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Expert floral designer visits Andover - Eagle-Tribune

Bonnie Antkowiak, Tilton School; JoAnn Atwood, Golden Hill; Maureen Bly, Little Sprouts Haverhill NECC; Joseph Boland, Whittier Regional Vo Tech; Tim Carven, Pentucket Lake; John Clark, Bradford Elementary; Paul Corriveau, Silver Hill; Danielle Gregoire, Moody School; Heather Guthrie, Sacred Hearts; Alexandra Handel, Silver Hill; Rhonda Kurto, Sacred Hearts; Dana McNamara, Tilton School; Paul Moskevitz, Whittier Regional Vo Tech; Kim Perez, Silver Hill; Beth Perry, Tilton School, and Meghan Pstragowski, Golden Hill.Tickets are $40 each an include dinner. Raffles for gift baskets will be available. RSVP by Nov. 7 to Colette Ekman at ekmanc@northshoreymca.org.Festival of Trees at the ButtonwoodsThe Buttonwoods Museum's 16th annual "Christmas at the Buttonwoods: A Festival of Trees" runs from Nov. 24 (opening gala night) through Dec. 10.Tentative hours are posted on the museum's website, http://www.buttonwoods.org. A full schedule will be posted once it is available. The deadline to donate or advertise for this year's event is Sunday, Nov. 12.Donated trees, wreaths and centerpieces can be dropped off as follows: from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 8; from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 9; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 10 and 11; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 12.For more information, contact the Buttonwoods at 978-374-4626. Holiday fair to benefit Salem Animal Rescue LeagueDERRY — Brookstone Park is holding a Holiday Fair to benefit the Salem Animal Rescue League from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 25.The fair will be held at Brookstone’s location at 14 Route 111 in Derry.Vendors will be selling homemade items, holiday themed gifts, bags, jewelry, pet items, clothes and more. There will also be activities for kids, with a children’s book sale, photos with Santa, and raffle items.All proceeds from this event support the Salem Animal Rescue League and the animals in their care.#ndn-video-player-3.ndn_embedded .ndn_floatContainer { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; }... http://www.eagletribune.com/news/haverhill/expert-floral-designer-visits-andover/article_0ad9ef64-3938-5769-80a1-1a9af4081854.html

Keefe's Flowers moves into new location - Casper Star-Tribune Online

After years of owning Keefe’s Flowers, my dreams have finally come true,” owner Melanie Bradford said in the release. “I look forward to providing Casper with so much more than just flowers, and pair unique and modern designs with the gifts that I would want to give.”... http://trib.com/business/keefe-s-flowers-moves-into-new-location/article_9305c2d8-05e1-5674-ad7a-ed12d0b45554.html

Florist Makes Happiness Bloom In Trumbull With Petal It Forward Bouquets - Trumbull-Monroe Daily Voice

Wow. It’s beautiful,” said Farkas, once Raeann McLaren explained why she came up to him with an armload of blooms. “I’m going to give them to my honey.”Palazzo’s future in-laws, Debbie and Wayne Bradford who live in Great Britain and happened to be in town visiting, said they were happy to join in on the positive project.“I think they told me someone did this in New York last year,” said Debbie Bradford. “It’s great.”Nicole’s father, Bob Palazzo, said he started loading the flowers to be given away at about 6:30 a.m. The group planned to visit sites in Shelton, Stratford, Trumbull, Fairfield and Bridgeport throughout the morning and into the afternoon until all the bouquets — featuring roses, lilies and season garden mixes — were gone.Many see Pay It Forward Week as a time to secretly pay for the coffee of a stranger in the next car at a drive-through or buy a cookie for a fellow diner at a restaurant. As a florist, Palazzo said she believes Petal It Forward gives people a lasting gift of happiness.In fact, the Petal It Forward program at City Line is in partnership with the Society of American Florists, a national trade association. According to Palazzo, Petal It Forward is a response to new research showing the emotional benefits of flowers.“We see the positive impact day in and day out when we make our flower deliveries,” she said of City Line, which has been around since 1918. “People love to get flowers ‘just because.’”Her future sister-in-law, Georgia Bradford, said she enjoyed the confused looks on recipients’ faces.“Nothing’s free anymore, is it?” she said.“Nothing but the air,” said her dad. http://trumbull.dailyvoice.com/neighbors/florist-makes-happiness-bloom-in-trumbull-with-petal-it-forward-bouquets/686275/

YWCA Bradford presents gift baskets to women leaving shelter - Bradford Era

For several years, the YWCA Bradford Housing and Employment Services program has offered safe and secure emergency housing to women and women with children who have nowhere else to stay. The shelter is designed to be a temporary sanctuary.Now, the YWCA is offering gift baskets to assist women once they leavethat sanctuary.“The program we’re starting involves what we call ‘transition packs’,” said Housing and Employment Services Shelter Manager Amber Frontino on Thursday afternoon. “Each pack will be designated to women and women with children once they leave the shelter, as a means of assisting in the transition process of getting back up on their feet and living on their own.”The packs include a variety of basic-needs items such as garbage bags, dishes, pot holders, oven mitts, dish cloths, tissues, paper towels, toilet paper, shower curtains, shower curtain rings, disinfectants and cleaners, bleach, soap, sponges, mops, buckets and brooms.“It’s a lot of basic items that homeowners often take for granted,” said... http://www.bradfordera.com/news/ywca-bradford-presents-gift-baskets-to-women-leaving-shelter/article_a2f42fa6-973b-11e6-8de9-7be44b31fc7f.html

