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Former Crestline Floral Company Goes Up In Flames - WMFD.com

Bucyrus Police Department Unveils Virtual Neighborhood Watch 2/5/2019 9:42:03 PM Jesse Smith Local NewsThe Bucyrus Police Departmentunveiled their new "VirtualNeighborhood Watch" Program tothe public this week, offeringresidents the opportunity toregister their private camerasto take part in a digitalsurveillance network. https://www.wmfd.com/news/single.asp?story=78130

Over the Garden Fence | Keeping the Ohio State Fair flower shows alive

Right now, we all happen to be club members whose clubs are affiliated with the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs. We had folks from Swanton, Dayton, Beavercreek, Orient, Lima, Bucyrus and even Fort Wayne, Indiana. Our coordinator talks about the designing going to two days instead of three; worse yet is the possibility of the shows coming to an end because of low participation. So, I can admit change might be a good thing, but ending this endeavor would not. That is why I make three round trips down to Columbus and back, about 130 miles. I want this part of the fair to continue. Committed and crazy, yes, but I always think of the fishermen in my life who sit in a boat on hot sunny days for hours to bring home 18 fish. They are having fun. To be an arranger with fresh materials takes thinking, planning, running to where the flowers are that you need, and selecting foliages, too. This has to be done before the morning of the show. You select vases, backgrounds, or the sculpted units I spoke of earlier and load them. You drive with four or five buckets shifting about. Sometimes I seatbelt them. Then you unload and work begins. Three-and-a-half hours later, I usually have nine entries on the display tables. This work is done in 90-degrees, powered by bottled water or coffee. Flower shows have themes. Class titles are developed from a basic theme. This year it was not stated but throughout three flower shows it unfolded as “All the Things Summer Brings”. Judging went well for me the first show when I had six first-places, and then five first-places in the second show. The third show was a humdinger. That just means I kept coming up in second or third place. It ended well, though, my period mass design, which had second place, was selected as the Judge’s Award of Distinction. That brought a surprise. Later, 11 of us took part in the Extemporaneous Competition, designing with the same containers and flowers and a 30 minute time limit. The judge chose mine as first! OK, so you could care less about designing. What would you do to interpret with flowers the following titles: Parade, Treehouse, Farmers Market or Bike Ride? Maybe these are easier on your imagination: Catching Fireflies, ‘Berry Picking, Backyard BBQ, Nap in a Hammock, Roller Coaster, Swimming Lessons, Popsicles, Fireworks, Tubing on the River or Pool Party. These were part of the 27 titles made for the three shows. See what we are up against? Most classes have a specification, which means they have to be done in a certain style. I also made five designs which w... https://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/story/news/local/2018/08/07/over-garden-fence-keeping-busy-ohio-state-fair-flower-shows/913207002/

Earth, Wind and Flowers a 30-year tradition - Bucyrus Telegraph Forum

Earth, Wind and Flowers garden club plants a few spring tulip bulbs Tuesday. Minor started the garden club 30 years ago when she moved to the city.(Photo: Zach Tuggle/Telegraph-Forum)Buy PhotoBUCYRUS - Thirty years after forming the Earth, Wind and Flowers garden club in Bucyrus, Mary Lee Minor still loves to keep her green thumb active.It's been her favorite pastime her entire life."I raised pumpkins and sold them when I was a little girl," Minor said.Minor spends much of her free time tending to the many gardens around her Bucyrus home. Tuesday she finished off planting a few Blushing Girl bulbs, which are a variety of tulips. After those were covered, she moved on and planted a cluster of daffodil bulbs."Daffodils you can plant a little deeper, but I want my tulips to be about six to eight inches," Minor said. "The bulbs go in tip up."Minor has slowly adjusted the gardens over the past 30 years. After she and her husband, Bill, moved to Bucyrus from Newark in 1985, Minor started searching for other women her age who enjoyed gardening. She realized that most of the horticulturalists in town were several decades older than her."I wanted to start a garden club for people who were my age who had ki... http://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/story/news/2016/10/18/earth-wind-and-flowers-30-year-tradition/92313828/

