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YWCA Bradford presents gift baskets to women leaving shelter - Bradford Era

Renodin Foundation. The YWCA met the Foundation’s grant requirements of being a non-profit organization that possess a 501(c)(3) classification and being located in one of the counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus and McKean.On Thursday afternoon, the YWCA, located on West Corydon Street, welcomed Renodin Foundation President Laura Whitford to see the results of the program supported by the grant.“The focus of the Renodin Foundation is toward using its energy and resources to improve the quality of life of our poor and marginalized neighborhoods,” Whitford told The Era. “We provide grants for programs and projects whose public charitable purposes are carried out in a manner consistent with that focus — and these transition packs here at the YWCA are a perfect example.”Through the grant, Frontino was able to see her idea for basic-needs baskets realized, with the resources available to create up to 35 potential transition packs.“We requested the resources necessary to create 25 of the basic-needs baskets at $100 per basket,” Frontino explained. “However, I was able to find cost-effective items for $75, and the other $25 will go toward additional custom purchases for the packs that are specifically suited to meet the recipient’s needs. So we were ultimately able to provide even more packs than was originally expected — which is awesome.”The transition packs themselves, Frontino added, are also put together based on specific needs.“Some women have dishes and need more towels, or have excess amount of toilet paper and no paper towels, so we try to tailor the transition pack based on the recipient’s specific needs in order to best serve them once they leave the shelter,” she said. “We’re going to use the funds from the grant to purchase all of the items and then divide them up as they are needed. The additional custom purchases are an extra way to really make sure these women and their children have what they’re going to need to begin starting over or, for some, starting off.”A one-year program, the grant should be able to cover the basic-needs items to create transition packs for every woman in the shelter, according to Frontino.“I think the women who are going to receive these gifts are really going to be so appreciative, because the need is definitely there,” she said. “I hear their worries, their concerns, and I know that it’s going to make all of the difference when they can walk out of here with something to help keep them going.”Castano, as well as Whitford, shared the sentiment.“Often we have people leaving here with only the clothes on their backs,” Castano said. “So to be able to provide some of the necessary items toward having a h... http://www.bradfordera.com/news/ywca-bradford-presents-gift-baskets-to-women-leaving-shelter/article_a2f42fa6-973b-11e6-8de9-7be44b31fc7f.html

How an Urban Flower Farmer Spends Her Sundays - The New York Times

I currently have black-eyed Susans, zinnias, cosmos, snapdragons, and chocolate lace flowers blooming.Harvesting black-eyed Susans in a backyard in Brooklyn.Credit...Aundre Larrow for The New York TimesSOCIAL DISTANCING I spend from two to four hours in each yard. During the pandemic when everyone was at home, I saw people more often than I did previously. Sometimes they would stay behind their door, and I would talk to them. Sometimes they would come out and maintain a distance. People are lonely and craving human interaction.Ms. Clum sells her flowers through a subscription service and to two stores.Credit...Aundre Larrow for The New York TimesBEAT THE HEAT On Sundays I’m usually able to get to two houses before the heat of the day comes. You don’t want to cut flowers... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/nyregion/urban-gardening-nyc.html

Flower farm Detroit Abloom fosters connection between nature and community - Model D

Abloom into the paradise it was meant to be,” Milano says. Milano’s journey to becoming a farmer started in 1972, when Milano — who was 22 at the time — chose to leave his home in Long Island, New York, to travel the world in a search for a deeper understanding of the world around him.  “I was two weeks away from becoming a high school biology teacher, and something told me not to get plugged into the system, so to speak, because I was really concerned about the world and all this racial disharmony and the destruction of the environment,” Milano says. “So, I got a 10-speed bike. I sold my car. I was a taxidermist and had collections of all kinds of animals, and I just gave up everything and I went cross country from Long Island to San Diego.”  He went from Hawaii to Japan to Iran to France, learning about different religions and ways of life during his journey. He became connected to the Hare Krishna movement, a branch of Hinduism, while hitchhiking, and he saw Eastern religions and the lifestyle as something he wanted to bring back to the U.S. when he returned in 1987.  He found his way to Detroit, initially to do food distribution, he says. “In Hare Krishna, food is sacred, it’s sanctified. It purifies people’s consciousness, I was really behind that. I thought, what better city than Detroit could really use some help, especially in 1987.” He was drawn to the city’s spirit and resilience, and he knew he wanted to be a part of its revival, “but from a spiritual perspective.” From there, Milano got involved with and started up projects relating to food distribution. When he was traveling, he volunteered often with food distribution projects through the Hare Krishna temple, and wanted to bring that to Detroit. He took up farming, originally focused on edible crops, and started up the Jefferson Chalmers Community Food System on city-owned land. There, he grew edible crops for the neighborhood and for restaurants to promote a local diet and eliminate waste, as well as employed people in the area.  “I realized that, God, all this vacant land in Detroit can be such a tremendous asset, not a liability,” Milano says. “In neighborhoods, we would clean up lots, and have people take care of those lots, but then I realized why not go a little further and actually turn the lots into beautiful landscapes and productive landscapes that create jobs.” After six years, Milano was able to b... https://www.modeldmedia.com/features/detroit-abloom-flourishes.aspx

Sprawling Floral Installations Spill Over Garbage Cans and Phone Booths on New York City Streets - Colossal

Art#flowers#installation#New York#public art#street artAugust 7, 2020Grace EbertAll images © Lewis Miller Design, shared with permisisonThanks to Lewis Miller Design, those passing through New York City have gotten some respite from the rank smells and soggy refuse of streetside garbage cans. For years, the florist (previously) has been planting guerrilla installations of sunflowers, hydrangeas, and peonies in public areas, transforming trash receptacles, construction zones, and lampposts with sprawling assemblages. Check out some of the recent “Flower Flashes” below, and follow the designer on Instagram to see where the temporary bouquets pop up next.img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-133433" src="https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/lewis-miller-1.jpg" alt width="2000" height="2500" srcset="https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/lewis-miller-1.jpg 2000w, https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/lewis-miller-1-640x800.jpg 640w, https://www.th... https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/08/lewis-miller-designs-flowers/

A Floral Designer Who Forages in the Hills of Malibu - The New York Times

Indeed, Moreno-Bunge is part of a new wave of designers — among them the Berlin-based studio Mary Lennox and the New York-based Joshua Werber — for whom the term florist seems too narrow a definition; they’re artists who not only confirm the obvious appeal of blooms but also reveal the magnificence of their landscapes’ less flamboyant elements: leaves, vegetables, seedpods, weeds and humble grasses.The florist creates a wild, sculptural arrangement of plants including golden rain tree, oats, artichoke flowers and green persimmons.CreditCredit...Scott J. RossThis approach has made Isa Isa — Moreno-Bunge’s five-year-old floral design business, which creates effervescent, naturalistic arrangements and installations — the studio of choice for many of L.A.’s most interesting brands. Visitors to the Chinatown store of the clothing label Eckhaus Latta in 2018 might have noticed a single, ethereal white Iceland poppy emerging from a dense green cluster of beadlike dates, slatted areca palm leaves and the drooping, fist-size fruit of the silk floss tree, arranged by Moreno-Bunge in a pitcher on a table of accessories. More recently, she displayed three green tromboncino squash, coiled like snakes, alongside bouquets of black tomatoes, olive branches and unripened persimmons and lemons, at the women’s clothing boutique Shaina Mote in Highland Park. And Isa Isa’s florals add depth to every console and corner o... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/t-magazine/sophia-moreno-bunge-floral-design.html