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Why these fifth generation Dean farmers began growing roses - Ballarat Courier

A florist of 10 years, Ms Tippett had always wished to grow something herself, before the perfect opportunity arose. Ms Tippett was commuting to Melbourne to her job at Cecilia Fox, when one of the farms she sourced flowers from, Soho Rose Farm, in Drysdale, near Portarlington, was put up for sale. The property sold, but the business did not. "All of the roses were going to be bulldozed," Ms Tippett said. "It would have been a real loss to the floristry industry." So, she and her husband Brock went to the property to have a look and ended up coming home set on the idea to transfer every single rose bush - all 8000 of them - from Drysdale to Dean. "It was a pretty massive move," she said. "It was amazing and has worked out so well. The move went really well, the plants have done incredibly. We've done nothing to them really and they have thrived." Her roses are unique heritage varieties of garden roses and have an invigorating rose fragrance. Grown in the paddock, they grow more slowly than in a glasshouse and require more maintenance due to the increased susceptibility to changes in weather. Garden varieties and hothouse roses differ in size and often have different stems. Some hothouse roses have a fragrance, while others do not. "Because I'm a florist as well and have dealt with a lot of brides I know that when they pick their bridal bouquet they want it to smell really beautiful. These roses give that nostalgic feeling and that is the beauty of it," she said. Growing up, Ms Tippett was always interested in gardening as her mum was very experienced. Moving from floristry, where she was dealing with only the blooms, to going full circle to learning about how to actually grow and tend to the ros... https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/6124758/why-these-fifth-generation-dean-farmers-began-growing-roses/?cs=62

Julia Briones McCollum, 79, employed as a nurse with Sentara Norfolk General for 18 years - Southside Daily

Antolin Briones.Julia belonged to St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church, having served as a member of the Legion of Mary, facilitator for small faith group, singer with both the contemporary and St. Cecilia choirs, cantor and volunteer gardener.Julia worked as a nurse at Sentara Norfolk General for 18 years, and afterward, at Marian Manor. She enjoyed laughing, singing Neil Diamond songs, cooking and eating delicious meals, crocheting gifts, winning at solitaire, tending to her gloriously abundant backyard paradise, and spreading God’s love to all.Julia is survived by her husband of 16 years, David; brothers, Anthony, Andreas and Rolando Briones; sisters, Virginia Bondad and Rosemarie Aplosen; children, Rex and Judy Aycud, Felisa Aycud, Imelda Bernstein and Jeffrey Keiter, Florence and Mark Hanssen, Lillibeth Aycud and Marc Stuart; grandchildren, Daniel, Mathew, Isabella, Zachary, Noah, Sera, Tristan and Koyo; great-grandchildren, Aiden and Bennett; and the extended Briones family. She was preceded in death by siblings, Henry and Johnny Briones; and grandchild, Michael Hough.The family held visitation Thursday, April 4, at Rosewood-Kellum Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, April 6, at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Rosewood Memorial Park. For flowers, please consider ordering from Julia’s friends at Wa... https://southsidedaily.com/obits/2019/04/05/julia-briones-mccollum-79-employed-as-a-nurse-with-sentara-norfolk-general-for-18-years/

Meet Bond, Antonio Bond: a Floral Artist with an Edge - Texas Monthly

Central Market (he was a bartender at Emo’s by night). He caught his first big break as a florist in 2013 when he did a wedding at the Hotel St. Cecilia, whose staff loved his work so much they hired him to be their in-house florist. Earlier this year, he teamed up with photographers Alison Narro and Houshang Ghaharie to shoot a coffee table book featuring his diverse body of work. Transplants: Eclectic Floral Design, published in November by Blue Star Press, showcases Bond’s extraordinary sculptural designs. Take a peak inside the 200-page hardcover stunner."The cherub's face in this arrangement brings an element of mystery, which I always love to have in my work," Bond says. Photography by Houshang GhaharieThe horse skull image is featured on the cover of the book and is one of Bond’s all-time favorites. “It’s so powerful and beautiful,” he says. "I love that the flowers are spilling out of this creature’s mouth, giving it life again."Photography by Alison Narro Bond’s intention with the all-black still life is to force the viewer’s eye to search the entire image to find the interesting details within it. Photography by Houshang Ghahariedefa...

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CA Flower Mall Flamingo's Flowers Award Best Mom Ever Flower Prize - PR Web (press release)

Flamingo's Flowers Tree Truck Floral ArrangmentWhat I love most about the flower business is being able to achieve a client’s dreams through our floral arrangements." -- Cecilia Lugos, owner Flamingo's FlowersDowntown Los Angeles' Flower District, California (PRWEB)May 14, 2017 Araceli Espinosa is thrilled the photo of her and her beloved Mother, won the daily CFM Best Mom Ever Photo Contest Mother's Day flowers giveaway - #CFMMothersDay from Flamingo’s Flowers & Events. In Espinosa’s family there are two Mother’s Day celebrations this week, Latin American Mother’s Day -- Dia De Las Madres celebrated on May 10 and Mother’s Day Sunday. “We buy flowers for Mothers twice this week,” she says.The Flamingo’s Flowers Mother’s Day flower arrangement contest prize is a unique style tree trunk arrangement that contains several floral arrangement clusters – the piece measures nearly 5 feet tall. “What I love most about the flower business is being able to achieve a client’s dreams through our floral arrangements. We encourage Mother’s Day shoppers to allow us be a part of such a loving day for all Moms who are important and special," says Cecilia Lugos, owne... http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/05/prweb14334509.htm

