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Mid-Hudson region kicks off Phase 1 of reopening as business owners adjust to new normal - WPIX 11 New York

Latimer.In Phase 2, retailers like Carriage House Flowers in White Plains will open at full service.Florist John DiPilato has kept his 36-year-old shop open during the pandemic to arrange flowers for funerals.Now, he has the go ahead for non-essential curbside pickups. “I’ll take any orders I can take,” said DiPilato.Leaders throughout the region say PPE will be provided to everyone who's returning to work.Plus, employers are responsible for making sure people are social distancing, and if anyone has virus symptoms, they must stay home. https://www.pix11.com/news/coronavirus/mid-hudson-region-kicks-off-phase-1-of-reopening-as-business-owners-adjust-to-new-normal

Happy 100th: Celebrating the life of Rose Carpenter - Seacoastonline.com

Roses father, who took an immediate liking to him and welcomed him on his farm to meet his family. From that point on, the family would regularly host John on their farm for the duration of his stay in England. Their story is captured in the book, They Also Serve Who Stand and Wait, which chronicles the history of the U.S. Army being stationed in Birmingham.Military police were stationed just outside the gate to prevent GIs from causing trouble in the community, Rose said. At first, I almost died when my father brought a GI to the house. (Later on), my brother would meet John by a fence and give him 'civi' clothes so he could sneak out and visit us.John Carpenter was shipped off to fight in France in days after the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944, but stayed in touch with Roses family through letters. Whenever her family would hear from Carpenter, she said she would take the responsibility of reading his letters as a form of entertainment for all of them.My grandmother knew John was fixing on mom when she stopped reading his letters to the family, Roses daughter Deb Grochmal said.John returned to England on 30-day leave from the Army in March 1946 to propose to Rose. John and Rose married in Birmingham and they spent a romantic honeymoon in London trying to obtain the necessary paperwork for her to join him in the United States through the Red Cross.John had to return to France to be transported home with the Army, so Rose was left to travel alone on a ship to New York.The ship was mostly full of war brides, Rose said. There were a lot of women who arrived in New York and there wasnt anyone to pick them up, so they had to go back. I never thought John wouldnt be there.After a whirlwind tour of New York City with John and an Army buddy, the Carpenters boarded a train for Durham and settled in Newmarket. In 1950, they opened their flower shop at their home at 220 South Main St., complete with several greenhouses. She credits their willingness to cook for one another as a secret to their successful marriage and business partnership when the other was busier.John looked after the plants and I ran the shop, Rose said. People would ask me all the time how we worked together for so long, we just liked being together. John never had time to go out with the boys.Grochmal said her parents' shared economic fortunes was the bedrock for their marriage and their bond was stronger than steel until Johns death 11 years ago at age 89.They took every risk they could possibly take to grow their business, Grochmal said. Its a testament to how much they loved each other to spend nearly every day together, 24/7, working side by side. They were always holding hands right up until the day my father died.Growing up, Grochmal said she and her two brothers would typically only receive necessities like warm clothes or school supplies at Christmas or for their birthdays.Grochmal said it wasnt until she was an adult when her mother said she and her father felt badly they werent able to buy more exciting gifts for their children.We never thought we had less," Grochmal said. "There were always a lot of gifts at birthdays and on Christmas morning it was always full under the tree. Mom always made sure to wrap our gifts in special paper, so even if we were getting a pencil, it was really special. We didnt think of them as just getting necessities, they were gifts from our parents and I learned quickly from her that everything is truly a gift." ... https://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20191019/happy-100th-celebrating-life-of-rose-carpenter

Preserved flowers are back. You can thank the pandemic - Sydney Morning Herald

COVID-19.Credit:Edwina PicklesAfter that, the requests came pouring in from people wanting some for their homes.“They’ve been very popular,” says Lampe, owner of Darlinghurst florist Floreat, adding that people are hanging them on internal doors of their homes and their front doors.How did preserved and dried flowers become such a major interior trend? When, as Vogue once put it, the “bad rap” dried flowers used to have meant that they were, “at their worst, associated with dusty homes and death”?Unlike the dried flowers of yore, this new preserved variety – frequently from south-east Asia – are usually dried, sometimes by freezing (though there are other methods) at their peak, and after having their colour extracted, have a new, bright colour, never seen before in nature, put back in.As a result of the new preserving process, they look like fresh flowers rather than the shrivelled dried flowers of 1980s drawing rooms. Many of the dried flowers that florists like Pearce are featuring retain their shape well, too, especially natives like paper daisies, billy buttons, and banksia.“They’re a different kind of beautiful,” says Rose Ottley, a Wollongong-based florist, of preserved flowers. “And they can last, if you look after them, for years.” Ottley's “everlasting terrariums”, dried vase arrangements, and pressed flower frames – with pansies, lavender and fennel flowers she’s pressed herself – have all grown in popularity during the pandemic.The preserved boom, says Pearce, not only appeals to the ecologically-conscious, but hops on the back of the floral trend that exploded over the Spring/Summer 2020 runways, with blooms of various shapes and sizes – some reminiscent of 1960s wallpaper, others three-dimensional – seen in confections from multiple designers, including Christopher Kane and Marc Jacobs.How to best care for your preserved and dried flowers? Keep them out of direct sunlight and anywhere moist, and dust with the cool air from your hair dryer.And remember that not everything can be preserved or dried.“People love pampas grass, but that’s a noxious weed, so I try not to use that,” says Ottley.Get our Morning & Evening Edition newslettersSamantha Selinger-Morris is a lifestyle writer for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.Most Viewed in Lifestyle... https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/preserved-flowers-are-back-you-can-thank-the-pandemic-20200630-p557ho.html

