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Event florist, home décor shop open in Easton. Barber, coworking space are on tap. - lehighvalleylive.com

Planning a wedding that requires huge, custom-made floral arrangements? Or is a small houseplant more what you had in mind?Either way, these two downtown Easton businesses have you covered.The special events florist Kraft & Co. has opened at 230 Ferry St. in the Stirner Arts building. Also, a plant and home decor shop called Learke has opened at 65 N. Fourth St. By the end of March they’ll be joined downtown by a new barber and a coworking space, demonstrating that business in booming in the downtown neighborhood.Tatiana Kraft and Erich Jones’ Kraft & Co. specialize in floral designs for weddings, everything from bridal bouquets to centerpieces to an archway, Chuppah or ceremonial arrangement. The Easton couple provides arrangements for large parties, milestones and events.The pair met on a blind date while Kraft was working at restaurants across New York City. They launched their floral design business in Brooklyn in 2013. Kraft transitioned to event planning from her culinary work. That work led her to floral design.“I always loved the creative side of things and a lot of it was self taught,” she said.They moved to Easton in 20... https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/2020/02/event-florist-home-decor-shop-open-in-easton-barber-coworking-space-are-on-tap.html

Gardening: Succulents not only save water and money, but offer other benefits - OCRegister

San Marcos Growers are appropriate for firescaping.)Succulents are full of surprises, as in the variegated leaves of many species. At San Marcos Growers, I was astonished at the sight, which was new to me, of a green and gold striped ponytail palm (Beaucarnea ‘Gold Star’). I was also introduced to a whole new line of hybrids known as Mangaves (man-GAH-vays) that were created in Zeeland, Michigan, by plant breeder Hans Hansen at Walters Gardens. Mangaves are intergeneric crosses between Manfreda, a genus of deciduous sidereal succulents, and Agave species. While crafted in Michigan, these hybrids are meant for mild winter climates such as our own, although there is considerable variability among Mangaves and some do tolerate sub-freezing temperatures.The extradordinary Mangave ‘Kaleidoscope,’ for example, can survive temperatures into the mid 20’s. Arching, gently toothed, lance-shaped leaves show off bands of red, green, and yellow upon which congruous rosy red spots are scattered. If its foliage was not enough to recommend this cultivar, it also sends up lightly scented green flowers in summer than attract hummingbirds.It needs to be said that the growth rate of Mangaves is significantly faster than that of agaves. Mangaves, like agaves, also self-propagate by means of pups or offsets so that you will have more of your selected cultivar in due course.The challenge in designing a garden of succulents is to exercise restraint since the exotic looks of many succulent species make them ideal as accents or standalone subjects, like precious works of art. Given this embarrassment of horticultural riches, the ability to combine and balance their forms and colors is a rare talent.The Getty Museum roof garden is instructive when it comes to tastefully filling your yard with succulents. Although this garden is massive in size, the designer confined plant selection, primarily, to tree aloes (Aloe bainesii), apple cacti (Cereus spp.), candelabra trees (Euphoriba ingens), century plants (Agave americana ‘Variegata’), beavertail cacti (Opuntia spp.), and golden barrel cacti (Echinocactus grusonii) with patches of red and blue ground cover succulents added here and there for good measure.If you visit smgrowers.com, you will find a listing of retail nurseries near you which, upon request, will special order any of the plants grown by San Marcos Growers.Tip of the Week: Several plants with blue foliage that I had never seen before captured my attention at San Marcos Growers. Since blue is the rarest flower color, there is a gap in the horticultural color spectrum that is nicely filled by plants with blue leaves which may explain our attraction to them.Blue bush (Acacia covenyi) is an Australian native which, if relatively short-lived like many Acacia species, is hardy down to 15 degrees. This large shrub or small tree, growing quickly to a height of twenty feet, may be planted in all soil types, even clay, but should be watered sparingly, if at all. Eucalyptus ‘Moon Lagoon’ is another blue-leaved beauty. It does not exceed 12 feet in height and its foliage is perfect as a bouquet filler, as well as being highly suitable for an everlasting or dry flower arrangement. Next among the blue-leave... https://www.ocregister.com/gardening-succulents-not-only-save-water-and-money-but-offer-other-benefits

Community unites to brighten up Upper Gornal with flowers - Worcester News

THE community in Upper Gornal has rallied together to inject some colour on to the streets thanks to the addition of flower boxes. Councillors Keiran Casey and Adam Aston joined forces with the Oval and Tudor Tenants and Residents Association to install the flowers boxes at the The Arcade Shopping Precinct on Kent Street and on former derelict land on Eve Lane. It is the first time such a project, called 'Upper Gornal in Bloom' has been launched in the area, and it is hoped the project can be rolled out to Woodsetton soon. The community joined together to plant the flowers, with local residents, members of the TRA and members from 1st Upper Gornal Scouts and Cubs lending a hand. Joan Porter from Oval and Tudor Tenants and Residents Association said: "The new flower boxes look fantastic all planted up and will add some much needed colour to the local shopping arcade throughout the colder and darker winter months. "We are very happy that we have been able to work with Adam and Keiran on this project and it was brilliant to see the whole community come together including the local scouts and cubs group in Upper Gornal." Councillor Keiran Casey s... https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/17923217.community-unites-brighten-upper-gornal-flowers/

