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Village View: Tiptoe through the tulips at the Philly Flower Show - Main Line

Mondrian is incorporated into a number of exhibits, including Michael Petrie’s beautiful garden. For the most ingenious use of bicycles and bicycle parts, stop and admire Hunter Hayes’s work. The Ardmore landscape architect built a bridge of bicycle frame parts over a canal, with a fountain made out of bicycle parts as well.Windmills are everywhere, and so are bridges over canals. Robertson’s huge exhibit featured giant photographs of Amsterdam streets and houses. Tulips are not the only flowers which come from bulbs, by the way. As Flowers by David demonstrated in their exhibit, there are daffodils and amaryllis and lilies galore and other flowers grown from bulbs. Even garlic bulbs were included in this display.Subaru is the premier sponsor, celebrating its 16th year with the Flower Show, and the Bank of America is in its sixth year as exclusive sponsor. Margaret Sadler, board chair of the PHS, and Leslie Anne Miller vice-chair who also chaired the Flower Show, were delighted with the overwhelming praise from the sponsors and patrons at the Preview Party, including Governor and Mrs. Tom Wolf and Senator and Mrs. Bob Casey, Jr.All ages will enjoy this year’s Flower Show. Thanks you, PHS, and thank you, Holland!Bonnie Squires is a communications consultant who writes weekly for Main Line Media News and can be reached at www.bonniesquires.com. She hosts the weekly Bonnie’s Beat TV show at Radnor Studio 21 and Main Line Television which airs Monday nights at 7 p.m. http://www.mainlinemedianews.com/mainlinesuburbanlife/opinion/village-view-tiptoe-through-the-tulips-at-the-philly-flower/article_033a858e-86d2-522b-825c-f3fb5e2e0343.html

Dogs and Cats who work: Mia Grace and Nita's Flowers - Daily Ardmoreite

By Marsha Millermarsha.miller@ardmoreite.comEditors note: It’s no secret there are hard working dogs and cats. But while some are tending to traditional animal jobs, like herding cattle or mousing in barns, others are going to work with their owners and are performing “people” jobs at local stores and offices. In fact, some, like this Yorkie called Mia Grace, actually run the business and just allow their human to think they’re in charge n Name and occupation:Mia Grace, also known as Wild Woman, is a 2-year-old fashionista that displays her devotion to haute couture every day by wearing a different style to work at Nita’s Flowers in Marietta. It’s not easy for a tiny bow-wow to constantly be runway ready since she is also the store’s CEO, but she manages to keep her diva image intact thanks to her personal stylist and owner Pam Hayes-Sampson.Special talents:Hayes-Sampson says Mia Grace’s exceptional abilities center on greeting and licking. However, Mia Grace begs to differ, indicating truth-be-told she’s the brain... http://www.ardmoreite.com/news/20161212/dogs-and-cats-who-work-mia-grace-and-nitas-flowers

DIY holiday gift ideas and the classes to take to make them - Philly.com

Paper Source locations."We try to get everyone interested in different types of crafting, but there might be one thing that they fall in love with," said Jewelan Cleveland, manager of the Ardmore store.Though the card-making workshops have ended for this holiday season, the gift-wrapping class - two hours at $30 - teaches techniques to rival any professional wrapper. "It's beautiful, seamless, and makes everyone jealous," Cleveland said.Also popular is a calendar-making class, where a blank calendar can be personalized for gift-giving or given as a gift so the recipient can attend a January workshop to personalize it.Gift-wrap workshop, 4-6 p.m. Saturday; calendar-making, 6-8 p.m. Jan. 12 (calendars can be purchased now for a 2017 class), 103 Coulter Ave., Ardmore, 610-642-2027, www.papersource.com.Floral centerpieces.In a collaboration between Greensgrow West and Snapdragon Flowers, holiday enthusiasts can make festive centerpieces. Learn traditional and nontraditional looks and design practices that will incorporate winterberry, greens, holly leaves, red twig dogwood, pinecones, and fresh flowers.The key is using greens and natural materials, said Bryn Ashburn, graphics and media coordinator for Greensgrow in Kensington and West Philadelphia. "Our audience in particular wants to know where their food comes from, cares about sustainability, and doing it yourself means you aren't dealing with all the packaging and the things that go along with what you buy."The experience also allows you more than the chance to check an item off your to-do list. "You can come to the farm, see the pig, go to the farm stand. You're in a place that's really green - it's a nicer atmosphere," she said.Though it helps to have an eye, the professional florist will share insider tips on balance, textures, and arranging.Holiday centerpiece workshop, 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Greensgrow West, 5123 Baltimore Ave., 267-244-4441, www.greensgrow.org.Herbal remedies. Give your loved one the know-how and materials to beat the winter blues or flus with personally crafted herbal remedies. Rather than having the gift-giver create the blends and tinctures, Terra Luna, a smal... http://www.philly.com/philly/home/20161202_DIY_holiday_gift_ideas_and_the_classes_to_take_to_make_them.html

