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Wildflower Blessings Floral Designs to host a ribbon-cutting celebration in Kyle - Community Impact Newspaper

Offering bouquets and plants for any occasion, Wildflower Blessings Floral Designs opened June 1 at 101 Hall Professional Center, Ste. C, in Kyle. The flower shop will celebrate with a grand opening and ribbon cutting with the Kyle Chamber of Commerce Aug. 22 starting at 10:30 a.m. Food, drinks and giveaways will be available for visitors.512-268-1512www.wildflowerblessings.com < Back to all impacts... https://communityimpact.com/local-news/austin/san-marcos-buda-kyle/features/business/2018/08/13/wildflower-blessings-floral-designs-to-host-a-ribbon-cutting-celebration-in-kyle/

Four Floral Businesses To Receive The Century Award In Palm Springs

Janet Gould, the youngest of the fourth-generation time-honored tradition, manages day to day operations of the shop. She works alongside her Mother, Barbara, Niece, Kylee (Gould) Peters (who is a fifth generation Gould) and loyal staff. Janousek Florist & Greenhouse Inc. Omaha, Nebraska Now in their fourth generation, Janousek Florist originally opened in 1913 to serve the people of Omaha with the freshest flowers possible. Since then, they have been delivering to the entire Omaha Metro area with their own fleet of delivery vehicles and pride themselves on accommodating their customers' requests. Edward and Fred Janousek founded Janousek Florist & Greenhouse Inc. as a wholesale business in 1913 inside a cemetery in Omaha, Nebraska. Edward and Fred began to grow their own seasonal flowers and plants and over the last century and through four generations, they have maintained their position as the premier florist and greenhouse in Omaha. Ervin and Eddie Janousek ran the business from 1956 to 1983. Donald Janousek took over in 1983 and continues to run it with his son, Eric. While the days of delivering their flowers by streetcar are long gone, the Janousek family continues to pride itself on providing the freshest flowers and plants to the citizens of Omaha and the surrounding areas. Lake Forest Flowers Lake Forest, Illinois Erwin Dryskey moved his family to Lake Forest, Illinois, and opened the doors of Lake Forest Flowers in September of 1917. He went on to open two other flower shops on Chicago's North Shore. When Grace McGill bought the Lake Forest shop from Dryskey in 1949, she moved it one block, to the corner of Illinois Road and Western Ave, where it stands today. McGill designed custom floral and wedding work for families in Chicago's North Shore communities until her retirement in 1981, when she sold the business to John Looby III, AAF. Looby, with a background in greenhouse growing (who earned his AAF by commercially developing the oxalis regnelli-white blooming shamrock), expanded the business. Today, Lake Forest Flowers continues as a full-service boutique floral operation, and Looby's daughter, Eileen Looby Weber, AAF, joined the management team after earning her Bachelor's degree in horticulture and MBA. She established a large wedding and event following and has developed a variety of floral design education programs. Her continued efforts in promoting the floral industry earned her AAF in 2014. The 2018 Century Award honorees will celebrate with the 2017 Century Award recipients. Due to Hurricane Irma forcing the cancelation of SAF's last convention which was scheduled for last September in Florida, the 2017 Century Award recipients will be honored alongside the 2018 honorees. The 2017 Century Award recipients are: Johnston's Quality Flowers in Fort Smith, Arkansas Mitchell's Flowers and Events in Orland Park, Illinois Wistinghausen Florist & Greenhouse in Oak Harbor, Ohio Read about the history of their businesses here. Any industry company that has served the floral industry for 100 years or longer qualifies for the Century Award. The award was first presented in 1982. For information about the Century Award or to apply for recognition, visit safnow.org/awards or contact awards@safnow.org.  ### About SAF   The Society of American Florists is the leading organization representing all segments of the floral indust... http://www.perishablenews.com/index.php?article=0069973

Summer jobs: Flowers, photos and more

I met many great people during this time at working at Camp Graham and it gave me a deep appreciation for all the work that goes into running a camp.By Kyle WilsonBlanchester School Board VP,District Sales ManagerI worked in our family’s slaughterhouse. My brother and I received our start on the chicken kill floor — $15 a day, 8 hours.I liked working with family and friends. My brother and I both had buddies that would help throughout the summer months and then all year as we grew older.Sometimes having your father as a boss has rewards and sometimes … it can have the opposite effect! It was a wonderful time, though; most kids do not get a chance to work alongside family.Many lessons learned, one of my favorite being a time my brother (Adam) and I were embarrassed to eat at “Gene El’s” (former restaurant in Blan) as we had been working all day and were a bit filthy/bloody. Dad looked at us both and said, “Don’t ever be ashamed of hard work.” I’ll never forget it.Dad held the record for most cattle processed in a day and as I grew older, a goal was to beat his record. Through high school and early college years I would get close but never managed to “turn the corner” on his record. One fateful day everything seemed to click in the slaughterhouse and I finally tied him. Dad wasn’t one for compliments, but he was that day! Never did beat him though, only tied … he loved to remind me of that.Jodie HavertDirector of Food ServiceWilmington City SchoolsJodie’s first summer job was as a cashier at Dorothy Lane Market in Centerville.“I got to meet people from all different walks of life, including both customers and fellow staff members. Some of these acquaintances evolved into lifelong friendships,” said Havert.Her least favorite part of the job, she said, was “handling money — so dirty and disgusting!”The most memorable thing that occurred while working there was she met her future fiancé..neFileBlock { margin-bottom: 20px;}.neFileBlock p { margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;}.neFileBlock .neFile { border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 10px;}.neFileBlock .neCaption { font-size: 85%;} Load comments ... https://www.wnewsj.com/news/76303/summer-jobs-flowers-photos-and-more