Milwaukee florists create installation outside America's Black Holocaust Museum - WDJT

Hide Mobile side-- MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A group of local Milwaukee florists and floral farmers known as "MKE Seen," came together to create a flower installation outside America's Black Holocaust Museum Friday, June 19.It's in recognition of Juneteenth Day, and also the 36th anniversary of the founding of the museum.At the end of the day, it's meant to add some joy and softness to the holiday."Flowers can really change a space and bring a lot of positive energy, and what we're hoping -- our main goal -- is encouragement," said florist Sally Vander Wyst.They also gave away free bouquets. Share this article:... https://www.cbs58.com/news/milwaukee-florists-create-installation-outside-americas-black-holocaust-museum

BACK IN TIME: Flowers by Telegraph in Englewood, 1933 - Pascack Press & Northern Valley Press

ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—Years before anyone could go on a florist’s website, browse photos of pre-designed arrangements, and pop in a credit card number, there was a method of ordering that seems pretty foreign to us today—the telegraph. Peter Duff & Sons, an Englewood florist, was a member of the Florists Telegraph Delivery Association. The accompanying advertisement for Duff’s is dated to Valentine’s Day of 1933. Florists Telegraph Delivery Association—which still exists today under the familiar acronym FTD—became the country’s first flowers-by-wire service in 1910. It enabled a customer to order flowers by telegraph, using local florists in the recipient’s area to fulfill the order on the same day.  Another interesting part of this ad is the old style of phone number: Englewood 3-7500. In those days, connecting to another person’s telephone required the help of an operator.  Peter Duff first opened his flower business at 154 Tryon Ave., Englewood, back in 1920. He kept greenhouses on Tenafly Road. Born in... https://thepressgroup.net/back-in-time-flowers-by-telegraph-in-englewood-1933/

Local florist offering delivery specials to nursing homes - 13abc Action News

However, one Sylvania florist is trying to make the best of an awful situation. Jen Linehan owns the flower shop Beautiful Blooms by Jen in Sylvania, which has already seen its fair share in wedding cancellations. "Brides are all calling to apologize, and I tell them it's not your fault, we'll do the best we can to reschedule," says Linehan. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing homes are also closed to visitors. That's when Jen had the idea for "Blooms for the Blues" -- a special delivery rate to send a bud vase with some fresh blooms to lift the spirits of nursing home residents. Orders, including delivery, only cost $10.72. Customers can order online or over the phone at 419-517-8821 to maintain CDC social distancing guidelines. Linehan said the company is planning deliveries this Friday to Oakleaf Village and Franciscan Care Center. They will continue to check with other nursing h... https://www.13abc.com/content/news/Local-florist-making-smiles-bloom-568863591.html

Fire Tears Through Nassau Florist | Garden City, NY Patch - Garden City, NY Patch

WEST HEMPSTEAD, NY — An early morning fire at a Nassau County florist Sunday is being investigated for possible arson, Nassau County police said. Police and firefighters responded to Country Arts Florist at 535 Hempstead Turnpike in West Hempstead for a fire at 5:20 a.m. First responders saw flames in the rear of the building. Ten fire departments – Franklin Square and Munson, West Hempstead, Elmont, Uniondale, Garden City Park, Garden City, Floral Park, Malverne, Lakeview and New Hyde Park – totaling 125 firefighters responded to the scene. There were no injuries reported, police said. The fire caused extensive damage to the building and to two parked business vans on the Munson Avenue side of the building. The building and the vehicles were unoccupied. The Nassau County Fire Marshal and the Arson Bomb Squad are investigating, police said.Photo by Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department... https://patch.com/new-york/gardencity/fire-damages-florist-shop-hempstead-turnpike

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