Allendale, SC Florists

Allendale Flower Shop News

Des Plaines florist remembered for his charitable works for children - Chicago Daily Herald

Recipients have included Little City Foundation and Kirk School, both in Palatine; Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge; Vista Health System and Kids Hope United in Waukegan; Allendale Association in Lake Villa; Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville; Nicasa in Round Lake; and food pantries at CEDA Northwest in Mount Prospect and at Wheeling Township in Arlington Heights.Harney got into the floral business during college. He worked his way through school by designing and delivering flowers for a Chicago florist.He opened his own shop in 1962; Harney named it Aberdeen's Wedding Flowers so it would be the first florist listed in the phone book.His love of flowers, especially international varieties, landed him jobs on high-profile weddings, including Michael Daley, son of Mayor Richard J. Daley, and Tricia Nixon's wedding in the White House.According to family members, Harney landed the wedding for Tiny Tim -- best known for his song "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" -- by ordering all the tulips available from the Holland Tulip Exchange before the wedding, which was set to air on NBC's "The Tonight Show."When NBC's florist couldn't get tulips, Harney's persistence convinced network officials to give him the job. He filled the studio with thousands of yellow and white tulips for the ceremony, and the ensuing publicity helped the business soar.But it was his final years of helping disadvantaged children that gave Harney the most pleasure.Harney talked about his annual mission to provide toys and joy to sick children in a 2012 Daily Herald interview."Their stories are unbelievable," Harney said. "I'll remember some of these children forever."Services have been held. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160106/news/160109507/

Maggie's Flowers: 10-year-old's bouquet business brings Christmas to the needy - HollandSentinel.com

This Wednesday, Dec. 2, Maggie set up almost 80 presents at what has become an annual tradition for Maggie’s Flowers: A Christmas closet at Christian Fellowship Church in Allendale. Families served by the church’s food pantry came to pick out presents for their children — and then Maggie and her family wrapped the presents on the spot.She’s also planning on giving gifts to a whole wing of residents at an area nursing home, as well as to families from her school or people she finds through word-of-mouth.“The flowers are the vehicle to help her do what she loves — which is help others,” Jil Hartman said.Page 2 of 2 - The operation began five years ago, when Maggie was five years old. Seeking a way to raise money to hang glide while on a family vacation, Maggie started selling dollar bouquets of cosmos and zinnias from her garden. Much to everyone’s surprise, Maggie surpassed her $100 goal — she doubled it.In 2011 Maggie decided she wanted to keep selling flowers — but this time, she would use the money to help those in need.The thought of someone not having a Christmas present to open didn’t sit well with Maggie, Jil Hartman said.By 2013 Maggie had raised more than $1,000 for the second year in a row. In 2014 Maggie added a second flower cart, raising $2,500 and helping families, senior citizens at a nursing homes and young boys at a youth ranch in East Lansing.“You’re really, really happy that you have that much so you can help more people,” Maggie said.This year, Maggie had nearly raised her goal of $2,501 when the Zeeland Magical Christmas Parade committee made a major contribution to Maggie’s Flowers as their annual charity donation. The end result: Maggie raised $2,620.“It’s grown in incredible ways,” Maggie’s mom Jil Hartman said. “Five years of giving later … it’s surreal at points.”Maggie’s Flowers isn’t a registered nonprofit. Jil Hartman said she’s considered filing the paperwork for a 501(c)3, but the expense is too large at this point for the size of the operation. Every year, nearly all of the proceeds are spent on gifts for that Christmas, with the exception of $100 to $200 used by Maggie for summer camps.Maggie’s Flowers has become a part of who Maggie is and what the family does, Jil Hartman said.The Hartman family recently moved from their Hudsonville home and is in the process of renovating a farmhouse, also in the Zeeland school district. A large garden for Maggie was a must in their house search.Maggie has no plans of stopping the flower business.“I like seeing them open their presents, and to shop for them,” Maggie said.To other children out there inspired to help others, Maggie had the following advice:“If you have an idea, just do it.”Look for Maggie’s Flowers to return to 5519 36th St. in Hud... http://www.hollandsentinel.com/article/20151203/NEWS/151209791

Business news: Lifelong Sumter florist opens antique department next door - Sumter Item