Garden Club celebrates 30th anniversary with flower show - WBCO

Ohio Central train depot to stage classes of fresh flower arrangements and horticulture grown by its members and the Peas-in-a-Pod junior gardeners. The station is at 700 E. Rensselaer Street, Bucyrus.The event is designed to celebrate the club’s 30th anniversary and encourage visitors to come and see renovations to the historic depot. Preparations have included workshops to help members plan exhibits which interpret the following titles; ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’, ‘Fast Movin’ Night Train’, ‘Chattanooga Choo Choo’, ‘Little Red Caboose’ , ‘I’ve Been Working on the Railroad’ and more.Special exhibits are coming from Norton‘s Flowers and Etter‘s House of Flowers.The show will be judged by an accredited flower show judge of the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs.Once the judging is complete, the public is invited to walk through exhibits. On Saturday, September 24, the public is welcome from 2 until 6 p.m. On Sunday, September 25, the show will reopen from 12:30 to 3:30 pm.There will be sales tables with potted perennials, dried plant materials, bulbs, containers, books, and miscellaneous items. The station’s gift shop will also be open during show hours. Story © 2016 - Images © 2016... http://wbco.com/local/garden-club-celebrates-30th-anniversary-with-flower-show/

Briefs: Local garden club plans flower show - Bucyrus Telegraph Forum

Local garden club plans flower showBUCYRUS - "All Aboard" is the theme for a standard flower show planned by the Earth, Wind and Flowers Garden Club for 2 to 6 p.m. Sept. 24 and 12:30 to 3:30 Sept. 25 at Toledo & Ohio Central train depot, 700 E. Rensselaer St.The event is designed to celebrate the club’s 30th anniversary and encourage visitors to come and see renovations to the historic depot. Preparations have included workshops to help members plan exhibits that interpret titles of Midnight Train to Georgia, Fast Movin’ Night Train, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Little Red Caboose, I’ve Been Working on the Railroad and more. Special exhibits are coming from Norton‘s Flowers and Etter‘s House of Flowers.The show will be judged by an accredited flower show judge of the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs. There will be sales tables with potted perennials, dried plant materials, bulbs, containers, books and miscellaneous items. The station’s gift shop will also be open during show hours.Farners Market to have autumn itemsBUCYR... http://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/story/news/2016/09/15/briefs-local-garden-club-plans-flower-show/90420668/

Flower growers see sales wither as planting season launches - CBC.ca

Canadian production stems from Ontario. Neighbouring New York and Ohio have also forced garden centres to lock their doors, while Michigan and Vermont have banned retailers from selling non-essential products, including home gardening items. "If they don't open, the damage is going to be astronomical," said trade group head Andi Kuyvenhoven, noting garden centres' crucial role for bedding plants in particular. British Columbia — the second-biggest flower and plant producer — Alberta and Manitoba and have allowed garden centres to keep running, while Quebec deemed them essential along with nurseries as of April 15, though not in time for Easter. Kuyvenhoven, who with his wife co-owns a $2.5-million business selling potted Chrysanthemums and indoor calla lilies — largely to U.S. distributors — on a pair of farms west of Toronto, says clogged supply chains south of the border remain a problem. 'I haven't slept in five weeks' "U.S. customers for a time closed their distribution systems to floral and so the main grocery chains were not purchasing plants," he said, which was hard on growers of cut flowers such as roses and tulips. "If a truck can take 24 skids and four skids were flowers, the flowers came off the trucks and they put more food on the truck — which we completely understand. The only challenge is, when you're growing flowers as we do, they also have a shelf life," said Kuyvenhoven, who bought his business from his parents in 1990. "Now we're now facing liquidity issues...I haven't slept in five weeks." Flowers Canada Growers says exports to the U.S. make up about one-third of greenhouse flower and plant sales, which hit $1.6 billion in 2018, according to Statistics Canada. Nursery sales topped $500 million. While garden centres can continue to operate across much of the continent, growers wonder whether bouquets and flower pots will remain on the shopping list of consumers struggling to make rent amid soaring unemployment numbers and a looming recession. Kuyvenhoven is hoping that families confined to their homes for most of the day will choose to spend what they've saved from unpurchased vacations and lattes on plants for their vases and flower beds. "That's part of what's carried us through downturns in the past," he said. Growers associations are in talks with federal and provincial governments over potential financial relief, with Flowers Canada Growers asking for a "cash injection" as well as extended debt repayment plans secured in part by Ottawa, Kuyvenhoven said. So far, the federal government has extended a stay of default for eligible farmers until Oct. 31, giving flower and potted plant producers an extra six months to pay off federal loans that would have been due at the end of April. Ottawa has also granted exemptions on air travel restrictions to temporary foreign workers and invested $50 mi... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/flower-growers-hamilton-1.5546023

