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Royal wedding florist makes Dallas museum fundraiser an eco-friendly affair - CultureMap Dallas

Carlos Jaime-Hernandez, Barbara Bigham, Donna Arp Weitzman, Regina Bruce, Sung Moon, Daly Turner, Mary Geosits, Daly Turner, Sejal Kapadia, Linda Spina, Suzanne Guthrie, Lisa Blair, Tamareh Tuma, Leslie Champlin, Cindy Williams, Sarah Jo Hardin, Shannon Callewart, Susan Cooper, Sharon Gleeson, Judy Dryden, and Libbie Wilmer.  Proceeds from Art in Bloom support the Dallas Museum of Art’s education programs, as well as the DMA League’s Floral Endowment Fund. ... https://dallas.culturemap.com/news/society/03-10-20-art-in-bloom-royal-wedding-florist-shane-connolly-dallas-museum-of-art/

Maid of honor presents bride with chicken nugget bouquet - New York Post

When this bride saw her wedding bouquet, she probably exclaimed, “What the cluck?!”Ohio newlyweds Blair Hardy and Adam Tyson got an extra special surprise from the maid of honor, Jenna Spetz, at their recent wedding reception: a bouquet of chicken nuggets instead of flowers.When the Toledo bridesmaid was pondering her maid-of-honor speech, she wanted to find an appropriate way to surprise Hardy, her cousin. So she decided to play with Hardy’s obsession for chicken nuggets by reaching out to, appropriately enough, Tyson Foods for help.“[Blair] has always LOVED dino nuggets and was marrying a man with the last name Tyson, so it really was a match made in heaven,” Spetz told Business Insider.“I really didn’t expect my inquiry to go any further than an auto-reply from customer service,” said Spetz, who calls Tyson’s thorough response “mindblowing.”“Their PR team immediately reached out and wanted to be a part of the surprise!” Spetz continued, noting that the brand even coordinated with a local florist to make it happen. “Once they got involved, everything seemed to fall into place. Th... https://nypost.com/2019/10/18/maid-of-honor-presents-bride-with-chicken-nugget-bouquet/

Kilwinning in full bloom at annual flower show - Irvine Times

James Conn Trophy – Vegetables (Class 4.1.47) – Andrew Dalling Jim McDougall Trophy – Potatoes best exhibit – Bob Hope Pumpkin Trophy – Pumpkin Best exhibit. Class 4.1.39 – Billy Dorans The Blair Cup – Onions Class 4.1.48 – Andrew Dalling Meg & Jim Bryson Trophy – Tomatoes - Best exhibit – Jim McDougall Shaw Tankard – Marrow Best Exhibit – Jim McDougall Novice Shield – Novices - Best exhibit (Sections 1 & 2) – Lily Bryson Greenhead Trophy – Novices - Most first prizes – Lily Bryson John Bennett Shield – Novices-Best exhibit overall – Lily Bryson Dr. Moira Forbes Trophy – Children - Best exhibit (Section 1) – Amy Cushnahan Promoting Kilwinning Jnr Trophy – Best Exhibit (Section 1) – Amy Cushnahan Janette Allan Trophy – Children -Most points (Section 2) – Sophie Cushnahan Promoting Kilwinning Snr Trophy – Best Exhibit – (Section 2) – Sophie McCulloch Margaret Walker Junior Baker Trophy Children –Most Points (Section 3) Alfie Cushnahan; Gold medal – Alfie Cushnahan; Silver medal – Amy Cushnahan; Bronze medal – Sophie Cushnahan School Master Class – Gold Medal & Cheque £50 – Coreshill Primary School School Master Class – 2nd place and cheque £30, – St Winnings Primary School Rotary Club Trophy – Preserves most 1st. prizes – Suzanne Le Blanc Milne Trophy – Groups 7& 8 -Most points – Marion Grieve Ian Thomson Trophy – Baking Most points – K. McBlain Mima Baird Memorial Trophy – First prize in Shortbread – L. Wallace William Petrie Trophy – Handicrafts Best exhibit – Maureen Elliott Eglinton Trophy Floral Art – Best exhibit – Diane Steel Roy Lauchlan Trophy – Wines & beers - most 1st prizes – Campbell McKellar Dr. Sam Galbraith Trophy – Wines - Best exhibit – Campbell McKellar SNCDS silver medal – Chrysanthemums - Best exhibit – Jim Todd SNCDS silver medal – Dahlias - Best exhibit – Robert Wallace NVS silver medal Vegetables – Best exhibit – Andrew Dalling Top Tray-Veg (R. Hope medals) – Gold: Jim McDougal Silver: Campbell McKellar Bronze: James Burns Top vase- Flowers( medals) Gold: James Burns Silver: --- Bronze: ----... https://www.irvinetimes.com/news/17894813.kilwinning-full-bloom-annual-flower-show/

