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Border chaos disrupts flower supply for Norfolk florists - Eastern Daily Press
Sunday, January 17, 2021A florist in Norwich has said panic is rising over flower stock due to border restrictions.Travel and freight was banned from France to the UK to avoid importing a new variant of Covid-19. As a result, concerns have been mounting about disruption to supply chains of food, drink and medicine to the UK.On Tuesday, the French authorities announced the border would reopen - but travellers must have a negative test result.In the meantime, some florists in Norfolk have said the border chaos has left them working a day behind schedule.You may also want to watch:It comes after they have seen a rise in the number of orders over Christmas as relatives send flowers instead of visiting loved ones due to coronavirus restrictions.Shelley Newton, owner of The Flower House in Costessey, said she had been "massively affected" by the shut border.She added: "Normally florists work a day ahead and now we have been working a day behind."Florists are pani... https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/border-chaos-disrupts-flower-supply-6866196
Lockdown craft kits from Norfolk - Eastern Daily Press
Sunday, January 17, 2021Norfolk makers. Embroidery kits by Pixels and Purls- Credit: Ellie Gillard photographySoothing stitching Sara runs her embroidery business Pixels and Purls from her studio in north Norwich. She describes herself as super passionate about crafting, supporting small businesses (she runs Fierce Babe Norwich with her friend, Amber) and mindfulness. "Outside of lockdown, I love hosting craft workshops and parties and have taught 120 people the art of hand embroidery between 2018-20," says Sara. "Sadly in-person workshops are currently on hold whilst we wait for social distancing to ease enough to run them safely, but they will be back!" Sara started embroidering in January 2017."I was struggling with grief after the loss of my Stepdad and wanted a new craft to try to distract my busy brain," she says. "I could already knit, crochet and cross stitch so the obvious choice seemed to be embroidery. I was immediately obsessed as it was so mindful and freeing, but I struggled to find designs that resonated with me – more modern and alternative – so decided to just draw my own. It took a bit of practice but really pushed me to learn new stitches and think about composition, and suddenly the things I could embroider seemed endless!"Some of Sara's designs are inspired by ... https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/lockdown-2021-craft-kits-norfolk-6902710
Plantshed and Englewood Florist have partnered to bring their latest business ideas to life - WTVD-TV
Sunday, February 28, 2021ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey -- Plantshed and Englewood Florist, two community staples in Manhattan and Englewood, New Jersey, have partnered to bring their latest business ideas to life.The family-owned floral shops, serving their respective communities since the 1950s and 1970s, will collaborate to service the tri-state area with floral delivery, plant installation, maintenance, and floral event designs.Their floral café concept, introduced by Plantshed in 2018 at their Manhattan locations, will now be available in Englewood, NJ, where coffee lovers will be able to sip their artisanal coffee, tea, and light bites while admiring the wide range of floral options available."We didn't want people to feel like Englewood Florist went anywhere because it's not. It's still Joe. It's still Englewood Florist here. It's just an extension of our family businesses," said Eric Mourkakos, PlantShed's CEO.The shop, which would feature casual dining with indoor and outdoor seating, is only available for outdoor seating due to the pandemic."So far the feed... https://abc11.com/plantshed-englewood-florist-flowers-family/6378244
New Floral Subscription Service from Bloom Gal at Rockcastle - Spectrum News
Sunday, February 28, 2021GREECE, N.Y. — A longtime family floral business in Greece is offering a new floral subscription service. Bloom Gal at Rockcastle Florist is a flower subscription for flower bouquets delivered on your schedule.Wendy Rockcastle is surrounded by bright beautiful flowers no matter what time of year. She’s been arranging flower bouquets for decades at her family floral business. She knows flowers make people happy.What You Need To KnowBloom Gal is a floral subscription service by Rockcastle FloristWeekly, bi-monthly, monthly and seasonal flower deliveries are availableRockcastle Florist has been in business since 1951“It has been proven that flowers improve your state of mental health. So we thought that, especially during this time, it was important to get more flowers to more people more regularly,” said Wendy Rockcastle.Wendy and her daughter Mary wanted to not only help boost spirits, but boost flower delivery service. Bloom Gal offers weekly flower delivery, bi-monthly, monthly or seasonal. You can cancel at any time. They deliver to homes and businesses in Monroe, Ontario, and parts of Wayne and Orleans countie... https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/business/2021/01/26/new-floral-subscription-service-from-bloom-gal-at-rockcastle
