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Darien Arts Center announces art show winners - Darien Times
Wednesday, July 05, 2017Amy Schott, winner of Best in Show at the 58th Darien Art Show and Sale Opening Reception. The show is open to the public through Saturday, June 10, in the DAC Weatherstone Studio at 2 Renshaw Road, behind the Town Hall.Darien artist Amy Schott won Best in Show with a mixed media entry, Salzburg Swallows at the Darien Art Center’s 58th Darien Art Show & Sale, which kicked off with a packed gallery at their opening reception on June 2. The DAC, received 244entries from 157 artists from kindergarten age to adult. The appeal and variety of the entries in this year’s show have translated into sales of over $1.100 in art in its first weekend. The show will be open to the public through Saturday, June 10, in the DAC Weatherstone Studio at 2 Renshaw Road, behind the Town Hall. Artwork will be on display and available for sale in a variety of media from noon to 5 p.m. each day. Twenty five percent of art sales will benefit the DAC.This year’s judge, Arianne Faber Kolb, Ph.D., commented, “It was a great pleasure judging the Darien Art S... http://www.darientimes.com/86750/darien-arts-center-announces-art-show-winners/
After Starting Out In Autos, Darien Florist Flourishes With Flowers - Darien Daily Voice
Tuesday, April 04, 2017DARIEN, Conn. — Adam Manjuck’s career path took a hard U-turn the moment he walked into a Stamford florist shop nearly two decades ago. Now the owner of Flowers & Flowers in Darien, he has become one of the county’s most decorated floral artists, business is thriving and even Manjuck scratches his head at the unlikely and abrupt change in his career path. “Sometimes I’ll even ask myself, ‘How did this come about?’’’ Manjuck said. “I don’t even know.” Who : Adam Manjuck, Stamford Owner : Flowers & Flowers, Darien Learn more: On the store website Born, raised and still living in Stamford, Manjuck graduated from Wright Tech with interest in auto body repair and detailing. “I love to use my hands and be creative,’’ Manjuck said. “I knew somehow, some way, that’s what I’d be doing. I thought if I stayed working with automobiles I would lose my hair from all the fumes. This is a lot prettier path.” He visited a St... http://darien.dailyvoice.com/business/after-starting-out-in-autos-darien-florist-flourishes-with-flowers/695931/
Sunnyside Florist, Which Has Served Neighborhood for 80 Years Shuts its Doors, Future is Uncertain - Sunnyside Post
Sunday, July 05, 2020Sunnyside Florist (Google)Feb. 25, 2020 By Michael DorganA Sunnyside florist that has served the community for 80 years has closed its doors due to “undisclosed landlord issues.”Sunnyside Florist, located on 40-05 Queens Blvd., has been shut since Sunday Feb. 16, and it remains to be seen when it will re-open.The four generation, Greek-American family-run business, has been a neighborhood staple since 1940 and the closure marks the first time the store – which has never moved location – has stopped operating, according to a sign displayed under its front window.The popular florist is known for its arrangements for weddings and parties, gardening plants, as well as delivering bouquets to stars at the nearby Silvercup Studios.“This is as much a loss for the community as it is for the fourth generation owner of Sunnyside Florist,” said owner Greg Psitos in a Facebook post yesterday.“This is a sign of the times and a crushing blow for small business owners across New York City,” he wrote.Worried fri... https://sunnysidepost.com/sunnyside-florest-which-has-served-neighborhood-for-80-years-shuts-its-doors-future-is-uncertain
Bookstores, florists among businesses that reopen in SCV - Santa Clarita Valley Signal
Sunday, July 05, 2020Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles County to start up the economy, allowing higher-at-risk workplaces, such as bookstores, clothing stores, sporting goods shops, florists and car dealership showrooms, to open once again but only for curbside pickup and delivery for phone and online orders. Newsom and the county issued guidelines for establishments to follow as they prepared to open, including that they must adhere to physical distancing and disinfecting protocols, provide face masks to workers, increase pickup and delivery services and post a checklist sign of compliance at the entrance of each facility. Among the local businesses that reopened Friday was florist shop Sunflorist in Canyon Country, which kept busy with Mother’s Day arrangement orders.“It’s crazy, crazy, crazy. We’re really thankful for the reopening and it’s just in time to thank all the mothers who are working right now during a very tragic time,” said store manager Kimo Hernandez.While curbside pickup service is in the works, the shop is currently offering non-contact deliveries, where drivers drop off arrangements at home porches, without the need of a signature, Hernandez said, adding that employees are also practicing up to 12 feet of distancing and delivery workers are using special racks for safer pickup arrangements. Owner Henriette Norris prepares Mother’s Day arrangement orders for ... https://signalscv.com/2020/05/bookstores-florists-among-businesses-that-reopen-in-scv/