Blair, Reva Sivley - The Chattanoogan

Reva Sivley Blair, 100, died on Monday, April 1, 2019.  A native of Chattanooga, she was a graduate of Central High School, class of ‘36, where she fell in love with her husband of 71 years, Major Eugene F Blair Sr, Retired.  She was a member of Tyner United Methodist Church. Reva was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene “Gene” Franklin Blair, as well as her parents John and Mary Sivley, and siblings, Curtis, Grover, Clifford, Mae (Mathis), Mildred (Lamb), and Josephine (Sherrill).Reva is survived by her daughter Janice Watson, Marietta, son and daughter-in-law, Gene and Vicki, Hixson, grandchildren, Shelly (Judson) Hill, Rhonda (Chris) Sumsky, Melody (Jon) Richard, Brian (Jennifer) Watson, Lisa (Philip) Bennett and Carolyn (Tony) Padalino, 21 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with service following at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, 2019 with Rev. Charlie Harrison officiating at Tyner United Me... https://www.chattanoogan.com/2019/4/4/387787/Blair-Reva-Sivley.aspx

Pierson's Flower Shop and Greenhouses in Cedar Rapids is ringing in its 90th holiday shopping season - The Gazette

Long Para:6 Long Pra Total: 9 Total Para Total: 12-- Pierson’s — with two locations, including the original shop and greenhouses on Ellis Boulevard and a new store on Blairs Ferry Road NE — also spends the last two weeks of November and the first two weeks of December delivering most of their poinsettias to homes and businesses.Long Para:6 Long Pra Total: 9 Total Para Total: 12-- “We grow and sell over 4,000 poinsettias each year,” he said.Long Para:7 Long Pra Total: 9 Total Para Total: 12-- Pierson’s, founded in 1928 by Allan’s grandparents, is marking its 90th anniversary this weekend with an open house Saturday and Sunday, featuring special prices on certain items.Long Para:7 Long Pra Total: 9 Total Para Total: 12-- Long Para:8 Long Pra Total: 9 Total Para Total: 12-- ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ADVERTISEMENT *Businesses featured in these articles are part of the Buy Here, Give Here, Grow Here series hosted by the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance. The Buy Here campaign features 12 businesses that represent various industries in the area. Long Para:9 Long Pra Total: 9 Total Para Total: 12-- A complete list of the Buy Here businesses can be found at cedarrapids.org/business-resources. Give us feedback We value your trust and work hard to provide fair, accurate coverage. If you have found an error or omission in our reporting, tell us here. Or if you have a story idea we should look into? Tell us here. ... https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/business/piersons-flower-shop-and-greenhouses-in-cedar-rapids-is-ringing-in-its-90th-holiday-shopping-season-20181122

Citizen of the Year: Catlins fantastic florist - Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette

J.C. Penney in Danville, where she met her husband, Tim, then a manager trainee.She and Tim married in May 1987. That October, Tim's job with the department store took them to Iowa and then Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming and Minnesota. In Nebraska, Welsh — who continued to work as a florist out west — directed community theater, served on the Miss Nebraska Pageant board of directors and directed the pageant for three years. In Wyoming, she was involved with the Cheyenne Frontier Days, billed as the world's largest outdoor rodeo and western celebration.In 2004, the couple and their young son, Tanner, moved back to Catlin to be near family. A couple of years later, Welsh opened Floral-n-Flair, a flower shop and event-planning business, in the same downtown building she started out in. She and business partner Kay Smoot also own and operate a gift boutique called Pauline's Attic.Welsh was working one evening when Stutsman popped in."Who got it, and how are we going to decorate?" she asked, thinking he'd stopped by to discuss the Citizen of the Year banquet at the Methodist Church, which she decorates.She was floored by his answer."It still hasn't sunk in," she said, the day before the banquet.While honored, Welsh was quick to acknowledge her "crew," including local high school students and residents who help her set up for community events, weddings and parties — and family. Tanner, who turns 21 this month, has autism, and Tim is his full-time caregiver and still finds time to help out at work."I wouldn't be able to do any of this without him," she said."It's always been a team effort," she continued, adding she learned that from her dad who helped out in many ways at the shop and home before he passed away a couple of years ago.Welsh recalled sitting at the family table years ago after her brother became a 1,000-yard rusher on his high school football team."My dad pointed to his picture on the front of the sports page and said, 'He wouldn't have done that without his line that blocked for him.' I've always remembered that. You can't do it alone. You have to surround yourself with good people and work as a team."... http://www.news-gazette.com/noelle-mcgee/2018-11-01/citizen-the-year-catlins-fantastic-florist.html

