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Pierson's Flower Shop and Greenhouses in Cedar Rapids is ringing in its 90th holiday shopping season - The Gazette

Long Para:1 Long Pra Total: 9 Total Para Total: 12-- It’s beginning to look — and smell — like Christmas at Pierson’s Flower Shop and Greenhouses in Cedar Rapids.Long Para:2 Long Pra Total: 9 Total Para Total: 12-- “Our staff enjoys the colors and scents of Christmas by helping customers decorate their homes and helping fulfill gift lists,” owner Allan Pierson said. Long Para:3 Long Pra Total: 9 Total Para Total: 12-- “With our greenhouses filled with thousands of poinsettias, it really is a colorful sight and combined with the scent of evergreens and flowers it is a festive time.” Long Para:4 Long Pra Total: 9 Total Para Total: 12-- Shoppers drop in early in the holiday season to gather decorating ideas for home and office, Pierson said. Long Para:5 Long Pra Total: 9 Total Para Total: 12-- “We are doing a lot of porch pots with fresh evergreens, birch logs, berries, birch branches and pine cones,” he added. “Fresh evergreen wreaths, swags and boughs are also customer favorites.” Long Para:5 Long Pra Total: 9 Total Para Total: 12-- Through December, he estimate... https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/business/piersons-flower-shop-and-greenhouses-in-cedar-rapids-is-ringing-in-its-90th-holiday-shopping-season-20181122

The Art of Flowers: Carolyne Roehm will speak about her career in fashion, design and gardening

The author of 13 books on topics that include design in the garden and home will speak at a fundraiser luncheon for the Cedar Rapids Garden Club on Nov. 7.“Obviously, flowers have been a very, very important part of my life,” Roehm said. “I’ll be speaking about flowers and gardening, in the context of every medium in which I have worked.”Her love of all things floral started when she was young. Growing up in Missouri, she remembers playing on her grandparents’ farm, in the garden and with the animals.“As a little girl I played dress- up and played florist,” she said. “My heart and soul is really in the outdoors and nature.”Roehm, 67, started her career as a fashion designer in New York City, working for Oscar de la Renta before opening her own fashion house. But the love of nature never left her, and after 22 years she took a hiatus from the world of fashion to learn a new craft, taking an unpaid stint working at a flower shop in Paris.There, she learned the intricacies of designing perfect bouquets and floral arrangements.“I kind of took a sabbatical and decided I wanted to do things I’... https://www.thegazette.com/subject/life/books/the-art-of-flowers-carolyne-roehm-will-speak-about-her-career-in-fashion-design-and-gardening-20181027

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

Lakewood.“We used all kinds of flowers,” said Thomas. “We had everything they had left. There were at least 5,000 stems, if not more. It was fun.”The “they” that Thomas refers to is Mayesh Wholesale Florist Inc. in Parma.“Mayesh was going to dump all of their flowers, and I was like, ‘Well, I have this idea — would you be up to it?’ I want to do an installation at a public park just for the community to be able to take flowers for free, and they gladly stepped in, and we were able to create a beautiful display.”This isn’t the first time Thomas decked out a Cleveland landmark in blooms to get the public’s mind off of being on stuck in the house because of the coronavirus, worried about having enough food and other supplies.The first floral installment was about 10 days ago at the Cleveland sign in Tremont. The second, last Wednesday, was at the 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

Wedding florist delivers mini bouquets to residents who need cheering up - Valley News

Wedding florist Heather Manley donates flowers for weddings that were canceled due to the coronavirus after she recently purchased the flowers for clients. Heather and a group of other wedding florists helped her donate the flowers to various organizations and placing them on peoples’ porches. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo When Temecula-area wedding florist Heather Christian Manley received word that three weddings planned for this weekend had been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak, she had a problem on her hands. “I had to pay a couple of thousand dollars for the flowers for those weddings, and I wanted to do something with the flowers for good,” she said. “I just didn’t want them to sit in my shop and go to waste.”With the help of her sons, some friends and industry colleagues, Manley went about creating hundreds of mini bouquets of flowers. Then over the next two days, they delivered them to homes on city streets as well as senior citizen communities.Wedding florists... https://myvalleynews.com/local-wedding-florist-delivers-mini-bouquets-to-residents-who-need-cheering-up/

Get Your Floral Fix and Help Sustain the Rhode Island Flower Economy - Providence Media

