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St. Paul honors boxing club, German-style brewery, fourth-generation florist and bread deliverers - St. Paul Pioneer Press

Ceresso Fort works both the back office and the ring at the SIR Boxing Club seven days a week, often for 12 hours a day. But the discipline he imparts to the young men and women who gravitate to the Arcade Street boxing facility can’t just be measured in upper cuts and body blows.Fort and his wife, former newscaster-turned-documentarian Georgia Fort, were honored by the St. Paul City Council on Wednesday for running the all-ages fitness center that caters as much to the mind as the body.“They teach life skills such as dedication, commitment, hard work and persistence, which will benefit the individual boxers and our community for years to come,” said St. Paul City Council Member Kassim Busuri, introducing the SIR Boxing owners as the winners of the People’s Choice category at the annual St. Paul Business Awards.“I work with a lot of youth, a lot of kids,” said Ceresso Fort, who thanked his wife, daughter, father, grandmother and mother-in-law for all helping out. “This is bigger t... https://www.twincities.com/2019/04/14/st-paul-honors-boxing-club-german-style-brewery-fourth-generation-florist-and-bread-deliverers/

Letter of Recommendation: Fake Flowers - New York Times

And how sad that a flower, so alienated from its true home, is supposed to communicate feelings of genuine connection.Handcrafted flowers, by contrast, make no pretenses. They are the sincerest of flowers, precisely because they are made — with intention, craft, ingenuity and quirky imperfection. Born in the heart and shaped by the singular hand of the gift giver, these artful flowers are the ones that most resemble love itself.Avi Steinberg is the author of “The Lost Book of Mormon.” He last wrote about the entomologist Justin Schmidt, who has become an expert in physical agony.Sign up for our newsletter to get the best of The New York Times Magazine delivered to your inbox every week.

Florist and plant lover wants to create more green spaces in the - News 12 Bronx

A Bronx florist and plant lover is making it his mission to create more green spaces and educate his neighbors about sustainability and urban agriculture.Christian Montero's passion for plants and flowers sprouted when he was very young with his grandmother. He says he likes expressing his feelings through flowers, growing his own food and educating his neighbors about it all. Montero is leading a mission to raise awareness and build communiy gardens to create a space for bees and monarch butterflies. "Concrete Jungle" is in efforts to grow fresh produce, beautify the Bronx and educate children and adults on sustainability. Montero says even the greenest borough needs more of these sacred spaces. Montero is finishing a nearly 50 pound floral installation that will be hanging from Wall Works on Saturday and he says it symbolizes the seed of this whole dream. Montero and his "Concrete Jungle" team will be at Wall Works on Saturday to tell Bronx residents about their goals and continue spreading... http://bronx.news12.com/story/40901311/florist-and-plant-lover-wants-to-create-more-green-spaces-in-the-bronx

Local flower shop continues to bloom | News - Fauquier Times

New owner, same name.Designs by Teresa, the florist shop that’s been a fixture at the corner of Main Street and Alexandria Pike in Old Town Warrenton for years, will continue its place as a Warrenton fixture. Virginia Gerrish and her husband David purchased Designs by Teresa because they didn’t want Warrenton to lose another long-standing business. TIMES STAFF PHOTOS/JAMES IVANCIC David and Virginia Gerrish purchased ... https://www.fauquier.com/news/local-flower-shop-continues-to-bloom/article_e53e79a0-37b2-11ea-b96f-4b4e08567584.html

Making Arrangements art exhibit explores the many moods of floral design at Goodyear Arts - CLTure

Film Still by Lora MathisOn January 10, “making arrangements” embodies the florist’s precision of arranging, and is the title of a specially curated art show opening at Goodyear Arts. The show will feature works from regional artists as well as artists from Philadelphia, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Richmond. Curator Rebecca Henderson said of the show and its title, “I wanted to be able to communicate the duality of the work [the show] contains. Yes, there is a bouquet: the colorful beauty, a tantalizing expression and a bold optimism. But there are also those arrangements whose wilting marks the fragility and banality of living– that the days simply pass.” Henderson has made a name for herself in a variety of ways around Charlotte. She co-curated the 2016 show Unibrow with local sculpture artist Grace Stott, continues to co-curate a mobile and accessibility-driven gallery, Wheeling Art Dealing, and just last year started Southern Ladies Arm Wrestling (an inclusive arm wrestling league open to all femme-identifying folks). Henderson is active in the arts community and handpicked each artist based off the content, concept, or context of their work as it pertains to the Making Arrangements curatorial proposal. Art by Corey Pemberton“This is a group exhibition which reflects on the exquisite task of balancing living alongside the tender clutter of having lived. Beyond unifying floral imagery, themes of joyful resistance, common nostalgia and conflicted sentimentality also run ... https://clture.org/making-arrangement-art-exhibit/

St. Paul woman offers fresh bouquets from Little Free Florist stand - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Little Free Library. She was inviting neighbors to stop and smell the flowers — then take some home from her Little Free Florist stand. Hankerson, 52, a community organizer and gardening educator, said her giveaway flower bouquets are a mashup between the Little Free Library movement and the unmanned produce stands you sometimes see in rural Minnesota. Except Hankerson wasn’t selling anything. She just wanted to do something neighborly for her Hamline-Midway community. ... http://www.startribune.com/seen-the-little-free-libraries-how-about-the-little-free-florist/559369902/

No time to stop and smell the roses: Dream leads local florist to Rose Parade - Steamboat Pilot & Today

And through it all, she never lost sight of her dream to be part of one of the most colorful, holiday events anywhere.The 2020 Rose Parade will feature nearly 30 floats built by a talented group of florists who worked 15 hours a day to build them. It’s estimated a million people will view the parade in person, and more than 50 million people will watch the parade on television.The parade begins at 9 a.m. MST Wednesday and will be televised by a number of networks, including ABC and NBC.Susanne Bostrom works on floats for the 2020 Rose Parade, which will take place Wednesday in Pasadena, California.Photo courtesy of Susanne BostromBostrom was nominated to work on the floats by an American Institute of Floral Designers florist. After that, she was selected by Fiesta Parade Floats to serve on one of their teams.Bostrom arrived in California on the afternoon of Thursday, Dec. 26, and began working on the float two days later when the fresh flowers arrived. She has been living with other volunteers in Azusa — a town about 16 miles outside of Pasadena where the warehouses that house the floats are located.“They ask you to work straight through pretty much 15 hours a day,” Bostrom said. “Then, you’re done by the 31st, and that’s when the judging takes place.”The floats in the parade are created using chicken wire and plastic skin that become the frame for plants and flowers. The visible portion of the float must all be made from plant material, with roses being part of the design. Designers can also use seeds, grasses, leaves and bark for the remarkable creations.Susanne... https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/no-time-to-stop-and-smell-the-roses-dream-leads-local-florist-to-rose-parade/

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