Your guide to the Philadelphia Flower Show - Allentown Morning Call

Park Service rangers. The exhibit employs multimedia to bring to life the sights and sounds of the parks.People can follow three trails to explore other exhibits. Hunter Hayes Landscape Design of Ardmore, for example, is creating a large display honoring Valley Forge National Historical Park, and Stoney Bank Nurseries in Glen Mills will show off an exhibit inspired by Yellowstone. Subaru, a premier sponsor of the Flower Show, is in charge of the Yosemite site.Visitors "will see a landscape created that captures the spirit, the essence of that park," Jaffe says.In the "Find Your Park Pavilion," you can meet park rangers from around the country in person and by webcast.New this year is the Railway Garden, a model railroad display of Bachmann Trains, which will chug around tracks laced through miniaturized American landscapes, including the iconic Mount Rushmore ($5).What would gardens be without butterflies? Visitors can interact with more than 1,000 butterflies at the "Butterflies Live!" exhibit, which has become a favorite stop for families ($3). Twenty species of the colorful critters will be in the exhibit room and patrons can hold a Q-Tip with nectar to attract the butterflies for a closer look.Those looking to create their own floral art can visit the Make & Take Room and construct a headpiece modeled after Mount Rushmore. Use seeds and plants to build "crafty critters" — animals you would find in national parks. Each of those projects costs $10. Or make your own terrarium for $20.For those who love the flowers but can't stomach the crowds, there are morning tours at 8 a.m. March 7-11 in which a guide will take 10-15 people through the show before it opens to the public. That tour is $85 or $105, with flower show admission. Reservations are recommended.There are also early-morning tours for photographers, lead by nationally known photographers, for $125, including show admission.The show includes talks, a floral design competition for top designers and a marketplace with more than 180 vendors selling garden furniture, hand-crafted jewelry, cut flowers, unique plants, garden tools, and more. Food and beverage options include a Trail Mix Bar, Smokey Mountain Cafe and a Beer Garden.Special events dot the flower show calendar. A Black Tie Preview Party will be 7-11 p.m. Friday, with cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, desserts and entertainment by the newgrass band Sparkle Pony. Tickets are $300-$650.For the not-so-well-heeled, hit the free Cabin Fever Country Hoedown 4-7 p.m. on opening day. The Wallace Brothers Band will perform alternative country music with room for dancing in the Grand Hall, which has been renamed Base Camp for the flower show.Base Camp, adjacent to the Exhibition Hall, features an indoor playground of attractions, including shopping and dining, climbing walls, live music and wine tastings.Some Lehigh Valley residents are competing in several flower show categories and one will be giving a talk on how to grow orchids.Meredith Elinich of Coopersburg is entering two exhibits in the flower show, though she says ... http://www.mcall.com/features/mc-philadelphia-flower-show-20160302-story.html

2016 Philadelphia Flower Show taking its inspiration from the National Park Service - PennLive.com (blog)

Yellowstone wildfire.Waldor Orchids of Linwood, N.J., will build a tropical orchid garden inspired by Hawaii's Volcanoes National Park.Hunter Hayes Landscape Design of Ardmore will build a scene showing what George Washington's Valley Forge encampment might have looked like years later when wildflowers and Mother Nature reclaimed the site.And the National Park Service will build a rustic amphitheater reminiscent of the ones in which park rangers share fireside stories.Landscape-builders also will interpret some of the historical sites in the system, such as Lincoln's birthplace, New York's Liberty Island and Philadelphia's own Independence National Historical Park."We're honored that the Philadelphia Flower Show has been chosen by the National Park Service as a centennial event marking this amazing milestone," said Sam Lemheney, chief of shows and events for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, which runs the show. "This is a wonderful partnership, and 'Explore America' will be an extraordinary show.""The National Park Service and PHS share a commitment to introduce new generations to the beauty of nature, to be good stewards of our environment, to honor the contributions of individuals to our history, and to build vibrant communities," said Cynthia MacLeod, superintendent of the Independence National Historical Park.In addition to the jaw-dropping live-plant displays, the 2016 flower show will include:* A marketplace of some 180 vendors selling botanical art, seeds, plants, tools, pots, birdhouses, cut flowers and more, plus a PHS store with plants and show memorabilia.The Hamilton Horticourt part of the show features specimen plants grown by amateur growers.George Weigel * The PHS Hamilton Horticourt, where amateur growers show off their horticultural prowess and compete for ribbons in 60 different plant categories.* A Design Gallery that features miniatures, pressed-flower art, plant displays from various regions of America, home-decorating ideas from U.S. historic sites and other creative displays.* A Gardener's Studio featuring talks and demonstrations on a variety of gardening topics. This year's lineup includes TV gardening host Joe Lamp'l, author Tovah Martin, and Dayton Duncan, the historian who played a central role in the Ken Burns documentary series, "The National Parks: America's Best Ideas."* A Designer's Studio in which floral designers compete against one another and do arranging demonstrations.Floral designers do demos in the Designer's Studio.Geo... http://blog.pennlive.com/gardening/2016/02/2016_philadelphia_flower_show_1.html