Mediterranean area while serving in the U.S. Navy. Most of his collections since completing his military service in 1970 have been from estate auctions and antique shows across South Carolina, he said.Friends encouraged him for years to open a shop, Newton said, and around Thanksgiving last year, he finally did.His collection in the new department includes an abundance of artwork - including original oil work on canvases - porcelain items, art glass, Persian carpets, costume jewelry, Blueware, stained-glass lamps and "Gone with the Wind"-period lamps from the Victorian era, among other items.The antique department's address is 415 Broad St., and some Sumterites likely remember the location as the former Hamm's Jewelry and Goldsmith shop in the 1980s and '90s operated by Joseph Hamm, he said.Newton was a partner with Hamm in the operation.Since then, the building has served as "my storage space," he said.Newton described his new location as "a little toward the higher, better-quality end" for an antique store.He does plenty of research online before purchasing his antiques and tries to be "very reasonable" on pricing with honest and fair prices, he added. "I do a lot of research on eBay, and if I find something on there, I try to ensure the item is priced under what I can find it for on eBay," Newton said. "Then, that should be a plus for the customer because they are looking at the item here. They are not risking it getting damaged in shipment, and they are actually seeing the piece of merchandise."Antique department hours are the same as his florist shop - Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. He said he's also available by appointment... https://www.theitem.com/stories/lifelong-sumter-florist-opens-antique-department-next-door,341692

'Rose Campaign' delivered to thousands of grave markers at national cemeteries - 10News

Williams, 71.In 1978, while stationed in Germany, Captain Torres died when his plane crashed during a training flight. He was buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.Williams, who lives in South Carolina, had plans to visit his grave this Memorial Day before the pandemic hit.Covid-19 also turned the usual local services virtual. The flags laid out by the cemetery and flowers put out by a national nonprofit wouldn't happen this year."It made me feel crummy. He should be remembered in some way," said Williams.Enter Jenelle Brinneman, a Valley Center florist who started a Gofundme campaign. After a 10news story, the campaign took off. Some $5,000 and countless roses, Brinneman and a small group of volunteers spent the morning of Memorial Day laying a single rose at some 4000 grave markers between Fort Rosecrans and Miramar cemeteries."We're laying down these roses and people are crying, thanking us. Just so cool to be part of this. The feeling is just overwhelming," said Brinneman.Brinneman's group also set down 200 bouquets at gravestones, special requests submitted for Memorial Day. One of those requests came from Williams. "I'm just thrilled these people are doing this and he was honored," said Williams.Brinneman says the response was so incredible, she's hoping to make this an annual tradition. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/rose-campaign-delivered-to-thousands-of-grave-markers-at-national-cemeteries

If the poinsettias are ready, can Christmas be far behind? - Montreal Gazette

Roberts Poinsett, United States ambassador to Mexico from 1825 to 1829. An avid amateur botanist, he saw euphorbias with red bracts growing wild in the hills around Taxco and had samples sent to his South Carolina home. There he propagated them in his greenhouses and gave them to friends and botanical gardens. Photos: Seasonal sea of red poinsettias at Quebec's La Ferme Grover Guillaume Grover, director of production at La Ferme Grover in the Ste-Dorothée area of Laval north of Montreal, Quebec's largest grower of poinsettias.   John Kenney /Montreal Gazette Inside a sprawling greenhouse at La Ferme Grover in Ste-Dorothée, nearly 300,000 potted poinsettias have been watered and fed for months.   John Kenney /Montreal Gazette The plant owes its English name to Joel Roberts Poinsett, United States ambassador to Mexico from 1825 to 1829.   John Kenney /Montreal Gazette An avid amateur botanist, Poinsett saw euphorbias with red bracts and had samples sent to his South Carolina home, where he grew and gave them to friends and botanical gardens.   John Kenney /Montreal Gazette But what about the Christmas connection? Legend has it that a Mexican girl was walking to church on Christm... https://montrealgazette.com/news/if-ferme-grovers-poinsettias-are-ready-can-christmas-be-far-behind

Tips for holiday table decorations | Home & Garden | Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

Not only are they going to smell good,” she says, “but they're going to last almost a month.”Go nontraditionalDon't worry about tradition, Stuart says. Her design firm and retail store are in South Carolina, where it's warm year-round. So while she loves using holly and pine in her Christmas decorating, sometimes she uses palm fronds from her yard.She also uses shades of pink and plum, rather than sticking only to red and green. Embrace whatever delights you, she says. Or go beautifully neutral. All three designers say silver and white are great choices.Silver and white can brighten up dark winter nights, especially if they'll be reflecting candlelight. (Candles are a key to creating a beautiful table, says Schuneman: “Candlelight mixed in glass votives, tall candlesticks and pillars will make any table glow and feel special.”)Yip also encourages creative centerpieces: “Sometimes I'll ask people to print their favorite photo from their past year. It could be a photo of a breathtaking vacation they went on or it could be a picture of their kid going back to school,” he says. “And I'll frame those photos and kind of have them scattered down the center of the table.”Another creative option: Ask each guest to bring a favorite book they've read in the past year. Arrange them on the table as decorations and conversation starters. At the end of the night, each guest can leave the party with a different book than they brought.– Melissa Rayworth, Associated Press ... https://www.journalgazette.net/features/home-garden/20191118/tips-for-holiday-table-decorations