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Woodman Florist to move out of Peterborough, for now - Monadnock Ledger Transcript

My grandfather, Rodney Woodman, he first started delivering flowers in Peterborough by train. He would put the flowers on the train in East Milford and then they would come up here to Bennington and Peterborough and Jaffrey and the mailman would pick the flowers up off the train and then give them to the correct people to deliver them and then they would be delivered by the postal service,” Palmer said.Palmer said it is time for a change and the Route 202/Concord Street location is a commercial operation located in a residential part of town. He added he also has more than 6 acres of land between the business lot and an abutting residential property, but has been unable to utilize the land.“I’m going to be 68 years old,” he said. “I’ve got six-and-a-half acres here and I’ve tried to do things here in the past, and they wouldn’t let me.”Palmer said he will be helping out his sister in Milford for the big florist events of the year such as Valentine’s Day and plans to spend several week clearing out the Peterborough flower shop and green house.Woodman’s Florist employs six people. Palmer said he is not sure how it is going to work out, and said it is not entirely up to him, but said he believes a driver and at least one shop clerk will be able to find a new job at the Milford location.Palmer said his flower shop doesn’t need six acres and thinks the housing is needed in Peterborough. “I see the need for lower taxes,” he said.In June, EAM Peterborough Holdings LLC bought the Woodman’s property, 69 Concord Street, as well as the abutting property, 75 Concord Street, from the Stephen K. Palmer Trust for $450,000, according to town property records.This fall EAM Peterborough Holdings presented a plan for a possible 20-unit subdivision on the two lots, which are located in the General Residence District, to the Peterborough Planning Board. A conceptual hearing is a non-binding consultation with the Planning Board in order for the board to give input and advice before an application is filed.Chad Branon, a civil engineer from Fieldstone Land Consultants in Milford, spoke on behalf of the potential applicant. According to meeting minutes, Branon said the plan is to redevelop the site, building 20 units – 12 single-family houses and 4 duplexes – and said the units would range in square footage from 920 to 1,150 square feet.On Monday, Peterborough community development director Peter Throop said he is expecting an application on the project, but has not yet received one. https://www.ledgertranscript.com/Woodman-s-Florist-closes-Peterborough-location-22763813

Woodman's Florist to move out of Peterborough, for now - Monadnock Ledger Transcript

My grandfather, Rodney Woodman, he first started delivering flowers in Peterborough by train. He would put the flowers on the train in East Milford and then they would come up here to Bennington and Peterborough and Jaffrey and the mailman would pick the flowers up off the train and then give them to the correct people to deliver them and then they would be delivered by the postal service,” Palmer said.Palmer said it is time for a change and the Route 202/Concord Street location is a commercial operation located in a residential part of town. He added he also has more than 6 acres of land between the business lot and an abutting residential property, but has been unable to utilize the land.“I’m going to be 68 years old,” he said. “I’ve got six-and-a-half acres here and I’ve tried to do things here in the past, and they wouldn’t let me.”Palmer said he will be helping out his sister in Milford for the big florist events of the year such as Valentine’s Day and plans to spend several week clearing out the Peterborough flower shop and green house.Woodman’s Florist employs six people. Palmer said he is not sure how it is going to work out, and said it is not entirely up to him, but said he believes a driver and at least one shop clerk will be able to find a new job at the Milford location.Palmer said his flower shop doesn’t need six acres and thinks the housing is needed in Peterborough. “I see the need for lower taxes,” he said.In June, EAM Peterborough Holdings LLC bought the Woodman’s property, 69 Concord Street, as well as the abutting property, 75 Concord Street, from the Stephen K. Palmer Trust for $450,000, according to town property records.This fall EAM Peterborough Holdings presented a plan for a possible 20-unit subdivision on the two lots, which are located in the General Residence District, to the Peterborough Planning Board. A conceptual hearing is a non-binding consultation with the Planning Board in order for the board to give input and advice before an application is filed.Chad Branon, a civil engineer from Fieldstone Land Consultants in Milford, spoke on behalf of the potential applicant. According to meeting minutes, Branon said the plan is to redevelop the site, building 20 units – 12 single-family houses and 4 duplexes – and said the units would range in square footage from 920 to 1,150 square feet.On Monday, Peterborough community development director Peter Throop said he is expecting an application on the project, but has not yet received one. https://www.ledgertranscript.com/Woodman-s-Florist-closes-Peterborough-location-22763813

As San Gabriel Valley businesses look to reopen, some already have - The San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Friday, May 8, San Gabriel Valley businesses are gearing up to get started.And some already have.Newsom said such businesses as clothing, florists, book and sporting good stores will get the green light to open at the end of the week, as long as they adhere to social distancing guidelines, i.e. curbside pickup and delivery. Restaurants for dine-in service, malls and offices, however, will remain closed.Despite Newsom’s permission, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said both Los Angeles city and county may be slower to open. City and county officials are looking at reopening some businesses closer to the following Friday, May 15.Still, some businesses in the San Gabriel Valley are chomping at the bit to reopen.At San Gabriel’s Nostalgic Books and Comics, owner Peter Mellini said whether he opens this week or next, he’s shifting his business model to curbside pickup, meaning his store’s website is getting an overhaul to accommodate online orders.Mellini’s store has remained open during the pandemic but only for delivery and mail orders. While business has been slower than usual, he said the orders he has received have been enough to keep the lights on.When his brick and mortar reopens, h... https://www.sgvtribune.com/as-san-gabriel-valley-businesses-look-to-reopen-some-already-have

