Boise Flower Shop News
FiftyFlowers Is Still Shipping Flowers From Partner Farms to Doorsteps During Pandemic - Business Wire
Friday, May 29, 2020BOISE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the flower farm industry—flowers that aren’t being shipped are rotting or are being destroyed. In an effort to assist farm owners and workers, Liza Roeser, President and CEO of FiftyFlowers, a small business with headquarters in Boise, Idaho, and Quito, Ecuador (www.FiftyFlowers.com) has made it a priority to work feverishly with flower farms all over the world to ship fresh flowers at a significantly reduced cost to customers affected by this pandemic.“For the past 22 years, we have created a reliable distribution channel and I have worked, visited, and developed relationships with these farms all over the world. I am passionate about saving the flowers, farms and workers. I want to do my part to continue to brighten the lives of people experiencing isolation caused by this pandemic and get these amazing flowers into their hands,” stated Roeser.The flower farm owners and Roeser have worked on a plan d... https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200330005469/en/FiftyFlowers-Shipping-Flowers-Partner-Farms-Doorsteps-Pandemic
FiftyFlowers Announces New Wedding Collection Product Launch - Press Release - Digital Journal
Tuesday, May 21, 2019FiftyFlowers invites brides and wedding professionals around the world to shop their newest wedding collection available now on fiftyflowers.com BOISE, Idaho - May 10, 2019 - (Newswire.com) ???FiftyFlowers, a wholesale flower company, is announcing the launch of their Wedding Collections available online today. Recently premiered to thousands of industry professionals at The Special Event, the Wedding Collections are specially curated and are a beautiful and unique way to create personalized floral designs without the creative requirements of starting from scratch. One can simply choose the color palette that matches the event theme and then can select the packages that are best suited for the occasion. Options of adding coordinating products to complement and enhance the design selections are available at the click of a button as well.“These curated collections are perfect for future brides who want professionally designed flowers at an affordable price. Whether you're eloping, having a destination wedding or staying local, these Wedding Collections will provide ease and convenience without sacrificing your... http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/4298235
Best Local Florist | BOB Goods & Services - Boise Weekly
Tuesday, January 22, 2019Will—Will Heatter's story is even more interesting than his already incredibly flower arrangements. Born on Oahu, where he fell in love with flowers, he ended up in Mountain Home and later Boise. After 10 years with Idaho Fish and Game he returned to his first love. The rest has been sweet-smelling history. flowersatwill.com3rd Place: Boise At Its Best—Sending someone flowers is sending them a message: love, sympathy, celebration. Why not send more than a sentiment? Boise At Its Best will build a gift basket of epic proportions, featuring local beer and wine, items for gardening or barbecuing, or design your own from a wide range of foods, beverages and other items. boiseatitsbestflowers.com... https://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/best-local-florist/BestOf?oid=3898445
Fill your list with gnomes, home-grown gems and more with the 2018 Treasure gift guide - Idaho Statesman
Tuesday, December 04, 2018Boise-based Style Therapy owner Heather Schwabe focuses on discovering the perfect gift close to home. “I find the gifts more personable with that local touch, and most importantly it helps support our small local business owners,” she says. One of my favorites is Callie Capps Jewelry. Her Navajo-inspired designs are influenced by nature and the organic materials she finds in the desert, including Bruneau jasper, a stone only found in Idaho. Prices range from $16 to $300.Another jewelry favorite of mine is Jenny Miller’s Japicorn. Jenny loves to sew and came up with the idea of using the leftover fabric to make jewelry. Buy her vintage-inspired earrings and other accessories at Mixed Greens, Flying M Coffeehouse Gift Shop, and Idaho Made for $4-$30.The fly fishermen or women in your life will enjoy the “Idaho River Maps and Fishing Guide” by Greg Thomas and Gary Lewis ($24.95 at Rediscovered Book Shop and other area book sellers) and expert fly fisherman Nate Brumley’s “Addicted to the Rise” ($49.95 at DryFlyInnovations.com.) It’s an interactive book and video that will help them hone their technique, from fly tying to casting.There are lots of holiday cocktails out there, but whatever time of year, the bloody mary is always in season. If you put a bloody mary basket together, make the centerpiece Three Bar Bloody Mary Mix, a local family business since 1935. It’s the perfect combination of flavor and spice, and it’s as good without alcohol as it is with. It also works for a marinade. It’s $8 to $11.99 at Idaho State Liquor Stores, Albertsons, Winco and other area outlets. ... https://www.idahostatesman.com/latest-news/article222346790.html
DUI suspect crashed into 4 Boise florist vans in one incident - Idaho Statesman
