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Lubbock Flower Shops Double Up On Staff For Valentines Day - EverythingLubbock.com

Flowers doubled up and even started working on orders in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Florist, Wayne Dubose has been arranging flowers for the past 48 years, he started his senior year at Brownville High School in 1969."I guess when you've done it as long as I have, I could probably do it in my sleep but I do feel like it's a God given talent," Dubose said. "You can learn to do it, but when people genuinely love it... it's because it's God given."Due to such a surplus of orders, House of Flowers had a $100 order minimum, with a $25 delivery fee. Employee Blaire Stonehem said they aren't guaranteeing delivery times for last minute orders, but they have extra people on board to get as many done as possible. "We have to increase our prices because we have so much extra help that we have to pay to be here." said Stonehem.Seldom to popular belief, Store Manager Kassie Baker said Valentines Day is not necessarily a big money maker for flower shops. But that the shop loves the holiday because of the pure joy it brings, despite the chaos. "We get most of our stuff from Ecuador and South America and the import costs go up and it rises and its back to supply and demand," Baker said. http://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/klbk-news/lubbock-flower-shops-double-up-on-staff-for-valentines-day/656083279

Roses are red, violets are blue, chances are, the Flower Lady knows you - Kamloops This Week

Over the years, the music has changed. The bars have changed. The people have changed. But, until the pandemic arrived, her business remained. Selling about 120 flowers a night at $3 a stem — a price that never rose with inflation — Chernecki said she made about $1,000 per month selling roses. Red roses, the flower of love, is her bestseller, while yellow was not part of her rotation because they “look funny” in club lighting, she said. On flower-selling nights, Chernecki leaves her house at 10 o’clock and stays out at long as it takes, until she sells all of her roses, sometimes until near bar closing time. On one occasion, she walked into a bar at the beginning of her shift and somebody bought the entire inventory. She sold out within 22 minutes — her record — giving her the rest of the night off. She stayed and had a drink. Always dressed to impress, wearing head-to-toe gowns, Chernecki insists it takes only seven minutes to get ready: a swipe of lipstick, a bit of mascara, a spritz of perfume and the dress, which she purchases second-hand. “The roses are the jewelry,” she said. But every rose has its thorn. For every nice bar patron, there is the other guy. Chernecki said she ran into the odd altercation. On one occasion, a man pulled down her dress. Bouncers keep their eyes out for her, but she said she doesn’t need their help. “I had my fingers in his eyes, my knees in his crotch and I had him bent over the back bar of Cactus Jack’s,” she said. “Jack Daniels, maybe at that time. I had him over the bar and I lost it on him. They said, ‘You could charge him.’ I said, ‘Oh, no. The humiliation he got from me was probably enough.’” Her job makes her a fly on the wall at bars — oh, the stories she could tell. She can rattle off old bar names and old bar owners. She said she believes in love, happiness and spreading joy to others, including “crazy-ass people.” She’s seen new relationships blossom and others go stale. She has seen people walk away from each other, only to get back together years later. In her experience, sometimes love simply works and sometimes it doesn’t. A rose doesn’t hurt. Chernecki is proof that a rose is more than a stereotype when it comes to love and that many couples have yet to blossom without her roaming the clubs in Kamloops during the pandemic. https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/community/roses-are-red-violets-are-blue-chances-are-the-flower-lady-knows-you-1.24216291

