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Flower expert Jo Oliver on seasonal changes - San Francisco Chronicle

Jo Oliver, owner of Flower Guild 1820 near Annapolis, Maryland, pulls from her background as a graphic designer to create arrangements with unusual color palettes and movement. Oliver joined staff writer Jura Koncius for her weekly online chat. Below is an edited excerpt. Q: What types of flowers do you suggest for those who have a limited budget for fresh ones at home? A: Think flowers that you can find at places such as grocery stores - right now mums, Alstroemeria and carnations. You can find these varieties in beautiful seasonal colors, and with some love (changing the water daily), these should last for a week or two. To create a fuller arrangement, pull greenery and berries from your garden. Q: How do you plan a designscape that will transition well between all the fall... https://www.sfchronicle.com/lifestyle/article/Flower-expert-Jo-Oliver-on-seasonal-changes-14832264.php

Free "Flowers Festival" scheduled for April 6th at Pip Moyer Rec Center - Eye On Annapolis

On Saturday, April 6 from 5 to 10 p.m., the City of Annapolis will host a “Flowers Festival” at “Pip” Moyer Recreation Center in Annapolis. The event is for all ages and is free to the public.At the event, enjoy a beautiful show of folkloric dance from different Hispanic countries including Spain, Mexico, Panama and more. Attendees can sample delicious Hispanic cuisine and dance to Salsa music. The children will enjoy art and handcraft activities.“The Flowers Festival is a wonderful celebration of the beginning of springtime and a unique experience to learn about Hispanic heritage from people living right here in our own community,” said Mayor Gavin Buckley. “This event will be both fun and delicious!”Participants are encouraged to dress up in traditional clothes, or come to the recreation center to get a “paliacate” (Mexican scarf/handkerchief)or flowers to wear.The event is sponsored by the City of Annapolis, Center of Help and Juntos Con Annapolis.Local businesses have generously contributed to make this event a success. They include... https://www.eyeonannapolis.net/2019/04/free-flowers-festival-scheduled-for-april-6th-at-pip-moyer-rec-center/

Hillard Donner, Annapolis businessman and philanthropist, dies at age 94 - Baltimore Sun

Donner told The Capital in 2006.The business did very well, and Donner spent his later years giving back to the community he loved.“He loved this city and loved doing things for Annapolis,” Rotner said. “We were looking back, and we figured over his life he gave about $5 million to good causes.”When the community sought to build a new hospital, he got involved in the fundraising effort to build Anne Arundel Medical Center, and then donated $1 million to the cause.The hospital’s Donner Pavilion is named for his parents, Joseph and Rose.After witnessing the care given by hospice workers, he championed that cause. When he chaired the Hospice of the Chesapeake’s campaign, he pledged $250,000 to set a good example.Donner also lent his efforts to the Naval Academy, helping build a dome on its Uriah P. Levy Center and Jewish Chapel.And he aided St. John’s College, The Key School and scores of other efforts.“He could not say no,” Rotner said. “He really lived the golden rule. He treated people as he wanted to be treated.”Tom Marquardt, former editor of The Capital who still pens a weekly wine column, remembered Donner as a great master of the wine business and the snappiest dresser in town.“Producers would come from France because they recognized Mills more than any other store. He was a magnet for people who collected fine wines.”He continued, “Hillard’s personality attracted the best wine producers in the world. People would come from far away to buy wine at Mills they could not find anywhere else. And that was all Hillard driven.”Chuck Farrar, owner of Bay Ridge Wine and Spirits, was technically a business competitor of Donner’s, but he “did not think of him as such,” Farrar said. “The first thing that comes to mind is Hillard Donner was a gentleman. He was an icon. He was a really hard-nosed businessman, an ethical businessman, always fair and honest. And a great citizen.”Donner was born Jan. 5, 1924, in Baltimore, son of Joseph and Rose Donner.He graduated from City High School in Baltimore and entered the Navy during World War II.Donner was stationed in Cuba during the war assigned as a radio man aboard a blimp that would set aloft ov... http://www.baltimoresun.com/ac-cn-hillard-donner-obit-20180113-story.html

