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

Haruko Adkins never forgot the training she received as a young woman in Japan on how to arrange flowers. She consistently helped a group at Goodwin House, a retirement community in the Baileys Crossroads area of Fairfax County, Va., where she had lived since 2013, arrange flowers each week for the hallways and common areas of the building.“She was very, very good,” said friend Fred Morhart. “It was relaxation and intellectual stimulation for her, plus a chance to work with a very good group of friends.”Adkins, 90, died May 16 of complications related to covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, according to her friends. At times, Morhart said, Adkins would recall her flower teacher from Japan and laughingly say that the teacher either “would approve” or would not like her latest flower arrangement. She would say that some were “too edgy compared with her formal training,” Morhart said. [Those we have lost to the coronavirus in Virginia, Maryland and D.C.]He said Adkins’s arrangements were unique because she “understood the idea of negative space.”“Others fill up all the space” in a vase, he said, whereas Adkins “understood that you didn’t have to crowd t... https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/haruko-adkins-coronavirus/2020/08/18/58bc3c7a-e13e-11ea-b69b-64f7b0477ed4_story.html

Outdoor flower displays around Cleveland bring color, vibrancy to gloomy times - cleveland.com

Cleveland script sign at Edgewater Park.At Monday night’s installment in Lakewood, Debbie from Mayesh pitched in, as did Andrew Carroll of Wildflour Bakery in Rocky River, with his dog, Bailey; and professional photographer Kristin Leanne captured images.“So not only are we bringing happiness to the community, we’re also giving purpose to creatives who don’t have work right now,” said Thomas.He hopes to keep this going in the summer.“Most of the wholesalers are shut through April 17, so we won’t have access to flowers, but we do plan on doing more of this throughout the summer,” said Thomas. “We’ll use leftover flowers from weddings and other events and create popups around the city in places to be determined.”... https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/03/outdoor-flower-displays-around-cleveland-bring-color-vibrancy-to-gloomy-times.html

Alabama bride-to-be donates flowers from postponed wedding - AL.com

Today was supposed to be Bailey King’s wedding day. Since becoming engaged to Eric Griffin in January of 2019, Bailey, an occupational therapist in Vestavia Hills, spent the next 14 months planning their wedding for Saturday, March 21, in her hometown of Mobile, with a ceremony at Springhill Avenue United Methodist Church and a reception at the Ezell House.As of last Sunday, the wedding was still a go. But by Monday, the coronavirus pandemic had changed everything when the White House advised Americans to avoid groups of more than 10 and encouraged people to stay at home. Terribly disappointed, but knowing they were doing the right thing, Bailey and Eric decided to postpone their big day.“It’s been a whirlwind of a couple of weeks,” says Bailey’s mother, Jeannie King.That day, the wedding planner, Leslie Gilbert with Jenna Laine Weddings, called every venue and vendor and rescheduled everything for a new date, July 18.But there was nothing they could do about the flowers, which had already arrived at Belle Bou... https://www.al.com/life/2020/03/alabama-bride-to-be-donates-flowers-from-postponed-wedding.html

Today Is Boss’s Day, But Don’t Go Buy Flowers or Anything - New York Magazine

But UrbanStems says some people really do buy flowers for Boss’s Day. The company’s sales volume on Boss’s Day is typically about 40 percent above normal, according to Megan Bailey Darmody, its director of marketing. (For comparison, Administrative Professionals’ Day, in April, typically brings a sales bump of 80 to 100 percent, Darmody says.) To increase interest in Boss’s Day, UrbanStems takes a broad approach to the concept of “boss,” encouraging customers to think not just about their managers but anyone else in their lives who deserves recognition on Boss’s Day for being a total boss. “It is not as big of holiday for us as it may be for a traditional florist,” Darmody says. But even if you look at other floral websites, you’ll see pretty half-hearted attempts to sell you on Boss’s Day. At FTD.com on October 15 (Boss’s Day Eve), the top banner sought to sell you flowers for fall. Boss’s Day was listed only well down the page, next to Sweetest Day — a celebration of being sweet to each other that appears to be observed on October 19, but only in the Midwest. Boss’s Day was first proposed in 1958 by Patricia Bays Haroski, who was a secretary at State Farm. Her boss happened to also be her father, and she didn’t think he was appreciated enough at the office, so she decided his birthday, October 16, should be Boss’s Day. Several websites and even a couple of newspaper articles claim Haroski was particularly motivated by a sense that young workers don’t appreciate how hard their bosses work — a nice detail since it suggests co... http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/today-is-bosss-day-but-dont-go-buy-flowers-or-anything.html

Yard Doc: Yes, it is hot this summer and landscape plants can help - TCPalm

Carol Cloud Bailey Special to TCPalm Published 6:20 PM EDT Aug 22, 2019 The news has been full of reports about July being the hottest month ever recorded. I see the signs of increasing heat in stressed plants in the landscape, and overheated green industry workers and gardeners. As the temperatures continue to soar and rain patterns change, our plant palettes and maintenance practices must also change. Here are a few ideas to keep up with the spreading heat. ... https://www.tcpalm.com/story/life/columnists/carol-cloud-bailey/2019/08/22/yard-doc-yes-hot-summer-and-landscape-plants-can-help/2003259001/

Flower power: Business continues to bloom at Skyway Creations in Colorado Springs - Colorado Springs Gazette

