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In a sign of a changing economy, an iconic Half Moon Bay flower company closes its doors - The Mercury News

Teresa Covarrubias picks up a hydrangea at Bay City Flower Company in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. After more than 100 years in business the company will be closing, leaving many like Covarrubias out of work. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)Some of the succulents at Bay City Flower Company in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. After more than 100 years in business the company will close. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)The gallery will resume insecondsFrom left, Heidi Higaki, Harrison Higaki, Harry Higaki, Lisa Higaki Ng, Natalie Ng, 3, and Mike Ng at Bay City Flower Company in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019.The company has been around for more than 100 years, next month it will close its doors. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)Rosa Marriquez picks out some flowers at Bay City Flower Company in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. Marriquez started working at the company in 1979. After more than 100 years in business the company will be closing, leaving... http://www.mercurynews.com/in-a-sign-of-a-changing-economy-an-iconic-half-moon-bay-flower-company-closes-its-doors

Florist Charged With Defrauding Customers Out Of $26K In South Bay - Patch.com

Friday afternoon.Anyone with further information on this case, can call Criminal Investigator Christine Macias at (408) 792-2822.ALSO SEE: 102-Year-Old Woman's Death Deemed 'Suspicious'--Bay City News/Image via Santa Clara Co. DASubscribe to the Milpitas newsletterThanks for your feedback.Originally published Jun 24, 2017.

Bay City hopes investor breathes new life into old flower shop cottage - MLive.com

BAY CITY, MI -- An old Bay City flower shop that has fallen by the wayside over the years will soon have a new owner, but future plans for the neighborhood property are still up in the air.The sale of the old Limberg's Stone Cottage Florist, 100 Green Ave., was approved Monday, Aug. 7, by the Bay City Commission. The city, which acquired the property at auction in the fall of 2016, agreed to sell it to Donald Piering, of Midland, for $27,263. The real estate transaction still needs to close, officials said.The city acquired the property for $23,645 with hopes of attracting an investor to bring it back to life."It's a big parcel of land and I don't think the city wanted to take any chances on it going to someone at auction and then have that person just sit on it," said Commissioner David Terrasi, 2nd Ward.Last year, the city put out of a request for proposals for the property, which garnered two bids.Piering had plans to rehabilitate the building and create a specialty market featuring... http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2017/08/city_approves_sale_of_old_flow.html

Flower arranging class held - Huron Daily Tribune

Green Acre Landscaping in Bad Axe. Ten ladies tried their hand at making a straight line arrangement.American Rose Society instructors were Marilyn Whittaker, Linwood and Jean Bradley, Bay City. Both are members of the Northeastern Michigan Rose Society. They brought roses, greenery, other filler and all the necessary items to make stunning arrangements.Arrangements went to individuals, homes, churches, nursing homes and other places to be enjoyed.The next open meeting of the Thumb Rose Society will take place in the spring.Anyone wanting more information or to be placed on the list to receive meeting notices is asked to contact the Thumb Rose Society at 989-553-2992 or email holtropc@gmail.com<mailto:holtropc@gmail.com>. Their website is [http://www.ThumbRoseSociety.org. http://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Flower-arranging-class-takes-place-10159596.php

For Livingston County nurseries closed over the coronavirus: 'May is make it or break it' - Livingston Daily

Her hanging flower baskets and flats of flowers are beginning to bloom as April nears its halfway point. However, like other nurseries and retail garden centers in Michigan, Morehouse's business, Tulip Tree Gardens, is not going to open for the season on time.The delay is due to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay home order, which she recently extended until April 30 with tighter restrictions. "If Gov. Whitmer keeps everything closed past May 1, she'll kill agriculture," Morehouse said. "Half of what I've prepared to sell would be sold by Mother's Day."She said she believes any more extensions of the stay home order would bankrupt nurseries like hers. MORE: New map shows where COVID-19 cases are in countyMORE: Former judge David Reader to run for county prosecutorMORE: No Livingston County residents charged with order violationsBefore the spread of COVID-19 in the state, Morehouse was planning to open Saturday. She said the season ends for her in July, but most of her business is done in May and June. She said she is worried she will have to toss plants she's been growing and tending for months. The financial loss in equipment and investment in plants could be at least $45,000, not accounting for lost sales. She continues watering her plants every day, hopin... https://www.livingstondaily.com/story/news/local/community/livingston-county/2020/04/17/livingston-flower-nurseries-limbo-may-make-break-it-garden-centers/2986553001/

