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Local florist gets accredited by national institution - Valley morning Star

American Institute of Floral Designers.All 2020 inductees will also be invited to walk the stage to receive their membership pins during the 2021 Symposium in Washington, D.C.“The process to do this is to apply for a membership and it is recognized worldwide,” Mencio said.“About a 180 people tested and 61 graduated. Out of the 61, only eight were from Texas and 14 from other countries. It is something a lot of people strive for…. It is very prestigious,” he said.“To me that was a big honor,” he said.The program was created in 1965 and is the floral industry’s leading nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing high standards for professional floral design, according to a press release.Members of the 55-year-old association are distinguished by the use of the “AIFD” mark as an addendum to their name.Candidates become accredited by successfully demonstrating their advanced creative abilities before an international panel of AIFD Certified Evaluators.Mencio already was a certified floral designer, which he describes as getting a license.“I took a computer test, and once you pass with a 90 or above, you do an evaluation, and this year it would have been in Chicago,” he said.Now, Mencio will travel to Washington in July of 2021 to be inducted.“It is a big deal in the floral industry. This is as if I had gotten a doctorate degree. Yo... https://www.valleymorningstar.com/2020/07/23/local-florist-gets-accredited-national-institution/

Port Washington Florist: Coronavirus Decimated Floral Industry - Port Washington, NY Patch

PORT WASHINGTON, NY — Aretta Otis-Cohen, owner of Port Washington Florist on Main Street, has been in business over 50 years. She's operated through 9/11, the Great Recession and every other crisis in that time. She said she's never seen anything like the new coronavirus, which has decimated the floral industry in recent weeks, from major distributors and growers down to small shops. "It absolutely nearly killed the floral industry," a tearful Otis-Cohen told Patch in a phone interview this week. When the crisis began unfolding in New York, countless truckloads of tulips, hydrangeas, roses and more were thrown out by large wholesalers and even airports, she said. "I'm talking about millions of stems of flowers," Otis-Cohen said. She added: "It brought tears to my eyes. That's how many flowers were thrown out from all over the country." To sign up for free, local breaking news alerts in Port Washington, click here. Before the coronavirus forced Gov. Andrew Cuomo to issue a statewide stay-a... https://patch.com/new-york/portwashington/port-washington-florist-coronavirus-decimated-floral-industry

This Wedding Arch With Flowers Created a Picture-Perfect Backdrop - Washingtonian

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Contactless flower delivery ensuring Mother's Day smiles despite outbreak - The Courier

Geneva Curren. Curren has a past with flower shops in Washington D.C., New York City, and operating three shops across Arkansas and Chicago. Her knowledge of flowers stems from her childhood in visiting her family in the South where she would spend hours and hours picking wildflowers.While the company’s main objective of creating designs that inspire and bring joy to the recipients, the employees are trained to help with selecting the best flowers for you. Under this circumstance, Curren said, “Working as a florist has been wonderful, challenging, exhausting, inspiring, hectic, fun, maddening, and fantastic!” Orders as of right now are piling in for Curren and her staff, causing everyone to feel overwhelmed. As it is described as part of the job as a florist, understanding customers mean well and only want to stay local. With a minimum of $75 for fresh arrangements and $40 for plant deliveries, Halsted Flowers plans to make multiple rounds a day for their customers. Even though hours of operation are limited each day, the employees are finding themselves working around the clock in order to finish their customer’s requests. Delivery drivers are out until late in the night and up early in the morning to make their rounds and to clear out the shop to make room for more orders. Saville Flowers: https://savilleflowers.com/ Phone: (847)864-0632Halsted Flowers: https://halstedflowers.com/ Phone: (773)883-8600... https://codcourier.org/13169/features/contactless-flower-delivery-ensuring-smiles/