At Harvard, glass flowers that perfect the imperfection of decay - The Boston Globe

One of the mold renderings is astonishing even by glass flower standards: enlarged 250 times, the offending buggers suggest the color and shape of seasick dandelions. Here the straddling between verisimilitude and imagination happily, if also creepily, topples over into the realm of the imagination.AdvertisementFRUITS IN DECAYAt Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, though March 1. 617-495-3045, hmnh.harvard.eduMark Feeney can be reached at mfeeney@globe.com. https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/art/2019/09/05/harvard-glass-flowers-that-perfect-imperfection-decay/SbW5FA3jqnOskov2WXxx8M/story.html

Passengers Surprised With Train Full of Flowers – and Their Reactions Are Bloomin' Beautiful - Good News Network

SWNSThe “flower express” display, which was created by London-based florist Jamie Aston Flowers, featured 1,850 hydrangeas, 220 wisterias and 1,000 stems of fresh sea lavender.The mix of real and artificial flowers were attached to the ceiling and walls using suction grips and hooks while the plants in the luggage racks were held in place by foam.It took the 8-person team several months to plan and 4 hours to install.SWNSAround 18,000 passengers are expected to use the transfer service today across its 150 journeys.Train representatives are also handing out free flowers for the passengers to take home.Jamie Aston said: “We’ve created all manner of flower displays but have never had the chance to create one on board a train.“We wanted to create something which would bring a smile to passengers’ faces and help them to unwind ahead or following their flight.”SWNSFor a chance to win two tickets to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show on Saturday May 25th, share your snaps of the flower carriage on Twitter or Instagram, tag the @HeathrowExpress account and use the hashtag #FlowerExpress.The competition closes at midnight on Wednesday May 22nd.Heathrow Express customers will also have until Wednesday to experience the flower express installation.(WATCH the video below)Be Sure And Share This Beautiful Bouquet Of Photos With Your Friends On Social Media… Let's block ads! a href="https://blockads.fivefilters.org/acceptable. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/chelsea-passengers-surprised-with-train-full-of-flowers/

Sales aren’t blooming: Florists adjust during pandemic - Midland Daily News

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://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Sales-aren-t-blooming-Florists-adjust-during-15258683.php

Nunan Florist & Greenhouses giving away free bouquets - Garden Center Magazine

Garden Center talked to two IGCs to gain some insight on the process.At Stan’s Garden Center in Erie, Pennsylvania, Valerie Bloom, a retail associate, says the days gearing up to the IGC’s reopen date, May 1, have been busy. At Stan’s, management has modified many aspects of the customer shopping experience. Bloom says the main focus will be on social distancing practices, but they’ve also taken additional steps out of an abundance of caution. “The lavatories will be closed, and they are bringing in portable toilets for people. We are going to have the floors clearly marked six feet apart, and they're going to have to wear their face masks,” Bloom says. “We do have different hand sanitizers, plus a hand washing station available to the customers. And every checkout will have hand sanitizers at it for them.”On April 3, Gov. Tom Wolf strongly urged all Pennsylvanians to wear either homemade or cloth face masks in public, and many businesses are expected to heed the recommendation ahead of the state’s phased reopening. “We have at least 5 acres under glass, we carry thousands and thousands of plants. We have over a million dollars in plant material right now, just waiting to go out to the general public,” Bloom says.Stan’s offers a large variety of items, such as hanging baskets, vegetable plants, bare root items, edibles and year-round annuals. “We carry a ton of product between shrubberies, trees and fruit trees. We really do carry a lot of items, so the guys are just trying to get ... https://www.gardencentermag.com/article/nunan-florist-greenhouses-bouquet-giveaway/

Spring flowers fight off frost attack - lehighvalleylive.com

There have been some scattered reports of rubythroats showing up here and there both in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. So any day now I expect to see a male, although it probably won’t stick around. The frost also made daffodil flowers bend over but most of them recovered and survived. And now that a lot of what we know as normal-sized daffodils are getting to the end of their blooming period, smaller but very fragrant multiple-blooming narcissi are taking over. Daffodils, jonquils, and narcissi are all plants in the Narcissus family. From what I’ve read, the name daffodil is an aberration of an “asphodel” flower wherein the letter “d” somehow got added. But the name narcissus has a much more interesting background. Greek mythology holds that there was an extremely handsome young man named Narcissus. And, depending on what you read, either he liked his reflection in the water so much he died from looking at it, or he committed suicide because he couldn’t possess himself, or he died knowing no one else he could ever want would be as handsome as him. But that’s how the term narcissistic, meaning self-centered, evolved. Impervious to the recent below average temperatures, though, some extremely attractive ornamental trees are now covered with rosy pink blossoms, and soon flowering dogwoods (Cornus florida) will be all white. However, the white you see isn’t the flower but rather a group of four notched bracts surrounding a small flower cluster in its middle. One recent afternoon I looked out the kitchen door at the daffodils still blooming there when I spotted movement under my car. An eastern cottontail rabbit was eating millet from nearby grass and at first I thought it was another rabbit. But it wasn’t. It was a groundhog standing on it... https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/sports/2020/04/spring-flowers-fight-off-frost-attack.html

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/