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Artist in Focus: Rebecca Muller - The Burg News

April is flower month, so we could think of no better person to be our “Artist in Focus” than Gettysburg resident Rebecca Muller.Muller got her start in floral art and design some 11 years ago when she began cultivating flowers while working on a farm. Since then, she’s grown her skills into a company called LOCAFLORA Design, which creates 3D flower installations from local, sustainably sourced flowers.“In many ways, I believe flowers can be a platform for empathy in the community, and I consider floral installations to be one of the greatest ways for people to share an artistic experience,” she said.When Muller is not creating flower art, she can be found at the Foundry Makerspace in StartUp Harrisburg and at Waldo’s & Company, a Gettysburg-based arts nonprofit, where she’s director of operations.For more information and to see additional designs, visit www.locafloradesign.com. Continue Reading... https://theburgnews.com/culture/artist-in-focus-rebecca-muller

This Chester County Greenhouse is Standing Strong Long After the Cut-Flower Industry's Heyday - Mainline Today

Ralph’s grandfather, Odone, left the Italian town of Rosazza for Paris. At 16, he was in southern Chester County cutting marble in the quarries. Eventually he’d work for five years in Gettysburg on memorial statues after the Civil War, then on marble statuary outside the courthouse in West Chester.Odone bought his Avondale properties in 1902, building the greenhouses in 1926 and 1927. “She made him do it,” Ralph says of his grandmother.Ralph made his own sacrifices. Upon graduating from Avon Grove High School in 1951 and playing with the Kennett American Legion, he could’ve had a shot at pro baseball. But he wanted to stay with his father and predecessor, Clarence, who died at 80 in 1984. “Business was good,” he says. “I wanted to be here. I was good to my dad, and he was good to me.”As it turns out, mushrooms and flowers are closely related in southern Chester County’s growing history. Ralph’s family once grew both. It was convenient and made economic sense to have mushrooms under the flower-growing benches. And over time, they actually made more money than the flowers—until Avondale shut down all mushroom houses within borough limits in 1914. “Those who were moving here for cheaper housing didn’t like the smell,” says Ralph.At Barnard’s Orchard in Kennett Square, owner-operator Lewis Barnard’s uncle, Sam, grew carnations from the 1950s through the ’80s. “The U.S taught growers in South America how to grow flowers to help them stop growing drugs to be shipped to the U.S. … or so the story goes,” says Lewis.Heating-oil consumption was also an issue. In Colombia, it averages 70 degrees during the day and 50 degrees at night year-round. “It hurt everything in the flower industry,” Ralph Rosazza says of the exports. “A lot got out of the business.”Veteran cut-flower salesman Chip Coleman lives in Wilmington and does business with Rosazza. In over 40 years, he’s seen at least seven outlets either gobbled up by larger wholesalers or simply fall by the wayside. His own company, Sieck-Wright Floral Products in Hightstown, N.J., closed a sister company in New Castle, Del., over a year ago. “It’s like all the mom-and-pops put out of business by Lowe’s, Home Depot, Walgreens and CVS,” he says. “But every longtime salesman has a following—just like Ralph, who’s hung on quite nicely.”Back in the greenhouse, Ralph has been battling a ventilator for an hour. “When the sun is shining, we leave it up and open,” he says. “And when it’s cold, we shut it down tight.”It’s a task that once took him 15 minutes. “I’m old and slow enough to call it quits, and then the boys are on their own,” he says. “I’m about the only one left as far as cut flowers go.”... https://mainlinetoday.com/life-style/this-chester-county-greenhouse-is-standing-strong-long-after-the-cut-flower-industrys-heyday/

Have You Spotted the Giant Floral Displays Popping Up Around the City? - Pittsburgh Magazine

A mother of three boys who previously worked for Tommy Hilfiger and Dolce & Gabbana, Dickson says she came up with the idea for the installations after seeing florist Lewis Miller Design’s “Flower Flash” project in New York City. In February, she installed her first display, wrapping garlands of flowers around the columns of Shadyside’s Family House — which provides a “home away from home” for patients and their families seeking medical treatment in Pittsburgh. “To all of the healthcare workers and all of the patients and their families, this one’s for you!” Dickson wrote on Instagram of the project. Later that month, she spruced up her hometown area, coating a light pole and corner on Brilliant Avenue in Aspinwall with flowers. In early March, she struck again, creating an enormous bouquet atop a recycling bin on Penn Avenue and 21st Street in the Strip District. Beside the display, she used sidewalk chalk to quote French artist Henri Matisse’s famous line, “There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” Dickson told the Post-Gazette the recycling can project was particularly inspired because the already-cut flowers — from supplier BW Wholesale Florist in the Strip District — would have been thrown away had she not repurposed them. If you missed any of the installations, your chances of catching one have not wilted. The pop-up displays will continue to sprout up across the city, possibly through April, Dickson says — and suggestions as to where are welcome. To follow along, visit Fox and the Fleur’s instagram account here. ... https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/have-you-spotted-the-giant-floral-displays-popping-up-around-the-city/

