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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/

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/

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/

Local florist brings joy to Clevelanders with massive floral installation at Edgewater Park - News 5 Cleveland

At the same time, Mayesh, who is the largest flower wholesaler in Northeast Ohio, had a significant amount of inventory on hand as they prepared to close through April. Bob Fenner Flower display at Edgewater Park. So Thomas loaded up as many flowers as he could, approximately 5,000 stems, onto the bed of his pick up truck.Working after dusk, plucking and arranging each flower with intent, Thomas created an 8-foot tall floral billboard at Edgewater Park.At the base of the installation reads, “Individually, we are one flower. Together we are a beautiful garden,” — a message Thomas hopes reaches as many people as possible during this difficult time. Cleveland Metroparks/Kyle Lanzer. Floral design at the Cleveland Metroparks. Cleveland Metroparks/Kyle Lanzer. “Having flowers is a luxury for most people who think twice about having them even when the economy is good. I had all these flowers and thought this would be a great way to bring joy into as many homes as possible,” he said.Every visitor is encouraged to take a flower or two home to remind them of better times ahead."I designed it so it's easy for visitors to grab flowers," Thomas said.The Cleveland Metroparks, who operates the area where the display is located at, encourages visitors practice social distancing.Spreading joy and hope through flowers is something that runs deep for Thomas, who, for as long as he can remember, has been surrounded by flowers and plants.For generations, his family has been in the flower business, o... https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/made-us-smile/local-florist-brings-joy-to-clevelanders-with-massive-floral-installation-at-edgewater-park

Ham Lake couple trust God as they grow family flower farm business - The Catholic Spirit

Jonah grew up on a farm. High school sweethearts, the 30-year-olds met at the parish they still attend, St. Paul in Ham Lake. They went to college together at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio and married in 2012.Six years ago, they rented a farmhouse near Ham Lake, on 20 acres with a field bordered by pines. After it sat fallow for a few seasons, they approached their landlord and arranged to begin farming it. This spring, they planted a plot with 50 different types of flowers. Kristen cuts, arranges and sells bouquets.Kristen and Jonah are convinced that God has led them to begin this venture, but they wear no rose-colored glasses about the challenge they’ve taken on. When asked July 30 what he sees when he looks over the field, Jonah chuckled and said, “a lot of labor.” In the spring, he and Kristen ordered mounds of compost to prepare the field’s otherwise “sandbox” soil, spreading it over layers of salvaged cardboard to help retain moisture and quality. He built a fence to keep out deer, like the five he observed grazing across the road that evening, as well as an irrigation system.Jonah holds a master’s degree in counseling, but decided the career wasn’t for him. He works as a house inspector, but is an entrepreneur at heart. The flower farm by far is the biggest risk he and Kristen have taken, he said. They hope that eventually it could become their full-time business.When they began researching farming, they planned to grow organic food. They were inspired by the writings of Joel Salatin, a Christian farmer in Virginia who has become the godfather of a movement favoring small-scale, sustainable, family-based farming. The Carlstroms were thinking produce and chickens when, in the winter of 2019, Kristen came across a book titled “The Cut Flower Garden” by Erin Benzakein, a florist farmer in Washington.“Basically, I just fell in love with it,” Kristen said. “It was kind of out of the blue for me.”She had always kept a small flower garden with sunflowers and zinnias, but nothing large-scale. But once she began to think about flowers, she became convinced that was the direction she wanted to move.“I knew we were going to take on something really big,” she said. “It was really important for me to be really passionate about it. And so, this was something that just really took a hold of me. And I had so much energy with thinking of doing really hard stuff to make it happen.”She and Jonah took Benzakein’s online course on flower farming, and dove into researching what would grow well in Minnesota’s climate. “Before we knew it, we’re like, we’re really doing it,” she said.Jonah gives Kristen all the credit for the flower focus. “I never thought I would be a flower farmer — I don’t think many men do think of that,” Jonah said, sitting near the field. He agreed to the online course, “and I was just sort of open with the Lord; ‘Wherever you lead us.’”“Ever since leaving school, I wanted to do something in nature. I love working outside. I’ve been praying along the way” for God’s guidance, he said. “Basically, I want to come home and I want to work from home.”The Carlstroms don’t know any other young farmers, but they’re not alone among Catholic millennials. Jim Ennis, executive director of St. Paul-based Catholic Rural Life, said there are like-minded young Catholics across... https://thecatholicspirit.com/news/local-news/ham-lake-couple-trust-god-as-they-grow-family-flower-farm-business/

Looters Ransack Streeterville Florist Shop That Opened Just A Few Months Ago - CBS Chicago

It was difficult to see the shop like this,” Nima Manhas said.The refrigerators were shattered, the computers were broken, and the new small business at 209 E. Ohio St. was totally ransacked.“All of us are trying to get back to normal, and it’s just so difficult,” Nima Manhas said.They did deal with some theft.“Just garbage and trash everywhere,” said Gur Manhas.But for the most part, City Scents Flowers was destroyed for the sake of destruction – almost eerily so.You can see the flowers behind the broken refrigerators still arranged in place.“It seemed like the purpose was just to damage,” Gur Manhas said.Their purpose since taking over in April is supporting their community, even when it meant closing down during the protests in May after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.“We handed out daisies and white roses to protestors to show support for the protesters,” Nima Manhas said.“We do not believe that the violence that occurred this morning had anything to do with any kind of social justice theme,” Gur Manhas said.Now, as they process and finish picking up the pieces, things that can be replaced.“We don’t want people to move away from the city,” Gur Manhas said.Their focus is on a feeling throughout the city right now that’s not as easily replaceable.“I think it’s important for everyone to feel safe in our community,” Nima Manhas said.City Scents is hoping to open back up soon in Streeterville. And on Monday night, like other businesses in this area, big and small, all hit in the early morning, they’re asking for one thing – protection from the city. https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/08/10/looters-ransack-streeterville-florist-shop-that-opened-just-a-few-months-ago/

Business owners tell state lawmakers they are ready to reopen - Dayton Daily News

A local florist was one of several business owners from across Ohio who told state lawmakers Monday that the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has brutalized their businesses and they are eager to reopen with safety precautions in place. “All my employees are furloughed and filed for unemployment and have yet to get unemployment,” Tom Hamilton, owner of Beavercreek Florist, told the Ohio House of Representatives’ 2020 Economic Recovery Task Force. “My business is struggling since there is no income,” Hamilton said. Coronavirus: Complete coverage from the Dayton Daily NewsClosed by government decree since March 24, he said they missed out on proms, secretaries week and Easter and look forward to reopening at the beginning of May in time for Mothers Day. “Who was it who first taught you how to wash your hands? Mom,” he said. But he and other people in his industry are concerned that if they are forced to stay closed they will lose employees to other companies that were allowed to stay open. And if... https://www.daytondailynews.com/business/business-owners-tell-state-lawmakers-they-are-ready-reopen/pl8zPjPLw8ZGBR5C7GwHRN/