Andalusia Flower Shop News
The Patio Festival in Córdoba – Do you grow flowers too? - Deutsche Welle
Monday, May 02, 2016Córdoba celebrate the Fiesta de los Patios – private courtyards decorated with colorful bouquets, water features and artistic mosaics. They’re typical of the region and make a great place for Andalusians to unwind.Do you have somewhere to relax outside? Send us a photo of your garden, courtyard, balcony or terrace. Just fill in the feedback form and upload the picture. Everyone who takes part will receive a photo book of Spanish gardens.The closing date is 5 May 2016, 24:00 UTC. Judges’ decision is final. Good luck!... http://www.dw.com/en/the-patio-festival-in-c%25C3%25B3rdoba-do-you-grow-flowers-too/a-19213377
Yes, April showers have brought flowers - Andalusia Star-News
Monday, April 11, 2016Yes, April showers have brought flowersAndalusia Star-NewsApril showers brought the flowers. Once a year the Alabama Writers Symposium meets at Alabama Southern Community College in Monroeville, sponsored by ASCC and the Alabama Center for Literary Arts. I attended March 31 and April 1, the nineteenth ... http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2016/04/09/yes-april-showers-have-brought-flowers/
Rose Parade 2016 Lineup: Find all the floats, bands, and equestrian groups - The Pasadena Star-News
Wednesday, December 23, 2015Rose Court for more than four decades.22. 2016 Rose Queen and Royal Court (Fiesta Parade Floats)23. Medieval Times Dinner and TournamentThe dozen riders are atop breathtaking, pure Spanish or Andalusian horses, bred and trained at the Medieval Times Ranch in Sanger, Texas. Costumes represent different regions in medieval Spain.Marshal Jesse Camarena24. Albany State University Marching RamsAs this Georgia band’s 126 members prepared for their debut in the parade, the community helped out with a fundraising effort that included a benefit concert featuring R&B and hip-hop artist T-Pain.25. Kaiser Permanente - “Helping Mother... http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/lifestyle/20151221/rose-parade-2016-lineup-find-all-the-floats-bands-and-equestrian-groups
It's very golden outside — goldenrod, golden aster, sunflower - Andalusia Star-News
Monday, October 12, 2015It's very golden outside — goldenrod, golden aster, sunflowerAndalusia Star-NewsMrs. Eiland wore yellow flowers, presented her by Gordon and Trudy Vickers. An Italian cream cake, baked by Mrs. Butler, was crowned by a candle, extinguished as those present sang “Happy Birthday.” ... Riley, nicknamed “the Hoosier Poet,” wrote “When ... http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2015/10/10/its-very-golden-outside-goldenrod-golden-aster-sunflower/
‘The power of flowers’: Alabama’s florists cope with pandemic, recovery - AL.com
Monday, August 24, 2020Volume dropped to almost nothing except what I could do,” Morris said.Morris’ experience was much like other industries, but it illustrates the particular challenges felt by florists around Alabama. The life events where people expect flowers - hospitalizations, funerals - were suddenly in the news, but the demand for them was all but extinguished.Cameron Pappas at Norton’s Florist in Birmingham said the lockdown, and the reopening that followed, has reminded him of the “power of flowers.”“We’ve had a lot of reminders of how important flowers are to everyone,” he said. “They keep people sane.”The pandemic hit America right in a peak season for florists - the rush before Easter, proms and spring events. Pappas said business began to slowdown by about 40 percent one week before his shop closed for two weeks on March 23. The store laid off all of its employees for that period.Cameron Pappas delivered flowers to Birmingham-area restaurants during the coronavirus shutdown.Thousands of floral businesses around America were left with perishable goods that they couldn’t sell. Just three days before Norton’s closed, it had received a shipment of about $5,000 in flowers. Rather than throw them out, Pappas said, they made bouquets to give away at restaurants and nursing homes that would accept them. In some cases, he hand delivered them.“We wanted the flowers to still do their job, to bring joy to bad situations,” he said. “We wanted them to say that we’re not going to let this virus take away the heart of our city.”Morris, 86, said he was reduced to little better than a one-man operation for about five weeks, with his nephew keeping the books. Most of the business coming in ... https://www.al.com/business/2020/06/the-power-of-flowers-alabamas-florists-cope-with-pandemic-recovery.html
HER | Local decorator helps get homes ready for holidays - Texarkana Gazette