Keirstead's Flower Shop Still Has Strong Saint John Roots - Huddle - Huddle Today
Sunday, July 05, 2020Flower Shop remains committed to providing customers, old and new, with local and international flowers despite the unexpected obstacle of Covid-19.“Our flowers come from all over the world,” said florist Connie Dean. “We get flowers from Holland, Ecuador, our roses come from Ontario. A lot come through Ontario and they get them from different places all over the world as well.”Australia, Africa and Lebanon are a few other places where the shop gets its flowers, with Birds of Paradise and Protea flowers being some of the most popular selections.“Ontario does have locally grown flowers so those are the closest local flowers we get,” said Dean. “Sometimes there’s someone on the Kingston Peninsula or Hampton that’ll bring in garden flowers that we can buy.”A piece of family history (Image: Elizabeth MacLeod)The business was founded by the late Guy G. Keirstead whose passion for flowers led him to first rent a stall at the City Market in 1925.Keirstead’s operated out of the market from 1925 to 1946, until he purchased property on the corner of Charlotte and Princess Street where the shop still operates to this day.Dean said the building survived the Great Saint John Fire of 1877 and used to be a hardware ... https://huddle.today/keirsteads-flower-shop-still-has-strong-saint-john-roots/
With closed doors, Frankfort retailers, florist make alternative plans - State-Journal.com
Sunday, July 05, 2020At Poor Richard’s Books — an anchor shop in downtown Frankfort for more than 30 years — owner Lizz Taylor worries that the closure will make it more difficult to get educational materials, especially books, into children’s hands.“I’m concerned that this will be a long haul and video screens will get old,” she said.The Paul Sawyier Public Library closed and ceased all operations — with the exception of online services — on Saturday. The bookstore, which will temporarily close its doors for an unknown period beginning Monday evening, employs eight part-timers and is offering curbside pickup for customers who call ahead at 502-223-8018.“I have also been doing deliveries,” Taylor added. https://www.state-journal.com/business/with-closed-doors-frankfort-retailers-florist-make-alternative-plans/article_298b2460-6d36-11ea-b291-63a3f84599ce.html
Woman opens North Walsham flower shop following redundancy - North Norfolk News
Sunday, July 05, 2020Cathryn Lloyd A woman has followed her dream of becoming a florist after deciding to start a new chapter when she was made redundant. Penney Spall will open Penney’s Flowers and Crafts Centre on the site of North Walsham garden centre on Wednesday, July 1, becoming a florist for the first time after training for the role more than 30 years ago.Ms Spall is planning to open the shop from 9am to 5pm week days with only two customers allowed in at a time to adhere to social distancing guidelines.She said the garden centre was seeing a steady stream of traffic even with the rules in place, making it the perfect spot to open despite the pandemic.She said: “I got made redundant about a month ago and I just decided that if I can’t get a job, might as well create one myself. Contextual Article Video Code - includes targetted ad option for RFC 3031 -- You may also want to watch: Contextual Article Video Code -- “I got qualified as a florist more than 30 years ago and I’ve always wanted my own shop but having kids and a full-time job just made me think ‘oh well that’s safe’, but no job is safe these days, so you might as well have your own which is obviously a little bit safer but you just don’t know.“When you get made redundant you just think ‘well I’m not getting any younger’ so you might as well follow your dreams and then at least you’ll have given it a go.”Ms Spall has partnered with many local crafters to offer their wa... https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/penney-s-flowers-and-crafts-north-walsham-garden-centre-open-reopening-1-6722833
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