Centerville Flower Shop News
Summer jobs: Flowers, photos and more
Tuesday, July 03, 2018Jodie HavertDirector of Food ServiceWilmington City SchoolsJodie’s first summer job was as a cashier at Dorothy Lane Market in Centerville.“I got to meet people from all different walks of life, including both customers and fellow staff members. Some of these acquaintances evolved into lifelong friendships,” said Havert.Her least favorite part of the job, she said, was “handling money — so dirty and disgusting!”The most memorable thing that occurred while working there was she met her future fiancé..neFileBlock { margin-bottom: 20px;}.neFileBlock p { margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;}.neFileBlock .neFile { border-bottom: 1px dotted #aaa; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 10px;}.neFileBlock .neCaption { font-size: 85%;} Load comments ... https://www.wnewsj.com/news/76303/summer-jobs-flowers-photos-and-more
What makes this 50-year-old floral business different from the rest - MyDaytonDailyNews
Tuesday, March 28, 2017Tucked away inside a small building on Far Hills Avenue in Centerville is a floral shop that focuses on the unique. Far Hills Florist has been serving the Dayton and Centerville communities for more than 50 years.“It was my husband’s (Jeff) father’s business,” said Barbara Schneider, an owner of Far Hill Florist along with her husband, who officially bought the business from his dad in 1995. “Today we offer the best, highest quality flowers at the onset and created styles that are unique and different.”Barbara and Jeff are “artisan” florists and prefer to work with flowers that most people wouldn’t think of as long lasting.“We tend to create in two drastically different styles,” Schneider said. “The English Garden style uses a lot of different types of plant materials and we like the French Compact style, which we tend to do more than anything else.”These styles lend themselves well to square cubes and Barbara said they line their vases with leaves to create more interest.“It’s the care of the flowers that makes them last,” Schneider said. “We... http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/lifestyles/what-makes-this-year-old-floral-business-different-from-the-rest/eSUI2ydLwcjwr3c2TjYCyK/
Floral, gift shop opens in Anna - Sidney Daily News (subscription)
Tuesday, July 26, 2016They furnished it with tables and umbrellas for wine-tasting events there.Betsy attended David Curtis Floral Design School in Centerville.The Martins had a soft opening July 12 and plan a grand opening for July 30 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. They’ll have free gifts, children’s crafts, wine tasting, discounts and more.“I’ve always done flowers and he wanted to own a business,” Betsy said about why they decided on the retail venture. Someone suggested the gift shop because there wasn’t already one in Anna. As local residents, they like that their business is in place to give back to their community. They’re already planning donations of flowers for the high school homecoming and prom.Bliss & Bloom’s slogan is “Not just a gift, but a memory.”“We want to put your flowers in something that’s a memory,” Betsy said, as she created an arrangement in a tin bucket covered in floral paper. She and Mike go antiquing to acquire unusual containers.They offer free delivery of flowers and gifts in Anna. There is a $5.99 delivery fee to Sidney and surrounding towns. In addition to fresh flowers, the shop teems with home decor items; a line of soaps and lotions that are made in Ohio and packaged in wildflower-seeded paper;Mona B brand purses made of recycled tents, tarps and military uniforms; Blue Moon Sweet Fudge and Coblentz candy from Holmes City; OSU buckeye-themed and breast cancer awareness-themed items; scarves; wind chimes; helium balloons; Mary Meyer stuffed animals; and Fit Kicks, soled socks and fanny packs.“I can’t believe how well they’re selling,” Betsy said of the Fit Kicks.The couple will put together gift baskets and have partnered with the Candle Lab of Columbus and Cincinnati to offer make-it-yourself candles. Shoppers can choose their favorite scents from among dozens of possiblilities and create candles, body sprays, room sprays, bath salts or wax tarts. It takes about an hour and half for a candle to set.“So you bring wine in and enjoy it while you wait,” Betsy said. They plan to host Fire and Wine Nights during which groups can do just t... http://sidneydailynews.com/news/business/36303/floral-gift-shop-opens-in-anna
New home furnishings store to open in former Flower Factory space - Dayton Daily News
Wednesday, May 11, 2016WASHINGTON TWP. —A home store called “HomeBuys — The Best for Less” is coming to the former Flower Factory space at 480 Miamisburg-Centerville Road in Washington Twp. between Centerville and the Dayton Mall.“Coming soon” signs are posted, workers are preparing the store’s interior, and the company is interviewing walk-in applicants at the site, employees there said this morning, Feb. 19.The 81,000-square-foot store is projected to open between mid-March and mid-April, according to a HomeBuys employee at the site. The employee referred other questions to a company spokeswoman who did not immediately respond to messages left this morning.The Flower Factory — a retailer and wholesaler of home decorations, crafts, party supplies and seasonal decorations — shut down in late October because the Ohio-based chain went out of business entirely. About 18 employees lost their job at the Washington Twp. store. http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/new-home-furnishings-store-to-open-in-former-flowe/nqSrn/
Former Flower Factory building sells for $1.8M - Dayton Business Journal
Tuesday, January 05, 2016Former Flower Factory building sells for $1.8MDayton Business JournalThe 480 Miamisburg-Centerville Road Flower Factory, which sold home decorations and art supplies wholesale, announced plans to close shop in October when the Canton-based parent company went out of business. The property, near the Dayton Mall ... http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2015/12/18/former-flower-factory-building-sells-for-1-8m.html
