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Outpouring of support for Bellevue flower shop after graduations canceled - KMTV - 3 News Now
Sunday, February 28, 2021Purple Orchid Flowers says they spent $10,000 on fresh flowers for their truck for graduation ceremonies that were supposed to take place at Baxter Arena starting this weekend.On Monday, Omaha Public Schools announced summer activities and 2020 graduations were canceled.The owner took to Facebook to ask for help selling them to recoup her cost and has been overwhelmed by the response. The post has been shared about 2,000 times.“Very blessed. My favorite all-time movie even though it’s Christmas [is] It’s a Wonderful Life,” said Rachael Sjn, Owner of Purple Orchid Flowers. “Trying not to be emotional but just at the end of that movie everybody just comes in and chips in and helps him out.”Sjn says she’s getting the other half of her shipment on Wednesday and will have most of the flowers ready to pick up on Friday. If you’re interested in purchasing or for more information go to: purpleorchidflowers.com... https://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/outpouring-of-support-for-flower-shop-after-graduations-canceled
Florist gets cold feet weeks before a bride's wedding - WOWT
Tuesday, October 22, 2019OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) -- A bride-to-be in Omaha thought she had everything ready for the big day, but her excitement wilted away when one vendor failed to come through. Not long after her engagement, Kamber Durham gave Toujours Wedding Planning a $230 deposit. “You don’t have a wedding without the flowers,” said Durham. She needed eight bridesmaid’s bouquets, 19 boutonnieres, seven corsages, and her own bouquet. “I was in sheer panic. I was 44 days out from my wedding and had no florals, absolutely nothing,” said Durham. Just a few weeks from I do’s she found another florist who did fill the order, but Kamper needs a refund from Toujors to help pay for it. “It’s not about the money it’s about the principle. I can’t operate my business doing that to customers,”... https://www.wowt.com/content/news/Florist-gets-cold-feet-weeks-before-a-brides-wedding--562569431.html
As Mother’s Day approaches, florists watch business wilt during NY coronavirus shutdown - syracuse.com
Sunday, February 28, 2021Syracuse, N.Y. — Mother’s Day is the biggest holiday of the year for florists, but many shops across Central New York won’t be open.The flower business is taking a huge hit financially since New York imposed a statewide coronavirus shutdown for non-essential retail businesses in March.That’s on top of lost sales as normal funerals and school dances are canceled. And who knows about high school and college graduations?New York has limited florists to a single employee at a time and no walk-ins.Some in Central New York are doing their best to stay open under those rules, but others have decided it’s not worth it.At first, the pandemic made flowers more difficult to acquire.“Early on, supply was an issue,” said Kate Penn, the chief executive offer of the Society of American Florists. “There was plenty of fresh product available, but the logistics — getting it from farms to the destination — were not running smoothly."Penn said the supply chain has improved. As long as retailers aren’t ordering at the last minute, they should be able to get the fresh flower... https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/05/as-mothers-day-approaches-florists-watch-business-wilt-during-ny-coronavirus-shutdown.html
New Floral Installation Launched At Queens Farm - Flushing Post
Sunday, February 28, 2021The Floral Escape.“The flowers are made to look real and play to people’s senses,” Ahmed said.(Image provided by Laila Ahmed)Ahmed said that a crew of up to 35 people – made of up of florists, carpenters and other assistants – put the installation together on site which took about a week to complete.For example, the body of the 11-foot tall latte is made from wood wrapped in vinyl and then topped with roses, hydrangeas and eucalyptus to represent the flavor toppings.“It was a full production and we wanted to lift people’s spirits and share our joy of flowers,” Ahmed, who has been a florist for 12 years, said.An 11-foot tall latte at The Fall Escape. (Image via The Floral Escape)“Flowers and bright colors make people feel happy and we want people to take pictures in front of the installations and create memories,” she said.Other floral attractions include a bright red rose barnyard, a “cornfession chair” engulfed in blooms and a selfie station arced in the colors of the rainbow.“It’s an immersive experience,” Ahmed added.Ahmed said that The Fall Escape can be enjoyed alongside the Queens Farm’s fall program which includes pumpkin picking, a massive outdoor corn maze as well as its harvest weekends where patrons can purchase and consume some of the farms produce.All attendees are required to wear masks when unable to maintain a social distance of six feet and there are several sanitizing stations located throughout the farm, organizers said.The Fall Escape is open from noon to 5 p.m. Monday to Fridays and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays and runs through Nov. 29.Tickets cost $20 each for adults, $14 each for children aged 2 to 10 years of age and kids under 2 years of age are free.Tickets can be purchased on The Fall Escape website by clicking here.(Image provided by Laila Ahmed) No comments yet... https://flushingpost.com/new-floral-installation-launched-at-queens-farm-museum
Relationships are blooming, and businesses that serve them are booming - New York Post
