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Camas flower shop owner will make the bouquet and perform the wedding ceremony

Stuart Tomlinson, KATU NewsCristina Wardwell and James Coen of Molalla got married at Mystic Gardens earlier this year on a golf cart. (Mystic Gardens)CAMAS, Wash. — What's a wedding without flowers?A Camas, Washington florist turns that on its head by offering drive-through and in-store weddings at her shop."Instead of a big fancy wedding maybe they want to save up for, but they want to get married now,” said owner, Leslie Rick. “Or maybe they’ve had several marriages and don’t really care about all that stuff. Pop in, call in, it’s all up to them.”Rick has been officiating weddings for the past 25 years.She opened her Mystic Gardens shop a year ago and in January began offering weddings to go with the flower arrangements she creates every day.A Molalla couple who dated for 25 years came and got hitched on a golf cart.“They had actually called and scheduled to come through that day just to go through the drive-through in the golf cart,” Rick said. “They thought it would be fun and they wanted something unusual and unique. I’m waiting for someone to pull up on a h... http://katu.com/news/local/camas-flower-shop-owner-will-make-the-bouquet-and-perform-the-wedding-ceremony

Clark Co. flower shop owner offers drive-thru weddings

Stuart Tomlinson, KATU NewsCristina Wardwell and James Coen of Molalla got married at Mystic Gardens earlier this year on a golf cart. (Mystic Gardens)CAMAS, Wash. — What's a wedding without flowers?A Camas, Washington, florist turns that on its head by offering drive-through and in-store weddings at her shop."Instead of a big fancy wedding maybe they want to save up for, but they want to get married now,” said owner, Leslie Rick. “Or maybe they’ve had several marriages and don’t really care about all that stuff. Pop in, call in, it’s all up to them.”Rick has been officiating weddings for the past 25 years.She opened her Mystic Gardens shop a year ago and in January began offering weddings to go with the flower arrangements she creates every day.A Molalla couple who dated for 25 years came and got hitched on a golf cart.“They had actually called and scheduled to come through that day just to go through the drive-through in the golf cart,” Rick said. “They thought it would be fun and they wanted something unusual and unique. I’m waiting for someone to pull up on a horse... http://komonews.com/news/local/clark-co-flower-shop-owner-offers-drive-thru-weddings

Flower shop grows, opens second Camas location - Camas Washougal Post Record

A local floral business that has sold flowers outside Camas Produce for about nine months is expanding to include a storefront, also in Camas.Mystic Gardens has blooms in a colorful array of yellows, purples, pinks and other pastels and bright hues. There are roses, daisies, carnations, lilies, peonies, sunflowers and poms.Mystic Gardens’ owner Leslie Rick, a Camas-Washougal native, sells bouquets and individual flowers from a stand in the Camas Produce parking lot at 2940 N.E. Everett St.Rick purchases her flowers from floral wholesalers in Portland and Vancouver.Her best friend, Tim Carroll, assists with selling and arranging the flowers, and is in charge of the shop’s flower-dyeing lab.“We cater to colors, whether it be dying or painting,” Rick explains.The new Mystic Gardens storefront is located at 1924 N.E. Third Ave., Camas., at the former site of Groff’s Grab and Go! market and Big Lou’s Texas BBQ. A grand opening celebration will be held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, July 15.Rick said weather dictates when she can open her st... http://www.camaspostrecord.com/news/2017/jul/06/flower-shop-grows-opens-second-camas-location/