Dallas Has a Florist Called Peaches Designing Offbeat 80s-esque Arrangements - D Magazine

And no, I don’t mean her painting, I mean her. Art gets so weird, man! I like to walk through the Joule every couple weeks and let the manic pixie dream dust rub off on my Unraveling Mom visage.Kyle Branch, aka Peaches.Kyle Branch is no exception to this rule. When the 24-year-old is not working as a shop clerk at TenOverSix, he’s putting together sculptural floral arrangements under the moniker Peaches, a name he borrowed from an old friend’s bird and chose for its winky-winky allusion to the emoji definition. (Of course, if that pseudonym doesn’t work out, Branch is not a terrible name for a florist.) When I was in the shop the other day, I asked about the business. Branch said he started working with flowers a year ago—and then he went down a verbal wormhole about his style that began with the word “darkness” and referenced the arcade game Galaga. I regretted not having my recorder on and not having the memory bank to hold complex word combinations.One of Branch’s displays from the Glossier pop-up.From what I can tell, Branch uses foliage sparingly and places flower heads precisely. Buds will poke out this way or that or an oversized frond will take center stage. I’m certain Todd and Margo from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation would order his displays for dinner parties. His work is in line with a new wave of throwback floral designers, a trend recently written about in T Magazine (Branch said, indeed, several of the florists mentioned in that article were artists he looked to for inspiration). Last week, Branch helped with the florals at the much-hyped Glossier pop-up. He also sells arrangements via his website, which means you don’t have to wait a few years—you can order his floral artwork now for a prime spot on your m...

Woodland High School's floral design teams win FloraChopped competition - clarkcountytoday.com

Woodland High School’s two teams made it to the final round and competed against each other for first and second place with team members: Kylee Jones (junior), Jacob Laddusaw (senior), Jennifer Parkhill (senior), Glorianna Raney (senior), Samantha Ripp (junior) and Vanessa Sills (senior).Inspired by the Food Network cooking show “Chopped,” the FloraChopped competition featured three rounds with teams getting eliminated or “chopped” after each round. For each 30-minute round, individual members of each team were assigned specific projects using supplies kept hidden until the round began. For example, team members in the first round created a football, a corsage, and a crown, all using floral design techniques and supplies.For each round, each individual team member had to complete a project with preset supplies within a 30-minute time limit. Photo courtesy of Woodland Public SchoolsThe Floral Design Institute brought in famous designers from around the country to judge each round, and to provide the teams with valuable feedback during critiques as judges pointed out where teams succeeded and where they could improve. At the end of the competition, the Institute awarded more than $6,000 in scholarships with Woodland’s teams and team members bringing home a total of $4,800.Woodland’s students take floral design and horticulture courses for a variety of reasons. “I greatly enjoy classes involving visual art, and I really like working with flowers,” said Kylee Jones, a junior who helped her team win second place and received a $500 scholarship herself. “This year, I’m taking the advanced class, working in the school’s shop where I’ve been learning time management by taking orders and ensuring they’re completed on time.”Kylee Jones, junior (left), Mary Ellen Vetter, teacher (center), and Je... http://www.clarkcountytoday.com/youth/woodland-high-schools-floral-design-teams-win-florachopped-competition/

Alexandria Florist Invents Free Online Puzzle Game - The Zebra

District of Columbia. Originally designed as a game to be played in Alexandria, VA and Washington, DC, SillyPuzzles has now branched out as far as Florida and Texas with new puzzles being designed daily.To play the free game, players create an account and login to see nearby puzzles listed in order by distance from their phone. When they get near the designated puzzle location, a clue or question appears. Some are easy and require only that the player observe the point of interest and answer a question. Others require the use of logic to solve a math problem or a riddle.SillyPuzzles is free to play. There are no ads to view and players will not be subjected to any advertising unless they choose a puzzle that takes them to a retail merchant location that is indicated in the puzzle description. Premium Memberships may be available in the future.For more information. visit sillypuzzles.com. https://thezebra.org/2018/07/10/alexandria-florist-invents-free-online-puzzle-game/