Historically Speaking: Florists a big part of Dover - Seacoastonline.com

At one time Shortridge also served as president of Merchants National Bank and president of the Dover Realty Co. He and his wife, who had been Ada Massingham, lived at 4 West Concord St., and he remained active in the business until his death in 1946. Ada then took over and with her nephew, Tom Massingham, managed the operation until her death in 1958.Tom Massingham had been born in England, but at age 5 was sent by his family to Dover to live with the Shortridges. As a young man he worked in the business, served in World War II, and upon his return and at Ada's death, became the owner of the Garrison Hill Greenhouses. In 1950, he was one of the first to construct a building on the nascent Miracle Mile, at what was then called Page's corner, opposite Glenwood Avenue. It was originally intended to be a retail flower and gift shop, but on Nov. 25-26 Mother Nature intervened at the Garrison Hill site with close to hurricane force winds that shattered greenhouse glass, entirely uprooting one building which landed on another, and causing an estimated $50,000 damage, well over a half million dollars in today's money.As a result, production at that location was limited and a much-reduced greenhouse space was grafted on to the building at Central Avenue. Over time the original greenhouse structures were dismantled and removed, the space eventually covered by apartment buildings, and the only reminder we have of what was there is the name of the street, Floral Avenue. (The business remains in operation, however, with the next generation, Thomas Massingham as owner, located in the small plaza at the corner of Chestnut and Fourth streets.)This was not the only florist operation in town. Recently we mentioned the Elliott Greenhouses set back some distance from the Dover Point Road (the location of the present Ponte Place development). This was a major producer of roses, with a national, even international, clientele. For a time there was a retail store, Thornwood, in the building now occupied by Patty B's restaurant.Bob and Barbara Drew had a small greenhouse on Tolend Road. There was Bob's Flower Shop, Robert Ham proprietor, at 2 Central Ave. In the mid-1940s, there was Brown's Flower Shop (Aaron and Ralph Brown, owners) at 107 Washington St., which advertised being open on Sunday morning.The Whatnot Flowers and Gifts was at 517 Central Ave., owned by Edward and Natalie Duffy, with "a full line of religious articles."Perley Lee and his wife Mabelle had a greenhouse and retail store at 120 Stark Avenue next door to their home. In the mid-’80s the Siranian family at 103 Stark Ave. had a small greenhouse, and just down the road, beyond the current Dover Chevrolet complex, John Viola, who worked many years for the Lees, had two small greenhouses behind his family home.A larger, longer-lived business was Meader's Greenhouses at 21 Back River Road (the remains of some of the greenhouse buildings are still visible). The Meader family had deep roots in the Dover area. John lived at the corner of Back River and the Durham Road. Herbert lived just beyond t... https://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20200823/historically-speaking-florists-big-part-of-dover

Looking Back on Aug. 21 | Lewiston - The Bethel Citizen

Maine’s worms.50 Years Ago: 1970A survey crew is working in the Turner and Center Streets, Auburn area preparing data for the planning of the Union Street Bypass project. The State Highway Commission will hold a public hearing on the proposal on Aug 25 at the Auburn City Council chamber.25 Years Ago: 1995A tradition at Sherwood Heights School is to have each student become a gardener and plant flowers in the center courtyard. This activity reminds students the importance of planting trees and plants are for their environment. Second, students are engaged in a hands-on activity which brings to life concepts learned in the classroom. Third, the garden becomes a symbol to students who will greet It again in the fall and to those who have graduated. Last, the activity culminates the year by bringing the whole school] together to create something special that has become a part of the school culture. The tradition continued this year with the contribution of 600 flowering plants from Roak the Florist.The material used in Looking Back is reproduced exactly as it originally appeared, although misspellings and errors may be corrected.Invalid username/password.Ple... https://www.sunjournal.com/2020/08/21/looking-back-on-aug-21-3/

Founder of Victoria's 'cheeky' flower count, dies at 97 – Vancouver Island Free Daily - vancouverislandfreedaily.com

The Victoria woman who started a light-hearted campaign to count flower blossoms sprouting in British Columbia’s capital when much of Canada remained locked in winter’s grip has died.Norma Fitzsimmons, whose annual Greater Victoria Flower Count signals the early arrival of spring in Canada’s warmest winter city, died Friday, July 24 after suffering a stroke. She was 97 years old.This year’s 45th annual flower count, held March 4 to 11, saw a total of 45.9 billion blooms recorded in Greater Victoria.“I don’t think she meant to get under anybody’s skin,” said granddaughter Sheri Bourrie. “It was just a cheeky way of being, ‘Hey, look at us and look at how fantastic Victoria is.’”Fitzsimmons, born in August 1922, never left Victoria and stayed in her home overlooking scenic Cadboro Bay until the final two weeks of her life.Flowers were her lifelong passion and served as her way of helping people and promoting Victoria, known as the City of Gardens, said Bourrie.“You didn’t ever go to her house and there wasn’t a flower arrangement,” she said. “Even the last time we visited her there was a flower arrangement. Fresh flowers, her o... https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/founder-of-victorias-cheeky-flower-count-dies-at-97/