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6 Instagram florists to inspire your summer wedding - VOGUE Paris

Take a look at our edit of the best florists Instagram has to offer, for a blossoming summer wedding...Wilderness FlowersByron Bay local Wilderness Flowers, helmed by Mikarla Bauer hones a distinctive decorative style. Nothing short of masterpieces, its floral arrangements add a touch of elegance from floor to ceiling down under.Une Maison dans les ArbresDriven by a passion for floral Japanese art and Ikabena, Miyoka Yasumoto has crystallized its reputation as one of Paris's favorite florists, best known for creations that dance on the line between visual art and floristry. Evolving ever more towards the dry flower market, Une Maison dans les Arbres has carved itself a niche in the capital's chic summer ceremonies.TulipinaLike living rainbows, Kiana Underwood's bouquets are dreamed up to mirror oil paintings. Armed with a love of color, the New Yorker shared her wisdom in Color Me Floral: Stunning Monochromatic Arrangements for Every Season.Ariel Dearie FlowersA regular collaborator with New York fashion labels, Ariel Dearie takes inspiration from her New Orleans roots and the city's love of all things g... https://www.vogue.fr/wedding/article/6-instagram-florists-to-inspire-your-summer-wedding

VOTE: What are the top 7 florists in metro Detroit? - WXYZ Detroit

Thursday's Top 7. The poll is open now and closes at 12 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10. VOTE HERE The florists are:Blumz by JRDesign (Detroit & Ferndale)Byron’s Flowers (Detroit)CAMflorist.com and Store (Detroit)Cardwell Florist (Livonia)Charvat The Florist, Inc. (Grosse Pointe Farms)Chris Engel's Greenhouse (Detroit)Conner Park Florist (St. Clair Shores))Flora DetroitGrace Harper Florist (Detroit)L A Hollywood Floral (Detroit)Made Floral (Northville)Red Rose Florist (Detroit)Steve Coden Flowers (Southfield)Thrifty Florist (Southfield)Viviano Flower Shop (Multiple Locations)... https://www.wxyz.com/news/vote-what-are-the-top-7-florists-in-metro-detroit

Community deaths - Washington Post

Mr. Fant, a District resident, was born in Memphis and had lived in the Washington area since 1968. He was a tax specialist and former partner in the law firms of Cohen & Uretz and Sidley Austin.Byron Black, architectByron Black, 86, an architect with the firm of WDG Architecture who designed and directed plans for projects throughout the Washington area, died May 29 at his home in Oakton, Va. The cause was Parkinson’s disease, said a business partner, George Dove.Mr. Black was born in Roanoke and settled in the Washington area in the late 1950s. He retired in 2005 after 46 years with his firm. His work included design of office buildings in Washington and apartment buildings throughout the metropolitan area.Samuel Karson, psychologist Samuel Karson, 95, chief psychologist with the Federal Aviation Administration and later with the State Department, died May 13 at a hospital in Washington. The cause was respiratory failure and a bone marrow and blood disorder, said a son, Michael Karson.Dr. Karson, who lived in Bethesda, Md., was born in Baltimore. He was with the FAA from 1962 to 1975 and the State Department from 1977 to 1983. He was a psychologist at the Florida Institute of Technology from 1983 to 1989. He retired in 1995 after six years as a psychologist in Washington at Second Genesis, a substance-abuse treatment and prevention program.— From staff reports... https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/community-deaths/2019/07/15/68a915b4-a74b-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html

Thursday's Top 7: Best flower shops in metro Detroit - WXYZ Detroit

But where do you go for the freshest flowers and super service? Here are the top 7 flower shops in Metro Detroit as selected by our 7 Action News Viewers.#7 BYRON'S FLOWERSByron's Flowers was originally established in 1913 and was the Midwest's first minority-owned retail flower shop to join FTD. They're based in Detroit's Boston-Edison community, keeping their city roots.#6 CHRIS ENGEL'S GREENHOUSEChris Engel's greenhouse comes in at number 6 For more than 135 years and 6 generations, they've called the same Southwest Detroit location home. And they're still going strong.#5 BLUMZ BY JRDESIGNSAt number 5 is Blumz by FR Designs, a floral shop and so much more. They also do weddings and events. You can find them in Detroit, Ferndale and Holly. #4 CARDWELL FLORISTLivonia-based Cardwell florist comes in the fourth spot. Want to tell someone you love them? Cardwell florist says they can help you share the love.#3 VIVIANO FLOWERS SHOPViviano Flowers shop started serving mainly Italian families in Detroit, but as the area grew, so has Viviano. They now have has six locations in metro Detroit.#2 CODEN FLOWERSThe second spot goes to Coden flowers. They're based in Southfield and say they can do traditional, modern and luxury high-... https://www.wxyz.com/news/thursdays-top-7-best-flower-shops-in-metro-detroit

