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'Shark Tank' investment Alice's Table blossoms in Cape Coral, Southwest Florida - News-Press
Sunday, February 09, 2020Beck is the second in Florida to sign on, the other in St. Petersburg. Peggy Davis, of Bonita Springs, celebrated her birthday with two daughters, Tara Adragna of Naples and Danielle Maiero of Bonita Springs, at the ice cream shop. "I'm a flower fanatic," she said. "This was fantastic." Alice's Table joins the ranks of painting on canvas, jewelry making and personalizing wine glasses among the friends nights out in Southwest Florida. The franchises of national chains set up at homes, restaurants, bars and community centers for nights out where they provide instruction and all the needed materials to create art. "I saw Alice's Table on 'Shark Tank' when it aired in January," Beck said. "And when I wanted to take a class, I went onto the website and noticed there wasn't a single class listed for Florida. Since I was really interested, I sent an email to Alice and less than a month later, I became the Southwest Florida event exec." She is pleased with the initial response, with classes at Anthony's on the Boulevard in Cape Coral, private classes at Shell Point in Fort Myers and bookings for bridal showers, holidays and even themed events. Petals and Pilates is a pilates class on May 11 followed by the Alice's Table floral arranging class with snacks sponsored by Kind. A second one will be held an afternoon on May 12 at Lynq restaurant called "Mom's Day Out at the Lynq," which includes a complimentary glass of Champagne. A return to Tipsy Cow is set for May 20. "People are looking for more relaxing activities to do around town — and this one really uses the sense of touch, sight and smell," Beck said. The attendees don aprons to protect their clothing, and get a brief introduction to flower arranging, with tips liberally sprinkled in along the way. They can do arrangements, wreaths and flower crowns for flower girls or other festivities. "I love the fact that many of the instructional tips you learn can help someone create an arrangement at home the next time they run into their local grocery store for flowers like a pro," Beck said. From how much water the flowers need and the water temperature, stripping the leaves off to keep them above the water level, and marking the container off in a tic-tac-toe grid with tape to keep proportions right, she kept the class on track. A mishap with hydrangeas had... https://www.news-press.com/story/news/2018/04/28/shark-tank-investment-alices-table-blossoms-cape-coral-southwest-florida/510159002/
Rene Flowers snaps up first endorsement from would-be colleague - Florida Politics
Saturday, January 18, 2020Perry served as a consultant for former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King.Flowers, a current Pinellas County School Board member, has also earned endorsements from St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, St. Pete City Council member Lisa Wheeler Bowman, former St. Pete City Council member Steve Kornell and Gulfport City Council member Michael Fridovich. She launched her campaign in late November with support from more than 75 local supporters.Flowers is also far out front in fundraising in the race. She’s raised more than $12,000 as of the end of December. She faces two challengers in the Democratic primary. Former Rep. Frank Peterman Jr. has raised just $3,600. Rep. Wengay Newton just announced last week he would run, but has not officially filed for the race and can’t raise funds until he does.One Republican has filed for the, race in the heavily Democratic district that represents south Pinellas County. Chico Cromartie, a headline-making candidate who recently ran unsuccessfully for St. Pete City Council, has raised just $1,000, which he donated to his own campaign.Share this: ... https://floridapolitics.com/archives/315462-rene-flowers-snaps-up-first-endorsement-from-would-be-colleague
Blooming business: Florist offers curbside bouquets - wnky.com
Sunday, July 05, 2020Rhode Island wedding florist finds a unique way to keep her business afloat amid coronavirus cancellations. WJAR's Sam Read reports. June 19, 2020 WICKFORD, R.I. (WJAR/NBC News) — A Rhode Island wedding florist has come up with a unique way to share her creations after coronavirus cancellations took a huge toll on her business.For the last two weeks Toni Chandler, the owner of “Wild Child Flowers and Gardens,” has set up shop on the side walk in Wickford.“These are peonies I wanted to make sure had a home,” Chandler says of her offerings. “Every morning, I come out around 9 a.m. with the flowers. I start with six to eight bouquets and then mid-afternoon, I’ll put more out if I need to put more out.” Typically, Chandler would be picking the peonies and designing bouquets for the several dozen weddings she had booked this summer, but because of COVID-19, a majority of them canceled.“Weddings I have this summer, probably five or six,” she says. “I still have some business, es... https://www.wnky.com/blooming-business-florist-offers-curbside-bouquets/