Horticulture expert brings floral design class to ASU - The State Press

Anderson received a master's degree in horticulture, the science and art of growing plants, at Kansas State University and her doctorate in horticulture from Texas A&M University. She also taught classes in floral design at both universities.Anderson will teach a topic course called Wellness in Floral Art for the 2019 spring semester at ASU. The class will focus on how flowers relieve stress and affect the senses. “It’s biophilia, so we’re being connected back to nature, which is where we come from," Anderson said. "Working with plants is a therapy, so not only is it a therapy for me to educate others on floral design as an art form and a stress reliever, (but) it’s also awesome to see other people benefit from it.”  While 90 universities in the U.S. offer bachelor's degrees in horticulture, only two universities offer degrees in floral design according to The Bachelor's Portal. As a result, aspiring floral designers often select horticulture as a major.However, Anderson said an arts background is more valuable for entering the floral design field and modified her horticulture research accordingly. “When I was managing studios in San Diego and Los Angeles, the owners of the studios kept asking me to find florists that had an art background, not a plant science or horticulture background,” Anderson said. “That’s when I got the idea that we need (to) advocate floral design as an art form in order to have a more educated work force.” Anderson also has her own business, The Flori.Culture, in which she teaches floral art classes and creates arrangements for clients. She said she has created arrangements for events hosted by large companies including Cisco and Walgreens.On the website, Anderson runs a blog called The Chlorophyll Chronicle where she discusses "flowers. food. fashion." She also has a YouTube channel, The Flori.Culture, where she shows off arrangements and gives tutorials on how to make them. “If you are interested in floral design, in the aesthetics, then you are probably also interested in food and fashion and even interior design, so I think it all goes hand-in-hand," Anderson said. [embedded content]Katherine Merveille, the owner of Merveille Floral and Design Atelier and a colleague of Anderson, said that Anderson’s extensive... http://www.statepress.com/article/2018/10/spartcult-floral-art-advocate-brings-new-classes-to-asu

Baacks to the future: New owners adding wine, beer option with delivery of flowers, gifts - ReporterNews.com

Dan Harwell purchased the company in 1972, and later his son, Luke, joined the business full-time in 2002 after graduating from Texas Tech University. The younger Harwell eventually took over operations of the family business. Under the new owners, some things remain the same. One fixture is the employees, including a designer who has been at Baack’s for 31 years, Petre said. There also are efforts to revive some former Baack’s traditions, such as a Christmas open house and growing some plants in-house, Petre said. Her brother, Marc Petre, is sprucing up the shuttered greenhouses on the property, she said. At one time, Baack’s was known for cultivating poinsettias, geraniums, Easter lilies, hydrangeas and annual bedding plants, according to the Reporter-News archives. In addition to floral arrangements for all occasions, Baack’s also offers the crafting and delivery of gift boxes around many themes, such as golf, fishing, hunting and tailgating. Packages also can be created for children’s events, baby showers, Father’s Day and other special moments, Petre said. Her goal is to use products from local wineries and chocolatiers to include with her gift options.   Late bloomer Managing a flower and gift shop is a dream come true for Petre, who previously worked as a bartender for 10 years. That experience in the alcohol industry will be a plus with the addition of the wine and beer delivery with Baack's flowers and gift boxes, she said. “I’ve always been artistic and real artsy, and I love making things look pretty,” Petre said. “I always thought that it would be so cool to be able to own a flower shop and to do that every day.” Her previous creative interests include making stylish belt buckles and jewelry out of bones and antlers. She first learned about wine and beer delivery while attending a floral design workshop in Austin several months ago. “I’m 43 years old and I needed a change. I quit my job and this just kind of fell in our laps. I like to call it divine intervention,” Petre said. https://www.reporternews.com/story/money/business/local/2019/01/17/new-abilene-florist-baacks-owners-adding-wine-beer-option-flower-gift-box-delivery/2548924002/

5 Free Apps to Order Valentine's Flowers - The Mac Observer

From You Flowers offers beautiful flower arrangements for same day delivery by a local florist. Whether you need to send flowers to New York, Texas, or California, FromYouFlowers.com offers USA flower delivery from coast to coast. Want to make it a one-of-a-kind gift? Add a teddy bear, chocolates or a balloon bouquet to your online flower order.Be the first to know about promotion and discount announcements about flower arrangements! Also, you can quickly place a flower order with your mobile device and send flowers to your loved ones with the same day delivery option using the special day reminders and deals. [4 Valentine Apps to Shop for That Special Someone]Photo by Amy Shamblen on Unsplash... https://www.macobserver.com/tips/quick-tip/5-apps-valentines-flowers/