Society of American Florists Past President Mel Schwanke Dies at 92 - Greenhouse Grower

Florists and a recipient of the SAF Floriculture Hall of Fame Honor, passed away at his home in Fremont, NE, on Dec. 17, 2018, at the age of 92.Schwanke served as the executive director of the Nebraska Florist Society for more than 50 years and was also the Executive Director of NeMoKan — the Nebraska Missouri and Kansas Florist Association Convention, held annually for many years. He served on numerous committees, including the Retail Florists Council for SAF, and helped to create the American Floral Endowment for research and education in the flower industry.AdvertisementMel and Joey, his surviving wife of 70 years, were known throughout the floral industry for many years for their passion and dedication. They were also known as the famous matching couple, having dressed in coordinating outfits at industry events and everyday in Joey’s family business, Greens Greenhouses Inc.Schwanke served as a Marine in World War II and was awarded the Purple Heart for his service. He is survived by his wife Joey, and children Jo Heinz, Cindy McKown, and J Schwanke, along with four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Ludvigsens Funeral Home in Fremont, NE, is in charge of the services. Visitation will be Thursday Dec. 20.Brian Sparks is senior editor of Green... https://www.greenhousegrower.com/management/saf-past-president-mel-schwanke-dies-at-92/

Four Floral Businesses To Receive The Century Award In Palm Springs

The 2018 Century Award honorees are: City Line Florist in Trumbull, Connecticut; Gould's Flowers in Lockport, New York; Janousek Florist & Greenhouse, Inc. in Omaha, Nebraska; and Lake Forest Flowers in Lake Forest, Illinois. "Each year when we gather at the SAF convention, we interact with business owners who have determination, vision and grit," said SAF Awards Committee Chairman Marvin Miller, Ph.D., AAF, of the Ball Horticultural Company in West Chicago, Illinois. "But to sustain that for 100 years or more is truly an impressive feat." City Line Florist Trumbull, Connecticut City Line Florist has been owned and operated by the Roehrich/Palazzo family since 1918. When Charles Roehrich returned home from World War I, he already had a family history in the floral industry; his grandfather had grown plants in greenhouses in Stratford, Connecticut, in the late 1800s. Charles borrowed a horse and wagon and sold flowering plants and cut flowers at the entrance of St. Michaels cemetery in Stratford, eventually opening up a storefront in Bridgeport, which sat on the city line of Stratford, leading to the name, City Line Florist. In 1975, Charles' son Bob and his grandchildren, Susan and Carl, decided to move to a new location in Trumbull, where they turned an old horse barn into a charming new florist shop. Bob received the Connecticut Florist of the Year Award in 2005. City Line, located in a quaint New England town of 30,000 people,  has been voted "Best Florist in Fairfield County" for several consecutive years and won the 2018 Small Busi... http://www.perishablenews.com/index.php?article=0069973

How an Ecuadorian rose makes the journey to your American sweetheart for Valentine's Day - The Denver Post

Denver. Amato broke into the wholesale business in January 1974. (The company started as a carnation grower in 1958.) It ships flowers across Colorado, but also to Kansas, Wyoming and Nebraska.President and CEO Heather Weickum was born in that first year. She grew up roller skating on the warehouse’s concrete floors after hours. Her father was a co-founder and eventually became the sole owner of the business.“This place was my only sibling growing up,” she said.Now Weickum runs the company and employs 70 people. Amato projects it will sell 130,000 stems of flowers over the Valentine’s holiday, tallying up hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit. The most popular varieties of roses can cost a retailer more than $70 a bunch.Amato can stock several hundred varieties of flowers at a time in the warehouse, and more than half of those are roses. They come in a rainbow of hues and gaggle of names, many inspired by the flower breeder’s daughter, mother or lover. Some names, such as Hot Nina, Lola and Jessika, call to mind an old flame. Others read like perfume ads tucked in a magazine: Pearl Avalanche, Sweet Unique, Cool Water. And then there are the names that beckon to whom they’re selling: Sweetness, Engagement, Soulmate. Rose breeders trademark these names and can receive royalties from other plantations that grow their variety.Most roses are natives of Ecuador. The year-round sunshine and high-altitude soil in the country’s m...