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Surprise! Bool's Flower Shop is giving away 125 bouquets today - 14850

To celebrate their 125th anniversary, Bool’s Flower Shop is giving away 125 flower bouquets in random locations around Downtown Ithaca on Wednesday, October 23rd. It’s part of a nationwide “Petal it Forward” campaign in which hundreds of florists are giving away flowers to unsuspecting passersby.Bool’s Flower Shop has served Ithaca for 125 years. Photo courtesy Downtown Ithaca Alliance.“We live in a world where we seem to experience conflict almost daily. The world simply needs more kindness. Through the positive effects of flowers, we hope to make someone’s day brighter. Also, this is our way of giving back to the community that has supported us for so many years,” Bool’s owner Doreen Culver-Foss said in a statement.Bool’s will be giving each randomly selected recipient two bouquets: one to keep, and one to give to a friend, family member, or even a stranger.The original idea behind Petal It Forward’s ‘keep one, share one’ concept started in 2015 after the Society of American Florists, of which Bool’s is a member, reviewed statistics that showed while 80 percent of people reported receiving flowers makes them... https://www.14850.com/102311488-bools-flower-bouquets/

The Commons: Beautiful flowers and... kale? - ithaca.com

This one is kind of my little joke,” she grins, pointing to a kale plant poking out of the flowerbed. “It’s kind of funny here in  ‘will work for kale Ithaca.’”In the treacherous stretch of concrete at the base of East State Street, a small, tranquil triangle wedged between two humming thoroughfares buzzes with life as honey bees flit from flower to flower and volunteers from the Beautification Brigade – the team of volunteer gardeners Gioumousis oversees – bend over the soil, hard at work. This is the group that, starting every April since 2002, has been responsible for planting and maintaining the flowers and shrubs that keep the parks, sidewalks and intersections of Ithaca full of life and color. They choose bold colors – oranges and yellows – over purples and whites, situating each group of plants according to location: shaded triangles get different themes and species than others. The Aurora Triangle, just off the Commons has yellow Marigolds, purple Salvia and Nepeta; the State Triangle, just down the way, a mix of Zinnias, sunflowers and various types of shrubbery. For 15 years, their mission was purely aesthetic and for the most part, still is. But this year, they decided to do something a little different.In the summer of 2016 the kale was, for the most part, an edible joke. However, there was a teachable moment sort of inherent in the joke: people could pluck a leaf from this garden on the Commons and, if they chose to do so, eat it. The thought was, by offering free kale, the Beautification Brigade could offer a teaching moment through people’s stomachs; that urban horticulture could be viable and ... http://www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/the-commons-beautiful-flowers-and-kale/article_f6061d20-8831-11e7-a07b-a7d30fc9c345.html

Spotlight on: Sunnywoods Florist - TAPinto.net

Sunnywoods Florist is a full-service florist & unique gift shop. Sunnywoods is proud to deliver the freshest & finest floral gifts. Visit us on Facebook or our website to see our beautiful Blooming baskets with chocolates, Easter Lilies grown in NJ, Hyacinth candles and many more items.All are perfect for this time of year and make an excellent gift or pick me up for a friend or loved one.Sign Up for Chatham NewsletterOur newsletter delivers the local news that you can trust.You have successfully signed up for the TAPinto Chatham Newsletter.Call to place an order for delivery or curbside pickup.973-645-4650 251 Main Street, Chathamhttp://www.sunnywoods.comhttps://www.facebook.com/pg/sunnywoodsflorist/about/?ref=page_internal Want to have your business featured? Email us a photo and short blurb at cathyannhodges@gmail.com (the feature is free!)... https://www.tapinto.net/towns/chatham/sections/chatham-small-business-spotlight/articles/spotlight-on-sunnywoods-florist

