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Marietta Square florist asks for help after brazen midday theft - Atlanta Journal Constitution

These days, his dedication is on display at both festive events and somber occasions in his hometown. Around the holidays, he’s often found festooning venues such as the Hilton Atlanta Marietta Hotel and Conference Center, as seen below: His shop, right beside Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home, also swings into action when Marietta says goodbye. Whittle is a beloved, civic-minded member of the community. To celebrate “Make Someone Smile Week” one year, he designed 400 coffee mug arrangements with the help of area garden club members and gave them to residents of WellStar Atherton Place and Winnwood Retirement Community. Another time, he walked the Marietta Square surprising commuters with two bouquets, one to keep and one to give away, for a “Petal it Forward” celebration.If the man who stole cash from his register had come to him requesting help, Whittle said he would have gladly taken him to lunch.“You try to do good and then crazy people like this come along,” he said. “It makes me sad for the community.”During a flower arranging class for the Junior League of Cobb-Marietta, he urged caution when handling a popular bloom that, he warned, “will eat your fingernail off.” The shop will team up with the Davis Direction Foundation, which combats opiate addition, for a holiday event.He hopes that the Marietta Police Department will be able to apprehend whoever emptied his register on Monday, but he’s not bent on revenge. He supposes the person might need help.His shop is newly fortified, though, should anyone else consider a similar heist.“We know when somebody’s coming in now,” he said. Support real journalism. Support local journalism. Subscribe to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution today. See offers. Your subscription to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution funds in-depth reporting and investigations that keep you informed. Thank you for supporting real journalism. Download the new AJC app. More local news, more breaking news and in-depth journalism. AJC.com. Atlanta. News. Now. Download the new AJC app. More local news, more breaking news and in-depth journalism. AJC.com. Atlanta. News. Now. ... https://www.ajc.com/news/marietta-square-florist-asks-for-help-after-brazen-midday-theft/jcV2sbS2Rx0K6sDYUwMLrM/

Toilet paper over tulips: How the floral industry is being affected by COVID - UNF Spinnaker

San Francisco on March 19. Scott Shepard, former wholesaler at Cut Flower Wholesale in Atlanta, Georgia and current creator of the Flower Podcast, expresses concern about the uncertainty this pandemic has caused. “I don’t see how we can continue business as usual,” Shepard says. “We’re just now wading into this pool. I don’t think we fully know the impact this is going to have.”But wholesalers represent just one part of the floral industry. After suppliers come the small businesses that are dependent upon their community’s need for cut flowers: retail flower shops and event floral designers. Of course, with many people suddenly left unemployed, the last thing on their minds is buying flowers from retail shops. “Discretionary spending is one of the first things that’s impacted, and that always hurts the floral industry,” Shepard says. “Right now people are more concerned with toilet paper than tulips.”Several shops have developed creative ways to continue business while remaining socially responsible and adhering to recommendations from the Center for Disease Control. St. John’s Flower Market in Jacksonville, Florida transitioned to an outdoor shop, where customers can pull up and decide what they’d like from the safety of their cars. They also implemented free non-contact delivery to drive sales. However, Jacksonville mayor Lenny Curry ordered all non-essential businesses to close, which includes St. John’s Flower Market. General manager Katrina Thiesen is already thinking about the long-term impacts this closure could have. “I’m worried it will continue through Mother’s Day, which is what carries us through summer,” Thiesen says. Sign outside St. John’s Flower Market, Photographed by Markus ThiesenStill, other floral designers derive their income solely through events. As of March 15, the CDC recommended canceling or postponing events with more than 50 people to prevent the further spread of the virus. This dashed the hopes of many spring brides as well as the incomes of their chosen florists.Freelance florists have also experienced a blow to their income with event cancellations. To combat this, New York City florist Kathryn Hinish, known as Flowerwitch, organized a Go Fund Me. New York freelance florists can apply for funding that’s made possible by donations. “I will be focusing on the NYC area to start, as this is the area that has fostered my growth as a florist and I want to support this community as best I can,” Hinish says... https://unfspinnaker.com/83395/latest-stories/toilet-paper-over-tulips-how-the-floral-industry-is-being-affected-by-covid/

