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A floral designer is beautifying the streets of New York with elaborate displays for health care workers - CNN

Lewis Miller Design, has long transformed the city's most grittiest spots into giant flower displays. He calls them "flower flashes." Miller said he just wanted to express his creativity and make New Yorkers smile. In recent weeks, however, he knew that these flower flashes could mean something more -- a tribute to those on the front lines."With the city being so desolate and people being stuck inside, and it being a cold, dismal spring, we needed hope," the 45-year-old designer told CNN. "Doing it for the health care workers was a no-brainer because they're the ones that are out there doing the deed while the rest of us are sequestered inside." For his latest flash, Miller and his team set out to the New York-Presbyterian Hospital on Monday and wrapped flowers in various shades of pink around a lamp post that stood outside the hospital. People admired it as they walked by, but even more appreciated it on Miller's Instagram. "New Jersey hospital worker here and I appreciate your commitment to making the city a more beautiful place," one person commented on Miller's post, which has over 17,000 likes. Like the rest of their flower flashes, Miller and his team didn't ask for permission so they were told by hospital security to take it down just 30 minutes after finishing their masterpiece. But the team quickly pivoted their plan to convert the flowers into bud vases and loose flowers to give out to the nurses, doctors and other health care workers passi... https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/24/us/new-york-flower-flash-displays-lewis-miller-coronavirus-trnd/index.html

Flower shops spring back to life ahead of Mother’s Day after state lifts restrictions - The Boston Globe

The luxury florist Winston Flowers reached peak capacity for Mother’s Day orders on Wednesday in Boston, Greenwich, Conn. and New York City, citing “changes in the supply chain and our commitment to following all safety and health guidelines by limiting our staff in order to keep their workspaces distant.” Any new orders for the holiday will be delivered the following week.Flower orders typically hitch rides in the cargo compartment of passenger planes, allowing for efficient travel at bargain prices. But with limited international passenger flights between the United States and flower powerhouses like the Netherlands, Colombia, and Kenya, there are very few cost-effective ways to ship flowers now, even when there is a demand.Advertisement“That is the latest battle. Can you even get the flowers on a plane? Usually, I can have any bulb flower from Holland within two days. Or a rose from South America,” said Jackie Levine, manager of Central Square Florist in Cambridge, which has been passed down in her family over four generations. “Those that came took a week.”figcaption class=" img_caption margin_horizontal_0--mobile margin_horizontal_0--... https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/07/nation/after-months-empty-shelves-closed-shops-florists-spring-back-life-ahead-mothers-day-surge/

New Jersey Woman Delivers Flowers To Hospital Staff And Patients To Say ‘You Are Not Alone’ - CBS New York

I tie them all and make the deliveries,” said O’Hara.That husband she speaks of is Super Bowl champion Shawn O’Hara, of the New York Giants – no longer the biggest hero in the household.The kids, Jack and Coco, have played a huge role in bringing smiles to the faces of our health care workers stretched to the limits.CORONAVIRUS: NY Health Dept.  NY Call 1-(888)-364-3065  NYC Health Dept.  NYC Call 311, Text COVID to 692692  NJ COVID-19 Info Hub  NJ Call 1-(800)-222-1222 or 211, Text NJCOVID to 898211  CT Health Dept. CT Call 211 Centers for Disease Control and PreventionThe response has been overwhelming from hospitals and patients.“Please know you made a difference in this world today and touched the lives of many,” one message read. “This gave the nurses something very beautiful to do for their patients,”“I do feel good about it. I think mostly about what it’s like for the patients, honestly, and that’s why I keep going,” said O’Hara.Providing a rainbow of hope during the coronavirus storm.O’Hara told Wragge some nurses say the patients have actually given the flowers back to them as a way of saying thank you. https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/05/01/new-jersey-woman-delivers-flowers-to-hospitals/

A Flower Shop Reinvented to Reopen - The New York Times

Elizabeth Wardman opened Wisteria Rockridge in 2015, specializing in custom arrangements. She’s had to pivot to premade bouquets at the moment.Credit...Kelsey McClellan for The New York TimesShe tried anyway. When the store opened on Mother’s Day, Ms. Wardman did her best to nod to the county’s rules — or not completely flout them. The metal rolling gate out front was still down, and the veranda, usually overflowing with a colorful assortment of seasonal blooms, was empty. The store was selling premade arrangements, not its hallmark custom bouquets. Customers were not allowed inside. A wooden bench blocked the doorway. For a day, at least, she ran an open-air business.“I keep thinking I’ll get through this, and then I’ll think about how I’m going to approach the next step. Then the rules change, and so I have to make another adjustment,” she said. “It’s a very confusing time.”Wisteria, like other San Francisco Bay Area businesses deemed nonessential, had to close its doors when Alameda County, which stretches along the east side of the bay, and six other counties imposed shelter-in-p... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/business/coronavirus-small-business-california-reopening.html