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Urbandale: Where business is blooming and helping one another is the way the neighborhood grows - south west michigan
Tuesday, April 16, 2019In a time when people tend to keep to themselves and neighbors helping neighbors can be a foreign concept, the Battle Creek neighborhood of Urbandale is bucking that trend.Located west of downtown Battle Creek, this neighborhood of fewer than 5,000 residents is like a small city unto itself with longtime-established restaurants, shops, and businesses owned by people who take pride in the community they have created together.One of the more recent entrants into the Urbandale business community is a young woman who was born and raised in Battle Creek but never expected to return after leaving for college and her ensuing several year as a resident of Grand Blanc.“We lived in Bedford for a bit and Athens,” says Elisha Hodge, owner of Plumeria Botanical Boutique. “I didn’t have a great high school experience and I never thought I would come back.”Hodge graduated from Central Michigan University and took a job in banking and later in financial advising. She had a good job, a dog, and a home in Grand Blanc, but realized she wasn’t happy with what she was doing.“I had this heart and this spirit, but th... http://www.secondwavemedia.com/southwest-michigan/features/Urbandale-Where-business-is-blooming-and-helping-one-another-is-the-way-neighborhood-grows1213.aspx
Swonks Flower Shop, downtown for 91 years, will close Saturday - Battle Creek Enquirer
Tuesday, January 08, 2019Natasha Blakely Battle Creek Enquirer Published 4:08 PM EDT Oct 25, 2018 After almost a century of business, Swonk's Flower Shop is closing its doors on Saturday. The downtown florist, which can be found a short distance from Horrocks Farm Market at 84 Goguac St., was opened in 1927 by Molly Simonds and her husband, Charlie Swonk. The current owners, Jeanette and Jim Schmid, took over the store in 2002 and are closing the store so th... https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/2018/10/25/swonks-flower-shop-closing/1755166002/
Star French florist weathers pandemic - FRANCE 24
Sunday, February 28, 2021Brussels (AFP) There was a time, pre-pandemic, that Thierry Boutemy's flowery creations graced catwalks, magazine covers and celebrity weddings.Now, of course, the French florist -- who has worked for Sofia Coppola, Lady Gaga and the fashion house Hermes -- is having to weather the crisis like anyone else.But his passion for petals has not withered.For more than 25 years, Boutemy has run his boutique in Brussels, a cob-walled den where Italian poppies, Dutch hellebores and tulips from the south of France perfume the air.All are imported -- "Belgium doesn't produce anything in winter," he says -- but they are all blooming, alive, from soil, free from chemicals and of verified provenance.That attention to detail and devotion to nature means Boutemy sources most of his plants from small growers discovered on the sidelines of the Royal FloraHolland Auction House -- the biggest in the world -- in the Dutch city of Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam."That market is a disaster," he told AFP."It's an industry-scale war machine that works like a poultry battery farm. It's full-on commercialism," he said, describing a technique used by some to colour flowers by soaking them in dye."Instead of buying a bunch of flowers at a supermarket check-out, it's better to buy a single flower for three euros," he argued, complaining how horticulturists are being squeezed by the sector's industrialisation.- No 'fashion fl... https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210222-star-french-florist-weathers-pandemic
Judge Says Florist Charged in Capitol Riot May Travel to Mexico - The New York Times
Sunday, February 28, 2021Jan. 6 siege, said she had planned a four-day “work-related bonding retreat” in the Riviera Maya with employees and their spouses.A federal judge said on Friday that a florist from Texas who has been charged with taking part in the riot at the U.S. Capitol last month may travel to Mexico for what she had described as a “work-related bonding retreat.”The judge, Trevor N. McFadden of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, granted the woman, Jenny Louise Cudd, permission to take the prepaid trip this month, saying she had no criminal history and there was no evidence she was a flight risk or a danger to others.Judge McFadden also said that Ms. Cudd’s pretrial services officer and prosecutors had not objected to her request to travel. Ms. Cudd must provide her itinerary to her pretrial officer and follow any other instructions the officer gives her, the judge said.Ms. Cudd, who was charged with violent entry and being in a restricted building or grounds, said in a court filing that she had “planned and prepaid” for the retreat with her employees in the Riviera Maya, south of Cancún, from Feb. 18 to Feb. 21.A grand jury has indicted Ms. Cudd, of Midland Texas, o... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/us/politics/cudd-texas-florist-mexico.html
Flower industry expects losses 'in the millions' as Victoria's snap COVID lockdown affects weddings and Valentine's Day - ABC News