Laurence Reisman: Logic goes out window when association trashes flowers? - TCPalm

Steve Glaser's colorful yard in Vero Beach's Bradford Place was beautiful by many accounts on July 5, 2016.(Photo: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY STEVE GLASER)Steve Glaser HAD the nicest yard in his neighborhood.His Realtor even said so.“You had the nicest landscaped property in Bradford Place with amazing curb appeal,” Jill Arsenault wrote Glaser. “How did you go from the nicest home in the community to what it is today? We certainly need to lower your asking price.”What happened had nothing to do with excessive summer rain, fire or armadillos. Landscapers hired by Glaser’s homeowners association yanked out marigolds, impatiens, begonias and more — including staghorn ferns, gifts from his father. Glaser said he got wind of the destruction only after he heard his dogs barking at the crowd outside.“I went from the nicest property to the worst,” said Glaser, 60, a longtime professional photographer who moved to the gated community of attached homes off Oslo Road, Vero Beach, in January 2014. He’d brought with him numerous flowers and plants... http://www.tcpalm.com/story/opinion/columnists/laurence-reisman/2016/09/20/laurence-reisman-logic-goes-out-window-when-association-trashes-flowers/90697672/

Toilet Tissue Bouquet goes viral amidst cornavirus TP shortages - WCTV

By: IvanhoeMarch 18, 2020Faster than you can say "double play," the toilet tissue bouquet has been born.What started as a joke on Facebook for the owners of Blossom Events and Florists in Trumann, Arkansas has quickly become a viral sensation."Like I said, it was just for giggles," said David Faulkner. "You know, to bring some smiles to our community."??Work Flow .... Show ?? to Someone Special with this Unique and Fabulous Bouquet ?? ???????Why Be Ordinary when You can...Posted by Blossom Events & Florist on Friday, March 13, 2020With the coronavirus pandemic foremost on everyone's mind, David and Bart Faulkner recognized the need for something people would smile about.Judging from the nationwide reaction the TP bouquet has received, they're succeeding.It even got a big thumps up from a caller in the Big Apple."Because in New York, she said it's very doom and gloom," said Bart Faulkner. "She said this is definitely making people smile up here."Faulkner says people across the nation have asked about ordering a bouquet, but sales have been limited to local customers.While the unique arrangement is making for a lot of snickering, the pair is seriously concerned about wha... https://www.wctv.tv/content/news/Toilet-Tissue-Bouquet-goes-viral-amidst-cornavirus-TP-shortages-568902351.html

Obituary for Jack Thomas Lewis, Little Rock, AR - Arkansas Online

Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, October 29, 2020, at Spring Valley Cemetery, Spring Valley Cemetery Rd. We are complying with the Arkansas Department of Health guidelines; all attendees must provide and wear their own masks. In lieu of flowers please send memorials in Jack's name to the Jack Lewis Memorial Fund, #5 Allied Drive, Suite 51110, Little Rock, Ark., 72202 or arcf.org/jack. Please share memories of Jack at www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/chenalPublished October 28, 2020... https://www.arkansasonline.com/obituaries/2020/oct/28/jack-lewis-2020-10-28/

Contactless flower delivery ensuring Mother's Day smiles despite outbreak - The Courier

Geneva Curren. Curren has a past with flower shops in Washington D.C., New York City, and operating three shops across Arkansas and Chicago. Her knowledge of flowers stems from her childhood in visiting her family in the South where she would spend hours and hours picking wildflowers.While the company’s main objective of creating designs that inspire and bring joy to the recipients, the employees are trained to help with selecting the best flowers for you. Under this circumstance, Curren said, “Working as a florist has been wonderful, challenging, exhausting, inspiring, hectic, fun, maddening, and fantastic!” Orders as of right now are piling in for Curren and her staff, causing everyone to feel overwhelmed. As it is described as part of the job as a florist, understanding customers mean well and only want to stay local. With a minimum of $75 for fresh arrangements and $40 for plant deliveries, Halsted Flowers plans to make multiple rounds a day for their customers. Even though hours of operation are limited each day, the employees are finding themselves working around the clock in order to finish their customer’s requests. Delivery drivers are out until late in the night and up early in the morning to make their rounds and to clear out the shop to make room for more orders. Saville Flowers: https://savilleflowers.com/ Phone: (847)864-0632Halsted Flowers: https://halstedflowers.com/ Phone: (773)883-8600... https://codcourier.org/13169/features/contactless-flower-delivery-ensuring-smiles/

Flowering trees in full bloom - Westside Eagle Observer

DECATUR -- Spring has accelerated over the past two weeks, with several varieties of flowering trees in full bloom across Northwest Arkansas.At Crystal Lake, and throughout the wooded areas of Decatur, Gentry, Gravette and beyond, white dogwood trees are beginning to dot the hillsides with their beautiful white blossoms. Close cousins, the pink dogwoods are also beginning their blooming cycle.Different varieties of flowering trees, including the Japanese pear, with its white petals, will soon begin to bear fruit. The Asian or Japanese pear is a cross between pear and apple trees. The fruit looks more like an apple than a pear.Also scattered around Northwest Arkansas is an assortment of different types of apple and cherry trees, in full bloom with white and pink flowers showing off nature's beauty.Another tree with colorful blooms is the eastern redbud, the state tree of Oklahoma, with its reddish-violet flowers, showcased in downtown Decatur around the depot and log cabin area, as well as in many places in Gravette, Gentry and the surrounding area.Take a little time with the family to explore the beauty that spring... https://www.eagleobserver.com/news/2020/apr/01/flowering-trees-in-full-bloom-20200401/