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Histories and mysteries of Goldendale businesses: City's historic florist shop celebrates long history - Goldendale Sentinel

Shelby TaylorYEARS OF FLOWERS: Clark's Floral has a unique stone marker in front of its store. The business has been around since the 1950's.Debbie and Ken Clark are the owners of Goldendale's Clark's Floral, which features tuxedos, giftware, chocolates, flowers, and accessories. The shop has been owned and operated by the duo since 1993 after taking over the business from Dale Wirick, when the company was previously named Golden Court Florist. At the time, the shop was located at 131 W Court St ., until the new building located on Broadway was built in 2002.  Debbie's family was able to track the history of the business back to the '50s, stating, "This shop is one of the oldest businesses still running in Goldendale." And it's still surviving."To me that's encouraging. I see all these people going out of business and think, 'Ohh, noo.'"Fortunately, Clarks Floral has managed to get through and overcome tough economic periods with the addition of accessories, gifts, and chocolates.Debbie was first inspired to become a florist by her mother. "When I was a little girl my mother worked in this business," she recalls.Later, her mother became interested in buying anot... http://www.goldendalesentinel.com/story/2016/07/13/features/histories-and-mysteries-of-goldendale-businesses-citys-historic-florist-shop-celebrates-long-history/7711.html

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/