Sunday, February 28, 2021Valentine's DayOne Trentham flower grower lost 80 per cent of her stock in one dayGrowers are urging Victorians to support local growers and floristsShe had an abundance of freshly cut flowers to sell, and five weddings planned, when it all came to a sudden halt when the State Government announced a snap five-day coronavirus lockdown on Friday afternoon."At one o'clock, when it was announced, the industry went into a spin," Ms Roehrich said."Flowers were already prepared, ready to go for weddings, greenery had been picked and trucks were already delivering the product — it's done a lot of damage to our business.""The is the third time that we've had a large amount of flowers basically go to waste, and there's nothing we can do."Eighty per cent of her stock has been lost over the weekend, including flowers like hydrangeas, proteas and greenery. Ms Roehrich says it takes a year to grow flowers and prepare for sales on Valentine's Day.(Supplied: Cheryl Roehrich)'How many times?'Ms Roehrich is now questioning her next step."How many times can a small business take a cop like this and back it up again?" she said."After the first lockdown, we were very hesitant to replant for the next season."Eventually we did, and we got locked down again. Do we keep planting? Do we wait until this is all over?"In Melbourne's ... https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2021-02-15/victoria-flower-industry-expects-losses-millions-snap-lockdown/13154950
7 Boutique Plant Shops for All You Indoor Gardeners - https://www.chronogram.com/
Sunday, February 28, 2021Hudson Valley have you covered. Here are seven of our favorites. Flora Good Times Beacon Florist Corinne Bryson founded this brick-and-mortar plant shop and floral design studio in 2019. At Flora Good Times, located on the west end of Beacon, you’ll find recognizable design celebrity plants like the Peace Lily, Monstera Deliciosa, Fiddle Leaf Fig, and String of Pearls, alongside fresh flowers and vibrant, made-to-order arrangements. The shop offers weekly flower subscriptions, floral arrangements for weddings and celebrations, window displays, dried, and fresh flowers––all sourced from local Hudson Valley farms. The shop also provides greening services, plant consultations and care tips, pest diagnosis, propagation workshops, and plant trading. This cozy botanical boutique donates a portion of their sales to fighting for justice in food and farming systems, human rights, and local community initiatives. Flowerkraut Hudson This Hudson plant boutique, owned by Amanda Bruns, makes an unusual pairing of plants and probiotics. At Flowerkraut, you’ll find a selection of locally sourced fresh flowers, plants, handmade ceramics, candles––and Hawthorne Valley sauerkraut. They offer eccentric and sustainable floral arrangements and bouquets like the Dora––Flowerkraut’s signature garden-style arrangement of wild and vibrant flowers, foliage, and textural elements for $100. Among the shop’s wide variety of indoor plants, they have Pencil cacti, Brikin Philodendrons, and small Pothos ivy plants for $7. Flowers and plants are available for local-delivery and pick-up. The shop has a small collection of hand-crafted wares from local and regional creators like macrame plant hangers and ceramic vases. You’ll also find crystals, spell books, matches, and other apothecary products––like Meadow Stars coconut wax candles and Hid... https://www.chronogram.com/hudsonvalley/7-boutique-plant-shops-for-all-you-indoor-gardeners/Content?oid=12432343
COVID-19 devastated flower shops. Local florists hope Valentine's Day starts resurgence - Hometown Life
Sunday, February 28, 2021The ones that are going to be tricky are the last-minute guys that walk in," said Colleen Siembor, a co-owner of Cardwell Florist, 32109 Plymouth Road in Livonia.Uncertainty in stock and purchasing patterns has left local flower shops scratching their heads this year as to what to expect. It's been an odd year for flower shops since the pandemic began last spring. After flower shops closed down last March, many did not reopen until close to Mother's Day, and that was for curbside pickup. Couple that with churches not offering in-person Easter services last spring and a significant decrease in weddings last summer left flower shops with plenty of stock over the last year with no one to sell it to.That was the case for Bob Kupfer and Tiffany Florist in downtown Birmingham last spring. When he was closed for several weeks when COVID-19 was first detected in Michigan, he was left with a cooler full of flowers that couldn't be sold. So he would take them outside his shop at 784 S. Old Woodward and leave them in a bucket for those taking a walk and looking to get out of the house during quarantine. "When we shut down, every day I would come here and put a bucket of flowers in the street," he said. "There's a ton of people who walk by here every day. We were giving away flowers for a long time."Unknown factorsThat won't be the case in February. Kupfer said he is confident those looking to buy their sweetie some flowers — including the traditional red roses associated with the holiday — will be able to, whether they order a week early or walk in the afternoon of Feb. 14.Still, he said, it's best to order ahead to make sure customers can get e... https://www.hometownlife.com/story/money/business/2021/02/03/order-valentines-day-flowers-early-year-florists-say/4226899001/
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