Mill Pond Garden recommends hydrangeas for Cape Region - CapeGazette.com

There are many common names including lacecap, mophead, oakleaf, French, florist and smooth. There are 26 different species of hydrangea, some of them hybrids, and scores of cultivars of the most popular species. Mill Pond Garden recommends all hydrangeas be planted in well-drained soil with several shovels of quality compost dug in. The best is horse manure from a local stable.The most common type, hydrangea macrophylla, likes morning sun and some afternoon shade. To make their flowers bluer, add six shovels of peat moss and a cup of aluminum sulfate to acidify the backfill soil at time of planting. To make flowers pinker, add three to four cups of garden lime to make the soil more alkaline.All the other kinds of hydrangea like as much sun as they can get, at least seven hours to flower well. The truth is they tolerate shade rather than prosper. Many of the old-fashioned florist type hydrangeas are not good choices for the Cape Region – they flop open, get black leaf spots, dislike the heat and sun, or have their flower buds killed in hard winters. Mill Pond Garden’s recommendation is to keep it simple and go with the proven best choices by specific names.For named cultivars available in local nurseries, Mill Pond Garden recommends the following.Hydrangea macrophylla, for part shade, with varieties in lacecap (flat flowers), or mop (round flowers). The best cultivar choice is Endless Summer, a repeat bloomer mop head, available in blue or pink flowering cultivars, and Twist-n-Shout, a lacecap type. Other good mop heads are the dwarf City Line hydrangeas series in bright colors, and slightly smaller shrubs, bred in Germany.Hydrangeas are best not pruned until new growth is well out in spring; then only dead canes need to be removed. People often think they should cut them to ground in winter, but in spring they get lots of new canes but only leaves, no flowers. Macrophylla hydrangeas bloom on buds set in the previous year. Cutting off the canes removes all the flowering for the current year unless it is a repeat bloomer, and even then fewer flowers bloom very late in season.Hydrangea arborescens, Incrediball, likes full to part sun, has huge round white flowers totally covering the shrub, grows to six feet, is super hardy with flower buds surviving the worst area winters, and attracts butterflies and other pollinators. This hydrangea is native to North America. All of the arborescens type need a steel stake set close to the middle of the shrub to secure ends of a sturdy string looping out to support the canes, to keep them from flopping open, an ugly look. This is the only flopping hydrangea that is worth the effort of staking, and well worth it, for its spectacular bloom. Another beauty of the Incrediball is its very white canes in winter, which shine with the sun upon the... https://www.capegazette.com/article/mill-pond-garden-recommends-hydrangeas-cape-region/203567

Blooming business: Florist offers curbside bouquets - wnky.com

Rhode Island wedding florist finds a unique way to keep her business afloat amid coronavirus cancellations. WJAR's Sam Read reports. June 19, 2020 WICKFORD, R.I. (WJAR/NBC News)  — A Rhode Island wedding florist has come up with a unique way to share her creations after coronavirus cancellations took a huge toll on her business.For the last two weeks Toni Chandler, the owner of “Wild Child Flowers and Gardens,” has set up shop on the side walk in Wickford.“These are peonies I wanted to make sure had a home,” Chandler says of her offerings. “Every morning, I come out around 9 a.m. with the flowers. I start with six to eight bouquets and then mid-afternoon, I’ll put more out if I need to put more out.” Typically, Chandler would be picking the peonies and designing bouquets for the several dozen weddings she had booked this summer, but because of COVID-19, a majority of them canceled.“Weddings I have this summer, probably five or six,” she says. “I still have some business, es... https://www.wnky.com/blooming-business-florist-offers-curbside-bouquets/

25 flower delivery options in Toronto - blogTO

Flower delivery in Toronto is still available right now even though florists around the city have shut their stores and some have temporarily suspended operations completely.Here is where to get flower delivery in Toronto.Tonic BloomsThis online-only shop delivers bouquets wrapped in denim. They offer same-day delivery in the downtown core, which means that you can get a stunning arrangement delivered contact-free to someone special within two hours.Pictus GoodsThis design store is also a florist that offers free porch drop offs on the west side of Toronto. Owner Jaz delivers them on her bike every Thursday. They also do $10 delivery to any part of the city for orders over $75. They ask that orders be placed by the Tuesday before the Thursday delivery date.Crown Flora StudioThis Parkdale studio delivers throughout the GTA, and also provides subscriptions. They have stunningly-arranged bouquets of local flowers that come with free local, contactless delivery. Martin’s FlowersYou can select various kinds of seasonal arrangements ... https://www.blogto.com/fashion_style/2020/04/flower-delivery-toronto/

Keirstead's Flower Shop Still Has Strong Saint John Roots - Huddle - Huddle Today

Flower Shop remains committed to providing customers, old and new, with local and international flowers despite the unexpected obstacle of Covid-19.“Our flowers come from all over the world,” said florist Connie Dean. “We get flowers from Holland, Ecuador, our roses come from Ontario. A lot come through Ontario and they get them from different places all over the world as well.”Australia, Africa and Lebanon are a few other places where the shop gets its flowers, with Birds of Paradise and Protea flowers being some of the most popular selections.“Ontario does have locally grown flowers so those are the closest local flowers we get,” said Dean. “Sometimes there’s someone on the Kingston Peninsula or Hampton that’ll bring in garden flowers that we can buy.”A piece of family history (Image: Elizabeth MacLeod)The business was founded by the late Guy G. Keirstead whose passion for flowers led him to first rent a stall at the City Market in 1925.Keirstead’s operated out of the market from 1925 to 1946, until he purchased property on the corner of Charlotte and Princess Street where the shop still operates to this day.Dean said the building survived the Great Saint John Fire of 1877 and used to be a hardware ... https://huddle.today/keirsteads-flower-shop-still-has-strong-saint-john-roots/

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