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Camas flower shop owner will make the bouquet and perform the wedding ceremony

Stuart Tomlinson, KATU NewsCristina Wardwell and James Coen of Molalla got married at Mystic Gardens earlier this year on a golf cart. (Mystic Gardens)CAMAS, Wash. — What's a wedding without flowers?A Camas, Washington florist turns that on its head by offering drive-through and in-store weddings at her shop."Instead of a big fancy wedding maybe they want to save up for, but they want to get married now,” said owner, Leslie Rick. “Or maybe they’ve had several marriages and don’t really care about all that stuff. Pop in, call in, it’s all up to them.”Rick has been officiating weddings for the past 25 years.She opened her Mystic Gardens shop a year ago and in January began offering weddings to go with the flower arrangements she creates every day.A Molalla couple who dated for 25 years came and got hitched on a golf cart.“They had actually called and scheduled to come through that day just to go through the drive-through in the golf cart,” Rick said. “They thought it would be fun and they wanted something unusual and unique. I’m waiting for someone to pull up on a h... http://katu.com/news/local/camas-flower-shop-owner-will-make-the-bouquet-and-perform-the-wedding-ceremony

Clark Co. flower shop owner offers drive-thru weddings

Stuart Tomlinson, KATU NewsCristina Wardwell and James Coen of Molalla got married at Mystic Gardens earlier this year on a golf cart. (Mystic Gardens)CAMAS, Wash. — What's a wedding without flowers?A Camas, Washington, florist turns that on its head by offering drive-through and in-store weddings at her shop."Instead of a big fancy wedding maybe they want to save up for, but they want to get married now,” said owner, Leslie Rick. “Or maybe they’ve had several marriages and don’t really care about all that stuff. Pop in, call in, it’s all up to them.”Rick has been officiating weddings for the past 25 years.She opened her Mystic Gardens shop a year ago and in January began offering weddings to go with the flower arrangements she creates every day.A Molalla couple who dated for 25 years came and got hitched on a golf cart.“They had actually called and scheduled to come through that day just to go through the drive-through in the golf cart,” Rick said. “They thought it would be fun and they wanted something unusual and unique. I’m waiting for someone to pull up on a horse... http://komonews.com/news/local/clark-co-flower-shop-owner-offers-drive-thru-weddings

Flower shop grows, opens second Camas location - Camas Washougal Post Record

A local floral business that has sold flowers outside Camas Produce for about nine months is expanding to include a storefront, also in Camas.Mystic Gardens has blooms in a colorful array of yellows, purples, pinks and other pastels and bright hues. There are roses, daisies, carnations, lilies, peonies, sunflowers and poms.Mystic Gardens’ owner Leslie Rick, a Camas-Washougal native, sells bouquets and individual flowers from a stand in the Camas Produce parking lot at 2940 N.E. Everett St.Rick purchases her flowers from floral wholesalers in Portland and Vancouver.Her best friend, Tim Carroll, assists with selling and arranging the flowers, and is in charge of the shop’s flower-dyeing lab.“We cater to colors, whether it be dying or painting,” Rick explains.The new Mystic Gardens storefront is located at 1924 N.E. Third Ave., Camas., at the former site of Groff’s Grab and Go! market and Big Lou’s Texas BBQ. A grand opening celebration will be held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, July 15.Rick said weather dictates when she can open her st... http://www.camaspostrecord.com/news/2017/jul/06/flower-shop-grows-opens-second-camas-location/

Movement pushes local, American Grown flowers - Vancouver Business Journal

CCFC Governmental Relations Committee, as chair, Dobbe and his fellow committee members have been lobbying Washington D.C. representatives and secured Clark County’s own Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Camas) to become one of the first four co-chairs of the Congressional Flower Caucus back in 2014.Since then, support has grown to 29 Washington D.C. representatives and, as a result, American Grown flowers were featured at a White House State Dinner, also in 2014.“I’m very encouraged by Jamie (Herrera-Beutler) and when I go to Washington D.C., I meet with her in her office and I’m excited because she’s from our district,” said Dobbe. “This year I gave her an American Grown scarf with our logo on it and she hung it in her office. Everyone who goes in her office will see it, so that’s pretty cool.”Another successful initiative for American Grown Flowers has been Field to Vase events throughout the United States. A series of intimate dinners that showcase locally-sourced ingredients and craft beverages, petals and blooms are the guests of honor on this tour that stretches from Virginia to Florida to Alaska. Each event is a sellout as over 100 guests are treated to a pre-dinner mixer, farm or greenhouse tour, floral demonstrations by experts in their craft, a multi-course meal and a flower-packed goodie bag as a parting gift. Last November, Holland America Flowers hosted a Field to Vase dinner in their greenhouse in Woodland and attendees were invited to join Dobbe on a behind-the-scenes tour of his facility.“These dinners are very well attended and a great way to get the word out with intimate stories (and) connection with the public,” Dobbe said. “We also believe very strongly that it (American Grown branding) will help to boost the sales of the American-grown product and that is very encouraging and I am very optimistic and committed to this effort.”Comments comments...

