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Royal florist Shane Connolly: ‘Duchess of Cambridge was such a calm bride’ - Belfast Newsletter

Ulster born Shane Connolly, who is renowned for his beautiful floral creations at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, offers an insight into the grand occasion Shane Connolly designed the flowers for the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall for the Service of Dedication in St. George’s Chapel in 2005 and in 2011 was appointed artistic director of flowers for the wedding of the HRH Duke and HRH Duchess of Cambridge, including the bridal bouquet and headdresses for the Duchess of Cambridge and her bridesmaids. Shane designed the floral arrangements at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Was he nervous doing the flowers for such an auspicious occasion?‘‘Not until two days before. I think the thing that makes anybody nervous is the press - because I felt like it was just a lovely, normal family wedding and then suddenly you get asked questions by the press. I remember one of them asking ‘how do you feel thinking that millions of people are going to see your work?’ I h... https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/people/royal-florist-shane-connolly-duchess-of-cambridge-was-such-a-calm-bride-1-9103178

At Harvard, glass flowers that perfect the imperfection of decay - The Boston Globe

CAMBRIDGE — In her poem “Silence,” Marianne Moore quotes her father: “Superior people never make long visits,/have to be shown Longfellow’s grave/or the glass flowers at Harvard.” The glass flowers — or, more precisely, the Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants — are at the Harvard Museum of Natural History. The collection consists of 4,300 models, representing more than 780 plant species. Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, father and son, made them between 1887 through 1936. Harvard had commissioned them as teaching tools.A selection of the glass flowers are on permanent display at the HMNH. “Fruits in Decay,” a new exhibition that looks at an unusual aspect of the collection, runs through March 1.AdvertisementThe glass flowers are marvels: so exacting in detail as to be a kind of botanical virtual reality, only this version of VR is analog and in three dimensions. They’re astounding, of course. But that very capacity to astound raises all sorts of interesting, even unsettling,... https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/art/2019/09/05/harvard-glass-flowers-that-perfect-imperfection-decay/SbW5FA3jqnOskov2WXxx8M/story.html

Mystery 'asparagus' agave flowers in Cambridge after 57 years - BBC News

A giant plant dubbed an "asparagus on steroids" has flowered for the first - and only - time after keeping gardeners waiting for more than half a century.The agave flower spike appeared in June at Cambridge University Botanic Garden and grew to 4.5m (14.5ft), almost hitting the glasshouse roof.Staff were not sure of the species, but believed it was an Agave vivipara.They said the long-awaited flowers, which smell like broccoli, were "not as pretty as people might expect".Staff had been tending the agave, part of a family of plants from which tequila is made, since 1962 but could not confirm its species until it flowered. When the succulent, which resembles a giant asparagus spear, began to grow "at an impressive rate" of about 10cm (7.5in) a day, staff thought it was likely to shoot through the roof of the glasshouse - and were prepared to remove panes to make room for it.They also believed its flowers would show within a couple of weeks.However, the agave had other ideas, stopping just shy of the 5m (16.4ft) ceiling, and refusing to bloom until Monday night. Assistant curator Dr Ángela Cano has identified it as Agave vivipar... https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-49648859

Daily Dose: Florist, "Celebration" :: Music :: Features :: Florist :: Paste - Paste Magazine

Calif. @ Cafe Du Nord29 – Portland, Ore. @ Lola’s Room (Crystal Ballroom)30 – Seattle, Wash. @ Fremont Abbey Arts Center August 03 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Baby’s All Right05 – Cambridge, Mass. @ The Great Scott06 – Burlington, Vt. @ Arts Riot08 – Troy, N.Y. @ The Church10 – Ft. Wayne, Ind. @ B-Side (One Lucky Guitar)11 – Chicago, Ill. @ Schuba’s12 – Columbus, Ohio @ Ace of Cups13 – Allentown, Pa. @ Soft Machine Gallery14 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ PhilaMOCA15 – Washington, D.C. @ Songbyrd16 – Richmond, Va. @ Gallery 517 – Durham, N.C. @ The Pinhook19 – Atlanta, Ga. @ 529... https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/07/daily-dose-florist-celebration.html

Hear Florist’s cyclical new single “Celebration” - The FADER

CA @ Pico-Union Project07/27 San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord07/29 Portland, OR @ Lola’s Room (Crystal Ballroom)07/30 Seattle, WA @ Fremont Abbey Arts Center08/3 Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right08/5 Cambridge, MA @ The Great Scott08/6 Burlington, VT @ Arts Riot08/8 Troy, NY @ The Church08/10 Ft. Wayne, IN @ B-Side (One Lucky Guitar)08/11 Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s08/12 Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups08/13 Allentown, PA @ Soft Machine Gallery08/14 Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA08/15 Washington, DC @ Songbyrd08/16 Richmond, VA @ Gallery 508/17 Durham, NC @ The Pinhook08/19 Atlanta, GA @ 529... https://www.thefader.com/2019/07/16/florist-celebration-premiere-emily-alone-double-double-whammy

Pop art, Woodstock era energize 2019 Philadelphia Flower Show - Cherry Hill Courier Post

