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Coronavirus update: Newsom says florists, clothing stores may reopen this week - The Californian
Friday, May 29, 2020The plan under the second phase of the governor's four-point reopening plan allows retailers such as clothing stores, sporting goods and florists to resume operations with curbside pickup.It did not immediately include dine-in eating at restaurants and reopening of offices, which were in previously stated Phase 2 plans.“I recently revised our County Shelter in Place Order, lifting restrictions on certain industries and activities, and those changes take effect today, “ Monterey County Health Officer Dr. Edward Moreno said. “I will be reviewing the Governor’s recommendations and conferring with regional health officers to determine the best approach. The addition of community testing and state assistance in contact tracing efforts are important new resources towards implementation of Phase 2 changes.”Newsom said a key consideration for entering Phase 2 is the ability for health authorities to test and conduct contact tracing of infections.The announcement came as businesses in two more Northern California counties reopened. Yuba and Sutter counties followed last week's lead of rural Modoc County amid pressure to restart California's economy, even as hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 continue.Newsom’s six-week-old order required nearly 40 million residents to remain mostly at home.Sutter ... https://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/2020/05/04/coronavirus-newsom-says-florists-clothing-stores-may-reopen-week/3082059001/
Local florists find ways to adapt, overcome as pandemic stretches busiest season - The Independent
Friday, May 29, 2020Peg opened the business in 1979.And right now, she really misses that second family.For the past two months, Shea and florists like her have had to transform their way of thinking as, much like every part of the hospitality industry in Southern Rhode Island, the coronavirus pandemic has closed all floral shops to in-person sales.It might not seem like a major barrier to customer service in 2020 but with most of Shea’s clients coming through her doors as unplanned walk-ins — and with big floral events all canceled for the foreseeable future — it’s a disruption that will likely have a wide and long-lasting impact on the floral business, particularly in tourist-heavy South County.“It’s definitely changed the dynamic of our industry,” Shea said this week. “Never have I seen it like this. Ever. But it’s making us be more creative. We have to learn to be more descriptive when we speak to our customers over the phone. We’ve had to learn how to speak colors, speak vibrant colors instead of just saying something like ‘Oh yeah, I’ve got orange and yellow.’ It’s helping us to learn how to communicate better.”She is not alone.Ten miles south from Bert & Peg’s Tower Hill Road location in North Kingstown, Joy Rich works in her office at Flowerthyme in Wakefield fielding the same types of phone calls on a daily basis and doing her best to stay positive as she guides older customers through her freshly-updated website for online ordering and curbside pickup.But finding the silver lining is all in a day’s work for Rich, who says while things are tough now, they were a lot more difficult at the start of the pandemic. She points to the early days of shutdowns as the hardest as many of the region’s top suppliers – like Fall River Florist, Bay State Florist Supply Inc., RJ Ca... https://www.independentri.com/arts_and_living/article_83d8d81a-9007-11ea-9059-d38083c995f3.html
Spokane-area florists say Mother’s Day business is better than usual - The Spokesman-Review
Friday, May 29, 2020For local florists, May is typically a busy month with graduations, weddings and Mother’s Day. But when the coronavirus pandemic forced schools to shift graduations online and engaged couples to postpone weddings, some florists anticipated a drop in business. That hasn’t happened. “People are are spending a lot more on their moms this year,” Terri O’Connor, owner of Rose & Blossom, said, adding the floral shop’s website has seen a 200% increase in sales compared to May 2019. “It’s crazy busy.”O’Connor, who operates Rose & Blossom floral shops in Spokane and Spokane Valley, thinks the uptick in sales could be, in part, because customers can’t take their mothers out to brunch this year as restaurants remain closed amid the statewide stay-home order.People also are buying local instead of through national florists, O’Connor said. “I think this year, too, there is an extra need to be cheered up,” she said.O’Connor said the rise in business this year is a surprise because her storefronts are... https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/may/09/spokane-area-florists-say-mothers-day-business-is-/
I’m a New York bride who had to cancel her wedding 6 days before it was supposed to happen. We’ve rescheduled, but the financial and emotional stress hasn’t gone away. - Business Insider
