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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/

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

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

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

How to care for gifted Easter flowers - WTOP

Easter lilies, tulips and hyacinths has not changed.“Potted Easter lilies and tulips are very popular this time of year,” said Missy Willson, owner of My Enchanted Florist in Sandy Spring, Maryland. “Stock flowers in lavenders, pinks and soft pastel shades are also popular. It’s a very fragrant flower and the colors are perfect for Easter.”Willson said if you end up with potted lilies, they like to be in bright light, but they need to be kept in a cool area.“The soil should be dry to the touch — because if you overwater them, you’ll kill the plant. Leaves will start to turn yellow and then they start to die.”Other popular flowers available for Easter include daffodils, hyacinth, grape hyacinth (which are lavender and blue in color and resemble baby bells) and tulips. Some double as spring bulb plants.Care for these are generally the same, said Donna Moore, an employee at My Enchanted Florist.“All the bulb plants are pretty much the same, you cannot let them dry out or else they will die,” Moore said. “Keep them moist. Tulips will grow continuously — you just keep the soil nice and wet.”Gardening expert Mike McGrath, who has talked about flower care for decades, explained how to maintain bulbs indoors until you’re ready to plant them outside in the fall.“My favorite Easter flowers are spring bulbs that are already blooming in pots,” McGrath said.He advised when you purchase potted flowering bulbs: “You want the heads to be nice and tight, and then you might have an indoor show for a good two weeks.”McGrath provided these steps once you get the plant home:Take the foil off the base, give a good watering if the plant seems light. Let it ‘show’ in the darkest and coolest room of the house, away from direct sunlight. Once the flower fades, cut... https://wtop.com/holidays/2021/03/how-to-care-for-gifted-easter-flowers/

Hoover-Fisher Florists to Move from Four Corners to Kensington - Source of the Spring

Facebook page.The florist will continue to offer same-day delivery to the same areas of Maryland, Washington D.C and northern Virginia. They will continue to operate at 16 University Blvd. East until the move is complete.Photo by Mike Diegel... https://www.sourceofthespring.com/silver-spring/hoover-fisher-florist-move-four-corners-kensington/

Weddings of the Year: Four couples wed during the pandemic - BethesdaMagazine.com

In May, Carly’s company encouraged staff to take time off, so she and Kevin drove across the country to spend a month in Maryland. While here, they decided they wanted to get married and move to Maryland, so they extended their stay. Kevin’s family rented an RV to come from California for the wedding, which included 26 guests.Photo by Michael Bennett KressThe ceremony: Carly is Jewish, and Kevin is not religious. For the ceremony, “we wanted to keep some of the traditions but make sure they were explained and felt meaningful to us,” Carly says. Her rabbi officiated the wedding, and the couple wrote their own vows. The two wed beneath a chuppah, a canopy used in Jewish weddings. The chuppah was wooden and covered in string lights, leaves and white and purple flowers. The cloth for the chuppah was Carly’s grandfather’s tallit (Jewish prayer shawl). In Jewish weddings, it is traditional for a rabbi to say a blessing before the bride and groom drink wine from a Kiddush cup. Their parents each poured wine into a Kiddush cup that Carly and Kevin drank from—“to show the extensions of traditions and family,” Carly says.p... https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/january-february-2021/weddings-of-the-year-4/

These (Wedding) Florists Are Offering Flowers for Mother's Day - Washingtonian

Sourcing includes all local blooms plus organic California roses, and contact-less deliveries are available throughout DC and neighboring Maryland and Virginia suburbs. Orders can be place through the company’s Mother’s Day Shop, for delivery between May 7 and May 10.Elegance and SimplicityThe offerings from this florist include three options for arrangements ($75-$150), and three options for mini gardens ($75-$150), which are reclaimed-wood boxes of flowers with instructions on how to maintain and replace plants and flowers. The first ten orders will also get a free large Cadbury Chocolate bar. Find more details about their contact-free delivery service on May 9 or 10 on their Mother’s Day page. E Shortal DesignsThis event floral designer in Hyattsville is offering three different arrangements for Mother’s Day flowers ($55-$125), each including seasonal blooms in a glass vase, with a handwritten note. The fee for no-contact delivery to the Washington area is $10. Orders can be placed by emailing [email protected], or through the “Buy Flowers” section of the website. Photo courtesy Floral & BloomFloral and BloomThis popular wedding florist is creating and delivering seasonal arrangements in three sizes for Mother’s Day ($75-$225.) Each arrangement includes a mix of spring blooms, blooming branches, and foliage in a ceramic vase, and no-contact porch and lobby deliveries are available throughout DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Orders must be placed by May 4 for delivery on Saturday May 9 or Sunday May 10, and can be placed online at their Mother’s Day Shop or directly by contacting Rachel directly at rachel@floralandbloom.com or 240-481-1588.Flower Guild 1820Flower Guild 1820, formerly Highway 2 Hill Flowers, is offering no-contact delivery of arrangements in two sizes ($80-$125) on Friday and Saturday, to clients within a 20-mile radius of downtown DC. Orders must be placed by Sunday, May 3 for delivery on Friday and Saturday May 8 and 9. Arrangements will be a spring mix in a glass vase. To place an order, check out the company’s shop online–your purchase will be followed up by an email for delivery details. img src="https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_0903.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" titl... https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/05/01/these-wedding-florists-are-offering-flowers-for-mothers-day/