Coronavirus hits flower farms at the worst possible time - Chicago Tribune

Cousins Matt Ott, 17, left and Luke Ott, 16, pull the flowers off the hanging plants so the plants won't die March 24, 2020, at Cleveland Ott & Son, a wholesale nursery in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, that sells its flowers and plants to smaller garden centers in the region, most of which are closed. (Steven M. Falk/AP)... https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-flowers-bouquet-20200407-h7t4shavzffllmiiy6gsmwno3a-story.html

A devoted florist gives each 9/11 victim a white birthday rose - The Gazette

I write this,” said Jennifer Glick in an email to the memorial. Her brother Jeremy was among those who rushed the hijackers on Flight 93, which crashed into a field in rural Pennsylvania. “With all the insecurity and chaos that we face right now, knowing that our loved ones are remembered gives me great comfort.”Kerry Irvine, an artist, used to visit the memorial often to think about her sister, Kristy Irvine-Ryan, a 30 year-old equities trader who had been married for just three months when she died. But in March, she told The Washington Post, “It was all chained off, and one of my first thoughts was, ‘Oh, God, her birthday,’ which was May 22nd.” Then she got a photo of her sister’s name decorated with a white rose. “To know they’re taking care of all of them, and giving them the respect they deserve,” she said, “it takes the load off the families a little bit.”The memorial grounds reopened July 4. The museum will begin allowing visitors inside again this weekend - first, family members only on Friday and then the public on Saturday, with drastically limited capacity.Collarone didn’t come up with the idea for the birthday flowers; that was a volunteer in the museum. But he’s the one who’s made it happen all these years, carefully selecting roses - he wants them to be a perfect white - from the city’s flower market and cleaning them and nursing them at his shop Floratech, in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. “I’m not looking for the cheapest roses,” he says. “I look for the best.”When the pandemic forced New York to shut down, halting inbound flights bearing hard-to-get white roses from global suppliers in the Netherlands and South America, Collarone knew instantly “that I had to take care of it,” he says. “I went into an immediate rescue mode for the 9/11 memorial.”Whereas roses had been coming in on 10 flights a day, there was now one flight a week from Europe. He worked connections (“My Holland guys helped me out.”), paid large markups as freight pricessoared, and sent drivers to the airport to pick up loads of roses directly from the source, circumventing wholesalers, because, he says, the city’s flower market, then and now, “is operating on life support.”His own shop, which used to supply flowers for Madison Square Garden and high-end hotels like the Mandarin Oriental, has hit dire straits. “We’re lucky if we make enough money to keep our electricity on,” Collarone says. He’s had to close all three of his retail flower shops, and lay off all of his employees, some of whom had been working with him for 20 to 30 years.Still, he wouldn’t dream of stopping the birthday-rose ritual, or asking for payment.He “grew up poor,” he says, in the firemen-and-cops enclave of Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, and worked in a flower shop before becoming an insurance salesman.It was a chance meeting with Andy Warhol at the legendary Limelight nightclub, he says, that got him to turn back toward his love of flowers. Warhol commissioned him to decorate his parties, Collarone says, because the art icon was amused by the idea of this big guy with a Brooklyn accent who rode his Harley around town and knew everything about roses and hydrangeas.His shop is near the World Trade Center,... https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/a-devoted-florist-gives-each-911-victim-a-white-birthday-rose-20200911

These Valentine's Day Gifts Will Be At Your Doorstep In No Time, Even If You Started Shopping Last Minute - Yahoo Lifestyle

