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Flower Fix: Where to Find Flowers & Plants in Nashville - StyleBlueprint

Garden Center is BACK!The new Creekside Garden Center shop across the street has gifts, flowers and potted plants among other fun goodies.Flower Basket2501 12th Ave South, Nashville TN, 372043812 Hillsboro Pike, Nashville, TN 37215Hours: Every day, 8 a.m. to darkWhat you’ll find: Plants, landscaping supplies, flowers to plant, herbsFor six weeks in April and May, visit Flower Basket for your gardening needs. The two locations are home to a wide variety of plants, flowers, herbs, succulents and more, alongside a helpful and friendly staff who can help you find what you need or guide you towards something new. The beautiful and bright-colored flowers are fun to browse on a sunny day, even if you aren’t planning to plant them yourself!Stop by the Flower Basket and explore their many plant and flower options!Flower Mart4503 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN 37205 • (615) 490-3966Hours: Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.4004 Hillsboro Pike #165R, Nashville, TN 37215 • (615) 292-7272Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.What you’ll find: Plants, arrangements, delivery, home and garden decorFlower Mart has two locations in Nashville, both stocked with a variety of flowers, plants and garden... https://styleblueprint.com/nashville/everyday/where-to-find-flowers-in-nashville/

Beautiful Blooms: A Few of Our Favorite Nashville Flower Shops - StyleBlueprint

Image: The Farmer’s FloristThe Farmer’s Florist does weddings and events, as well. Image: Joshua NessFlower Mart4503 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN 37205 • (615) 490-3966 4004 Hillsboro Pike, Ste. 165R, Nashville, TN 37215 • (615) 292-7272 Hours: Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.a href="https://styleblueprint.com/nashville/guide/flower-mart/" target="_blank"... https://styleblueprint.com/nashville/everyday/flower-shops-nashville/

Blooming brilliant! Sheffield floristry apprentice wins place in skills finals - The Star

NEC Birmingham. She currently spends four days a week training at Floral Magic on Manchester Road in Stocksbridge, developing industry skills, and one day a week studying at the College’s Hillsborough campus on Livesey Street. Alicia said: “I’m really looking forward to competing in WorldSkills UK. It feels amazing to get this far. I chose an apprenticeship at The Sheffield College because I love learning new skills, and it’s great to earn as I learn.” She continued: “Floristry is really creative because you need to think about the design, colours and textures. It’s also very rewarding to help customers during an emotional time of their lives. In the long term, I’d like to set up my own business.” Alicia added: “I really want to thank my family and friends, my boss and my College tutors as well as the British Florist Association for their support. I couldn’t have got this far without them!”Abigail McGuire, Business Owner, Floral Magic, commented: “Alicia is a valuable asset to our team because she has such a thirst and enthusiasm for learning. We are very proud of her success. Alicia will give 110% to WorldSkills UK and we wish her the best of luck. Thanks to support from The Sheffield College, being able to recruit keen apprentices such as Alicia is really helping our business to grow.”Angela Foulkes, Principal, The Sheffield College, said: “We provide an inspirational learning experience that enables our students to get the skills that employers need. Taking part in competitions such as WorldSkills UK demonstrates the high calibre of v... http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/blooming-brilliant-sheffield-floristry-apprentice-wins-place-in-skills-finals-1-8796348

FLORAL DESIGN: Hobby turns passion turns business for Morgan Moylan - Durham Herald Sun

HILLSBOROUGH -- Finding your passion is sometimes about finding your place. Such is the case for Hillsborough resident and mother of four and trained flower arrangement designer and artist extraordinaire, Morgan Moylan.“I took a landscape architect course at N.C. State and quickly learned that I was much better at cutting flowers than growing flowers,” says Moylan of her hobby turned passion turned business of designing flower arrangements.Her West Queen Studio at her Queen Street home in Hillsborough is part creative playground part classroom and part expression of thought.“I trained in London and Paris and have always had an interest and desire to arrange flowers and prepare them in such a way,” says Moylan.The full-time wife and mother of four says that her early flower roots began in her kitchen before finding her true purpose through a repurposed workshop adjacent to her house.“I was teaching classes in our kitchen and my husband was getting frustrated with all of the greenery on... http://www.heraldsun.com/news/local_news/floral-design-hobby-turns-passion-turns-business-for-morgan-moylan/article_66df6bb8-037c-11e7-87c6-df949fd3d4e0.html

Upcoming home and garden classes: terrarium, organizing, Valentine's crafts - News & Observer

Raleigh Garden Club Club luncheon meeting. 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 1. reservations required, $18 with lunch, $2 without. North Carolina State University Club, 4200 Hillsborough St., Raleigh. 919-828-0308 Chainmaille Jewelry Introductory Workshop The process of creating chainmaille involves using two pairs of pliers (one in each hand), wielding them like a crab, and opening and closing split rings to create intricate patterns. The process is simple and addictive, although people with arthritis or other hand sensitivities may have difficulty. During these workshops, we will utilize anodized aluminum jump rings, a material that is lightweight, easy to work with, durable, waterproof and cleans up with soap and water. It also comes in a rainbow of 25 colors — you will be able to select your own custom mix of colors to create your pieces. 6:30-9 p.m. Feb. 2, 2:30-4 p.m Feb. 18. $22.50 plus materials fee. Durham Arts Council, 120 Morris St., Durham. 919-560-2787, durhamarts.org. Clay Date Night Grab your spouse or a friend and have a creative night out at the DAC Clay Studio. Participants will have the opportunity to experiment with clay as the instructor introduces a variety of techniques. Each person will complete and paint a functional piece of pottery that will be glazed and fired by the instructor and available for pick up 2-3 weeks after the workshop. 7-9 p.m. Feb. 3. $25 per person. Durham Arts Council Clay Studio, 1058 W. Club Blvd., Durham. 919-286-4238, ... http://www.newsobserver.com/living/home-garden/article127368744.html

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/

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

Flowers Done Green - local flower shop keeps it unexpected - Volume One

Valley.“We don’t have to always go looking to the exotic to find something exceptionally beautiful. We’re celebrating what’s beautiful about Wisconsin.” – Sarah Lambert, Hive & Hollow“What I’m trying to do that’s different is having all of my flowers sourced as locally as possible,” Sarah said.  In the spring and summer that means using supplies from her own greenhouse and garden and supporting local flower growers.  When the winter months restrict local options to willow branches, pine cones, and evergreens, rather than ordering carnations and roses from Central American farms, she brings out the best of the seasonal options, accentuating them with plants from a Minnesota greenhouse.“We don’t have to always go looking to the exotic to find something exceptionally beautiful,” Sarah said.  “We’re celebrating what’s beautiful about Wisconsin.”Sarah is also celebrating sustainability through her choices in product.  She recalls a conversation with a fellow florist from ten years ago, when her coworker expressed concern the effect of floral industry chemicals on fertility.  Before then, she hadn’t realized the proliferation of carcinogenic chemicals in pesticides and plastics associated with flower arranging.  Sarah aims to carry as many organic, recycled, and locally grown products as possible to avoid negative environmental impact.Many of Sarah’s arrangements are presented in thrifted tins, glassware, and pots.  On a recent Friday, she placed a bridal bouqu... https://volumeone.org/articles/2018/11/28/27005_flowers_done_green