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$60,000 in wild irises disappeared from Coast highway. Here’s why. - Sun Herald

Stephenson called the mayor Friday after receiving complaints about the flowers being mowed down. He said he plans to speak to the Bay Saint Louis, Waveland and Hancock County beautification departments to find volunteers to maintain the plants. Bay resident Kathleen Johnson said she was “flabbergasted” to see the flowers gone. She said she has enjoyed looking at them as she drives along the highway. “I’ve been interested in highway beautification since Lady Bird Johnson made it her pet project,” Johnson said of the former First Lady, who made highway beautification her pet project in the 1960s. Former Councilman Lonnie Falgout, in a Facebook post, said the Wild Iris Project planting was completed while he represented Ward 6. His term ended in 2017. “Inexcusable for them to be cut down,” wrote Falgout. A beautification committee led by Katharine Truett Ohman obtained the rhizomes from two groups that grow Louisiana irises, which have conservation benefits. “Conservation landscaping allows potential pollutants from water runoff to be taken up by plants, preventing them from entering the water cycle or running into the Gulf of Mexico,” Stephenson said. The irises were provided in 2015 by the Louisiana Iris Gardens in Tully, New York, and Bois d’Arc Gardens of Schriever, Louisiana. They were planted in 15-foot by 36-foot areas of the highway in medians north and south of Bayou LaCroix. Students from CLIMB CDC in Gulfport and AmeriCorps in Waveland were working in the flower beds on Thursday. Robin Fitzgerald, 228-896-2307, @robincrimenews... https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/hancock-county/article221343810.html

Meet Pickletown Flower Co., Denver's Mobile Floral Studio - 5280 | The Denver Magazine

Co., a mobile floral studio, isn’t a fan of The Big Day (she’s been happily married for almost 19 years). Rather, she thinks blossoms should be a quotidian joy. As she puts it: “I may not be the florist for your one special day, but I’m the florist for your every day after.”Sparzak fell root over stem for flowers while living in New York City, where one of her regular walks took her through the Flower District. “The city changes: There are flowers and plants and shrubs spilling out onto the sidewalks,” she says of the area. The scene inspired her to start crafting bouquets for her nonprofit employer’s events—and she quickly found her calling. Six years after moving to Colorado, she began making imaginative floral and wreath installations for her neighborhood coffee shop, Spur, and Pickletown was born soon after.Since last summer, Sparzak has been traveling around Denver, Littleton, and Golden in her gray truck—once used to haul furniture deliveries—selling individual stems and limited grab-and-go arrangements during twice-monthly pop-ups. If you can’t get to the vehicle, the flowers will come to you: Pickletown offers a subscription service that supplies florals to your office or home on a recurring basis. (Office flower subscriptions start at $35 per delivery; the personal Bouquet Coterie membership program starts at $48 per month.) And if you want to try your hand at the craft, Sparzak host... https://www.5280.com/2020/03/meet-pickletown-flower-co-denvers-mobile-floral-studio/

Acts of Kindness: Flowers Delivered to Nursing Staff at Roswell - Spectrum News

The Roswell Park nursing staff wants to thank Physician Assistant Bev Close’s mother, who is a florist at Savilles Country Florist in Orchard Park, for sending them a beautiful arrangement to workers on the front lines.If you see an act of kindness, please let us know. Email photos and video to photos@charter.com or use the hashtag #ActsofKindness on our social media platforms. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/Acts-of-Kindness-and-Faces-Buffalo/2020/04/18/acts-of-kindness--flowers-delivered-to-nursing-staff-at-roswell

Coronavirus Is Crushing the Global Flower Market - Architectural Digest

It's a phenomenon that's touched every link within the $8.5 billion industry's globalized supply chain, from the florists who place wholesale orders to the massive auction houses of the Netherlands to the farmers around the world who have no outlet for a product that stubbornly refuses to stop growing. Laura Clare, a New Jersey florist who normally orders at least $5,000 a week from wholesalers but is now in search of a Small Business Administration loan, described the situation to Bloomberg as totally unprecedented. “I’ve been through 9/11, I’ve been through Hurricane Irene, Hurricane Sandy,” she said. “I’ve never seen anything like this before.”Become an AD PRO MemberBuy now for unlimited access and all of the benefits that only members get to experience.ArrowThe flower auction houses of the Netherlands, a clearinghouse through which 40% of the world’s flowers pass, are likely feeling the same way. Royal FloraHolland, which manages four massive auction sites that generally inspire more than 100,000 daily transactions, saw activity grind to a disturbing halt in mid-March. As rose prices cratered to $.08 a stem on March 16, the auction firm realized it had no choice but to destroy almost 70% of its usual supply, a process that took a week and a half at its Naaldwijk facility. With once-bustling auction halls all but empty, the company now expects a cumulative loss in the neighborhood of $2 billion.Unsurprisingly, the flower market’s swift collapse has created problems at cultivation sources. Large rose growers like Nini Flowers in Kenya have had to cope with lost sales amid fixed cultivation costs, a situation made even more painful given that staff have had to harvest flowers in order to destroy them. If the situation persists, the estimated 150,000 already struggling workers on ... https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/coronavirus-is-crushing-the-global-flower-market

Toilet paper over tulips: How the floral industry is being affected by COVID - UNF Spinnaker

Mother’s Day (March 22 for the United Kingdom and May 10 for the United States) is one of the busiest days of the year for flower shops. This year, instead of being sent to florists all over the world, flowers are being destroyed in the world’s largest flower market, Aalsmeer Flower Auction. The global COVID-19 pandemic has reduced the demand for flowers, as events are canceled and unemployment rates rise. Flowers continue to bloom, which means farmers must continue to harvest, but many of the flowers harvested never reach the hands of consumers. Last week, Aalsmeer reported 43,058 pieces being destroyed, according to their weekly market report. This number consisted of both cut flowers and indoor and outdoor plants.This flower waste is also occurring domestically. San Francisco-based company, Farm Girl Flowers, reported having to throw away 150 million dollars worth of flowers on a March 25 Instagram post showing a pile of thousands of stems. Christina Stembel, the founder and CEO of Farm Girl Flowers produced an Instagram TV video stating that the Farm Girl Flowers distribution center had been ordered to close as part of the shelter in place mandate put in place in San Francisco on March 19. Scott Shepard, former wholesaler at Cut Flower Wholesale in Atlanta, Georgia and current creator of the Flower Podcast, expresses concern about the uncertainty this pandemic has caused. “I don’t see how we can continue business as usual,” Shepard s... https://unfspinnaker.com/83395/latest-stories/toilet-paper-over-tulips-how-the-floral-industry-is-being-affected-by-covid/

Let a thousand flowers bloom - and then die, because florists aren't allowed to deliver them - Universal Hub

By adamg on Sun, 04/05/2020 - 2:45pm Florists are not "essential" businesses allowed to stay open to the public under the current state of emergency. But what about floral delivery, with orders taken online or by phone? David Levine of Central Square Florist in Cambridge reports that, in the consideration of the Cambridge city solicitor, the answer is no, because flower deliveries aren't "essential," either.Neighborhoods: Free tagging:  Ad:... https://www.universalhub.com/2020/let-thousand-flowers-bloom-and-then-die-because

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