Social Distancing: The Big Flower Fight - KVRR
Sunday, July 05, 2020Watching A Floral Design Show With A Florist Is Entertaining May 25, 2020 This long weekend is a good chance to catch up on some shows.Even if you’ve already went though your queue, streaming services aren’t out of new stuff to drop.Which brings me to what I did most of the weekend. Netflix dropped a new floral design competition show called “The Big Flower Fight” last week.Teams of amateur designers from different backgrounds have to compete making wild, huge displays using different types of plants each episode.It’s impressive as heck. It always looks like the designs are gonna look like garbage, but then they snap together into something beautiful at the last second.I got through six of the eight episodes this weekend with my girlfriend, who happens to work in the floral industry.And oh man, it’s fun watching something with someone who knows the ins and outs of what they’re doing.She could barely contain her excitement.At one point she just started excitedly spouting gibberish. “Wrpgheriogh... https://www.kvrr.com/2020/05/25/social-distancing-the-big-flower-fight/
Nederland florist, community turn loss into gifts for elderly - Beaumont Enterprise
Sunday, July 05, 2020Sara Hardy, owner of Sparkle & Co., a small florist in Nederland, makes arrangements of yellow and red roses, which will be distributed to senior citizens to brighten their time isolated amid stay at home orders and quarantine amid the growing COVID-19 response throughout Southeast Texas and the world at large. Hardy is working with First Baptist Church in Nederland, who will make the deliveries to their area seniors isolated at home or in nursing homes. It is the second round of sponsoring a senior to recieve flower arrangements, and a program she hopes to continue throughout the course of the virus outbreak response. Photo taken Friday, April 3, 2020 Kim Brent/The Enterprise less Sara Hardy, owner of Sparkle & Co., a small florist in Nederland, makes arrangements of yellow and red roses, which will be distributed to senior citizens to brighten their time isolated amid stay at home ... more Photo: Kim Brent / The Enterprise Photo: Kim Brent / The Enterprise ... https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Nederland-florist-community-turn-loss-into-gifts-15185237.php
Cambridge florist’s truck broken into after delivering meals to frontline coronavirus medical workers - Boston Herald
Sunday, July 05, 2020The owners of a fourth-generation florist shop in Cambridge woke up to disturbing news Wednesday when they learned someone had broken into a truck they’ve been using to delivering thousands of meals to frontline healthcare workers amid the coronavirus pandemic.The passenger side window of Central Square Florist’s truck got smashed overnight inside the Green Street Garage in Cambridge.The family-owned business since 1929 has been shuttered since the coronavirus shutdown, and instead they’ve been volunteering their vehicles to deliver food to frontline healthcare workers.“It’s just very frustrating,” Jackie Levine of Central Square Florist said of the truck break-in. “It’s bad regardless when people do this, but it’s even worse now.“It just hits harder because we’re already stressed out that we’re not open,” she said. “We don’t need this kind of frustration.”They’re on pace to deliver about 4,000 meals to medical workers this week. They’ve been working with the group Off Their Plate to deliver meals to Boston Medical Cen... https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/04/15/cambridge-florists-truck-broken-into-overnight-theyve-been-delivering-meals-to-medical-workers/
With closed doors, Frankfort retailers, florist make alternative plans - State-Journal.com
Sunday, July 05, 2020At Poor Richard’s Books — an anchor shop in downtown Frankfort for more than 30 years — owner Lizz Taylor worries that the closure will make it more difficult to get educational materials, especially books, into children’s hands.“I’m concerned that this will be a long haul and video screens will get old,” she said.The Paul Sawyier Public Library closed and ceased all operations — with the exception of online services — on Saturday. The bookstore, which will temporarily close its doors for an unknown period beginning Monday evening, employs eight part-timers and is offering curbside pickup for customers who call ahead at 502-223-8018.“I have also been doing deliveries,” Taylor added. https://www.state-journal.com/business/with-closed-doors-frankfort-retailers-florist-make-alternative-plans/article_298b2460-6d36-11ea-b291-63a3f84599ce.html
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