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Watch These Six Flower Bloom Events From Your Couch - Smithsonian.com

I want every gallery to be a different color experience, like looking into a kaleidoscope.” National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, D.C. Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. (National Cherry Blossom Festival) With the arrival of spring, the National Mall in the nation’s capital becomes synonymous with cherry blossoms, and this year is no different. Presented by the Trust for the National Mall and the National Cherry Blossom Festival, along with the National Parks Service, Bloom Cam is exactly what’s needed during this solemn time and serves as a way to transport viewers virtually to the city’s lush forest of 3,800 cherry trees that shrouds the Tidal Basin in a canopy of pink-and-white blossoms. The trees have been an iconic part of the landscape since 1912 when Yukio Ozaki, Tokyo’s then-mayor, gifted more than 3,000 cherry blossoms in an act of friendship between Japan and the United States. This year’s virtual festival celebrates that symbolic exchange through a range of online-specific events, including an opening ceremony featuring music by Japanese singer-songwriter Naotaro Moriyama and a tour of the Tidal Basin with a National Park Service ranger. Keukenhof Gardens, Lisse, Netherlands Keukenhof Gardens (yisris - Flickr/Creative Commons) Every fall, gardeners plant approximately seven million tulip bulbs at Keukenhof, considered one of the largest flower gardens in the world. Located 25 miles southwest of Amsterdam, the “Garden of Europe” has been drawing crowds to its prolific fields of blooms since it opened to the public in 1950. While seeing the fields this year is a bit different than in years’ past, the gardens are still drawing viewers, albeit virtually, through a series of videos and other online activities, including colorful posts on the Tulip Festival Amsterdam’s Instagram and Facebook pages. Highlights include a tour with the garden’s managing director, who discusses the different types of tulips (parrot tulips, double tulips, etc.), and a walk around the Willem-Alexander Pavilion’s 1,000 flowerbeds with a gardener who has been working there for more than two decades. In addition to tulips, Keukenhof also features daffodils, hyacinths and other flowers. Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, Lancaster, California Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve (Courtesy of California State Parks, 2019) Cruising through Lancaster, a city located about 80 miles north of Los Angeles, poppy fields are a common sight come spring. But one location is particularly fruitful when it comes to the orangish-red blooms: Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve. Encompassing more than 1,700 acres, poppy blooms carpet the property’s undulating hills, and the reserve has captured its peak via live camera. Although the reserve is... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/watch-these-six-flower-bloom-events-from-your-couch-180974562/

Homewood Flowers and Gifts owner lifts spirits by tying bows - Alabama NewsCenter

Birmingham area.It all started when Gilbert was forced to shut down his flower shop, following the March 23 order to close nonessential businesses in Jefferson County to help prevent spread of the coronavirus. This order came just days before Gov. Kay Ivey issued a similar statewide mandate.“We didn’t want to sit at home, wring our hands and worry about what the future holds,” said Gilbert, owner of Homewood Flowers and Gifts. “Then, I saw a Facebook post from the youth leadership at Vestavia Hills High School asking residents to put bows on their mailboxes, doors and windows to show that we’re all still here, and I realized that was something we could do: Make bows at our house and donate them to people.”After Gilbert hung his first bow on a friend’s mailbox, word spread like wildfire. The day he began the effort, Gilbert received more than 100 requests from people in Vestavia asking for bows for their mailboxes.Since then, Gilbert, his wife, Marilee, and their 16-year-old son, Luke, have been hard at work making bows by hand, delivering them to people’s homes across Birmingham and hanging them on their mailboxes. Bradley Gilbert and his family began distributing red bows to area residents after Vestavia Hills High School student leaders suggested people display bows outside their homes during the COVID-19 crisis to signify “we’re still here.” (contributed) Hom... https://alabamanewscenter.com/2020/04/01/homewood-flowers-and-gifts-owner-lifts-spirits-by-tying-bows/

Bouquets as hot as a designer handbag: They're the 'it' accessory - Daily Mail

They’re the ‘it’ accessory the A-list can’t wait to get their hands on - And here’s how you can copy themFlic Everett explored how to recreate the signature displays of celebrity florists Larry Walshe has created displays for the Royals, Stella McCartney and RihannaBritish florist is best known for tightly packed blooms in dramatic colours By Flic Everett For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 BST, 29 July 2020 Updated: 22:22 BST, 29 July 2020 Cries of ‘Oh, that’s gorgeous! Who’s it by?’ are once again ringing through the tiled halls of wellheeled homes. But it’s not a blingy designer bag or a pair ofChanel sunglasses sparking envy — it’s the floral bouquets on display, with prominent labels bearing the names of their famous creators.Today’s globe-trotting, rock-star florists are hired for their own distinctive styles. ‘People are moving away from the traditional, formal look,’ says florist Larry Walshe, who has worked for A-listers including Rihanna and Adele. ‘They’re pushing the boundaries, they want flowers to be personalised and meaningful, and there’s a lot more freedom to make a statement.’THE MASTER OF DRAMALARRY WALSHE STUDIO Flic Ever... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8573181/Bouquets-hot-designer-handbag-Theyre-accessory.html

