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Sioux Falls woman accused of stealing $2,000 of driftwood from flower shop - Sioux Falls Argus Leader

Flower Mill in April 2018, according to an affidavit in support of an arrest warrant.  More: Theresa Bentaas, accused of leaving newborn baby in ditch, posts bond, released from jail The owner of the shop reported a larceny to police in July 2018. She reported four incidents between April and July 2018 when a woman came onto the property and took driftwood — a wood that has been washed up on a shore and is often used as decoration — from a designated space outside the front of the building.  Each instance was recorded on video surveillance, which also showed the truck the suspect was driving, which was later found to be registered to Hood. Other employees identified Hood from video surveillance footage and a previous job application. Hood was charged in October 2018, but wasn't indicted until last week because of at least three delays requested by attorneys. Her next court appearance is scheduled for later this month.  Email reporter Danielle Ferguson at dbferguson@argusleader.com, or follow on Twitter at @DaniFergs. https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2019/05/20/sioux-falls-woman-accused-stealing-2-000-driftwood-flower-shop/3743816002/

Florists offer a flowery take on fashion as Fleurs de Villes makes stop at CrossIron Mills - Calgary Herald

The unique, five-day exhibition is the first of its kind to combine fashion and flowers in Canada. Jim Wells/Postmedia“People just love it,” said Barkley. “Flowers make us happy — they put you in a good mood instantly. All day today, while people have been setting up their mannequins, people have been taking pictures and stopping and you can even smell it as you approach it because it’s so fresh.”Calgarians can vote on their pick for best floral mannequin to determine which florist receives a fan-favourite award.Barkley noted the exhibition is a fun experience for the florists taking part.“They can do something totally wild and creative,” she said. “These people are really artists in a completely different way … They love the challenge of coming up with something.”A headdress bouquet is shown on display during Fleurs de Villes at CrossIron Mills north of Calgary on Thursday, May 31, 2018. Canadaâ??s premiere Floral Mannequin Series, comes to Calgary for the first time for its final stop on the eventâ??s cross-Canada tour at CrossIron Mills. more than a dozen floral-dressed mannequins clothed in one-of-a-kind designs made up of hundreds of fresh blooms. The unique, five-day exhibition is the first of its kind to combine fashion and flowers in Canada. Jim Wells/Postmedia Court orders new human rights hearing in Calgary school prayer dispute Braid: Kenney's abortion law hooky is a bad Alberta precedent ... https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/fleurs-de-villes-makes-calgary-stop-at-crossiron-mills

How to Get Flowers in the Foyer—If You Don’t Have a Butler - The Wall Street Journal

Many of the recipients, who included Alexandra Shulman, then editor of British Vogue; Elizabeth Saltzman of Vanity Fair; and Natalie Massenet, founder of the online fashion retailer Net-a-Porter, posted pictures on Instagram. Bromberg Hawkings’s business boomed. “It soon became clear that we needed a second van, a better website. We could see the names in the back end, celebrities and duchesses, and we were like, Shit, this is serious,” she says. The company is based in a warehouse park, next to a graveyard, in the London area of North Acton. By 9 a.m. one early spring morning, it’s been five hours since that day’s flowers arrived by truck from the Netherlands, and the Flowerbx team has already sorted them, wrapped them in brown paper and boxed them up for delivery. Bromberg Hawkings, a 44-year-old Texan who has lived in London for 15 years, steps over the flotsam of the morning’s work—torn foliage and snipped ribbon—in her black-velvet Gucci loafers. “I didn’t know that flowers were Instagrammable,” she says. Another thing she hadn’t anticipated was being asked to do events, the first being to fill London’s River Cafe restaurant with peonies for a Michael Kors launch. More recently, for a Louis Vuitton dinner in Versailles, Flowerbx created a 46-foot-long floral “chandelier” from jungle foliage and orchids; another project found Bromberg Hawkings arranging 35,000 hydrangeas on the facade of the London nightclub Annabel’s at 2 a.m. Five months after launching Flowerbx, Bromberg Hawkings sought further investment. One of the first people she approached was Massenet, who had just left Net-a-Porter. “Immediately I said I would love to invest in the company, because this was something that resonated with me from the get-go,” says Massenet. Flowerbx was the first company that Massenet personally invested in, three years before she co-founded the venture capital fund Imaginary. “Up until then I had been skeptical about people’s ability to deliver on risky ideas,” Massenet says. “Havin... https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-get-flowers-in-the-foyerif-you-dont-have-a-butler-11556800089

