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A little bit of the tropics comes to Moraga - Lamorindaweekly

I'd have to drive into San Francisco every day to replenish the flowers." This year's displays feature the arrangements of 150 designers. Ow's assignment this year is to florally replicate painter Frederic Edwin Church's masterpiece "Rainy Season in the Tropics." "There are no awards or prizes," Ow said. "It's the thrill of being part of the event." During the luncheon, Ow recreated several of her previous Bouquets to Art entries which her daughter, Jacqueline Ow, compared with copies of the original works of art. When asked how a florist is chosen as a designer for the special exhibit, Ow informed the awestruck assemblage, "They go through your portfolio and visit your shop to make sure that you are equipped to handle the assignment and that your creations won't disappoint the patrons." To see Ow's upcoming creation, visit the Bouquets to Art exhibit at The de Young Museum, June 4-9. Advance tickets are strongly recommended. One of several centerpieces created by Moraga Garden Club members. http://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1305/A-little-bit-of-the-tropics-comes-to-Moraga.html

Cut flower growers’ conference set for March - Augusta Free Press

Even more producers have entered the field since then, raising flowers for the floral bouquet market.The 2019 Cut Flower Growers Conference on March 13 and 14 at the Fredericksburg Expo and Conference Center will offer newcomers and experienced growers a chance to learn more about cut flower opportunities.Raising flowers has many advantages for small-scale producers, according to Virginia State University’s Small Farm Outreach program. They’re a high-value crop that can be raised on a small footprint, requiring only a few people to raise them. And if growers use a high tunnel or a greenhouse they can sell their products year-round.“Around here in Southside Virginia, flowers are like vegetables. People like what they know and grew up with,” noted Amy Carwile, co-owner of Archlynn Farms in Charlotte County. She and her husband grow fruits and vegetables, and in 2018 she added cut flowers to the mix. “I like to grow pretty flowers, ones you can take home, put on a kitchen table or share with your friends,” Carwile said.Jessica Hall, master grower and designer for Harmony Harvest Farm LLC in Augusta County, said farm-fresh flowers are a “great way to marry agriculture with the niche market of cut flowers.” She and her mother, Chris Auville, started their cut flower business in 2... https://augustafreepress.com/cut-flower-growers-conference-set-for-march/

Team flower power | News, Sports, Jobs - The Adirondack Daily Enterprise

The society started in 1910, but the park system plan goes back to 1907 when the Olmsted Brothers firm — the brothers’ father, Frederick Law Olmsted, designed Central Park in New York City and was the most renowned landscape architect of his day — rolled out a plan that would eventually lead to the establishment of Beaver, Vest Pocket, Denny, Dorsey, Sunset and Triangle parks, as well as the Herb Garden.Flowers brighten Broadway, Saranac Lake, in front of the village parking lot beside Berkeley Green.(Enterprise photo — Aaron Cerbone) “VIS has always had these beauty spots, and then it started being, ‘Let’s take it to the streets. Let’s take it out of these parks. Let’s see what we can do downtown,” Kathy said. As the plants branched out along the streets, connecting park to park, they were initially met with drunken opponents, pulling out flowers after late nights out, but the Steinbruecks said that nuisance resolved itself eventually. “Vandalism was a terrible problem in the beginning,” Roger said. “But the last few years have been good.” Roger said this year was perfect for flowers: some rain and lots of sun.–Who’s behind the flowers– Other local nurseries also provide flowers for the other parks and gardens in Saranac Lake. The Riverside Park garden, around the veterans memorial, is paid for by the Veterans Memorial Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW Auxiliary, American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary and Sons of American Legion, planted by Nancy Hurteau and maintained by the village. There are four entry sign gardens, paid by the village and planted and maintained by VIS. The Star Garden at the World War I memorial on the corner of River and Church streets is paid for by the village, maintained by volunteer Chuck Van Anden and planted with Scott’s Florist flowers by VIS. The triangle at River Street and Lake Flower Avenue (by NBT Bank), the garden beside the Rusty Nail on Broadway at Bloomingdale Avenue and the Harrietstown corner barrel are all paid, planted and maintained by VIS. Adirondack Bank, the Community Store, Nori’s Village Market, the post office, Tri-Lakes Home Medical Equipment and Bitters & Bones have two barrels each. Rice Furniture, Saranac Lake Wine & Liquor, Blue Moon Cafe, Belleville & Associates insurance, T.F. Finnigan menswear, Edward Jones Financial Services, Small Fortune Studio, I.B. Hunt Agency insurance, Eye Care for the Adirondacks, Tri-Lakes Center For Dentistry, Cape Air, the vacant former Scheefer’s jewelry building, Borracho Taco, Goody Goody’s, Adirondack Loon Center, Fiddlehead Bistro and Left Bank Cafe each have one barrel. The village pays for 10 planters in full: four in Riverside Park, four in the parking lot beside Berkeley Green, one in Berkeley Green and one in the Main Street parking lot. ... http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2018/09/team-flower-power/