Family Over Flowers - The New York Times

You find out what’s most important when you start removing things from your wedding day,” said Ms Fagan, who received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and a Master of Education from Fordham.“I came to learn, more than anyone, that the things that are most important are your family,” she said. “Like the flowers and the other stuff, you don’t need that, you just need family.”Mr. Bogle, 44, who teaches fourth graders at John B. Russwurm School (P.S. 197) in Harlem, said his wedding to Ms. Fagan provided a lesson for him as well.“It’s all about commitment,” said Mr. Bogle, the son of Lucena Jackson of Montego Bay, Jamaica, and the late Raymond Bogle.“Unless you are uncertain about marrying someone, you need to get what you have got to get done, done,” said Mr. Bogle, who received both a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in international relations from the University of the West Indies and an Master of Education from the City College of New York.Despite the silver linings, the couple, who met in 2017 through mutual friends at the Carmel Hill Foundation’s party for Harlem District 5 teachers, admitted that they were both a bit disappointed as to how the coronavirus reshaped their wedding.“I could seriously say I was disappointed, but what can you do in that situation,” said Ms. Fagan, whom Mr. Bogle surprised with an engagement ring in April 2019 at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.“You just have to hope that everyone else is safe and OK,” she said. “You just have to hope for the best, and just count your blessings.”... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/25/fashion/weddings/family-over-flowers.html

Outdoor flower displays around Cleveland bring color, vibrancy to gloomy times - cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Three very visible public sites in Cleveland recently bloomed into instant vibrant gardens filled with thousands of stem flowers, thanks to the owner of a design studio and flower wholesaler who believe the public could use some cheering up right about now.What’s more, passersby were and are free to take flowers to enjoy at home.“I did this because everyone has been so gloomy lately, and flowers are a luxury that bring joy to people,” said Andrew Thomas of Andrew Thomas Design in Wooster.Thomas, his staff and friends worked from about 8 p.m. until midnight Monday festooning the Cleveland Metroparks sign in Lakewood.“We used all kinds of flowers,” said Thomas. “We had everything they had left. There were at least 5,000 stems, if not more. It was fun.”The “they” that Thomas refers to is Mayesh Wholesale Florist Inc. in Parma.“Mayesh was going to dump all of their flowers, and I was like, ‘Well, I have this idea — would you be up to it?’ I want to do an installation at a public par... https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/03/outdoor-flower-displays-around-cleveland-bring-color-vibrancy-to-gloomy-times.html

Lakewood florist helps spread joy to those impacted by coronavirus - News 5 Cleveland

LAKEWOOD, Ohio — Despite the fear and feeling of uncertainty many of us are experiencing during this pandemic, Blossom Cleveland owner Megan Robinson is helping uplift others and her community one bouquet at a time. Like many small businesses, Blossom Cleveland has closed because of COVID-19. Robinson was forced to cancel orders for canceled events scheduled through April, but the flowers she has left in stock aren’t going to waste. “I feel like flowers are important,” she said. “It seems like a little thing to a lot of people but it’s not. They bring joy no matter what.” As COVID-19 forces more people to stay home, Robinson came up with the idea to arrange and deliver flower bouquets to those who have been impacted by the virus. “Most of the people are either nurses, they’re pregnant and they can’t leave the house. We do have some people that were quarantined that we’ve delivered to,” she explained. “People whose weddings were canceled so we have photographers and friends reaching out saying 'H... https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/made-us-smile/lakewood-florist-helps-spread-joy-to-those-impacted-by-coronavirus