This is how the Easter lily became the holiday's flower - NOLA.com

Once the flowers have all faded, you can plant your Easter lily outside in a garden bed. Remove the plant from the pot and plant it into a well prepared bed enriched with compost. Choose a location that receives morning sun and some afternoon shade. Easter lilies go dormant in midsummer. When the foliage yellows later on this summer, cut the plant back down to the ground and mark the location so you will remember where it is.Easter lilies will begin to grow again this fall, around October. Fertilize them at that time. They will grow over the winter (don’t worry about freezes) and should bloom next year in late April.Every year the clump will get bigger and produce more stalks of flowers. Divide the clump every three to five years in mid to late summer when the foliage yellows.With their immaculate white trumpets and sweet fragrance, Christians have long... https://www.nola.com/homegarden/2019/04/this-is-how-the-easter-lily-became-the-holidays-flower.html

Perspective | This D.C. florist's secret to surviving 114 years and four generations - The Washington Post

Cheryl Diaz MeyerFor The Washington PostPhil Caruso, right, and his son Michael Caruso at the family business, Caruso Florist, which was started in Washington in 1903. It is one of Washington’s most durable businesses. I lope with my Tumi backpack east down M Street NW across Connecticut Avenue on a humid August morning in Washington. On the sidewalk in front of me is an eruption of petunias, roses and sunflowers that make me think I am on the way to Emerald City.“It’s so people know we are open,” owner Phil Caruso says as I arrive. Caruso, 86, his fist full of roses, plants himself amid the melange and hands out singles to passersby.“To brighten your day,” he says as he hands a rose to a woman, who performs a balancing act with her coffee thermos and rolled-up newspaper. His Caruso Florist is a Washington institution, a 114-year-old family business that sells $2 million worth of flowers and fruit boxes each year. Caruso products launch some marriages and rescue others. Their flowers celebrate lives well lived. T... https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/this-dc-florists-secret-to-surviving-114-years-and-four-generations/2017/08/18/ee1a0152-836e-11e7-b359-15a3617c767b_story.html

Bloomin' Across Texas offers floral services in and around Pflugerville - Community Impact Newspaper

Carlene Wells is the founder of Bloomin’ Across Texas. (via Elizabeth Ucles/Community Impact Newspaper) Almost 30 years ago, Carlene Wells left her corporate career to pursue “something different,” she said. Her next step followed about a year later when she saw a “for sale” sign on a Pflugerville flower shop.With her mother’s help, Wells said she opened Bloomin’ Across Texas in 1992 as a full-service florist for special occasions, sympathy, gift items and more. Eleven years later, Wells opened a second location in Cedar Park.The business is first and foremost a family affair, Wells said. Her sons have worked at the shop, and when Wells’ father faced a serious illness, Bloomin’ Across Texas became a comfortable gathering location for the family to care for him, she said.Over the decades, Wells said Bloomin’ Across Texas has impacted the lives of other local families as well. Some of the shop’s first flowers decorated a wedding. Flowers followed to celebrate the birth of the couple’s children, and later their proms and wedd... https://communityimpact.com/austin/round-rock-pflugerville-hutto/business/2019/05/14/bloomin-across-texas-offers-floral-services-in-and-around-pflugerville/

Flower Child opens in The Woodlands - Houston Chronicle

The Party Architects. Flower Child also will donate a portion of opening day proceeds to Texas Children's Hospital. Greg Morago writes about food for the Houston Chronicle. Follow him on Facebook or Twitter. Send him news tips at greg.morago@chron.com. Hear him on our BBQ State of Mind podcast to learn about Houston and Texas barbecue culture. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/restaurants-bars/article/Flower-Child-opens-in-The-Woodlands-13664381.php

Never Mind Flowers, Marijuana Might Be 2019's Hot Mothers Day Gift - Forbes

Even mothers in more conservative states may be soon in possession of marijuana gifts. Marijuana Moment reported that the Texas House of Representatives just voted to approve a marijuana decriminalization bill. https://www.forbes.com/sites/julieweed/2019/04/30/never-mind-flowers-marijuana-might-be-2019s-hot-mothers-day-gift/

Festive plants bring fragrance, color to holiday decorating - Standard-Times

Allison Watkins is the Texas A&M AgriLife extension agent for horticulture in Tom Green County. Email her at aewatkins@ag.tamu.edu. https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/2018/12/16/festive-plants-bring-fragrance-color-holiday-decorating/2311380002/