More top designers to return to 2019 RHS Chelsea Flower Show as children theme emerges

Children’s Gardening week themed garden in the Discovery Zone, designed by former Blue Peter gardener Chris Collins, that will feature new plant launches and child-friendly gardening ideas.Frederic Whyte will design an interactive garden inspired by the journeys of 10 Inspirational Children and Young People’s Award winners. Film maker Nicholas Connor is among them and will be one of those helping Whyte design the garden.Kate Gould is set to design for the Greenfingers children's hospice garden charity.In the pavilion, Thompson & Morgan hope to exhibit new plants on Sparsholt College’s exhibit.Dutch growers such as Florist Holland hope to exhibit on a Birmingham Council exhibit, which has not been confirmed.Millais, APHA, Hillier and Medwyn Williams are also set to exhibit in the pavilion alongside dozens of the regular nurseries. ... https://www.hortweek.com/top-designers-return-2019-rhs-chelsea-flower-show-children-theme-emerges/landscape/article/1497566

Candlelight vigil planned for slain Colorado mother with Clifton roots

Shanann Rzucek when she lived in Clifton and attended School 11, was 15 weeks pregnant when she and her daughters, Celeste, 4, and Bella, 3, were killed about three weeks ago in Frederick, Colorado.  Chris Watts, 33, Shanann's husband and father to the girls, was charged with nine counts of felony in the deaths of his wife and daughters. He is being held pending a November court appearance. Liguori said that when she heard the news about Watts' killing in Colorado, it sent a shiver through her. As she watched the reports about Shanann Watts unfold, it became increasingly personal.  "With so many people following the story, everyone was crushed," Liguori said.  More: Colorado man arrested in deaths of daughters, pregnant wife from Passaic More: Former 'Cosby Show' actor quits job at Clifton Trader Joe's after being 'job-shamed' After learning of the family's fate, Liguori said she watched as vigils were held in Colorado. Given the family's Clifton and New Jersey connections she decided to post on social media the idea of a local vigil.  "We really wanted to let the family know that everyone is thinking of them," she added.  Robin Gibson, Bev Kutcher Mannina and Jennifer Magill-Azquetam joined the vigil-planning effort.  ... https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/passaic/clifton/2018/09/04/vigil-set-slain-colorado-mom-clifton-nj/1189312002/

Make sure your Mothers Day flowers are what you paid for - WSAU News

CDU) party congress in Hamburg, Germany, December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch MADISON, WI (Wisconsin Radio Network-WSAU) Mother's Day is Sunday. If you're looking to find a flower arrangement for Mom, make sure you're getting what you're paying for.State consumer protection director Michelle Reinen says one option you might have, if your mom lives here in the state, is to get a local florist to put together something with a Wisconsin touch. "If you are asking these questions and really looking, you may be able to get something special that's unique to our state, and give that as your gift as well."Reinen says ask about pricing and if a vase is included, and when possible work with a florist directly in your mom's area, rather than a floral service.Reinen said, "Other questions are what flowers are fresh and season in that specific area. In Wisconsin we're going to have different seasonal flowers right now than somebody in Hawai'i or Florida."= ... https://wsau.com/news/articles/2019/may/06/make-sure-your-mothers-day-flowers-are-what-you-paid-for/