Belvedere Square's Dutch Floral Garden to close permanently - - Baltimore Fishbowl

Dobbe-Maher, who is from the Netherlands, moved to Baltimore in the 1990s when she married. Long before she opened her shop, she trained under European master florists in the Netherlands, Germany and England, and brought to her designs a distinctive European aesthetic.She told one customer today that she plans to move to Holland, but not before saying goodbye.“I would like to invite all of my customers to come and give me the opportunity to thank you for all you did for me and my business,” she wrote in her Facebook letter.“We may not be able to hug, but we can smile at each other above our masks. My eyes will tell you that I will miss my flowers a lot, but I will miss you the most.”All merchandise at the store, including display fixtures, is on sale at 40 percent off until the closing on Thursday. Susan Gerardo Dunn is the founding editor and publisher of Baltimore Fishbowl.Latest posts by Susan Dunn (see all)Share the News... https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/belvedere-squares-dutch-floral-garden-to-close-permanently/

11-year-old boy gives flowers to King Soopers employees - ABC News

JJ spends time volunteering to help neighbors with chores such as putting out their trash.With money he made as a dog walker, JJ Witmer bought dozens of flowers for King Soopers employeesA florist at the Brighton King Soopers offered JJ a discount to purchase dozens of flowers, which he spent about 45 minutes sharing with every employee at the store, telling him that he appreciated their hard work. They shared hugs and smiles, and some of the employees teared up.Jody and JJ then went to the Commerce City store, at which they're regulars and know many of the workers.Another shopper stopped JJ and said, "I'm embarrassed to share this, but I just cried listening to you. My wife is a manager of a King Soopers, and this touches me a lot today." JJ handed that man a flower as well.When they got home, Witmer said JJ was happy to have helped dozens of employees that day. She shared their story on Facebook in the hopes it would inspire others to do help spread kindness during difficult times."People are taking action," she said, "and that's awesome."JJ went to two King Soopers locations in Brighton and Commerce City to share flowers with employees... https://abcnews.go.com/US/11-year-boy-flowers-king-soopers-employees/story?id=76708231

Slaughterhouse Workers Can Now Get Free Job Training to Become Florists - VegNews

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), sent a letter to Kim Cordova, president of labor union United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, urging her to encourage workers to become florists in light of the ongoing pandemic and offering for PETA to pay for the necessary job training to make the transition. “Working on the kill floor is a dangerous, dirty, dead-end job,” Newkirk said. “PETA is happy to help budding flower arrangers flee the meat industry for the sake of animals and their own mental health.” Last week, a number of meat companies closed slaughterhouses as an increasing number of workers became infected with COVID-19—a disease thought to have originated from a wet animal market, not dissimilar from a slaughterhouse, in Wuhan, China late last year. Smithfield shuttered its Sioux Falls, SD pig slaughterhouse after 230 workers tested positive, Cargill closed its meat-packaging plant near Hazleton, PA, after reporting 130 positive cases, and JBS temporarily shut down its beef slaughterhouse in Souderton, PA after 17 workers tested positive.Love the plant-based lifestyle as much as we do?Get the BEST vegan recipes, travel, celebrity interviews, product picks, and so much more inside every issue of VegNews Magazine. Find out why VegNews is the world’s #1 plant-based magazine by subscribing today!Subscribe... https://vegnews.com/2020/4/slaughterhouse-workers-can-now-get-free-job-training-to-become-florists

Jacksonville's best flower shop: Hurst Florist - WJXT News4JAX

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Pro tip -- shopping for a special occasion? Looking to tell that special someone you’re thinking about them?Two words: Hurst Florist. Your choice for Jacksonville’s best florist.Hurst offers an arrangement of bouquets and gifts that are perfect for any occasion. Looking for something in particular, or want to make a custom order? They’ll work to make it happen.Ordering outside Jacksonville? No worries. Hurst serves Orange Park, St. Johns, Atlantic Beach, Middleburg, Fleming Island, Neptune Beach and Callahan.Head over to its website for a closer look at the arrangements!Runners up: Kuhn Flowers, Arlington Flower Shop... https://www.news4jax.com/jax-best/2021/01/18/jacksonvilles-best-flower-shop-hurst-florist/

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