With closed doors, Frankfort retailers, florist make alternative plans - State-Journal.com

Frankfort retailers are making alternative plans after Gov. Andy Beshear issued an order mandating all nonessential Kentucky retail businesses to close to in-person traffic by 8 p.m. Monday.Nonessential retail businesses include auto and vehicle dealers; furniture and home furnishing stores; electronics and appliance stores; cosmetics, beauty supply and perfume stores; optical good stores; other health and personal care stores; shoe stores; clothing stores; sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book stores; department stores; florists; office supplies, stationary and gift stores; and used merchandise stores.At Poor Richard’s Books — an anchor shop in downtown Frankfort for more than 30 years — owner Lizz Taylor worries that the closure will make it more difficult to get educational materials, especially books, into children’s hands.“I’m concerned that this will be a long haul and video screens will get old,” she said.The Paul Sawyier Public Library closed and ceased all operations — with the exception of online services — on Saturday. ... https://www.state-journal.com/business/with-closed-doors-frankfort-retailers-florist-make-alternative-plans/article_298b2460-6d36-11ea-b291-63a3f84599ce.html

Manchester Florist Offers Bows to Honor High School Seniors – Mix 94.7 KMCH - kmch.com

Saturday morning and by the afternoon, there was just one lonely bow left. She’s planning to make more on Monday.And her idea has been seen by other florists on Facebook – some as far away as Kentucky – who plan on making bows to show support for their high school seniors too.photo courtesy of Sarah’s Flowers & Gifts ... https://kmch.com/blog/2020/04/20/manchester-florist-offers-bows-to-honor-high-school-seniors/

With the right placement and little care, hydrangeas can make your Kentucky garden pop - Courier Journal

But while these are better garden plants and work well outside, the fact of the matter is that they work much better in Savannah or Charleston than they do in Kentucky. Bigleaf hydrangeas struggle in Kentucky because we are way too dry in summer (ever try to keep one of these from wilting in July or August?), and they also get their blooms blasted by Kentucky’s annual late spring freezes. The moderating influence of the Atlantic Ocean tends to help Savannah-grown hydrangeas avoid that fate. There are forms that bloom on new wood each year (so still bloom if hit with a spring freeze) but they still have that darned constant wilting thing ...And now to what should be considered the state tree of most northern states, Hydrangea paniculata. When I lived in Maine, not having a PG hydrangea in your front yard was a bit like not raking your leaves in fall or not shoveling the sidewalk in front of your house. Nobody wants to be that guy! Suffice to say, they were omnipresent. But after a while, it can get a little monotonous. Fortunately, plant breeders jumped in, and we now have a gigantic slate of varieties from which to choose.There are types with gigantic, white, globular flower heads that can reach 10-12 inches long. They have mostly sterile flowers with four petals each — the fertile flowers are tiny and buried deep in the flower cluster. Then there are those with a mixture of showy, sterile flowers and the non-show, fertile flowers. This gives the whole flower head (inflorescence) a lighter and more airy feel. A bit less like a Nerf football. Most are white flowering, but there are some (the variety Pillow Talk comes to mind) that start out greenish, go to white and then end the show with rich pink.But I prefer to look at the various varieties out there as opportunities to extend the bloom season. To that end, two of my favorites are the earliest of the H. paniculatas to bloom, "Dharuma" and the latest, "Tardiva.""Dharuma" is a Dutch selection that has a white, lace cap bloom type with a mix of sterile and fertile flowers. It is one of the smaller growing forms with 10-year-old plants at Yew Dell Botanical Gardens topping out at around 5-feet tall, less than half the size of the straight species. But it is also the very first one in our collection to bloom each year, usually starting to show its color in May.Then, when "Dharuma" is just making its last gasp of show, "Tardiva" bursts into bloom. Another lace cap type bloom, this one is just about the last one to flower in the group. It blooms in pure white and flowers through late July and August. So, with one plant of each in the garden, you can have flowers almost all summer long.But wait, there’s more.Another development in the large hydrangea world over the last few decades has been the discovery of the North American native oakleaf hydrangea. A large grower to 10-feet-plus tall and wide with thick, leathery leaves, this is an understory plant that graces the garden with billowy white blooms in late spring and early summer. And like all the ... https://www.courier-journal.com/story/life/home-garden/2020/05/08/hydrangeas-give-your-kentucky-gardens-ample-variety-color/3047641001/

Charissa's Floral Design Opens Brick & Mortar Space in Louisville, Kentucky - PR Leap

Full Size Image" Charissa's Floral Design is excited to announce the opening of its first ever brick and mortar location on 10513 Watterson Trail in Louisville, Kentucky. Local floral designer and owner, Charissa Shea specializes in providing beautiful and unique floral arrangements, decorations and day of coordination services for weddings, corporate events, private clubs, parties and much more. Located next to J-Town Hardware and Rental this new space will serve as a gathering place for consultations, bachelorette crafting parties, and other special events. To celebrate the new location, Charissa's Floral Design is hosting an Open House on Thursday December 12th from 12-7pm. Holiday arrangements and mugs will be available for purchase and guests can enjoy treats from Out of the Box Cookies. Those in the community are encouraged to stop by as Charissa's Floral Design looks forward to growing and serving many brides, families and businesses in the future. As a nurse and mom of four, Charissa Shea has always had a passion for helping others. After 15 years of experience in floral design and the encouragement of a fellow nurse, Charissa officially established herself as a boutique florist in 201... http://www.prleap.com/pr/273044/charissas-floral-design-opens-brick-mortar-space-in-louisville-kentucky-