Sunday, February 28, 2021Here’s how biz-savvy folks in the heart-and-soul sector are flourishing.Petal to the mettleSince launching at the end of October, personalized online florist Floracracy has seen its business explode. “Our amazing team of artists and letter writers take stories sharing all different kinds of love — romantic love, parental love, love toward friends and even that special gratitude in business — and use their fluency in the language of flowers to create visual experiences that share those stories,” said founder and CEO Sarah-Eva Marchese, of the company she founded that ships lush, personalized bouquets to the lower 48 states.But the road has not been without bumps.“We were supposed to launch formally in April 2020,” she said. “However, we had to shut down our warehouse for a few months. We ran ‘pay what you can’ campaigns, where people literally could send flowers for zero dollars. We had people gift teachers… We had people give to families who had lost someone from COVID-19.”The team has grown by 60 percent since the fall, and they’ve experienced a 25 percent repeat purchase rate. No surprise given that during a time of intense isolation, the personalized heartfelt notes that accompany the blooms go a long way.“Flowers have historically been our ‘language’ when we could not be together, or we simply didn’t have the words to ex... https://nypost.com/2021/02/07/businesses-that-rely-on-relationships-are-booming-amid-pandemic/
El Paso, New Mexico florists create tribute to Walmart mass shooting victims - El Paso Times
Sunday, February 28, 2021Maria Cortes Gonzalez El Paso TimesA group of florists from El Paso, Las Cruces and other parts of New Mexico are creating a tribute to the 23 victims of the El Paso mass shooting using moss and dried flowers.The goal is to use 23 silhouettes to create a colorful, emotional and uplifting visual at this weekend's opening of the El Paso County Community Healing Garden through the beauty of sunflowers, cosmos, zinnias, roses, and larkspur.The moss represents the healing garden that is being created, and the flowers in all colors represent life, people and unity.Young victims such as 15-year-old Javier Amir Rodriguez, formerly of Horizon City, will have a silhouette covered completely in flowers as their lives were cut short and didn't get to bloom, the florists said. The teen was about to start high school in El Paso.Each of the silhouettes will be holding a star in one hand, representative of the Star on the Mountain in El Paso.The silhouettes will be displayed along the roads inside Ascarate Park lined with... https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2020/07/31/el-paso-new-mexico-florists-create-floral-tribute-shooting-victims/5555190002/
Ice and Snow Would Not Stop Their Wedding in Texas - The New York Times
Sunday, February 28, 2021They reached out to their coordinator, Tamarah Smith of Tammy’s Table, with the news. And then a quick transformation began with the help of their wedding vendors.Meeker PicturesTheir florist filled their hotel suite with flowers. Their caterer delivered meals to their room and donated the remaining meals to a warming center in Houston at the couple’s request. Ms. Broussard’s maid of honor arrived with a makeup artist. And their original venue sent their photographers to shoot the wedding.Mr. Craft and Ms. Broussard ultimately married with only 10 family members, which included Ms. Broussard’s mother, son and maid of honor and Mr. Craft’s brother and his brother’s girlfriend.Mr. Craft said they are “grateful to have literally weathered a storm to become husband and wife.”Mr. Craft, 37, grew up in Mississippi. He is a coaching manager at Asurion, a company that provides insurance for consumer electronics, where he oversees the staff training programs.Ms. Broussard, 34, is a native Houstonian and a graduate of Sam Houston State University. She also has a post-baccalaureate certificate from Lone Star College. She is currently working on her master’s in management information systems at Lamar University and works remotely from the couple’s home in Katy, Texas as a math intervention specialist for a virtual public school.The couple met in 2014 at a dive bar in Houston called the Flat. “A pretty woman is sitting next to me, an obscure song comes on, and we are the only two people who seem to know it,” Mr. Craft said of Jesse Boykins III’s “Amorous.” That led them to chat, which led Ms. Broussard to follow Mr. Craft on Instagram.Ms. Broussard was on a date that night with another man, who happened to be a childhood acquaintance of Mr. Craft, as fate would have it.The instigator was an Instagram post. “Jerimy posted a picture of shrimp and grits. It looked so delicious that I had to ask him about the restaurant,” Ms. Broussard said. He messaged her back with the name of the restaurant. “And did her one better. I invited her to it too,” Mr. Craft said.Their first date was Sept. 30, 2017 at the Backstreet Cafe. After that, “We would meet monthly to enjoy brunch at various local restaurants,” Mr. Craft said, referring to them as “brunch buddies.”But in June 2018, their relationship shifted. Mr. Craft invited Ms. Broussard to join him on a trip to New Orleans to witness his best friend’s white coat ceremony honoring his medical school graduation. She said yes.A month later, Mr. Craft knew Ms. Broussard was the one. They were a... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/style/ice-and-snow-would-not-stop-their-wedding-in-texas.html
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