Feed the soul: In chaotic times, gardening becomes therapy - Sentinel & Enterprise

Right now, more than anything, my garden gives me hope, gives me purpose and provides a sense of connection to something bigger than myself.”For beginners, wonderment awaits. Just south of Atlanta, 10-year-old Ezra Gandy’s love for playing baseball has been paused. He and his grandmother, Melanie Nunnally, recently started an outdoor garden, planting strawberries, cabbage, broccoli, kale and asparagus.“I like digging in the dirt because I like to see all the bugs and stuff that’s in the ground,” he said.The nonprofit group KidsGardening.org suggests that children grow their own salads or do other activities.The virus scare could even usher in a new crop of gardeners who start from seed rather than risk the crowds buying starter plants.Kendra Schilling of Scott Depot, West Virginia, doesn’t have space for a sprawling garden, so she’s planting potatoes in a bucket and trying to figure out with her teenage daughter what to do with other vegetable seeds.“I usually go buy the plants and stick them in the dirt. But this year we’re going to try to do the seeds,” she says. “Thank God for YouTube.”___Associated Press writer Frank Jordans in Berlin contributed to this report. https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2020/03/31/feed-the-soul-in-chaotic-times-gardening-becomes-therapy/

How this Forsyth County resident is making flowers cool again - Forsyth County News Online

Volkswagen Transporter.By September, she was selling flowers in Avalon, themixed-use development in Alpharetta. Soon she expanded her operation to KrogStreet Market in Atlanta.Though the shop was popular with customers, even Donjuanadmits she was surprised when she got a call earlier this year asking if shewas interested in opening a brick-and-mortar store, which is now located inPonce City Market at 675 Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta. “I don’t think I ever imagined myself being here,” Donjuansaid. “I don’t think I even knew to dream about having a job at Ponce CityMarket one day but everything kind of just escalated, and I think we had a lotof really awesome support from the community and everybody loved it and wantedto get on board.”The business offers a variety of services not typicallyassociated with flower shops, such as a build-your-own-bouquet, coming toevents and deliveries through Postmates in the metro area.“I think a lot of flower shops, they’re very traditional. Itsounds like things your family would want to buy,” she said. “One of ourmissions is to make flowers cool again and put a fun spin on it for millennialsand people that want to see something new or unique.”... https://www.forsythnews.com/local/how-forsyth-county-resident-making-flowers-cool-again/

HER | Local decorator helps get homes ready for holidays - Texarkana Gazette

When Marie Barfoot graduated from the Frankie Shelton School of Design in Houston, her intention was to own a flower shop, and for the next six years she owned Atlanta Floral on Main Street in Atlanta, Texas. In the early 1980s she sold the store to Benita's Blossoms and moved her business to Texarkana.She went from florist to interior decorator and opened a store in McKnight Center until she outgrew it. For the past 25 years Marie's Interiors and Gifts, on the corner of McKnight and Pleasant Grove Road, has grown to fill every corner of every room with delightful seasonal finds and upscale home interior items.Besides the store, where she sells unique items, she also goes to homes and decorates for clients - even working with contractors on new homes from the ground up.Marie works with the clients on color schemes and patterns, and orders everything from carpet to furniture to custom drapes. Once the house, or room, is designed, she decorates it with items she finds at market in Dallas."The key to being a good decorator is to visit with the clients first," Marie said. "Once you get to know them well, then it's easy to make them happy."Each wi... https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/her/story/2019/dec/03/her-local-decorator-helps-get-homes-ready-holidays/806564/

Edible flowers from the garden | Leisure | The Daily News - Galveston County Daily News