Recently, WCFF started an initiative called #ShareCheer where participants are encouraged to make a bouquet from a local florist or farm and post it to Instagram with the dedicated tag. Sounds like we could all use some of that.Give Blooms a BoostWith restrictions changing quickly, we are offering a partial list of flower related businesses and advise visiting their websites and social media accounts for updates. Also, visit RI.gov for the latest guidance and information during COVID-19. For an expanded list of flower farms, visit FarmFreshRI.org. BlithewoldBlooming Blossoms Blue Moon Farm PerennialsBlue Skys FarmCarlone’s Florist Cherryhill FlowersCity Gardens Flower ShopDahlia ShedFairest Flowers FarmFarm and Flora CollectiveFarmer’s Daughter Forget-Me-Not FlowersFrey Florist & GreenhousesGreenery, TheGreenwood Flower and GardenImondi and Sons FloristsJephry Floral Studio Little State Flower FarmMad Florist, TheMoonrose FarmPetals Farm RIRobin Hollow Farm RoseBud Florist Inc.Studio 539 Flowers Sweet Berry FarmTowne House Flowers Inc.Valley Falls Flower ShopWeatherlow Farms What Cheer Flower FarmWicked Tulips ... http://providenceonline.com/stories/ri-flower-farms-covid19,35379?

Flowers by Mike in Oceanside, East Rockaway donates arrangements to seniors, hospitals and strangers amid coronavirus - liherald

COVID-19 concerns, so Graham said he was happy to do something to make them smile.Graham opened Flowers by Mike in his native Oceanside in January 2019. Last month, he took over the East Rockaway Florist. He had just launched the new operation when he had to shut down. Since opening, Graham has been active in both communities, and each Valentine's Day he donates roses to MSSN so that the staff can give them to patients along with their meals.“That was my whole goal all along was to be a part of the community,” Graham said, “to help in any way that I can, and just give to the community. It's making people smile. It's making people happy, whatever I can do, I'll do it.”Graham said closing his shops has had a devastating financial impact, including having to be dormant for Easter and Passover, two holidays where he generates a lot of business. He added that he was worried that he may be closed for Mother's Day in May, which is usually a booming day for business.Graham noted that he has not laid anyone off, and that the staff is working to get through the global crisis as a team. He said he wishes his customers, community members and fellow business owners well, and expressed optimism that things will turn around eventually.“Everyone will get through this together,” he said, “and the positive in the end is we'll get back and support our local businesses.” ... https://www.liherald.com/stories/flowers-by-mike-in-oceanside-east-rockaway-donates-arrangements-to-seniors-hospitals-and,123706

Love in the time of coronavirus: Weddings postponed - The Advocate

As couples with weddings in May and June weigh whether to immediately postpone or wait as long as possible in hope of things improving by then, they’re juggling caterers, florists, venues and guests. “As I’m talking to clients, they feel awful because they know their vendors are sole proprietors and don’t want them going out of business,” Antonecchia said. And as more events need to be canceled or rescheduled, every business involved in putting those big days on has felt the ripple. “Caterers are letting go their staff because no events are coming up, and florists and bakeries have to let people go, because they are trying to protect their businesses as long as possible,” she said. Even though caterers and venues may employ a lot of people, they’re often run by one or two people and are susceptible to closing if they suffer one bad season, she said. Hope Looney, owner of JCakes bakery in North Branford, had to let her 10 employees go just to help preserve the business. “We were pushed into a corner in the blink of an eye,” she said. JCakes has been around nearly 30 years and in her 13 years running the business, she’s never had to consider layoffs. She’s had to cancel 40 orders that were scheduled for the next few weeks, but she’s just waiting for more to come, she said. Without large events happening, florists are another domino on the line taking a fall. “The floral industry isn’t in a good place right now — growers to retail, grocery and mass market is taking a hit,” said Nicole Palazzo of City Line Florist in Trumbull. Palazzo said the business has been slowing down, with fewer trucks making deliveries and the demand for flowers overall having decreased. With those canceled orders, if businesses can’t find another way to sell or re-purpose their products, they just have to eat the cost of it, she said. Palazzo said it’s crucial for businesses to examine their contracts to help ensure they’re not wiped out by cancellations. With so much uncertainty about how long these cautionary measures will last, businesses such as JCakes and City Line Florist are doing what they can to adapt. Both are offering no-contact pickups and delivery and trying to find new ways to market themselves. Looney said she shipped her first “quarantine cake” that says “wash your hands” to her friend, and she’s hoping she can do more of them. Antonecchia bought a JCakes sheet cake to get delivered to Yale New Haven Hospital to say “thank you” to the staff. Palazzo is encouraging customers to remember flower shops can help bring relief to some symptoms of social distancing and quarantine. “Right now, people don’t usually think of flowers, but there’s so many studies that sh... https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Love-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-Weddings-15152335.php

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