Flower Show are accustomed to being wowed by show-stopping floral designs of some of the most masterful flower and horticultural designers in the region. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s 2019 Philadelphia Flower Show takes things up a notch. That’s because the 190-year-old event will play host this year to the FTD World Cup, which brings together some of the most respected floral designers in the world in an international competition. The show runs Saturday, March 2 through Sunday, March 10 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City. More: Flower Power: Your survival guide to the 2019 Philadelphia Flower Show More: Philadelphia Flower Show: Experts offer tips to aspiring gardeners More: Look Back: 190 years of the Philadelphia Flower Show  “FTD World Cup is the biggest showcase in the flower world,’’ said Sam Lemheney, vice president and chief of shows & events for Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. “Philadelphia is hosting the show this year. It will include 23 floral designers representing 23 different countries. The World Cup only happens every four to six years, most recently in Berlin and Shanghai. It hasn’t been in the U.S. since 1985 (Detroit), and ’74 (Miami) before that.’’ The theme of this year’s Flower Show is “Flower Power,’’ and in addition to evoking some of the most colorful aspects of the 1960s, it al... https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/life/2019/02/20/pop-art-woodstock-era-energize-2019-philadelphia-flower-show/2910425002/

Blooming beautiful - The Ellsworth American

TH AMERICAN PHOTOS BY JENNIFER OSBORN“I call it dressing houses,” Ganz quipped. “I have a lot of clients who Airbnb or HomeAway.” Ganz will arrange bouquets so the renters arrive to fresh flowers.The Pennsylvania native grows every last flower from seed and hates to see any flower go by without being used. So that’s how she got the idea of “flower bombing” people.Plus, Ganz loves spreading beauty.“Random acts of kindness are so important,” she said.Her recipients are most appreciative.“She has bombed the town office multiple times,” said Steuben Town Clerk Julie Ginn. “Her displays are always fantastic and creative.“She uses things you don’t typically see, like cabbage,” the town clerk continued. “It’s always beautiful. She did bomb our fire department chicken barbecue. There were flowers on every table. It was gorgeous.”The gardener’s grandparents, Peter and Mary Dickey of Sehova and Hadji, Czechoslovakia, respectively introduced her to flowers.Amaranth hang from their stalks in another cutting garden. Ganz likes to wrap the dripping blossoms around a flower arrangement.Ganz relies on a greenhouse she bought in Friendship to grow many thousands of seedlings over the course of a year.Flower bombs also are a clever advertisement for her work. Ganz attaches a tag that exclaims “You’ve been flower-bombed,” with her business name and the address of her posy stand at 85 Dyer’s Bay Road in Steuben.div id="at... https://www.ellsworthamerican.com/living/arts-a-living/blooming-beautiful/

Royer's Flowers and Gifts CEO talks about returning to the family business - Reading Eagle

CEO in January.The grandson of founder Hannah Royer, who started the company by selling home-grown flowers in local textile mills, Royer now oversees a company that has 19 locations in Pennsylvania and Ohio and 400 employees. Royer believes Royer's is the largest family-owned florist in the country and sells more flowers than anyone outside of supermarkets.Business Weekly: Did you always plan to get involved in the family business? Thomas Royer: "No, because I had a career in it before I went to college. I worked there so much, and I wanted to try different things. I did that, and you always hear the old adage 'the grass is always greener.' After two years, I was like, 'I'm going back to the flower business,' because the restaurant business was crazy. I could've gone into other businesses, but I always liked the retail industry. So I came back in like 1980, and I've been here ever since."BW: Why did you decide to come back to Royer's? TR: "When I got out of school I lived in Houston and I was in the restaurant business. I always thought that working here was long hours. There was no comparison when I lived in Texas; we were working 100-hour weeks. That's when the oil boom was going on, and Houston was growing by leaps and bounds so there wasn't enough people for all the jobs and we couldn't keep people at our restaurant. It fell back on the manager and assistant manager to open and close."BW: Valentine's Day is just around the corner. How much business does Royer's do this time of year? TR: "Dollar wise, we do more sales at Valentine's Day than any other time. Valentine's Day and Mother's Day are the two big ones. The thing about Valentine's Day is it's such a short timeframe because most people don't want to buy it too far ahead of time. We do so much business in three days. The 12th, 13th and 14th are the three busiest days of the year for us, and we do about 8 percent of our business on those three days. Mother's Day, we do the same number of units of arrangements and plant... https://www.readingeagle.com/business-weekly/article/royers-flowers-and-gifts-ceo-talks-about-returning-to-the-family-business

This Farm Lets You Pick, Cut, And Arrange Your Own Flower Bouquets For Just $5 Each - HouseBeautiful.com

Getty Images Terra Farms in York County, Pennsylvania, is changing the flower-arranging game. Dreamed up by Lori and Andy Snyder, the 34-acre farm lets customers come in on special "U-Pick" days where they invite locals and tourists alike to explore the gardens, cut fresh flowers from their land, and DIY eye-catching bouquets.“We tend to call ourselves 'farmer-florists,'” said Lori, a North Dakota native, said to York Daily News. “People can come out here and pick. But I also really loved the florist side of the business, and I wanted to use 100 percent my own flowers instead of buying flowers that have been flown from who knows where.”BOOK NOW York County, Pennsylvania, TripAdvisorVessels priced at $15 can be filled to the brim with flowers of your choosing, and can usually create 2-3 bouquets (that's just around $5 each!). If you want even more flowers, you can purchase a larger bucket for $40 that'll give you around 5-6 bouquets. You don't have to dive right into arranging them on-site, of course, but there's a garden tabl... https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a28622872/pick-your-own-bouquet-flower-terra-farms/