Florist heads to DC to speak for flowers - The Columbian

Dobbe went to Washington with the California Cut Flowers Commission Governmental Relations Committee, of which he is the chairman.During the trip, Dobbe met with U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, one of the first four House members who initiated the Congressional Cut Flower Caucus in February 2014, Dobbe said.During their meeting, Dobbe gave Herrera Beutler a scarf with the message “Take pride in your flowers.”... http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/mar/22/florist-heads-to-d-c-to-speak-for-flowers/

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

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The second-best flower shop in Naperville, Ill., is struggling to survive. Along with the American Dream. - The Washington Post

Moe Zoyarifor The Washington Post In Naperville, Ill., Jenny Latham is struggling to pay the $3,800 monthly rent for her shop, Celidan Creations Florist. Her mom Karin Jacobs, who founded the store in 1992, passed away last month. Florists dream of spring, when shops burst in a colorful riot of blooms while ledgers pool in black ink. First Communions, Palm Sunday, Easter, proms, charity events, weddings, more weddings and the flowery grail of Mother’s Day.But spring has been brutal for Jenny Latham, owner of Celidan Creations Florist in Naperville, Ill.Flowers are a luxury dependent on the health of other businesses. Ordinarily, Celidan, founded in 1992 by Latham’s mother, Karin Jacobs, supplies churches, restaurants and corporate offices in the city of almost 150,000, west of Chicago. All were closed due to covid-19. Celidan’s front door locked, too. The shop remained open to phone and online orders and was permitted to make deliveries for what has become known in the industry as ring-and-run.Florists... https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/florist-ppp-small-business-naperville-illinois/2020/05/26/65cec788-9a09-11ea-ac72-3841fcc9b35f_story.html

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/

Watch These Six Flower Bloom Events From Your Couch - Smithsonian.com

I want every gallery to be a different color experience, like looking into a kaleidoscope.” National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, D.C. Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. (National Cherry Blossom Festival) With the arrival of spring, the National Mall in the nation’s capital becomes synonymous with cherry blossoms, and this year is no different. Presented by the Trust for the National Mall and the National Cherry Blossom Festival, along with the National Parks Service, Bloom Cam is exactly what’s needed during this solemn time and serves as a way to transport viewers virtually to the city’s lush forest of 3,800 cherry trees that shrouds the Tidal Basin in a canopy of pink-and-white blossoms. The trees have been an iconic part of the landscape since 1912 when Yukio Ozaki, Tokyo’s then-mayor, gifted more than 3,000 cherry blossoms in an act of friendship between Japan and the United States. This year’s virtual festival celebrates that symbolic exchange through a range of online-specific events, including an opening ceremony featuring music by Japanese singer-songwriter Naotaro Moriyama and a tour of the Tidal Basin with a National Park Service ranger. Keukenhof Gardens, Lisse, Netherlands Keukenhof Gardens (yisris - Flickr/Creative Commons) Every fall, gardeners plant approximately seven million tulip bulbs at Keukenhof, considered one of the largest flower gardens in the world. Located 25 miles southwest of Amsterdam, the “Garden of Europe” has been drawing crowds to its prolific fields of blooms since it opened to the public in 1950. While seeing the fields this year is a bit different than in years’ past, the gardens are still drawing viewers, albeit virtually, through a series of videos and other online activities, including colorful posts on the Tulip Festival Amsterdam’s Instagram and Facebook pages. Highlights include a tour with the garden’s managing director, who discusses the different types of tulips (parrot tulips, double tulips, etc.), and a walk around the Willem-Alexander Pavilion’s 1,000 flowerbeds with a gardener who has been working there for more than two decades. In addition to tulips, Keukenhof also features daffodils, hyacinths and other flowers. Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, Lancaster, California Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve (Courtesy of California State Parks, 2019) Cruising through Lancaster, a city located about 80 miles north of Los Angeles, poppy fields are a common sight come spring. But one location is particularly fruitful when it comes to the orangish-red blooms: Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve. Encompassing more than 1,700 acres, poppy blooms carpet the property’s undulating hills... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/watch-these-six-flower-bloom-events-from-your-couch-180974562/