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William Richardson Sr., owner of Rose Flower Shop and many other businesses - The Philadelphia Inquirer

William Buchanan Richardson Sr., 81, of Abington, who owned the Rose Flower Shop in the Ogontz section of the city and several other businesses, died as the result of a heart attack Saturday, Oct. 12, at Abington Hospital-Jefferson Health. Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Richardson was the sixth of nine children born to Virginia and Edward “Bobby” Richardson. He grew up in North Philadelphia and attended Gratz High School. As a teenager, Mr. Richardson began his career as an entrepreneur by opening a small fruit-and-vegetable store, said his daughter Donna Richardson-Glover. He later owned ice cream parlors and night clubs. For the last 30 years of his life, he was known as “the Flower Man.” He owned the Rose shop at Ogontz and Stenton Avenues for about 15 years, until 2018, when he decided to retire. “But he didn’t know what to do with himself,” his daughter said. So, a few months later, he opened Hamilton Flower Shop in Abington and worked there until he retired for a second time in July. In the 19... https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/william-b-richardson-rose-flower-shop-philadelphia-abington-20191024.html

Actor Hugh Bonneville was on hand to launch aa new flower wall at Breast Cancer Haven, Wessex

Abbey and Paddington star helped highlight Breast Cancer Awareness month at the haven in Titchfield. The wall has been funded by The Rare Brand Market and created with the help of florist Susie Babington. Covering the front of their Titchfield centre, this large-scale display of locally sourced, in-season flowers mirrors the Breast Cancer Haven brand’s colours. The Rare Brand Market founder Emma Schwarz said: “I am thrilled to champion independent florist Susie Babington and reflect the inspiring and positive work carried out by Breast Cancer Haven, Wessex. “My mother is currently receiving help from Breast Cancer Haven after a second diagnosis of breast cancer so this is an association very close to my own heart.” Breast Cancer Haven, Wessex opened its welcoming centre in Titchfield in 2015. It is from here that counsellors, therapists and health professionals offer the support needed to help individuals facing the challenge of living with breast cancer. Florist Susie said: “Having been the primary carer to my mother during her battle with cancer, I was delighted to lend a hand to this project to raise awareness of the disease, which sadly affects so many of us today, either directly or indirectly, and of the Breast Cancer Haven which supports no... https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/16909909.actor-hugh-bonneville-was-on-hand-to-launch-a-a-new-flower-wall-at-breast-cancer-haven-wessex/

'Gardening with Jenny Rose Carey' set for April 7 at Kettle Creek - Pocono Record

Carey was involved with the PHS Philadelphia Flower Show for many years. She is the director of PHS Meadowbrook Farm, the society’s public garden and nursery in Abington Township. She lives with her husband, a Philadelphia native, at their beautiful Victorian property, Northview, where they have raised three daughters.Meadowbrook FarmWhen he died in 2003, J. Liddon Pennock, renowned florist and landscape artist, bequeathed Meadowbrook Farm to PHS. My favorite part of a visit to Meadowbrook (except for the retail nursery and gift shop, of course) is touring the beautiful English Cotswold-style house with Carey.The house is set on 18 wooded acres with seven acres of gardens and greenhouses. Pennock’s in-laws gave it to Pennock and his wife, Alice, as a wedding gift. The rooms are somewhat quirky in their decoration exemplifying Pennock's eccentric personality. Rich details are abundant inside and outside. The rooms open onto garden rooms functioning as outdoor living spaces. There are 15 small gardens in all. I don't have a favorite, loving the formal statuary and the sense of enclosure created by walls, wrought iron fences and boxwood hedges in each area. Meadowbrook Farm has a beautiful legacy, and Carey is bringing it to life with her promotion of wildlife gardening and sustainable practices. It is a pivotal learning venue.Northview GardensCarey’s magnificent Victorian home and 4.5-acre garden are known to thousands of visitors. It was originally part of Wilmer and Anna Atkinson’s 1888 100-acre farm. Here, Carey has created a work of stunning originality with 31 distinct garden spaces: from the Blast from the Past Garden, Italian Garden, Dry Garden, Herb Garden and Victorian Stumpery, to the Fountain Garden — to name just a few.My favorite spot is Rose Cottage, Carey’s potting shed. As a fellow Brit, I know the importance of the garden shed, and this one is magnificent. It is functional — containing plant records, collected seeds, garden tools and catalogues, and the like — while acting as a cozy retreat. Carey is a hands-on gardener, believing that gardening feeds your soul and body. The goal of her work at Northview is to educate visitors about plants, planting techniques and garden design features. She succeeds in her vision magnificently. Her gardens have been featured on the TV series, "The Victory Garden," in the Wall Street Journal, and in numerous new... http://www.poconorecord.com/entertainmentlife/20180323/gardening-with-jenny-rose-carey-set-for-april-7-at-kettle-creek