Even though a lovely daffodil may seem to be just the thing to top a birthday cake, stay away from using those. Other beauties to avoid eating include hydrangea and Texas mountain laurel.Be sure flowers are free of pesticides. Regulations for how to use pesticides on food crops differ from regulations for ornamental crops. Be sure that the rose or pansy flower you have your eye on has not been treated with any pesticides which are illegal to be used on a food crop.Roses, for example, are sometimes treated with a systemic insecticide that is applied to the soil. This should not be regarded as safe for human consumption due to the use of a systemic insecticide that can be present in most or all parts of a plant for several weeks after application.When choosing flowers for edibility, look for those grown safely. Don’t pluck a flower at random from an unfamiliar location or make the assumption that flowers in florist displays are edible.In most cases, the petals are the palatable part of the flowers listed as “edible.” Remove the stamens and pistil from larger flowers such as daylilies (the stamens are covered with pollen, which may aggravate allergies).Reliably edible flowers include calendulas, dandelions, geraniums, nasturtiums, pansies, roses, squash blossoms, and sweet violets. This is only a partial list of edible flowers.One flower that will soon be abundant in many area landscapes is the daylily. While the daylily nowadays is considered a delicacy by wild food gatherers and knowledgeable chefs, it has a long history in Chinese cuisine in addition to Chinese medicine.Daylily flowers can be used in a variety of ways. They add sweetness to soups and vegetable dishes. Flowers that are half opened or fully opened may be dipped in a light batter of flour and water and fried in a wok. You can add the petals to egg dishes and salads. Dried daylily petals, called “golden needles” by the Chinese, are an ingredient in many Chinese recipes, including hot-and-sour soup.Some food preparers have suggested that varieties with pale yellow or orange flowers produce the sweetest, most delectable taste. However, it appears that daylily taste is related to type of cultivar more than flower color according to serious taste trials.Eating flowers is not a weird or unusual gastronomic endeavor. If you like broccoli or cauliflower, or artichoke, then you are already a flower connoisseur since a head of broccoli or cauliflower is composed of a few hundred unopened flowers! The general rule is that the flowers of most herbs and vegetables are safe to eat (with flowers of tomato, potato, eggplant and pepper being notable exceptions). Always check first, because as with anything in life, there will always be exceptions.The guidelines provided here are definitely related to a common sense approach to selecting other types of flowers as food. Adding flower petals to a salad or garnishing a stack of pancakes with a small rose can be fun and effective, but it’s necessary to become inform... https://www.galvnews.com/leisure/free/article_96019eec-3f2c-5041-892d-1f3b1dbd7b48.html

Fulshear flower business blooming from community support amid COVID-19 - WTVD-TV

FULSHEAR, Texas -- Ace Berry admits he is the last person you would think to be a floral designer. The former oil field worker was looking for a new job when he was laid off several years ago and decided to follow his passion for flowers.Berry worked as a florist delivery driver when he was young and while he says he was not good at the job, he fell in love with the creative career. Berry and his wife now own Fulshear Floral Design in Fulshear, Texas. But their business is known around the country.Berry was named the 2017 Houston Floral Designer of the Year!Watch the video above to see how their business is blooming and bringing smiles to those who miss seeing their loved ones amid the pandemic. https://abc11.com/covid-covid19-coronavirus-flowers/6318843/

Celebrated Texas society events guru shutters floral shop in River Oaks District - CultureMap Houston

Garden became popular with locals for the eye-catching photobooth installation, which saw hundreds of visitors and selfie-seekers with their “Bring the House Down” and “Flower Rain” activations. Texas fans of Fiscus can take heart: While the Houston outpost will close, Avant garden will continue to offer floral and delivery service from its original Dallas location. https://houston.culturemap.com/news/home-design/02-18-20-avant-garden-houston-river-oaks-district-closing-todd-fiscus-floral-events/

Texas Florist Hoping for Financial Relief to Get Employees Back on Payroll - Spectrum News

Huisman said.On Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott also announced investment bank Goldman Sachs and the LiftFund will be providing $50 million in loans to small business in Texas. It's another opportunity Huisman hopes she will be able to take advantage of."I really hope we can get back to normal as soon as possible," she said.Until then, she is looking to give back to those on the front lines during this pandemic. On Monday, she launched new “Distance Bouquets” for customers to purchase. For every “Distance Bouquet” bought, the shop will donate and deliver another bouquet to an essential worker."Anyone that is on the front line, anybody risking their lives for the community due to the pandemic deserves a thank you," Huisman said. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-antonio/news/2020/04/14/texas-florist-hoping-for-financial-relief-to-get-employees-back-on-payroll