Goede in charge.The name was changed to Skyway Floral, then Skyway Creations, and the business has also moved over the years — first to 1515 S. 8th St., then to its current home at 1407 S. 8th St. on Colorado Springs’ west side.Goede’s father was in the Air Force when the family bought Scotty’s, but became more involved in the business when he retired.“He had always dealt with contractual work in the Air Force, so he did contracts and sales,” Goede says. “He was a salesman. He got on the greenery side of things while the city was growing and we just sold the hell out of green plant maintenance contracts.”His dad stayed active in the business until his early 80s, Goede says. To help fill the void, Goede’s wife, Lori, who had long worked at the shop, became more active in the business.“She’s the frosting on the cake,” Don says. “Lori’s a super saleswoman.”And a talented artist, as well. Lori has an art studio next to Skyway and the flower shop sells cards with her designs; she works primarily in watercolors.She appreciates the live art that Mother Nature produces.“There’s nothing more beautiful in your home than a bouquet of flowers,” she says. “You get a flower arrangement or a little blooming plant and you feel different, you just do. It gives a wonderful feeling.” Small business spotlight: Beef, alligator and everything in between at Andy's Meat Market in Colorado SpringsChanging tastesThe business has seen many changes, Don says, though there’s also a lot that hasn’t changed. “You’re still dealing with the trucks and the delivery and the product.”That product comes largely from California, with flowers bred in that state, and from Florida, a conduit for flowers from South America.“We’ve always bought from California and Florida,” Don says. But he’s also had to look to producers closer to home to fulfill a growing desire for more unusual flowers.“We need so many varieties of flowers now. We used to be able to order a big case of this and that. Now we need this special flower.”A desire for more variety isn’t the only change he has seen in consumer tastes. https://gazette.com/business/flower-power-business-continues-to-bloom-at-skyway-creations-in-colorado-springs/article_d5c342b4-5821-11ea-b62d-7be600878467.html

Meet Pickletown Flower Co., Denver's Mobile Floral Studio - 5280 | The Denver Magazine

The scene inspired her to start crafting bouquets for her nonprofit employer’s events—and she quickly found her calling. Six years after moving to Colorado, she began making imaginative floral and wreath installations for her neighborhood coffee shop, Spur, and Pickletown was born soon after.Since last summer, Sparzak has been traveling around Denver, Littleton, and Golden in her gray truck—once used to haul furniture deliveries—selling individual stems and limited grab-and-go arrangements during twice-monthly pop-ups. If you can’t get to the vehicle, the flowers will come to you: Pickletown offers a subscription service that supplies florals to your office or home on a recurring basis. (Office flower subscriptions start at $35 per delivery; the personal Bouquet Coterie membership program starts at $48 per month.) And if you want to try your hand at the craft, Sparzak host... https://www.5280.com/2020/03/meet-pickletown-flower-co-denvers-mobile-floral-studio/

Fort Collins woman gets traditional wedding, prepares for death on own terms - Coloradoan

Kevin DugganFort Collins ColoradoanPublished 11:35 PM EDT Mar 13, 2020Debra Brockel knows her days are numbered. But her mind is at ease because she’s the one doing the counting. Brockel, 60, has suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, since 2006. She has endured severe exacerbations of the disease, which irreversibly damages the lungs, and all manner of medical treatment and hospitalizations.She has received hospice care from Pathways at her home in southwest Fort Collins since December after a year of palliative care, which is geared toward making gravely ill patients comfortable rather than curing them.Her condition has deteriorated to the point she is prepared to take aid-in-dying medication. She wants to end her suffering, but she also wants to spare her family the anguish of watching her waste away.“It’s been a long haul,” she said. “It’s time to say goodbye.”The decision to end her life as allowed under Colorado law did not come quickly or easily. She consulted with doctors an... https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2020/03/13/fort-collins-woman-plans-death-aid-dying-medication/5013976002/

Philadelphia case shouldn't stop Supreme Court from taking floral artist case | TheHill - The Hill

The court has already chastised a state for insufficiently respecting the religious rights of artists. Two years ago, in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the court sided with cake artist Jack Phillips after Colorado persecuted him for declining to prepare a cake celebrating a same-sex wedding. But the ink on Jack’s Supreme Court victory was barely dry before Colorado went after him again, prosecuting him for declining to create a custom cake that would celebrate sex reassignment surgery. Jack is now defending himself in a third action, one brought by the customer who requested that cake.States simply aren’t getting the message. Jack’s and Barronelle’s cases show that ruling for Catholic Social Services in the Fulton case isn’t enough. It’s time for the court to declare unequivocally that Washington cannot persecute Barronelle.If the court sits on the sidelines, state and local officials will continue to drag people of faith like Barronelle and Jack through the courts. A favorable and much-needed opinion regarding faith-based adoption providers is unlikely to deter these attacks. A decision vindicating the rights of creative professionals and other religiously minded small business owners will.The Supreme Court should take up Arlene’s Flowers now and stop activist government bureaucrats from stripping devout Muslims, Jews and Christians of their livelihoods. Postponing Arlene’s Flowers means that people like Barronelle – who epitomize how Americans with differing marriage beliefs can coexist – will continue to be maligned in their businesses and communities.Kyle Hawkins is the solicitor general of Texas. He is counsel on two friend-of-the-court briefs filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in Fulton v. Philadelphia and Arlene’s Flowers v. Washington. https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/486124-philadelphia-case-shouldnt-stop-supreme-court-from-taking-floral-artist