Benos Flowers and Gifts wants to bring fun, happiness - The Gazette
Tuesday, February 05, 2019By Deborah Neyens, correspondent Long Para:0 Long Pra Total: 11 Total Para Total: 25-- IOWA CITY — A new Iowa City business aims to spread happiness.Long Para:1 Long Pra Total: 11 Total Para Total: 25-- Benito Ocampo Campos opened Beno’s Flowers and Gifts on Nov. 15 in downtown Iowa City, realizing a longtime goal to own his own flower shop. Long Para:2 Long Pra Total: 11 Total Para Total: 25-- “Flowers bring happiness, with their smell and their colors, when people receive them,” Ocampo said. “Everyone loves flowers.”Long Para:2 Long Pra Total: 11 Total Para Total: 25-- Ocampo, who grew up in Mexico, opened his first business in that country at the age of 19.Long Para:3 Long Pra Total: 11 Total Para Total: 25-- “It was a small gift shop — only about 300 square feet,” he recalled. “I did decorations with balloons for parties and a few weddings with flowers but not much. I had no experience.”Long Para:4 Long Pra Total: 11 Total Para Total: 25-- A year or two later, Ocampo moved to... https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/business/iowa-city-benos-flowers-floral-shop-florist-flower-20190121
Benos Flowers and Gifts wants to bring fun, happiness - The Gazette
Tuesday, January 22, 2019By Deborah Neyens, correspondent Long Para:0 Long Pra Total: 11 Total Para Total: 25-- IOWA CITY — A new Iowa City business aims to spread happiness.Long Para:1 Long Pra Total: 11 Total Para Total: 25-- Benito Ocampo Campos opened Beno’s Flowers and Gifts on Nov. 15 in downtown Iowa City, realizing a longtime goal to own his own flower shop. Long Para:2 Long Pra Total: 11 Total Para Total: 25-- “Flowers bring happiness, with their smell and their colors, when people receive them,” Ocampo said. “Everyone loves flowers.”Long Para:2 Long Pra Total: 11 Total Para Total: 25-- Ocampo, who grew up in Mexico, opened his first business in that country at the age of 19.Long Para:3 Long Pra Total: 11 Total Para Total: 25-- “It was a small gift shop — only about 300 square feet,” he recalled. “I did decorations with balloons for parties and a few weddings with flowers but not much. I had no experience.”Long Para:4 Long Pra Total: 11 Total Para Total: 25-- A year or two later, Ocampo moved to... https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/business/iowa-city-benos-flowers-floral-shop-florist-flower-20190121
Citizen of the Year: Catlins fantastic florist - Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
Tuesday, January 08, 2019She also worked at J.C. Penney in Danville, where she met her husband, Tim, then a manager trainee.She and Tim married in May 1987. That October, Tim's job with the department store took them to Iowa and then Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming and Minnesota. In Nebraska, Welsh — who continued to work as a florist out west — directed community theater, served on the Miss Nebraska Pageant board of directors and directed the pageant for three years. In Wyoming, she was involved with the Cheyenne Frontier Days, billed as the world's largest outdoor rodeo and western celebration.In 2004, the couple and their young son, Tanner, moved back to Catlin to be near family. A couple of years later, Welsh opened Floral-n-Flair, a flower shop and event-planning business, in the same downtown building she started out in. She and business partner Kay Smoot also own and operate a gift boutique called Pauline's Attic.Welsh was working one evening when Stutsman popped in."Who got it, and how are we going to decorate?" she asked, thinking he'd stopped by to discuss the Citizen of the Year banquet at the Methodist Church, which she decorates.She was floored by his answer."It still hasn't sunk in," she said, the day before the banquet.While honored, Welsh was quick to acknowledge her "crew," including local high school students and residents who help her set up for community events, weddings and parties — and family. Tanner, who turns 21 this month, has autism, and Tim is his full-time caregiver and still finds time to help out at work."I wouldn't be able to do any of this without him," she said."It's always been a team effort," she continued, adding she learned that from her dad who helped out in many ways at the shop and home before he passed away a couple of years ago.Welsh recalled sitting at the family table years ago after her brother became a 1,000-yard rusher on his high school football team."My dad pointed to his picture on the front of the sports page and said, 'He wouldn't have done that without his line that blocked for him.' I've always remembered that. You can't do it alone. You have to surround yourself with good people and work as a team."... http://www.news-gazette.com/noelle-mcgee/2018-11-01/citizen-the-year-catlins-fantastic-florist.html
The Art of Flowers: Carolyne Roehm will speak about her career in fashion, design and gardening
Tuesday, October 30, 2018I love them all,” she said. “When you decorate them and build some of them and do all that, it gets difficult to leave.”As a girl, she had family in Iowa, and remembers celebrating a few Christmases in Cedar Rapids — but hasn’t been back since the 1950s.Even as she’s lived in New York and Paris, she’s always carried a Midwestern sensibility with her, she said.“I really like Midwesterners. There’s just something cozy about them and something positive about people from the Midwest. I think that’s been a plus for me,” she said. “It’s served me in life, being open and friendly.”If you go• What: Cedar Rapids Garden Club luncheon, lecture and book signing with Carolyne Roehm• Where: Cedar Rapids Country Club, 500 27th St. Dr. SE, Cedar Rapids• When: 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 7• Cost: $85 to $100• What: Patron party: Cocktails and conversation with Carolyne Roehm• Where: 2345 Linden Dr. SE, Cedar Rapids• When: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6• Cost: $85• Tickets for both events: cedarrapidsgardenclub.com/events.htmll Comments: (319) 398-8339; alison.gowans@thegazette.com ... https://www.thegazette.com/subject/life/books/the-art-of-flowers-carolyne-roehm-will-speak-about-her-career-in-fashion-design-and-gardening-20181027