Flower growers see sales wither as planting season launches - CBC.ca

Canadian production stems from Ontario. Neighbouring New York and Ohio have also forced garden centres to lock their doors, while Michigan and Vermont have banned retailers from selling non-essential products, including home gardening items. "If they don't open, the damage is going to be astronomical," said trade group head Andi Kuyvenhoven, noting garden centres' crucial role for bedding plants in particular. British Columbia — the second-biggest flower and plant producer — Alberta and Manitoba and have allowed garden centres to keep running, while Quebec deemed them essential along with nurseries as of April 15, though not in time for Easter. Kuyvenhoven, who with his wife co-owns a $2.5-million business selling potted Chrysanthemums and indoor calla lilies — largely to U.S. distributors — on a pair of farms west of Toronto, says clogged supply chains south of the border remain a problem. 'I haven't slept in five weeks' "U.S. customers for a time closed their distribution systems to floral and so the main grocery chains were not purchasing plants," he said, which was hard on growers of cut flowers such as roses and tulips. "If a truck can take 24 skids and four skids were flowers, the flowers came off the trucks and they put more food on the truck — which we completely understand. The only challenge is, when you're growing flowers as we do, they also have a shelf life," said Kuyvenhoven, who bought his business from his parents in 1990. "Now we're now facing liquidity issues...I haven't slept in five weeks." Flowers Canada Growers says exports to the U.S. make up about one-third of greenhouse flower and plant sales, which hit $1.6 billion in 2018, according to Statistics Canada. Nursery sales topped $500 million. While garden centres can continue to operate across much of the continent, growers wonder whether bouquets and flower pots will remain on the shopping list of consumers struggling to make rent amid soaring unemployment numbers and a looming recession. Kuyvenhoven is hoping that families confined to their homes for most of the day will choose to spend what they've saved from unpurchased vacations and lattes on plants for their vases and flower beds. "That's part of what's carried us through downturns in the past," he said. Growers associations are in talks with federal and provincial governments over potential financial relief, with Flowers Canada Growers asking for a "cash injection" as well as extended debt repayment plans secured in part by Ottawa, Kuyvenhoven said. So far, the federal government has extended a stay of default for eligible farmers until Oct. 31, giving flower and potted plant producers an extra six months to pay off federal loans that would have been due at the end of April. Ottawa has also granted exemptions on air travel restrictions to temporary foreign workers and invested $50 million to help farmers fly in labourers on charter trips. "New flights are being booked ever day," the agriculture department sai... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/flower-growers-hamilton-1.5546023

9 Fabulous Flowers To Plant To Remind You Of Your International Travels - TravelAwaits

You can also spot these gorgeous blooms at festivals around the United States in the spring. Tulip Time in the aptly named Holland, Michigan, is the best known of them all.One of the great things about tulips is that they can be grown from bulbs. That means that once you plant them in your garden, they can come up year after year. Though most people think of single tulips in bright yellow, red, and pink hues, there are actually many varieties of tulips, including double, fringed, and multicolor.Pro Tip: Remember that to enjoy tulips in the spring, you’ll need to plant them in the fall.Where To BuySome large stores such as Costco and Home Depot carry tulip bulbs. If you want to order them online, Breck’s and Holland Bulb Farms offer large selections.2. Irises -- FranceThe national flower of France is the beautiful iris. These delicate blooms are the model for the symbol of the French monarchy, the fleur-de-lis. There are some 300 flowers in the iris family, with colors ranging from quite subtle to very vibrant. We especially love the purple and blue varieties.Areas around the Loire Valley offer many wonderful places to view irises; there is even a sightseeing circuit you can follow to see them.Like tulips, irises can be grown from bulbs.Where To BuyGilbert H. Wild... https://www.travelawaits.com/2493621/flowers-to-remind-you-of-international-travels/?pv=related_list

East Lansing flower shop customer honors late wife by giving anonymous gift - Lansing State Journal

TJ and Camille, Jocelyn, 13, and Katarina, 11.TJ was diagnosed with autism at age 2, Shuster wrote in his essay, and Jennifer, who had studied journalism at Michigan State University, put her career on hold to stay home with her children."If it wasn’t for my wife our autistic son would not be where he is today," Shuster wrote. "His success and progress is mostly because of his mama."Shuster's letter resonated.In an email, the anonymous customer told Van Ark his own marriage had come with "career disappointments and multiple re-locations across the country, problems with relatives, miscarriages, and health concerns.""The marriage itself never, ever wavered," he said. "We were going to be together no matter because no matter what we faced, we would face it together, and that’s how it was when she died: we were together."B/A Florist staff delivered the roses to Jennifer Shuster on Feb. 24 at East Lansing City Hall, where she is a clerk.She's never received a flower arrangement that "extravagant," Jennifer Shuster said in an email to the State Journal.The story behind it brought her to tears, she said."...it forced me to slow down during my busy life and think about the life of a woman I never knew," Jennifer Shuster said in the email.The anonymous customer has already discussed continuing to gift flowers to another couple next year, Van Ark said."I guess the way I see it is, she was truly the love of his life, and even though she's not here in body she's no further away in his heart," she said.Contact Rachel Greco at rgreco@lsj.com. Follow her on Twitter @GrecoatLSJ. https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2020/03/04/east-lansing-flower-shop-customer-honors-late-wife-anonymous-gift/4884506002/