Flower Shop Business Real Estate Deal Struck In Milford - Milford, CT Patch

MILFORD, CT — Barbara L. Pearce, Chair and CEO of Pearce Real Estate, announced that John Bergin has sold the Beachwood Florist property at 325 New Haven Avenue, Milford. The property owner Beach Bum Holding LLC sold to Bruce's Flowers, which currently has locations in Norwalk, Fairfield and Monroe. The florist business was sold this past November to Bruce's Flowers. The real estate consisted of a Cape Cod style building of 1,610 sf on 1.09 acres fronting New Haven Ave, and sold for $350,000. John Bergin represented both buyer and seller in this transaction. Attorney Paul Otzel of Milford law represented the sellers Attorney David Stergas of DePanfilis & Vallerie, LLC represented the buyer.According to its social media page, "Bruce's Flowers has been proudly serving Norwalk, CT since 1970. We are family owned and operated, our store conveniently located directly across from corporate Merritt 7 in Norwalk. We are committed to offering only the finest floral arrangements and gifts, backed by service that is friendly and prompt."... https://patch.com/connecticut/milford/flower-shop-business-real-estate-deal-struck-milford

Sunnyside Florist, Which Has Served Neighborhood for 80 Years Shuts its Doors, Future is Uncertain - Sunnyside Post

Sunnyside Florist (Google)Feb. 25, 2020 By Michael DorganA Sunnyside florist that has served the community for 80 years has closed its doors due to “undisclosed landlord issues.”Sunnyside Florist, located on 40-05 Queens Blvd., has been shut since Sunday Feb. 16, and it remains to be seen when it will re-open.The four generation, Greek-American family-run business, has been a neighborhood staple since 1940 and the closure marks the first time the store – which has never moved location – has stopped operating, according to a sign displayed under its front window.The popular florist is known for its arrangements for weddings and parties, gardening plants, as well as delivering bouquets to stars at the nearby Silvercup Studios.“This is as much a loss for the community as it is for the fourth generation owner of Sunnyside Florist,” said owner Greg Psitos in a Facebook post yesterday.“This is a sign of the times and a crushing blow for small business owners across New York City,” he wrote.Worried fri... https://sunnysidepost.com/sunnyside-florest-which-has-served-neighborhood-for-80-years-shuts-its-doors-future-is-uncertain

Preserved flowers are back. You can thank the pandemic - Sydney Morning Herald

COVID-19.Credit:Edwina PicklesAfter that, the requests came pouring in from people wanting some for their homes.“They’ve been very popular,” says Lampe, owner of Darlinghurst florist Floreat, adding that people are hanging them on internal doors of their homes and their front doors.How did preserved and dried flowers become such a major interior trend? When, as Vogue once put it, the “bad rap” dried flowers used to have meant that they were, “at their worst, associated with dusty homes and death”?Unlike the dried flowers of yore, this new preserved variety – frequently from south-east Asia – are usually dried, sometimes by freezing (though there are other methods) at their peak, and after having their colour extracted, have a new, bright colour, never seen before in nature, put back in.As a result of the new preserving process, they look like fresh flowers rather than the shrivelled dried flowers of 1980s drawing rooms. Many of the dried flowers that florists like Pearce are featuring retain their shape well, too, especially natives like paper daisies, billy buttons, and banksia.“They’re a different kind of beautiful,” says Rose Ottley, a Wollongong-based florist, of preserved flowers. “And they can last, if you look after them, for years.” Ottley's “everlasting terrariums”, dried vase arrangements, and pressed flower frames – with pansies, lavender and fennel flowers she’s pressed herself – have all grown in popularity during the pandemic.The preserved boom, says Pearce, not only appeals to the ecologically-conscious, but hops on the back of the floral trend that exploded over the Spring/Summer 2020 runways, with blooms of various shapes and sizes – some reminiscent of 1960s wallpaper, others three-dimensional – seen in confections from multiple designers, including Christopher Kane and Marc Jacobs.How to best care for your preserved and dried flowers? Keep them out of direct sunlight and anywhere moist, and dust with the cool air from your hair dryer.And remember that not everything can be preserved or dried.“People love pampas grass, but that’s a noxious weed, so I try not to use that,” says Ottley.Get our Morning & Evening Edition newslettersSamantha Selinger-Morris is a lifestyle writer for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.Most Viewed in Lifestyle... https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/preserved-flowers-are-back-you-can-thank-the-pandemic-20200630-p557ho.html

Berkeley Florist Remains Bitter That It Can't Do Curbside Sales While Whole Foods Sells Flowers Next Door - SFist

Last week, Ms. Simon told a reporter from ABC 7 that she planned to reopen Ashby Flowers for curbside pickups on May 8 along with other florists in the state just in time for Mother's Day, in defiance of Alameda County. But she later relented and chose to remain closed.In announcing the loosening of retail restrictions in his county on Wednesday, San Mateo County health officer Dr. Scott Morrow said, "The virus continues to circulate in our community, and this increase in interactions among people is likely to spread the virus at a higher rate. Whether these modifications allow the virus to spread out of control, as we saw in February and March and resulted in the first shelter in place order, is yet to be seen."As of Thursday morning, San Francisco had 1,999 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 65 people hospitalized, and Alameda County has 2,178 cases with 79 people hospitalized. San Mateo County has 1,536 cases with 63 in the hospital.Related: Mayor Breed Gives Green Light For Most SF Retail to Open For Curbside Sales and Delivery on MondayPhoto: Facebook... https://sfist.com/2020/05/14/berkeley-florist-bitter-about-curbside-retail-rules/

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