Local florists open in DC and doing deliveries - PoPville

Photo by KatieAlex also asks: ” Wondering where locally, if anywhere, people are order flowers from right now? Would love to support local!”Are any local florists open in DC and doing deliveries? @PoPville— mk (@mkelly0702) April 26, 2020Here are some of the initial responses to the tweet above:“Little shop of flowers in adams Morgan is still open”, “Park Florist, ordered from them many times before all this. Great, reliable, and open for business https://parkflorist.us”, “Allan woods flower in Woodley park just reopened for delivery only.”, “I just came across @uncloudystudio”, volanni.com, “Helen Olivia in Alexandria is open on week days, but I think there are some delivery restrictions like not to hospitals or nursing homes and only contactless delivery. Their flowers arrangements are lovely.”, @LittleFlowersDC, @UrbanStems, “I had lovely flowers delivered to me (contactless) the other day from She Loves Me, with a portion of the sales donated to We Are Family DC”, “Caruso https://carusoflorist.net”, “Yes, @_greenhydrangea is local and does contactless delivery — their arrangements are gorgeous!”, “Sustainable and in-season @LittleAc... https://www.popville.com/2020/04/are-any-local-florists-open-in-dc-and-doing-deliveries/

Downingtown’s Petals Please recycles wedding and funeral flowers into free bouquets for lonely seniors - The Philadelphia Inquirer

It’s such a little gesture,” founder Beth Adams, of Downingtown, said. “But it’s so uplifting.” And not just for bouquet recipients, added Tina Sauk, a retired florist who lives in West Grove and is among 140 Petals Please volunteers: “Even though I don’t know the recipients, it doesn’t matter. The bouquet is made with happiness and given out of love.” The seed that became Petals Please started germinating about two years ago, while Adams, a retired pharmaceutical marketing professional, was working at a hospice. “I went to a local florist and to a funeral home to ask if they had flowers that would [otherwise] be discarded,” recalled Adams, 64. “Myself and a staff member put together little bouquets for patients.” Adams also was inspired by the reaction of a family friend who had once been an avid gardener. “I sent over some flowers I had arranged, and he was so thankful,” she said. “He just missed his garden so much.” Doing research online, Adams found no national organization, let alone a template for putting together a sustainable, all-volunteer flower recovery and repurposing system. But a Northeastern Pennsylvania group was having great success with an approach similar to her idea. So she drove to Scranton, where the volunteers of Petals for Goodness Sake were “so generous and so helpful,” Adams said. “It was, OK, let’s do this.” She began networking from home, calling friends and neighbors. “Because I worked in hospice I knew all of the nursing homes and the assisted living places, and I knew a lot of staff there,” said Adams. “Unfortunately, I knew a lot of funeral directors.” In July 2018, a volunteer picked up the first donation and returned ”with so many flowers in her SUV you couldn’t even see her.” Petals Please has since shifted its arranging sessions from Adams’ dining-room table to a space at Downingtown United Methodist Church. Flowers and vases or other containers are donated, and everything gets recycled, including flower petals, which get taken to a chicken farm in Malvern. Amelia Wondrasch especially enjoys that task. A 15-year-old student at Episcopal Academy in Newtown Square whose family is close to the Adamses, she has been a volunteer pretty much from the beginning. “I’ve always been a big one for recycling and composting,” she said. “And I love the idea of being able to r... https://www.inquirer.com/life/petals-please-recycled-flowers-downingtown-20200720.html

Plymouth flower shop closes after four decades as owner retires - Hometown Life

Floral Company, in business for decades at 728 S. Main in Plymouth, has closed its doors.Couple the restrictions tied to the coronavirus pandemic with difficult economic conditions for small-town florists and Morrison said it's time to move onto another chapter in her life."The world is changed now," said Morrison, who lives in Canton. "Back in the day, you used to come to a florist because that's who sold flowers. That's not really the case now. Everyone sells it."The shop has operated in the same space since it was opened by Pat Ribar in the early 1980s. Morrison and her mother Marcia Sayles purchased the shop in 2000, running it for nearly 20 years.More: Plymouth hockey hires Darrin Silvester as new head coachMore: Plymouth Twp. trustees disagree on future of property near Hilltop Golf CourseMore: Here's what you can expect as movie theaters prep for expected reopening next monthShe did some work at Cardwell Florist in Livonia as well as Ribar Floral Company after high school and began helping out in the shop during holidays and other busy seasons, developing a close relationship with Ribar and her family. She worked outside of floral until Ribar called her to offer her the business. She then left her job and began running the shop."I remained friends with Pat Ribar all these years," she said. "So I gave my notice at work and I had called Pat."There, Morrison spent years working through holidays such as Mother's Da... https://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/plymouth/2020/06/25/plymouth-floral-shop-closes/5306585002/

Florists, flower farmers dealing with fallouts from COVID-19 - CBC.ca

B.C.'s Slocan Valley gets 40 per cent of its income from weddings, all of which have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Hummingbird Farm/Facebook) Galena Clancy, who owns Burnett's Florist and Gifts in Kelowna, said that though retails sales are certainly down, a lot of people are using flowers to communicate with loved ones they can't visit during the COVID-19 pandemic.  "I'm seeing a lot of 'happy birthday, sorry we can't come and have a party with you' kind of vibe," Clancy said.   "Easter was really great for us. There were a lot of Easter flowers going out." By offering the ability to order flowers online, Clancy has been able to maintain some sales and minimize the number of people going to the shop. That said, Clancy said there are restrictions when it comes to bringing in flowers from international sellers and the cost of imports has increased.  "We try to stay inside of B.C. anyway. It's just better for the environment and it's better for Canada in general." "The international supply has become a huge problem," Braun said, adding that the inability for florists to get imported flowers could mean they end up closing their stores altogether. Braun is unsure of how the flower business will be impacted by the pandemic in the long run. "Some days, I feel like it's going to be better than ever because people are going to be wanting flowers ... and other days I think who knows what it's going to bring, are we going to be composting flowers?" Braun said. "It's anyone's guess at this point."... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-flower-industry-covid-19-1.5536967

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