Bring colour indoors over winter - TheChronicleHerald.ca

I can’t stand the thought of the planters dying, so I bring them indoors,” says McLaughlin, whose love of gardening was nurtured when she was a vendor at the Historic Gardens in Annapolis Royal.Contrary to what our mothers and grandmothers may have taught us, geraniums do not have to be sanctioned to the basement or porch for winterization. This popular flower is tolerant of both indoor and outdoor environments and, as a result, can be nurtured as a potted houseplant until temperatures facilitate outdoor growth. Water, light, warmth and tender loving care sustain healthy geraniums indoors.Studies on the health benefits of sharing space with fresh flowers are numerous. Flowers contribute to happiness and can even speed up recovery times from illness. Published studies indicate that plants improve indoor air quality, contribute to a healthy state of mind and decrease the effects of anxiety and depression.In office settings, the presence of plants can increase employee productivity and decrease stress levels.Jill Covill, owner and president of Bunchberry Nurseries in Upper Clements, suggests forcing early flowering plants into bloom.“Top of the list is the witch hazel ‘Arnold’s promise.’ It has a lovely delicate flower and fragrance,” she says.Even garden shrubs can be forced into early bloom.“I also force forsythia, quince and willows,” says Covill. This involves a simple process of taking a branch cutting from the shrub and placing it in a bucket of warm water indoors.“I also force some of my leftover bulbs. The dwarf daffodils work well,” she says. “I also force hyacinths, but I will keep them in a cooler room in a warm spot. The fragrance can be a little overwhelming.” Bulbs require a cooling time before planting.“You could plant them and find a spot in your refrigerator for the cool period. They don’t have to freeze; just low temps,” says Covill.The amaryllis is a quick growing flower that is available in a variety of vibrant colours and is purchased as a bulb during winter months. Bunchberry Nurs... http://thechronicleherald.ca/valleyharvester/1537050-bring-colour-indoors-over-winter

Commentary: Enjoy Flowers while you can - The Oracle

Bulls won’t even be in the championship game, and, as a result, won’t make it into their first New Year’s Six bowl game.Just a bowl game against a power-five opponent.Maybe in Boca Raton. Maybe in Annapolis. Maybe in St. Pete.All of which, four years ago, would’ve been considered a huge success for a program that had won only two games in former coach Willie Taggart’s first season as head coach — but not in 2017. Not with the expectations that were set for the Bulls and coach Charlie Strong in his first season at the helm.Coming off of an 11-2 season in 2016, some national experts, such as ESPN Analyst Kirk Herbstreit, were even mentioning USF as a potential dark-horse candidate to make it into the college football playoff.“I think Charlie Strong and the USF Bulls have a chance to be that team,” Herbstreit tweeted in response to a follower asking if a non-Power-5 team could make the playoff. “16 starters back including Q.Flowers -Won 11 last year!”Even one regular season loss would’ve been a letdown, but two?Unheard of. Especially how the losses came. USF failed to beat a single opponent that’s bowl eligible in 2017, while defeating Tulsa (2-8) by only a touchdown at home on senior night.The Bulls were destined to be Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl bound, with senior leaders such as quarterback Quinton Flowers and linebacker Auggie Sanchez leading the way. Not Military Bowl bound against Wake Forrest (7-5), as Sports Illustrated and ESPN projected the Bulls bowl game destiny would be in an article Sunday.Regardless of where USF plays, however, Bulls fans should watch the game i... http://www.usforacle.com/news/view.php/1031108/Commentary-Enjoy-Flowers-while-you-can

‘Master florist’ Haruko Adkins, 90, had a passion for flower arrangements and tennis - The Washington Post

She would say that some were “too edgy compared with her formal training,” Morhart said. [Those we have lost to the coronavirus in Virginia, Maryland and D.C.]He said Adkins’s arrangements were unique because she “understood the idea of negative space.”“Others fill up all the space” in a vase, he said, whereas Adkins “understood that you didn’t have to crowd things in. She was an artist. She was definitely talented.”Morhart recalled Adkins as “totally sharp,” saying, “You would guess she was 80.” She was an avid tennis and ping-pong player and played both games well into her 80s, her friends said. When she and a friend visited the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I., Morhart said, the trip was a “thrill for her.” Born in Nagoya, Japan, Adkins studied the art of floral arrangement and earned a four-year degree as a “master florist,” her friends said. She married Earl A. Adkins, a criminal investigator in the U.S. Army Military Police Corps. With his work, the couple traveled and lived in several places, including San Francisco and Germany, before settling in Arlington. He died in 1999.Adkins had a large group of friends and was known for helping others. If someone else wanted flowers she planned to use in an arrangement, she would happily give them away, Morhart said.“She was very, very generous,” Morhart said. “She was always willing to say: ‘Help yourself. Take that if you need it.’ She had a very sharing nature.”Adkins also did volunteer projects, including making sweaters and bags to carry food for those in need. She was once named Volunteer of the Year at Goodwin House.Valerie Burke, the chief philanthropy officer at Goodwin House, said Adkins also enjoyed working at a thrift shop on the property as a volunteer and was good at making displays.“She loved getting to know people and helping them find just the right trinket,” Burke said. In the dining room at ... https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/haruko-adkins-coronavirus/2020/08/18/58bc3c7a-e13e-11ea-b69b-64f7b0477ed4_story.html