Wednesday, December 11, 2019Marie said, "including four banks, a phone company, some cell phone businesses and lodges at Beaver's Bend."But Oklahoma isn't as far as she is willing to go. "Every July I go to Dauphin Island, Alabama, where I have several clients. They get decor 'refreshers' each summer," she said. "When I go down there I also go deep-sea fishing for Red Snapper, so it's an annual vacation for me."When she isn't decorating for others, she and her husband Jerry reside on the Louisiana side of Caddo Lake where they enjoy entertaining. They are also very active at Trees Baptist Church. They have four children: Tony Campbell of Queen City, Dee Dee Wells and Misty Lutton of Atlanta, and Damon Donnell of Athens, Texas.Marie says she has never gotten too busy to take on more clients."I never turn anyone down," she said. "I just hire more people to do the work. We will do what it takes to make people happy." n... https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/her/story/2019/dec/03/her-local-decorator-helps-get-homes-ready-holidays/806564/
Wild Honey Flower Truck is Birmingham's florist on wheels - Alabama NewsCenter
Tuesday, September 10, 2019It’s an idea that bloomed when Kelsey Sizemore and her husband, Josh, saw similar flower operations outside of Alabama.“We had seen a couple of similar businesses in other cities and we thought it was something that Birmingham would really love,” Kelsey Sizemore said.If you’re going to have a flower truck, it has to start with the truck.“We started by looking at trucks on Craigslist and eBay,” Sizemore said. “We decided on the kind of truck that we liked.”[embedded content]Wild Honey Flower Truck is blooming in Birmingham from Alabama NewsCenter on Vimeo.When they found a potential truck in Ohio, Sizemore sent her father-in-law to check it out. When it earned a thumbs-up, they had the truck towed to Birmingham.“We started the process of really transforming the truck into something that could house the flowers,” she said.That meant a paint job, building out the back to carry flower vases and adding an awning.Next came procuring flowers by working with wholesalers, flower markets and other dealers.With the truck ready and outfitted with flowers, the only decision was where to go to sell them.“We just sought out the places that we really like to go,” Sizemore said.That could mean being outside of the Pizitz building one day and in Woodlawn the next.You can also find Wild Honey Food Truck at the West Homewood Farmer’... https://alabamanewscenter.com/2019/06/28/wild-honey-flower-truck-is-birminghams-florist-on-wheels/
Wild Honey Flower Truck is Birmingham's florist on wheels - Yellowhammer News
Tuesday, July 23, 2019This group’s not coming the right way,” he said. “The Democrats want them to come, not because they’re kind and nice… [but for] power and money. They have no sympathy for the people here in Alabama… We have lost control of our borders and they’re coming right and left.”Tuberville sarcastically credited longtime Democratic elected officials like former Vice President Joe Biden, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for somehow spinning the nation’s problems, like the border crisis, into being President Donald Trump’s fault, as he has only been in office for two and a half years compared to their lifetimes in politics.“They own the media. And that’s the reason our country’s in the shape it’s in today, because our media will not call a spade a spade,” Tuberville lamented. “They won’t call it out. They’re going to side with the socialist Democratic Party and push that narrative as far as they can, because they want for some reason, I don’t understand it, for some reason they want to go that direction. They want free for everybody, and we know that doesn’t work. It’s really a sad situation.”During his remarks, Tuberville also identified fixing the rural healthcare crisis, workforce development, industry recruitment and growing Alabama’s high-tech sector as priorities if elected.Of course, his stump speech also included a heavy dose on what he views as one of the main reasons for American society’s decline.“I’m a Christian conservative,” Tuberville emphasized.“We ought to be ashamed of ourselves. We took prayer out of the schools in the ’60s and not one person has fought to get it back — not one. … You know what? Other religions can pray in our schools. They can. They can pray in our schools. And I’m not against any religion. Hey, you come here, as long as you go by our laws and our constitution you can pray to any god you want to. I’m all for that. That’s what this country’s about. But by gosh, don’t tell us we can’t say the Lord’s Prayer in school and send our kids home,” he said.Tuberville said that Trump can get the country turned around with enough support from conservatives across the country and in Congress. However, he decried that the president is having to fight members of the establishment from both parties in trying to effect change.“[W]e’ve got to put Jesus and God before everything else,” he stressed. “And if we don’t do that, we’re going to be brought down to our knees again.”Sean Ross is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn... https://yellowhammernews.com/wild-honey-flower-truck-is-birminghams-florist-on-wheels/