Palmer Florist Persists Despite No Easter Church | Joliet, IL Patch - Joliet, IL Patch
Sunday, February 28, 2021JOLIET, IL —Easter Sunday is just days away and that means Palmer Florist, one of Joliet's longest running small family businesses, is usually delivering beautiful floral arrangements to several of Joliet's Roman Catholic churches. Not this year. As has been the case for the past few weeks, Joliet's churches will remain empty on Easter Sunday because of the new coronavirus outbreak. Funeral homes have also had to dramatically scale back their services. Many small businesses throughout Joliet remain shut down temporarily. Palmer Florist has been in Joliet since 1923. The third-generation small business has been at 1327 N. Raynor Ave. since 1964. Paul Palmer has run the business since 1978. He is like the unofficial mayor of Raynor Avenue.When he stands in his parking lot, several motorists who approach the stop sign in front of his business yell hello or engage in small talk with him if there aren't any other cars coming. People walking along Raynor Avenue stop to chat with him. People on bicycles wave and offer him good wishes.Losing out on the flora... https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/palmer-florist-persists-despite-no-easter-church
Relationships are blooming, and businesses that serve them are booming - New York Post
Sunday, February 28, 2021Here’s how biz-savvy folks in the heart-and-soul sector are flourishing.Petal to the mettleSince launching at the end of October, personalized online florist Floracracy has seen its business explode. “Our amazing team of artists and letter writers take stories sharing all different kinds of love — romantic love, parental love, love toward friends and even that special gratitude in business — and use their fluency in the language of flowers to create visual experiences that share those stories,” said founder and CEO Sarah-Eva Marchese, of the company she founded that ships lush, personalized bouquets to the lower 48 states.But the road has not been without bumps.“We were supposed to launch formally in April 2020,” she said. “However, we had to shut down our warehouse for a few months. We ran ‘pay what you can’ campaigns, where people literally could send flowers for zero dollars. We had people gift teachers… We had people give to families who had lost someone from COVID-19.”The team has grown by 60 percent since the fall, and they’ve experienced a 25 percent repeat purchase rate. No surprise given that during a time of intense isolation, the personalized heartfelt notes that accompany the blooms go a long way.“Flowers have historically been our ‘language’ when we could not be together, or we simply didn’t have the words to ex... https://nypost.com/2021/02/07/businesses-that-rely-on-relationships-are-booming-amid-pandemic/
Flowers 'bring love and cheerfulness': La Jolla Florist works to keep happiness in bloom - La Jolla Light
Sunday, February 28, 2021Business Spotlight:“Flowers make people happy, no matter the occasion,” Dorothy Bello says. And to continue to make people happy, she operates La Jolla Florist in the Patio Building at 7946 Ivanhoe Ave. For the record: 6:00 PM, Feb. 25, 2021This article was corrected to include that La Jolla Florist offers contactless delivery as well as pickup.La Jolla Florist has been a mainstay in The Village since 1987, but Bello and her husband, Ardi, purchased it four years ago. “La Jolla was our favorite spot,” she said. “My kids were both born and raised in San Diego, and La Jolla was our favorite place to walk the beach and explore the town. We always kept an eye on that community for a store.”After having jobs in which they were not happy, Bello and her husband asked themselves, “Why aren’t we doing what we love?” When La Jolla Florist went up for sale, they jumped in. La Jolla Florist provided the floral arrangements in the La Valencia Hotel lobby before the COVID-19 pandemic. This arrangement by La Jolla Florist has a surprise inside.(Courtesy) Bello, who’s originally from Italy, said she grew... https://www.lajollalight.com/business-spotlight/story/2021-02-23/happiness-in-bloom-la-jolla-florist-creates-beautiful-bouquets-wows-at-weddings
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