Florist hits local streets to sell flowers in her tiny blue truck - WTOP

Mount Pleasant neighborhood, started Blue Ribbon Floral with a soft launch in November, and quickly found a use for the little truck she bought to get into tight spaces in the District and Bethesda, Maryland.Once the coronavirus pandemic hit, Chrisler couldn’t continue street vending, so she started contactless deliveries and flower subscriptions.“It was a way to bring a little bit of joy into their spaces,” Chrisler said.She’s now back to being a vendor in the area, bringing her little blue truck around to D.C. streets and the Bethesda Streetery.“I think when people see the truck they’re filled with so much excitement, because it’s so teeny tiny,” Chrisler said.Chrisler has a Ph.D. in human development and family studies, but decided after a miscarriage that she wanted to shift to doing something different.She’s following in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother, who were both florists.“I started to take stock of what was important to me and decided that I want to transition out of my 9-to-5 and do something more creative,” she said.Chrisler is announcing where her truck will be located each day on her Blue Ribbon Floral Facebook and Instagram pages. Like WTOP on Facebook and follow @WTOP on Twitter to engage in conversation about this article and others.Get breaking news and daily headlines delivered to your email inbox by signing up here.© 2020... https://wtop.com/local/2020/06/florist-hits-local-streets-to-sell-flowers-in-her-tiny-blue-truck/

A Second Life for Flowers - The New York Times

But Ms. Anderson-Hall said she already sees the positive impacts in each of her workshops. For example, with an older woman at Pleasant Homes, a rental community in Maryland that offers programming for residents, Ms. Anderson-Hall said she has seen improvement in her participant’s dexterity in the time they’ve been working together. This participant walks quite slowly and has a significant curve in her upper spine. When Ms. Anderson-Hall helps her with the bouquet being arranged, she brings the flower up so that her helper has to lift her head. Ms. Anderson-Hall also encourages her to use the heavie... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/opinion/second-life-flowers.html

The Gardeners Who Planted for US Presidents - Prescott eNews

McLeod resigned to open a garden center located on "the road leading from Shaw's Meeting House to the Baltimore-Washington Turnpike," what is now Montgomery Road in Beltsville, Maryland.Alexander McKerichar (Served 1865–1875, under Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses Grant) Born in Perthshire, Scotland, he learned the trade as an apprentice in the gardens of the Duke of Atholl, near Dunkeld. In 1856 McKerichar was hired as a foreman under John Watt, taking on the role of head gardener nine years later. Known for his hothouse grapes, he also raised off-season Caledonian cucumbers for President Grant. Like the gardeners before him, he resigned from the White House to open a garden center in Alexandria, Virginia.George Field (Served 1875–1877, under Ulysses Grant.) The first English gardener at the White House, Field's floral fame came after he left the White House. He opened a garden center on Georgia Avenue NW with his brother Thomas. Field was responsible for naming and promoting the 'American Beauty' rose, originally selected on historian George Bancroft's estate as 'La Madame Ferdinande Jamin.' Field supplied the cattleya orchids for Alice Roosevelt Longworth's bridal bouquet in 1906. The Washington Post described him as an orchid specialist. He was an active member of the Florist Club of Washington. In 1916, he sold his stock of orchid plants for $15,000.Henry Pfister (Served 1877–1902, under Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt.) A native of Zurich, Switzerland, Pfister trained in the conservatories of a Swiss banker and at the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. He made his way to Cincinnati and then to Washington, where he was hired under Hayes. Pfister managed the greenhouses, designed and planted the ornamental beds around the White House lawns, and provided all indoor floral and plant decorations, including the wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom. He later opened his own florist and landscape design business on Connecticut Avenue.George Hay Brown (Served 1902–1909, under Theodore Roosevelt.) The son of a landscape gardener in Perthshire, Scotland, where he learned the family trade. In 1850, the family immigrated to the United States. In 1858, Brown took a job in Washington D.C. at the government experimental gardens. During the Civil War, he served with the Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans. By 1890 he was back in Washington D.C. as a public gardener with the War Department. Brown worked on the Capitol grounds, city parks, and the government propagating gardens and greenhouses near the Washington Monument, as well as the White House. He taught Theodore Roosevelt's children how to propagate plants in his greenhouses.Charles Henlock (Served 1909–1931, under William Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover.) A Yorkshireman, and proud of his horticultural training, having worked for Lord Mowbray in Yorkshire, Lord Denbigh in Warwickshire, and Lord Harrington in Derbyshire before spending five years with the Royal Horticultural Society. Henlock arrived in Washington D.C. just before President Cle... https://www.prescottenews.com/index.php/features/columnists/mountain-gardener/item/34856-the-gardeners-who-planted-for-u-s-presidents