This is how thousands of plants at the Philadelphia Flower Show bloom early and on time - LancasterOnline

Philadelphia Flower Show, which opens Saturday.North of Philadelphia, in the greenhouses at Meadowbrook Farm in Abington Township, growers use cold rooms, hot water, special lightbulbs and carbon dioxide to trick a wide range of plants into blooming. They have ways to handle a plant blooming too fast or not quick enough for the show.It’s a complicated dance that’s equal parts science and art, and it requires a lot of planning, says Nate Roehrich, manager of the greenhouses at Meadowbrook, which is one of the show’s plant providers.This year’s flower show, the largest and longest-running in the country, will focus on water. Designers will build a rainforest, a 28-foot-tall waterfall and other plant-filled landscapes, all inside the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. The show runs through March 11.Planning for the show started months ago. At Meadowbrook Farm, the planning started back in September. For decades, renowned florist and landscape artist J. Liddon Pennock grew and forced plants for the flower show at Meadowbrook, formerly his estate. After Pennock’s death in 2003, the farm and greenhouses were given to the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, the nonprofit that organizes the flower show.These days, Meadowbrook’s small staff, along with society volunteers, grow plants for the show as well as for commercial customers. Roe... http://lancasteronline.com/features/home_garden/this-is-how-thousands-of-plants-at-the-philadelphia-flower/article_ac4ef9d2-1cbe-11e8-b76e-53ae7a3503de.html

Open house, with holiday greens and flowers, at Meadowbrook Farm in Abington - Bucks County Courier Times

It's a gardener's Christmas any time of year at historic Meadowbrook Farm in Abington, where many of the blooms to debut at the Philadelphia Flower Show are growing right now. But when it's Christmas for everybody, the setting is a resource for holiday trimmings of the greener sort. The farm has scheduled an open house from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, offering a look at the grounds, the mansion formerly inhabited by the late flower show powerhouse J. Liddon Pennock Jr. and his wife, Alice, and a garden center packed with fresh decorations.Among the offerings are greens, wreaths and swags; plus cyclamen, paperwhites and amaryllis. Free crafting, storytime, s'mores and cocoa are on offer for youngsters. The Streetside BBQ food truck also is expected to be on hand. Self-guided tours may be taken until 4 p.m. in the stone house, built for the Pennocks by Alice's wealthy father as a wedding present for the couple in 1936. Pennock, a well-known florist and flower show exhibitor, created a small wonderland of linked gardens around the mansion over many decades. When h... http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/life-style/local-feature/open-house-with-holiday-greens-and-flowers-at-meadowbrook-farm/article_5612771a-b7fc-11e6-a34b-fb490c580a21.html

A spike in the cost of electricity at the Philadelphia Flower Show is shocking some vendors - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Feb. 29 to March 8. The vendors affected by the price increase are mostly small craftspeople and florists who already are paying an average of $4,375 to rent booth space at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City. Sam Lemheney, the chief of shows and events for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, said that many vendors actually will see a decrease in prices. #right-rail .newsletter-card,.newsletter-card.hidden-desktop{display:none} The Inquirer Business Weekly Newsletter Business news and analysis sent straight to your inbox every Tuesday morning. Lemheney said that, in previous years, vendors were getting stuck with unexpected electricians’ bills for labor that were charged to their credit card accounts after the show. “We wanted to come in with an all-in price,” Lemheney said. “This way, there are no surprises. “Some vendors will save money because they’re not seeing any additional labor charges. However, some of the vendors we know have seen an increase that was more substantial and we’re working with the [Convention Center] to see if we can correct that.” Many of the small businesses contacted by The Inquirer did not want to go on the record because they feared possible retaliation from organizers or the IBEW Local 98, which represents electricians at the Convention Center. But Frank Keel, a spokesman for Local 98, said the union had “no involvement” in the surging costs “whatsoever." The electricians are not benefiting from the rate increase “at all,” he said. John McNichol, executive director of the Pennsylvania Convention Center, said there had been “... https://www.inquirer.com/business/philadelphia-flower-show-electrical-power-costs-shock-exhibitors-20200218.html

