozas specialize in growing dozens of cymbidium orchid varieties, available in 8-inch and one-gallon containers for $5-10 dollars. Dendrobium and Cattleya orchids will also be on sale. Cymbidiums are nearly always grown in containers but they may also be planted in the ground in suitably amended soil. https://www.ocregister.com/2019/03/21/gardening-enjoying-the-flowering-rebirth-of-perennials-while-they-bloom/

Jersey City flower shop turns 50 this September - NJ.com

Day was approaching. "I was drinking Pepto Bismol bottles."But Pollifrone learned a lot in the years to follow.Next month, he will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his store, Joseph's Florist. The vibrant flower shop on Kennedy Boulevard near the North Bergen and Union City border will offer deep discounts and special deals on Sept. 15 to mark its half century milestone. Born and raised in Jersey City, Pollifrone was initially a special education teacher for the Jersey City Public Schools. But he worked part-time at a flower shop while teaching, and caught the bug to own a business at 27.The same day his deal to buy a bar fell through, the owner of the flower shop he worked at proposed to sell him the shop. Pollifrone agreed."I thought it was cool," said Denise Pollifrone, Joseph's wife. But Denise admitted she didn't think they would make it this far into their business.Since then, Pollifrone has moved to multiple locations around Jersey City, expanding his business. At some point, he owned six flower shops.Now 70, Pollifrone and his family run two flower shops, the other located in Secaucus. He bought Joseph's Florist from Joseph O'Rourke in 1976."I don't even relate to it as a business because I grew up here," said Marc Pollifrone, Joseph's 31-year-old son who helps run the shops. "I don't feel like I'm at work because my mom and dad are here.""And we feed him," his father... https://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2018/08/jersey_city_florist_50_years_in_the_biz_and_counti.html

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

'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

Designer Gourmet - The Business Times

Market' in whimsical fashion. And at the checkout counter - an explosion of blooms cover the work table of Grandiflora, the inhouse florist run by Australian celebrity floral designer Saskia Havekes, who has created blooms for the homes of Nicole Kidman and the like.It's a far cry from the old Culina, where you're more used to negotiating its cramped surroundings and trying not to knock tins of foie gras or wine off their precariously stuffed shelves. Even its tight squeeze of a bistro is now a breezy, spacious grazing ground furnished with black and white woven wicker chairs, and giant ceiling lamps made of lightbulbs strung on skeletal frames.BIGGER IS BETTER The new Culina is 2.5 times bigger than the old one at 15,000 sq ft, says Leelyne Yeo, General Manager of Culina Pte Ltd. Although the company itself has been around for 25 years, it was acquired by the COMO group in 2012, and the move to its new space at Block 15 ''brings Culina within the COMO F&B and lifestyle enclave''.Besides aligning itself with the group's wellness-inspired ethos, it's also primarily a place for ''professional chefs, F&B trade industry, gourmands and home chefs to come together to connect and celebrate through food''.There's a huge separate wine section and a bar, as well as a demo kitchen that can be booked for cooking sessions or corporate events. But if you just want to have a meal, take your pick of the fresh seafood or meats and have them brought over to the bistro to be cooked to your preference.''We want to re-create a bustling atmosphere and infectious vibes of a European street market, as well as a Frenchstyle bistro,'' adds Ms Yeo. That's why the displays of fresh seafood are laid out so you can get a close up look while engaging with the butchers or fishmongers about the best cuts or catch of the day, and what to do with them.FLOWER POWER Freestyle, dramatic floral arrangements that look almost wild and incorporate more 'natural' rather than conventionally pretty flowers are all the rage these days. But it's likely that today's florists take their cue from Saskia Havekes, the Sydney-based flower 'curator' who created her signature look way back in 1995.The Culina shop is her first overseas Grandiflora outlet, although Ms Havekes has retailed her line of fragrances in Singapore through Club 21.You can expect to see the same design principles in the arrangements, although adapted to suit the local heat. ''It will create a few restrictions in terms of materials but we will find a way around it,'' says Ms Havekes. You won't find just flowers at the shop but ''larger s... https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/lifestyle/food-drink/designer-gourmet

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