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‘Master florist’ Haruko Adkins, 90, had a passion for flower arrangements and tennis - The Washington Post

Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I., Morhart said, the trip was a “thrill for her.” Born in Nagoya, Japan, Adkins studied the art of floral arrangement and earned a four-year degree as a “master florist,” her friends said. She married Earl A. Adkins, a criminal investigator in the U.S. Army Military Police Corps. With his work, the couple traveled and lived in several places, including San Francisco and Germany, before settling in Arlington. He died in 1999.Adkins had a large group of friends and was known for helping others. If someone else wanted flowers she planned to use in an arrangement, she would happily give them away, Morhart said.“She was very, very generous,” Morhart said. “She was always willing to say: ‘Help yourself. Take that if you need it.’ She had a very sharing nature.”Adkins also did volunteer projects, including making sweaters and bags to carry food for those in need. She was once named Volunteer of the Year at Goodwin House.Valerie Burke, the chief philanthropy officer at Goodwin House, said Adkins also enjoyed working at a thrift shop on the property as a volunteer and was good at making displays.“She loved getting to know people and helping them find just the right trinket,” Burke said. In the dining room at Goodwin House, Burke said, Adkins would help if she noticed others weren’t eating enough or needed a hand.“She’d say, ‘You’re losing too much weight,’?” Burke said. “Then she’d go over and help them eat. She was a real connector.”In early May, Adkins came down to meet her weekly flower-arranging group but said she couldn’t stay because she didn’t feel well. A few days later she went to the hospital and tested positive for the coronavirus, according to friends. She died 12 days later. “We were all very, very sad,” Morhart said. “She was so easy to work with, so talented and just fun to be around.”Read more:... https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/haruko-adkins-coronavirus/2020/08/18/58bc3c7a-e13e-11ea-b69b-64f7b0477ed4_story.html

Local flower shop blooms on Fourth Ave - Arizona Daily Wildcat

RELATED: The show goes on (remotely) at The Loft Cinema The Flower Shop on 4th Avenue has been considered a BloomNation’s Best Florist in 2017, 2018 and 2019, according to the shop’s website.The shop offers a variety of floral arrangements for numerous occasions, such as birthdays, sympathy, weddings and just because, according to its website. Floral arrangements begin at $49.99 and up depending on the complexity and size of the design, according to Velasquez. Along with traditional flower arrangements, the shop offers creative and artistic designs and recommendations to fit the needs of all its customers, according to the shop’s website.“I really like the pink roses and the sunflowers and linear flowers such as snapdragons,” said Norah Schultz, the owner of the Flower Shop on 4th Avenue. Unlike traditional large wire service flower companies, the Flower Shop on 4th Avenue has creative control over its designs and arrangements.“We're not a wire service. We’re not a slave to [Florists' Transworld Delivery]; we completely have creative control over everything that's on our website, everything that goes out the door,” Schultz said.RELATED: Extracurriculars across campus: Involvement and opportunityDesiree Padilla, a floral designer at the shop and University of Arizona freshman studying molecular cellular biology, agrees with Schultz.“Our shop is a novelty, so everything we do, we have a say in what goes out. It's really like a tiny community. So it's different from the other shops that I've worked at before,” Padilla said.The Flower Shop on 4th Avenue works closely with local businesses and organizations on Fourth Avenue and Downtown Tucson, such as Johnny Gibson’s Downtown Market, HighWire Lounge and the Tucson Museum of Art, according to the shop’s website.“So every partnersh... https://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2020/08/a-atc-plants

Flower farm Detroit Abloom fosters connection between nature and community - Model D

This subscription allows customers to prepay for bouquets at the beginning of the season and pick them up throughout, which eliminates the middleman of a florist and helps support Detroit Alboom start up their season.img src="https://www.modeldmedia.com/FilterD/images/butterfly-nursery.jpg" srcset="https://www.modeldmedia.com/FilterD/images/butterfly-nursery.jpg?s=l 265w, https://www.modeldmedia.com/FilterD/images/butterfly-nursery.jpg?s=... https://www.modeldmedia.com/features/detroit-abloom-flourishes.aspx

Self-serve flower cart in North Vancouver delights neighbours - North Shore News

Vancouver resident has been bringing a little island charm to her quiet Lynn Valley street. With the assistance of an old cooler, some wood strips and ample bunches of beautiful flowers, gardener and florist Rachel Klausen has opened a tiny flower cart along Bermon Place. article continues below Trending Stories The hook: there’s no vendor or florist in sight. Instead, Klausen has opted for an honour-system model. Passersby are encouraged to grab a bouquet and either e-transfer her $10 or pop the cash into a paper bag next to the cart. Klausen says she was inspired to open the self-serve flower cart in front of her house after noticing how common this kind of makeshift commerce was in smaller communities around British Columbia, such as the Gulf Islands or some places on Vancouver Island. “We were driving by and there was this little cart and it just said, ‘Self-serve apricots,’” says Klausen, recalling a recent trip to Duncan. “I just thought it was so interesting. I’d never seen anything like that and then just driving around the island I saw them everywhere.” Klausen has been a florist for six years, but it wasn’t until this year that she was determined to start... https://www.nsnews.com/community/self-serve-flower-cart-in-north-vancouver-delights-neighbours-1.24179798

Flower industry concerned about bloom imports and biosecurity fights for Australian-made labelling - ABC News

Australian Grown Flowers," Mr Russo said.He said that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) had already approved the label.Florists looking local Australian flower growers created the registered trademark, Australian Grown Flowers, in December 2018.(Supplied)Mr Russo said a "growing number" of florists had since chosen to use the label because they believed customers were becoming "more concerned about where their flowers are coming from".Each year, Australia imports millions of flower stems — mainly roses, chrysanthemums and carnations — from countries such as Kenya, Ecuador, Colombia and Malaysia. Those imports are sold everywhere from supermarkets to florists and petrol stations.National farm lobby groups and many growers are concerned about the number of flowers found with foreign pests and diseases when they arrive in Australia. But the Federal Department of Agriculture said those numbers had decreased and that no pests or diseases from imported flowers had made it past quarantine inspectors. The ABC understands the Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has written to the Federal Industry Minister, Karen Andrews, asking for country of origin labelling to be made compulsory for imported flowers. The government is reviewing country of origin labelling, and is considering what other products it should be compulsory for. Sydney flower grower, Aldo Vumbaca, first started trialling the Australian grown label last year at a local market.(Supplied: Aldo Vumbaca)Trialling the labelSydney flower grower, Aldo Vumbaca, has been in the flower trade for more than 40 years and first started trialling the Australian grown label last year at a local market. "We get repeat sales because customers are coming back wanting to support local — they can't believe it when they hear about the number of imports," Mr Vumbaca said. Make your inbox more interesting Subscribe to Rural RoundUp: Our best stories from rural Australia.The Victorian Flower Industry has backed the move and hoped it will give consumers more awareness, partic... https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-08-12/australian-flower-growers-create-australian-grown-label/12547116

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