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Everyday People: Teacher shares her passion for flowers - The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Sunday, February 11, 2018Education. She also teaches through her own business, Floral Design Academy, and soon will teach a class with MSU’s Extended University.When not pursuing her passion for flowers, Cook works at the Belgrade Post Office, or hangs out with her horse, Cash, and border collie, Jake.She graduated in art from Kent State, studied at the Hixson School of Floral Design and later went to Holland to learn European design. Four years ago she was inducted into the American Institute of Floral Designers.“The best thing about flowers is giving them to people,” Cook said. “That never gets old.”...
From the A-J's Pages: Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association elects Clovis resident - LubbockOnline.com
Tuesday, June 27, 2017BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — Serbian and Croatian politicians in Bosnia-Herzegovina have conspired to carve up the newly independent republic, but new eruptions of ethnic fighting underscored the failings of a plan that ignores the interests of Bosnia’s largest nationality, the Slavic Muslims.50 years ago:Graduation is approaching at Lubbock area high schools and soon-to-be graduates are making sure they have their caps and gowns ready.75 years ago:Florists’ Telegraph Delivery Association, Inc. meeting in Lubbock recently elected H.C. Gettys of Clovis, N.M. as district representative to the international association.100 years ago:A new shipment of lumber has arrived from eastern mills. Prices are competetive. http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/news/2017-05-10/j-s-pages-florists-telegraph-delivery-association-elects-clovis-resident?utm_source%3DBottom_Recommendation_Widget%26utm_medium%3Dweb%26utm_campaign%3Dqrec
Leicester will be 'massive threat' in the Champions League... they're suited to European football, says Tim Flowers - Daily Mail
Tuesday, September 20, 2016Champions League football arrives on WednesdayThe Foxes kick-off their group campaign against Club Bruges in BelgiumWednesday's match will see them play in Europe for first time in 16 years Red Star Belgrade visited Leicester on September 14, 2000 in UEFA CupTim Flowers expects the Foxes to go far in this term's Champions League ByLaurie Whitwell for the Daily Mail Published: 16:39 EST, 13 September 2016 Updated: 16:39 EST, 13 September 2016Leicester return to Europe on Wednesday night after 16 years and, while they are guaranteed a longer stay this time, they will seek to make a deeper impression.Red Star Belgrade visited Filbert Street on September 14, 2000 in the first round of the UEFA Cup and within 30 seconds the hosts were behind. Milenko Acimovic struck a ferocious 40-yard shot through the fog of the travelling fans' flares and into the back of goalkeeper Tim Flowers's net. Gerry Taggart equalised but the Yugoslavs won the second leg 3-1. Leicester players react as tempers flare in UEFA Cup defeat by Red Star Belgrade 16 years ago Leicester Gerry Taggart looks stunned as Red Star's Milenko Acimovic (middle) celebrates Flowers remembers how a Leicester side f... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3787896/Leicester-massive-threat-Champions-League-suited-European-football-says-Tim-Flowers.html
Getting married? Designers make case for 'unusual and beautiful' Minnesota-grown flowers - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Monday, August 24, 2020And that doesn’t have to mean settling for common garden-variety blooms picked in someone’s backyard. Minnesota flower farmers are growing increasingly varied and distinctive options for bouquets, boutonnieres and centerpieces. “I make the case for local with every bride, and I include local product in every wedding I do,” said Ashley Fox, Ashley Fox Designs, Woodbury. “As a designer and somebody who cares about the planet, it just feels good to do this.” There’s a misperception that local means rustic, she said. “We want brides to know that local flowers can look modern and innovative — not just a Mason jar full of daisies. We want to show people these flowers are cool.” It’s a message that Debra Prinzing, the Seattle-based author and founder of the “slow flowers” movement, has been spreading for more than a decade. Her books, “Slow Flowers” and “The 50-Mile Bouquet,” celebrate small flower farmers who are struggling to compete as big chain stores buy in bulk from growers all over the globe, driving prices down. ... https://www.startribune.com/getting-married-designers-make-case-for-unusual-and-beautiful-minnesota-grown-flowers/561464922/
Ham Lake couple trust God as they grow family flower farm business - The Catholic Spirit