Movement pushes local, American Grown flowers - Vancouver Business Journal

CCFC Governmental Relations Committee, as chair, Dobbe and his fellow committee members have been lobbying Washington D.C. representatives and secured Clark County’s own Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Camas) to become one of the first four co-chairs of the Congressional Flower Caucus back in 2014.Since then, support has grown to 29 Washington D.C. representatives and, as a result, American Grown flowers were featured at a White House State Dinner, also in 2014.“I’m very encouraged by Jamie (Herrera-Beutler) and when I go to Washington D.C., I meet with her in her office and I’m excited because she’s from our district,” said Dobbe. “This year I gave her an American Grown scarf with our logo on it and she hung it in her office. Everyone who goes in her office will see it, so that’s pretty cool.”Another successful initiative for American Grown Flowers has been Field to Vase events throughout the United States. A series of intimate dinners that showcase locally-sourced ingredients and craft beverages, petals and blooms are the guests of honor on this tour that stretches from Virginia to Florida to Alaska. Each event is a sellout as over 100 guests are treated to a pre-dinner mixer, farm or greenhouse tour, floral demonstrations by experts in their craft, a multi-course meal and a flower-packed goodie bag as a parting gift. Last November, Holland America Flowers hosted a Field to Vase dinner in their greenhouse in Woodland and attendees were invited to join Dobbe on a behind-the-scenes tour of his facility.“These dinners are very well attended and a great way to get the word out with intimate stories (and) connection with the public,” Dobbe said. “We also believe very strongly that it (American Grown branding) will help to boost the sales of the American-grown product and that is very encouraging and I am very optimistic and committed to this effort.”Comments comments...

Florist heads to DC to speak for flowers - The Columbian

Dobbe went to Washington with the California Cut Flowers Commission Governmental Relations Committee, of which he is the chairman.During the trip, Dobbe met with U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, one of the first four House members who initiated the Congressional Cut Flower Caucus in February 2014, Dobbe said.During their meeting, Dobbe gave Herrera Beutler a scarf with the message “Take pride in your flowers.”... http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/mar/22/florist-heads-to-d-c-to-speak-for-flowers/

Alexandria Florist Invents Free Online Puzzle Game - The Zebra

SillyPuzzles, has now created more than 250 puzzles to be solved in five states and the 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/

The 3 best florists in Houston - KTRK-TV

Katy Freeway, Suite 211. With five stars out of 66 reviews on Yelp, the florist has proven to be a local favorite.3. Blomma Flower Shop Photo: blomma flower shop/YelpBlomma Flower Shop, a florist in Washington Avenue Coalition / Memorial Park, is another much-loved go-to, with 4.5 stars out of 74 Yelp reviews. Head over to 1602 Patterson St. to see for yourself. ... https://abc13.com/business/the-3-best-florists-in-houston/5129115/

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

Cheryl Diaz MeyerFor The Washington Post<caption>Phil 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.</caption> 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... 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

How Florists Delivered 25,000 "Freedom" Roses to Nancy Pelosi - Washingtonian

Democratic majority,” Hogarth says. The call for donations that Daily Kos sent out through its newsletter subscription service raised money at an astonishing rate. According to the Washington Post, within just a few hours they had the money to purchase thousands of roses. They ended up sending 25,000 roses at 89 cents a stem, or $22,000. And that doesn’t include the cost of a local florist processing the shipment for delivery.So how exactly does one procure 25,000 long-stemmed red roses in a pinch in the DMV? In this case, Daily Kos managed to go from collection to delivery in just a few days. Though in hindsight, Hogarth does suggest working just a few more days into your timeline. (“If I could do it all over again, I’d give it a minimum of a week,” says Hogarth.)The order was put in to Potomac Floral Wholesale this past Friday morning. By Tuesday, King had called to let Daily Kos know that 10,000 flowers had arrived from South America. They came in through Florida and were driven up the coast to DC. According to King, red roses come in 20-50 different varieties with names like “Red Paris” and “Sexy Red.” By coincidence, the 25,000 destined for Pelosi were all of a single variety, “Freedom.”Here’s the thing about ordering a large quantity of flowers wholesale: they don’t show up arranged in a cute vase. The blooms come straight from the fields, wild and packed into large cardboard boxes.In order to make the flowers presentable for their Capitol Hill debut, Daily Kos hired Angela Brunson of Blue Iris Flowers in Eastern Market to process the blooms; That means picking them up, unpacking them, cutting the stems, removing excessive foliage, arranging them in buckets, and delivering them. Brunson began working on the flowers on the Tuesday that they arrived. “To my knowledge it was like an all-day, all-night process,” says King. “Someone had to work all night and get very little sleep.” The following day, an additional 15,000 flowers arrived, and the first 10,000 were delivered to Pelosi’s office. Rather than overwhelm her office with the second delivery of 15,000 stems, Pelosi’s office asked Daily K... https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/01/10/nancy-pelosi-freedom-roses/