Capital - Why are flowers so expensive? - BBC News

Jeanie McKewan, who has been growing flowers for 13 years in the US states of Illinois and Wisconsin, points to insect damage as a big challenge, saying there’s a “zero tolerance” policy: “It is through constant vigilance and the use of integrated pest management that we keep the little buggers from getting the best of our crops,” she says.Then the flowers have to bloom on schedule. In the case of Mother’s Day tulips planted in January or February, they have to bloom by early May in time to be picked and shipped.Labour costs are already high – according to the 2012 US Agricultural Census, contract and hired labour accounted for 10% of total agricultural operating expenses in the US, but that number soared to 40% for greenhouse, nursery and floriculture production because of a tighter farm labour market and rising wages. Then you add extra costs for peaks.McKewan hires extra hands during peak periods but says cutting flowers “requires experience and cannot be done by just any part-time employee”. Chris Drummond, a Philadelphia-based florist, says wages average around $13.25 (£10.16) per hour in the US. “In order to ramp up production to meet holiday demand, growers are required to pay far above that average,” he says.In developed countries like the Netherlands or Germany, Stewart says that there are greenhouses with automated technology like sophisticated watering machines or robot transplanters and harvesters, where fewer workers are needed. But in poorer nations with cheaper labour, there’s less use of technology.  Then it’s time for shipping. While flowers are waiting on the runway or in the back of a lorry, temperatures can’t be too cold (for Valentine’s Day) or too hot (for Mother’s Day). When they arrive at the wholesaler, they must look perfect. That means no bug bites, no missing petals, no dead buds. Otherwise, they get thrown away. “It has to be flawless,” Stewart says.Complicated logisticsChris Drummond, the florist, estimates that the holiday volume “is usually nearly 20 times the everyday volume”. He says many farmers nurture flowers all year long to ensure enough blooms for the handful of holidays. During the other months on the farm, he says, flowers are sold at cost, below cost or discarded and turned into mulch.“So, of course farm price increases as demand increases,” he says. “Consumers are paying a premium to make sure that grower is compensated for their expense and effort to maintain the plants year-round, thus ensuring the wide variety of flowers is available at each holiday.”He highlights costs across the supply chain, saying industry participants must “rent temporary space, pay fuel surcharges, find space on airlines, hire independent drivers, find more refrigerated trucks, pay overtime to staff” and more. Roses flown from Bogota to Miami are hit with a 15-cent (£0.12) importer’s fee to clear customs and inspection. Domestic refrigerated shipping can vary, but that’s another eight cents (£0.06) per rose.It also depends on what kind of flower you’re shipping – Drummond says 300 carnations can fit into the same box as 150 roses, so the transport price per stem is halved. Transit time from field to florist can be up to a week (though it can wildly vary depending on where the flowers are coming from), and the blooms must be carefully handled every step of the way.Hans Larsen is a cut flower grower in the US state of Wisconsin and has ... http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190507-why-are-flowers-so-expensive

Susan In The Sky with Spring Flowers - Ricochet.com

Madison Wisconsin, Spring 1975She was house sitting, that week, as memory serves. The teacher’s home had an adobe-style wall fencing in a plethora of dogwoods and cherry, plum and almond with an occasional Japanese maple thrown in. There were hydrangeas and rhubarb, the stalks of irises, and some jonquils so newly yellow peeking out from behind some type of vegetation.“I love it here, don’t you?” she asked. We, two young women, sat swinging on the porch couch, sipping our coffee and enjoying our lives. The sky above us yawned so that the silvery grey clouds revealed a slumbering sun. From the way things felt around us, it was hard to know if it would be sunny or rainy, chilly or warm. Being Wisconsin, it could be all of those things, in just ten or twelve hours!“We could bike over to the lumber yard, if you want.” She could tell I was battling simmering emotions. Friends always know these things.“Are you sure Dar hasn’t forgotten?” I asked, feeling nervous. The deal was, today was crib day. W... https://ricochet.com/623926/susan-in-the-sky-with-spring-flowers/

Appletons Memorial Florists to diversify by growing hemp - Appleton Post Crescent

There's literally no way you can get high off hemp," said Rob Richard, senior director of governmental relations at the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation in Madison. Nevertheless, hemp was outlawed as a crop in Wisconsin in 1970, squashing Wisconsin's hemp growing industry.  "Wisconsin has a long history of growing hemp and was the top producer in the country from the 30s to the 50s," said Richard.  The state Legislature passed a law in November 2017 to allow farmers to grow industrial hemp once again.  While legal to grow, Richard said farmers are keeping an eye on a federal 2018 farm bill, yet to be signed, that gives them more incentive. "It clears up any misinterpretation or legal interpretation of what hemp is. It will be a crop. It removes it from the controlled substances act," Richard said. "It makes it eligible for crop insurance, so it takes away some of the risk."  Richard sees hemp as a good option for Wisconsin farmers. "Our farmers are going through a rough time because commodity prices and milk prices are taking a beating. This is one avenue for farmers to hopefully make some profit on a crop."  Besides Front Range, a number of other companies offering seeds and "clones" or tissue cuttings for propagating plants are starting in the state. "They're looking at Wisconsin because we're No. 2 in available organic acreage. Organics are where a lot of the profitability is," he said.    Front Range leased one of Memorial's 15,400-square-foot greenhouses to grow tiny hemp plants — in much the same way greenhouses grow bedding or pack plants for home gardeners — that it will sell to Wisconsin farmers for planting in the fields. The operation will add eight full-time jobs.  Memorial Florists' traditional floral and greenhouse operations will continue in the remainder of its 40,000-square-foot facility.  That means home gardeners, decorators, brides, funerals and those looking for the business' better quality plants will ... https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2018/12/04/appletons-memorial-florists-greenhouses-signs-deal-grow-hemp/2201857002/