Uncommon Goods. Here's one example of a delightful little gift — a wine-shaped container filled with tasty truffles. Check out all of the small businesses and makers like this Pennsylvania-based baker, Neil Edley.Uncommon Goods Bottle-of-Wine Chocolate Truffles Box, $, available at Uncommon GoodsCheryl's CookiesThese are decorated and frosted with delicious buttercream icing. (Pssst, there's even an assortment of gluten-free options for our friends with food allergies.)Cheryl's Cookies Cheryl's Long Stemmed Buttercream Frosted Cookie Flower, $, available at Cheryl's CookiesPartake FoodsIndulge in this coveted black-owned brand that offers delicious cookies in every variety — you can even find vegan and gluten-free options here. Chocolate chips, cookie butter, and carrot cake flavors are abundantly available to ship right to your door. Partake Soft Baked Cookie Butter Cookies, $, available at Partake FoodsDavid's CookiesGive the people what they want; an entire tin of chocolate chunk cookies. No nuts, no teeny tiny chocolate chips, just the good stuff from this reliable, top-selling cookie lover's brand — that also happens to ship out delicious cheesecakes to pies, too. David's Cookies Fresh Baked Decadent Jumbo Cookies, $, available at David's CookiesDoughees By M.Dough.WMargo Wolfe’s Miami-based M.Dough.W features brownies, Oreos, caramel, rainbow cookies — you name it and they've stuffed it inside a gooey, fully-cooked, and ready-to-eat cookie dough.Doughees by M Dough W Build A Box (12), $, available at Doughees by M Dough WCarlo's BakeryFrom chocolate fudge cake and rainbow slices to ooey-gooey butter cookies and cannoli kits, you can find it all at Carlo's Bakery. Trust him — he was on Cake Boss. Carlo's Bakery Cannoli Kit - 12 Pack, $, available at GoldbellyMagnolia BakeryAsk almost any New Yorker, and we bet they will say that Magnolia Bakery sells some of the world's best-tasting cupcakes to banana pudding...like, ever. Available in a deliverable variety of flavors with seasonal frostings, this shop's sweets are prime Valentine's gifting material.Magnolia Bakery World Famous Banana Pudding - Party Sized, $, available at Magnolia BakeryBake Me A WishIn addition to brownies, you can send cheesecakes, cupcakes, giant cakes, traditional cakes, baskets, towers, and pies. Plus, 5% off all purchases goes to Bake Me A Wish's Small Business Empowerment Fund.Bake Me A Wish Gourmet Brownie Sampler, $, available at Bake Me A WishWicked Good CupcakesAs seen on Shark Tank, the family-owned team at Wicked Good Cupcakes offers up a fun way to serve and eat, cupcake-in-a-jar. They even have your gluten-free bases covered with a giftable GF package for two, four, and six.Wicked Good Cupcakes Cupcake Jar Custom Pack (12), $, available at Wicked Good CupcakesSugarfinaHome of the OG and ever-popular rosé gummy bears, Sugarfina boasts an equally tasty lineup of specialty treats — from sugar lips to peach bellini hearts, dark chocolate-covered scotch cordials, chocolate vodka shots, and much more — that can be shipped nationwide. Sugarfina XOXO 8 Piece Candy Bento Box, $, available at SugarfinaHarry & DavidAs stated in the brand's Insta profile, the folks over at Harry & David take gift-giving and entertaining pretty seriously. So much so that they offer what seems like hundreds of pre-wrapped items at a moment's notice, which comes in handy for some especially in last-minuting gifting dilemmas.Harry & David Valentine's Day Truffles in Keepsake Box, $, available at Harry & DavidRuss & DaughtersLocated in New York's historic Lower East Side for over 100 years, Russ & Daughters is an institution beloved for its appetizing bagel spread, a good schmear, and babka. The sweet yeasted cake is perfect for breakfast — or anytime.Baked By MelissaBaked By Melissa delivers cupcakes in innovative mini-form, so you can sample the best in seasonal flavor variety — from... https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/valentines-day-gifts-doorstep-no-141400857.html

Sales aren't blooming: Florists adjust during pandemic - Delaware State News - Delaware State News

I just wanted to get open and salvage the flowers we do have.”Ms. Bobola said she had to shut down the florist because wholesalers where Bobola Farms receives flowers from in New Jersey and Pennsylvania were closed. Bobola Farms will begin selling some produce in the upcoming weeks; first up are strawberries, which have started to bloom.Bobola Farms has been open since the late 1990s and Ms. Bobola said she never experienced anything like this. She hopes Mother’s Day can help bring back some normalcy but reminded that everything is limited.“It’s the longest we’ve ever been closed,” Ms. Bobola said. “You’ve got to get started somewhere, so we’re just going to do the best we can. I hope people will be patient. We’ll do everything we can to be as close to normal but there will be substitutions. I hope people understand this isn’t easy but we’ll work with them.”Florists are following all protocols recommend by the Centers for Disease Control to help limit the spread of COVID-19. This includes wiping down all vases, wearing gloves while handling flowers and disinfecting the store every night.It also includes contact-free delivery, where the driver will call the customer when the flowers are on the steps of their home.Mrs. Fries said Jen-Mor had to lay off part of its staff when the pandemic first began. She added it has been able to slowly bring back some of the staff.The loss of workers has made the busy weeks even more stressful.“It’s been exhausting,” Mrs. Fries said. “The few of us that are here are doing the work of more people. There’s only so much we can do with this staff so our inventory is smaller than usual.”... https://delawarestatenews.net/coronavirus/sales-arent-blooming-florists-adjust-during-pandemic/