Exotic plants thrive in this tropical oasis — in Connecticut - Boston.com

Cuttings are for sale, while individual lemons can be purchased during the December holiday season, when the crop is most prolific. Byron Martin, third-generation owner, stands in The Fern House, Logee’s original greenhouse, built in 1892. —Eric RothCultivating below ground under a glass roof was a popular way to conserve energy in 1918 when The Herb or Pit House was constructed. The subterranean structure filled with herbs continues to perform its task nearly a century later.In the circa 1920 Longhouse, a determined octogenarian ficus snakes along a wall through the retail area and up two flights of stairs, where tendrils fan across the ceiling in leafy green circles. Colorful passionflowers, guavas, cinnamon plants, and cacao line the shelves of The Potting House, which dates to the late 1920s. The Big House, rescued from another grower and reassembled at Logee’s after the 1938 Great New England Hurricane, shelters a 67-year-old persimmon tree, a 76-year-old jasmine, and a 107-year-old kumquat tree with six varieties of grafted citrus waiting to be picked.During the Great Depression, three of William and Ida Logee’s children sold handmade bouquets door-to-door in wealthy neighborhoods. The then-grown children continued to run the floral enterprise while William focused on his burgeoning plant collection. Son Ernest developed prize-winning hybridized begonias, and he and daughter Joy, founding members of the American Begonia Society, introduced countless begonias to the market. After Ernest’s death in 1950, Joy and her husband, Ernest Martin, a fellow horticulturist, ran Logee’s for the next two decades. In the 1960s, they eliminated the fresh-flower concept to concentrate on plants and their mail-order audience.After Ernest died in 1971, Joy continued to run the nursery with their 21-year-old son, Byron. “This was my chance to make it easier for customers to shop,” Byron recalls with a smile. “I revved up a chain saw to tame many of the unruly ‘elders’ blocking the narrow aisles.” Eight years later, when Joy made him head of the company, he undertook an important improvement: As the energy crisis loomed, he and his physicist brother, Geoffrey, hand-built a 1,200-square-foot passive solar greenhouse to save on fuel. Grower Catherine Bazinet carries a tray of bougainvillea in The Production House. —Eric RothByron continues to oversee the legendary operation with his ex-wife and business partner, Laurelynn Martin. “I was an athlete who didn’t realize the joy, stress-reducing, or thought-expanding benefits of gardening before I became part of Logee’s,” says Laurelynn. “It has changed my life, and it brings me pleasure to share my insights with others venturing into the world of plants.”Today, the company boasts a 19,000-square-foot energy-efficient greenhouse with an internal shipping department, a research laboratory, and two propagation centers under one roof. “I’m a plant geek,” says Byron. http://realestate.boston.com/design-new-england/2017/06/12/thanks-dedicated-family-exotic-plants-thrive-tropical-oasis-connecticut/

Upended by COVID-19, a Wayzata florist landed a federal loan. And then the wait started. - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Mattingly started her business nine years ago, and it was coming off its best year — posting $500,000 in sales — when COVID-19 reached Minnesota. Though her shop was allowed to remain open, Mattingly said her event business plummeted as couples postponed weddings and restaurants closed across the state. She applied for a PPP loan in April. “We’ve lost about 50% of our income because of weddings,” said Mattingly, whose shop usually does $150,000 in wedding arrangements each summer. “People aren’t canceling on us, but they are rescheduling, and a lot of that work won’t happen until 2021.” Mattingly’s small shop has just two full-time employees, and she sent them home in late March, shortly after the governor issued his first stay-home order. Flower shops were allowed to remain open for delivery business because they were deemed “critical” to the economy. She expected her retail business to collapse, but the shop stayed surprisingly busy. Mattingly said her online sales tripled as customers called in large orders for birthdays and anniversaries as a substitute for taking a loved one to dinner. But with her employees at home, Mattingly, who is pregnant, and her husband, Julian, had to do all the work. “It’s been a really crazy two months,” said Mattingly, who is due to deliver her first baby in July. “We have been working 12- and 14-hour days every week.” Mattingly wanted to rehire her workers shortly after Mother’s Day, but her PPP application was put on hold when the program ran out of money in mid-April. On April 25, after Congress agreed to make another $310 billion available to small-business owners, Wells Fargo sent her an e-mail telling her the bank would soon submit her paperwork. “These are truly unprecedented times that we know are impacting both you and your business, and we will continue to partner and communicate with you throughout this crisis,” Wells Fargo said in the e-mail. ... https://www.startribune.com/upended-by-covid-19-a-wayzata-florist-landed-a-federal-loan-and-then-the-wait-started/571366132/

Getting married? Designers make case for 'unusual and beautiful' Minnesota-grown flowers - Minneapolis Star Tribune

And 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

And 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

South 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/