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Looters Ransack Streeterville Florist Shop That Opened Just A Few Months Ago - CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) — Small business owners who were looted early Monday morning spent the rest of the day trying to get their stores back together.CBS 2’s Tara Molina found a florist in Streeterville where looters did not steal flowers. They just destroyed the place.The florist opened just a few months ago. On Monday, blue and white floral arrangements made it to Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Gov. JB Pritzker’s BlueCross BlueShield news conference.“It was just like being in two different worlds,” said Gur Manhas, husband of City Scents owner Nima Manhas.Hours earlier, the owners were walking through broken glass and wreckage to get those bouquets together.“It was difficult to see the shop like this,” Nima Manhas said.The refrigerators were shattered, the computers were broken, and the new small business at 209 E. Ohio St. was totally ransacked.“All of us are trying to get back to normal, and it’s just so difficult,” Nima Manhas said.They did deal with some theft.“Just garbage and trash everywher... https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/08/10/looters-ransack-streeterville-florist-shop-that-opened-just-a-few-months-ago/

Flower Power: Farm-to-Vase Movement Takes Root on Chicago's South and West Sides - WTTW News

Colombia or possibly Ecuador. The small slice of the market not dominated by imports is, in turn, almost entirely monopolized by California growers. Before they reach Chicago, the blooms, most of which are cultivated in greenhouses, will have traveled thousands of miles via energy-guzzling refrigerated planes, cargo ships and trucks, passing from farmer to exporter to wholesaler to retailer. Plenty won’t survive. What you wind up holding in your hand is less a natural wonder than a marvel of logistics and the modern global supply chain. All of which serves as a prologue to the story of Eco House. Eco House founder Quilen Blackwell. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News) Rain barrels are the sole source of water for the farm's irrigation system. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News) Beehives at the farm. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News) Lilies, biding their time before blooming. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News) Southside Blooms' floral studio, in the basement of the Blackwells' home. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News) What a Midwestern flower farm looks like, when spring bloomers are spent, and summer's are freshly planted. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News) Southside Blooms seasonal spring bouquet. (Southside Blooms) Eco House upends pretty much everything we just told you about the flower industry. Here’s a farm with land located not in South America but the South and West sides of Chicago. Flowers are grown outdoors in the dirt on formerly vacant lots in Englewood, Woodlawn and West Garfield Park, and then sold directly to consumers.That’s ... https://news.wttw.com/2020/07/08/slow-flower-movement-chicago-eco-house

'Always in Bloom,' flowers 'Blossom' for moms, 'Eden' during a pandemic - Sippican Week

Mother’s Day is fast approaching, and though families can’t go to brunch or and may have to stay six feet apart at the park, florists are still making sure that residents can buy flowers, even if they don’t come look at them.Sharon Monteiro, owner of Always in Bloom in Marion, said that although she has lost business with cancellations and postponements of proms, graduations and weddings, the flowers have never been more vibrant and business has been steady because of the holiday.“Without the world moving, mother nature is outdoing herself,” said Monteiro who said she has noticed the impact of less pollution. The owner is allowing one to two people in her shop at a time, but has noticed an increase in online orders, curbside pickup and delivery. Eden’s florist and garden shop further down the road in Marion has taken a similar approach with customers. Owner Esmeralda Braga said she doesn’t require customers to sign for card payments to keep contact to a minimum.To help further keep contact to a minimum, she took inspiration from a customer and now sells bouquets at the Marion General Store. Braga s... https://sippican.theweektoday.com/article/%E2%80%98always-bloom%E2%80%99-flowers-%E2%80%98blossom%E2%80%99-moms-%E2%80%98eden%E2%80%99-during-pandemic/47776

Abston, Joseph - The Chattanoogan

Fund in C/O Ms. Linda Pendergrass, 1298 Black Oak Ridge Road, Dayton, TN 37321.     Arrangements are by the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory and Florist, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson, Tn. 37343.     Please share your thoughts and memories at www.chattanooganorthchapel.com. ... https://www.chattanoogan.com/2020/8/6/413171/Abston-Joseph.aspx

Middletown family florist: Mother dies 6 days after daughter’s death - Hamilton Journal News

Tracy Armbruster, a 1985 Middletown High School graduate, was 49. She died of natural causes, her brother said. Her visitation and service were held Saturday.Now the florist family is planning another service.Funeral services are pending for Melinda at Baker-Stevens-Parramore Funeral Home.Melinda's husband, James Armbruster, owner of the business that was established in 1945 and a former city council member, died in 2010. He was 66. A 5.8-acre nature preserve in Middletown is named after the Armbruster family.Melinda is survived by two sons, Jim II and Matthew, and grandchildren.Despite the deaths, Matthew Armbruster said the business remains open and will continue serving the community for generations.“We haven’t skipped a beat and we’re not going to,” he said.He has received condolences from florists throughout the tri-state, he said.“The outpouring from the entire community has just been so overwhelming,” he said. https://www.journal-news.com/news/local/middletown-family-florist-mother-dies-days-after-daughter-death/VQINewRxtNKtHOlqOAEruM/

Florists add much needed color to seniors' lives in dark times - KTVU San Francisco

Florists add much needed color to senior housing residents during these dark times With the coronavirus draining much of the joy and color from the world these days, a small group of florists in San Ramon are trying to put some of it back, for people who perhaps need it most--those who are tucked away in senior care homes.SAN RAMON, Calif. - With the Coronavirus draining much of the joy and color from the world these days, a small group of florists in San Ramon are trying to put some of it back, for people who perhaps need it most--those who are tucked away in senior care homes. "They are just there scared. No visitors. I just want to give them some flowers to make them happy," said Sharon Enea, owner of the Enchanted Florist. The staff was creating about 50 bouquets Tuesday morning.While the vases and some of the flowers are donated, the owner is doing much of this out of her pocket.That is not easy, considering her business has plummeted by about 60 percent during the pandemic. "D... https://www.ktvu.com/news/florists-add-much-needed-color-to-seniors-lives-in-dark-times

Midlands Business Owners Concerned About Second Lockdown - Midlands103

August 7th, 2020 3:38pm One florist lost ten weddings when they were forced to close for two months.  Locking down Kildare, Laois and Offaly will have a devastating impact on businesses that are trying to get back on their feet. That's the message from Kildare Chamber of Commerce, which is calling on the government not to lock down the three counties. Hotels and bed and breakfasts have already started to get cancellations due to threat of a localised lockdown. Chamber chief executive Allen Shine wants the focus to be on community testing instead: Violet's Florist in Kildare Town lost commercial contracts and ten weddings when they were forced to close for two months. Owner Elisha Devine says if a strict lockdown is announced today, €3,000 euro worth of fresh flowers will go in the bin: ... https://www.midlands103.com/news/midlands-news/midlands-business-owners-concerned-about-second-lockdown/

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