The Gardeners Who Planted for US Presidents - Prescott eNews

PRESCOTT, AZ, February 12, 2020In All the Presidents' Gardens,Marta McDowell chronicles how the 18 acres surrounding 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue has changed over the decades.Unlike many ushers, maids, and dressmakers through the decades, few gardeners publish memoirs, so in many cases, the biographical record is sketchy. Perhaps this league of extraordinary gardeners preferred the spade to the pen, but the book is still a very interesting read. Here are the highlights.Charles Bizet (1817–1825, under James Monroe) was a gardener who knew three presidents. Born in France, Bizet was working in Virginia by 1810. For the Madisons at Montpelier, Bizet designed a terraced, horseshoe-shaped garden near the house. In 1817, Thomas Jefferson noted in a letter to Madison that "Besey" had stopped at Monticello for seeds. From 1817 until 1825, Bizet worked on the White House grounds. Bizet went back to Montpelier at the end of Monroe's term.John Ousley (Served 1825–1852, under John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, and Franklin... https://www.prescottenews.com/index.php/features/columnists/mountain-gardener/item/34856-the-gardeners-who-planted-for-u-s-presidents

Barnes Foundation offering private tour and lunch inspired by the Flower Show - PhillyVoice.com

The 2020 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show will be at the Pennsylvania Convention Center from Saturday, Feb. 29, through Sunday, March 8. This year's theme is "Riviera Holiday," showcasing floral and garden designs inspired by those found in the Mediterranean.If you plan on visiting the show filled with citrus trees, geraniums and roses, you may want to take a trip to the Barnes Foundation on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, as well.RELATED: 'Wildlife Photographer of the Year' exhibit at Academy of Natural Sciences features 100 stunning photos  Megabus offering $2.29 fares to and from Philly for Leap DayThe museum, which houses one of the world's greatest collections of impressionist, post-impressionist and early modernist paintings, is hosting Barnes in Bloom, a special tour and lunch inspired by the Flower Show.On Tuesday, March 3, guests will be led on a 90-minute tour pointing out painters, such as Henri Matisse, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Vincent van Gogh, who were inspired by the Frenc... https://www.phillyvoice.com/philadelphia-flower-show-riviera-holiday-barnes-foundation-tour-lunch/

New business to plant roots in Grafton - Mountain Statesman

The Flower Market will also offer food items including Mountain State Honey; pasta, sauces and olives from the Pennsylvania Macaroni Company; dipping herbs, oils and vinegars from the Olive Tap in Pittsburgh; and delectable, delightful Sarris Chocolates.“The inventory will rotate, and I am getting involved with a couple of things that I am really excited about, but I want to leave that surprise for later,” Sturm said.She shared that she is established with some great vendors that will allow her to mix up her selection to keep inventory fresh and new for her clients.Sturm shared that she will also be providing gift baskets for customers. While wine baskets may be created, they will have to be picked up at the shop due to licensing restrictions.“While I am fully licensed for wine tastings, sampling and sales, I am not currently licensed to deliver wine. There is a great deal that comes along with that, and right now, we opted out of going that route,” she explained.Sturm said that with the growth of businesses and the revitalization of Main Street Grafton, she is excited to be a part of it. The Flower Market will be taking part in First Friday events, including a wine tasting event at 6:30 p.m., during the March First Friday celebration.Be sure to head down to The Flower Market, located at 76 West Main Street, Grafton, on Saturday, January 11, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., for their Grand Opening. During the event, guests will be treated to free raffles and giveaways, along with snacks and friendly conversation.The Flower Market will be open Monday-Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Customers may stop by the shop, call in at 304-903-8941.Sturm said that her website, www.theflowermarketwv.com, is currently under construction, and once it is up and running, orders can be entered there as well.“Everyone always says to find something you love and do it, and that’s what I’m doing. I’m excited to get up and running, and I really hope that the community will welcome The Flower Market,” Sturm imparted. https://mountainstatesman.com/article/new-business-to-plant-roots-in-grafton