Friday, May 29, 2020We wanted to recoup as much as possible, so we opted for the next available Friday, which is July 17. South Gate is a big family business – the caterer’s sister is his florist, his brother is a photographer – so that made the transition easier. There were just a lot of phone calls and a little bit of juggling to make sure all of the vendors could transfer their services to that date. The limos, the DJ, and basically everyone else involved were able to make the switch. Our officiant was the only missing piece – we’ll have to make a change there – but overall there wasn’t major damage. Some of our flowers were already in transit, so the florist had to accept at least half upon delivery. We had 300 blush roses in our house for days; I was giving them away to friends, neighbors, anyone who would take them. captionSome of the blush roses that it was too late to return..sourceCourtesy photo That portion of the flowers ($1,500) and the officiant fee ($500) were a complete loss. I put off estimating our overall losses for a month, basically thinking “it is what it is,” but after adding it all up, it’s not nearly as bad as I had imagined. We’re losing about $3,000, which is nothing compared to the total cost of the wedding which is around $65,000. But there’s so much that I can’t put a price on. captionDate-specific overnight gift bags for the couple’s hotel guests.sourceCourtesy photo Our date was meaningful to me. It’s engraved on my champagne flutes which are now useless. My honeymoon couldn’t be salvaged. We were originally going to St. Lucia, but that was booked up in July so we’ve switched to Barbados. It’s fine; it doesn’t matter where we go – but summer flights and vacations are almost double the price of what I was paying to go away in March. That’s an added expense we weren’t counting on. captionDate-specific water bottles that will have to be redone.sourceCourtesy photo I made dozens of overnight bags for the guests who were staying in the hotel; they were filled with personalized water bottles and other dated items which have to be scrapped. Our favors will have to be rewrapped and tagged with our new date, the personalized T-shirts my mom made will now never be worn. Our bridal party gifts were dated and have to be redone. I have everything stored in a spare room, and day by day I realize more and more things that will have to be changed. I’m worried. Because we canceled less than a week before the wedding, all of our vendors were already paid in full. I’m confident the payments will be honored and our wedding will eventually go off without a hitch – but we poured all of our money into this big day that still hasn’t happened, and now there will be more expenses to come. Our new date is only a few months away so we’re in the process of reprinting and resending invitations, but I’m nervous about making that move. Will this be over by then? Will we get close to that date and realize we have to postpone once again? Right... https://www.businessinsider.sg/new-york-bride-postponed-wedding-due-to-coronavirus-2020-5
With the right placement and little care, hydrangeas can make your Kentucky garden pop - Courier Journal
Friday, May 29, 2020PG hydrangea, Hydrangea paniculata "Grandiflora." In the South, it was all about the big blue/pink mop heads, Hydrangea macrophylla. And then, of course, there was the one you bought at the florist on Mother’s Day.But the world of hydrangeas has come a long way since then.Let’s start off with the florist hydrangea. Bred to be the peacock of the hydrangea world, these come from generations of breeding with H. macrophylla (bigleaf hydrangea) genetics. They have been hybridized for years to produce a big, bold and bodacious display of color. They are dosed with growth regulators to keep them compact, and their production timing has been honed down to a science that would make a Swiss watchmaker proud. They’re just not garden plants.These show-offs haven’t been bred for landscape disease resistance, soil tolerance or anything else but obscenely large blooms and richly saturated colors. There’s nothing wrong with them at all. You shouldn’t feel the need to hide your Mother’s Day gift under your raincoat as you walk to the car for fear that some judgmental garden columnist will see you and call you out in public. But they are best thought of more as long-lived cut flowers than as garden plants.You may like: A life-long love for 'weird' plants means our columnist is extra excited about 'Sun King'Then there are the bigleaf hydrangeas that actually survive in the garden. These H. macrophylla selections — same species as the florist hydrangea — have actually been developed to live as garden plants. They have the sa... https://www.courier-journal.com/story/life/home-garden/2020/05/08/hydrangeas-give-your-kentucky-gardens-ample-variety-color/3047641001/
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