Monday, August 24, 2020And I had so much energy with thinking of doing really hard stuff to make it happen.”She and Jonah took Benzakein’s online course on flower farming, and dove into researching what would grow well in Minnesota’s climate. “Before we knew it, we’re like, we’re really doing it,” she said.Jonah gives Kristen all the credit for the flower focus. “I never thought I would be a flower farmer — I don’t think many men do think of that,” Jonah said, sitting near the field. He agreed to the online course, “and I was just sort of open with the Lord; ‘Wherever you lead us.’”“Ever since leaving school, I wanted to do something in nature. I love working outside. I’ve been praying along the way” for God’s guidance, he said. “Basically, I want to come home and I want to work from home.”The Carlstroms don’t know any other young farmers, but they’re not alone among Catholic millennials. Jim Ennis, executive director of St. Paul-based Catholic Rural Life, said there are like-minded young Catholics across the United States who are exploring and adopting a rural lifestyle, including small-scale farming. Many are drawn to a slower, family-focused pace of life away from the demands of city living and corporate work.Like the Carlstroms, many don’t have farming backgrounds, Ennis said, and it’s hard work without the guarantee of financial sustainability. But it’s rewarding, he said. Farming is creative work, where people can work in nature, with their hands, alongside family members, for the benefit of their own tables and their community. And even young children can see, understand and participate in their parents’ work, he said.“There’s something very innate in many people’s DNA to connect with God’s creation in a closer way,” he said, “and I think that’s very Catholic and very Christian.”Kristen admits that sometimes she’s thought the idea of turning stay-at-home mom to cut-flower florist is “crazy.” But, “there was a lot of discouragement that came whenever I tried to let it (the idea) go, and a lot of joy that was there when we kept pursuing it,” she said, so they forged ahead.The field is easily accessible from the Carlstroms’ house through a path in the woods. Kristen spends patches of time throughout the day tending its 20, 100-foot rows as she learns to orchestrate timing their harvesting with flowers’ longevity onc... https://thecatholicspirit.com/news/local-news/ham-lake-couple-trust-god-as-they-grow-family-flower-farm-business/
Rosemary-Duff Florist: a landmark business - times-advocate.com
Thursday, March 12, 2020South Broadway and was sold to Bob Socin in 1956.Mr. Socin sold Duff Gardens to Pete, Dolly and Rosemary in 1976. Pete & Dolly Santrach and their two children moved from Minnesota to California in 1956. Pete was a Marine at Camp Lejeune until sent to Camp Pendleton. Pete left the service and over the years worked as an administrator for the Escondido school districts, for groups of doctors and for Baker Enterprises. Pete & Dolly had six more children in California. Four boys and four girls and now 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild.Dolly’s sister Rosemary Gornick learned the techniques of the floral business from a school in Cleveland, Ohio and opened her floral business in her hometown of Chisholm, Minnesota. In 1957 she moved to California (following her sister) and worked for Casa De Las Florist in Del Mar for many years and for Bob Socin and Duff Gardens before starting Rosemary’s Floral on Grand Avenue in downtown Escondido in 1974.Duff Gardens and Rosemary’s Floral merged in 1982 and built the Spanish style building where the business resides today.Aunt Rosemary passed away in 2015. Dolly Santrach passed in 2018.Today the business has four partners: Mary Ann Santrach, Rozanne Reguly, Luanne Csonka and Joanne Santrach. The sisters/nieces bought the business from their parents, Pete and Dolly and aunt, Rosemary in 1988.Mary Ann’s specialty is floral design. She says planning is important. “Ordering for a holiday like Valentine’s Day requires placing an order for roses by mid-January if not earlier to reserve the product desired. That can be up to 2,500 red roses alone!” she said.Rozanne Reguly is the primary decorator for the window displays and a floral designer.The interior of Rosemary-Duff Florist.Luanne Csonka is the managing partner. She says, “It has been said that floral arrangements were the only gift item besides pizza that you could have made and delivered – all in the same day! Our business is unique, sending floral gifts to express one’s emotions from happy occasions like birthdays to condolences for the loss of loved ones.”The sisters credit much of their success to Aunt Rosemary for sharing with them the techniques she leaned from floral school and her years of experience. Remember Bob Socin? I can think of no greater testimony than praise from the former business owner. Mary Ann says that nearly every day Bob will stop by the shop to say hello. Rosemary Duff Florist has designed florals for many weddings, events and special occasions throughout San Diego and designed florals for celebrities Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Streisand and Martha Stewart. “But we most appreciate our lon... https://www.times-advocate.com/articles/rosemary-duff-florist-a-landmark-business/
Barronelle Stutzman, Christian florist, again appeals to Supreme Court over same-sex wedding refusal - Washington Times
Sunday, February 09, 2020And a film studio in Minnesota has been fighting a legal battle to enter the wedding business in a way that conforms to their Christian view of marriage. “Religious people should be free to live out their beliefs about marriage,” Ms. Stutzman’s attorneys argue in her appeal to the high court. “Only this court can resolve the numerous First Amendment conflicts these issues have created,” the petition reads. Sign up for Daily Newsletters Let's block ads! a href="https:... https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/11/barronelle-stutzman-christian-florist-again-appeal/