Tuesday, August 15, 2017What did you back into?”A man yelled that question at Nick Harrigfeld on Tuesday afternoon, as he stood outside Hillcrest Floral in the shopping plaza at Overland and Orchard streets on the Boise Bench.It’s a question the longtime florist has been getting a lot over the past month — as customers and passersby wonder why four of his small fleet of business vans look like they’ve been through a demolition derby.The back of one van is smashed in, the window broken and the bumper falling off, while the driver’s side of another van is crushed. Those two vehicles are essentially totaled, Harrigfeld said. A third has been fixed and another awaits repair.In an unusual crash that left their owner with a mess, the four Hillcrest Floral vans were struck as they sat in the lot on a Sunday morning in early June. Harrigfeld has been frustrated trying to get compensation from the driver’s insurance company but he’s trying to look on the bright side.“The way I look at it, it’s going to cost me — but you know what? No one was killed. No one was hurt,” Harrigfeld said. “It could have been devastating.”The 27-year-old Boise driver who hit the vans, Eduardo Munoz Ramirez, was arrested at the... http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/community/boise/article163618173.html
Alaska Rally Supports Gay Couple Denied Service by Florist - SouthFloridaGayNews.com
Sunday, July 05, 2020Tommy Varela said. Activists Around the Country Back Protests Against Police Brutality < Prev LGBT Athletes Urge NCAA to Nix Events in Idaho Over Anti-trans Sports Law Next > ... https://southfloridagaynews.com/National/alaska-rally-supports-gay-couple-denied-service-by-florist.html
FiftyFlowers Is Still Shipping Flowers From Partner Farms to Doorsteps During Pandemic - Business Wire
Friday, May 29, 2020BOISE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the flower farm industry—flowers that aren’t being shipped are rotting or are being destroyed. In an effort to assist farm owners and workers, Liza Roeser, President and CEO of FiftyFlowers, a small business with headquarters in Boise, Idaho, and Quito, Ecuador (www.FiftyFlowers.com) has made it a priority to work feverishly with flower farms all over the world to ship fresh flowers at a significantly reduced cost to customers affected by this pandemic.“For the past 22 years, we have created a reliable distribution channel and I have worked, visited, and developed relationships with these farms all over the world. I am passionate about saving the flowers, farms and workers. I want to do my part to continue to brighten the lives of people experiencing isolation caused by this pandemic and get these amazing flowers into their hands,” stated Roeser.The flower farm owners and Roeser have worked on a plan during t... https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200330005469/en/FiftyFlowers-Shipping-Flowers-Partner-Farms-Doorsteps-Pandemic
BBB consumer warning: Graduation gifts that never arrive - KTVZ
Tuesday, August 13, 2019There are local, independent BBBs across the United States, Canada and Mexico, including BBB Northwest + Pacific, which serves more than 15 million consumers across Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Hawaii and Western Wyoming. https://www.ktvz.com/news/bbb-consumer-warning-graduation-gifts-that-never-arrive/1083986113
Keeping things natural come Hell or High Water - Enumclaw Courier-Herald
Tuesday, June 25, 2019The Enumclaw couple are using their cash award to purchase a pair of Great Pyrenees dogs that will watch over a pasture of laying hens. The pups are on order from an Idaho breeder and will provide a natural means of protecting chickens from aerial predators, coyotes and anything else seeking a free meal. “Small and mid-sized sustainable farms are essential to meeting consumer demand for humanely-raised food,” said Larissa McKenna, the director of FACT’s humane farming program. But the reality, she said, is that small operations face financial challenges due to high costs associated with economies of scale. “Our organization supports farms like Hell or High Water Farm by funding projects that improve animal welfare and also help farmers increase their profit margins,” she said. WHERE IT ALL BEGAN A decade ago, while apartment dwellers in Seattle’s Lower Queen Anne neighborhood, the Helfricks took a rather simple step. They began filling abandoned planters with heirloom tomatoes, pumpkins, strawberries and blueberry plants; it was all for personal use but launched a life of producing organic, locally-sourced vegetables and herbs. Within a few years, the couple were urban homesteaders, having advanced to a rented home in Seattle. From their Wallingford neighborhood, they had backyard chickens and had added grapes, hops, flowers and fruit trees to their growing operation. It was clear they were destined for something more than being hobby farmers, growing for their own table. A key transition came in 2015 when Kevin participated in the Organic Farming Education Program, offered by Tilth Alliance. Located in Auburn, it offers education for beginner farmers and serves as a business incubator. For three years, he grew vegetables and flowers and kept flocks of laying hens at Tilth’s Red Barn Ranch. “It was nice being around like-minded individuals,” Kevin says of his relationship with Tilth.A commercial customer stops by Hell Or High Water Farm, picking up an order of 25 dozen eggs. Photo by Kevin Hanson After a couple of brief stops, it was in 2018 t... https://www.courierherald.com/business/keeping-things-natural-come-hell-or-high-water/