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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

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

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...

The 5 Best Places to See Wildflowers in the US - Care2.com

Crested Butte. Every summer, this gorgeous area explodes with color.Who’s the star of the show? Alpine sunflowers are the go-to, but you’ll also find elephant head and death camas, which is a form of lily.When should I go? Between June and August.How should I prepare? If photography is your thing, see if you can get involved with a guided hike that will take you to the best spots for photos.Shenandoah National Park, VirginiaWhat’s the main draw? Shenandoah proudly boasts more than 850 species of wildflowers, and colorful birds to boot! Orange, purple and white blend together in a sea of utter gorgeousness.Who’s the star of the show? Columbines, touch-me-nots and ox-eye daisies.When should I go? Start checking the bloom calendars in late spring and early summer.How should I prepare? Bring a bird-watching guide this time around. You’ll love the extra experience!Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TennesseeWhat’s the main draw? All wildflower lovers will agree that Great Smoky is a hub for gorgeous flower varieties. You’ll find more than 1,500 different types here, popping up all around the forest floor at the close of the cold season.Who’s the star of the show? Ephemeral trillium, lady slipper orchids and violets.When should I go? Most flowers will start peaking in late winter and early spring. Some current sources suggest April is a great time to go!How should I prepare? Partake in educational seminars guided by local park rangers and keep an eye out for wildlife. This is a gorgeous place to behold.Hill Country, TexasWhat’s the main draw? “Southern Belle” is an expression for a reason; there are few things more beautiful than the luxurious cobalt of the Texas bluebonnet – a favorite of First Lady, ‘Lady Bird’ Johnson. You’ll find these blooming in the fields all along the highways of Texas Hill Country. Don’t miss it!Who’s the star of the show? The Texas bluebonnet.When should I go? Most sources suggest early April.How should I prepare? Bring a car or rent a car; these flowers go on for miles!Have you ever gone looking for wildflowers in the United States? Where did you go? Let us know in the comments!... http://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-5-best-places-to-see-wildflowers-in-the-u-s.html

'Essential' businesses: Florists, boat sellers and toy makers - The Daily Herald

Some not mentioned in the list have come up with their own interpretations. Do florists delivering flowers qualify as “agriculture”? Washington Floral Service, a wholesale firm with warehouses in Tacoma and Spokane, applied for and received a state exemption, Chris Berglund, a company vice president, told The Herald. “We’re essential,” Berglund said. Many of his customers — retail florists — are also seeking exemptions. “From what we’re hearing, it’s a 50-50 split on whether florists are getting an exemption,” Berglund said. “It seems to depend on whether they say they’re a flower shop or agriculture.” “If you can do a food delivery, you can just as easily do a floral delivery,” he said. Can yacht and pleasure boat dealers fit into the transportation category — as “marine consultants”? Harry Walp, president and CEO of Northwest Yacht Brokers Association, said it’s not yet clear if boat sellers are essential businesses. Essential marine industry jobs include consultants, naval architects and surveyors, but the state order doesn’t specify whether that applies to recreational or commercial segments of the industry, Walp said. “Several of my associates are taking a liberal interpretation of ‘consultants’ and make the argument that yacht brokers fit that description,” Walp said. “If so, yacht sales could be deemed essential. My concern is that a yacht broker potentially places himself, his family and his associates in harm’s way if he resumes sales activities. The yacht brokerage industry is taking the COVID-19 pandemic very seriously and the vast majority of our members would prefer to err on the side of caution.” About that Funko order … Meanwhile, hundreds of U.S. retailers are now focused on e-commerce delivery because retail outlets are shuttered. To fill orders, warehouses and distribution centers are open for business. Are those essential? Clothes, handbags, outdoor gear, bedding and toys are all available online from the likes of Washington-based Nordstrom, REI and Amazon, as well as retailers in othe... https://www.heraldnet.com/business/essential-businesses-florists-boat-sellers-and-toy-makers/

A devoted florist gives each 9/11 victim a white birthday rose - The Gazette

On Friday, six names will be adorned with white roses.Amelia Fields, 46, had been working at the Pentagon for only two days when Flight 77 crashed into the imposing military fortress outside Washington.Ivhan Luis Carpio Bautista, 24, a cook for Windows on the World, was supposed to take the day off but subbed in for a co-worker.AnnMarie Riccobini, 58, a billings supervisor at a law firm, had just beaten breast cancer.Michael Berkeley, 38, had just founded his own brokerage.Michael LaForte, 39, a broker, never met his third child, born two months after 9/11.FDNY Lieutenant Vincent Francis Giammona, 40, last spoke to his wife while en route to the burning towers.Family members often reach out to Collarone or to the memorial’s staff, touched and surprised by the ritual. “It is with tears of gratitude that I write this,” said Jennifer Glick in an email to the memorial. Her brother Jeremy was among those who rushed the hijackers on Flight 93, which crashed into a field in rural Pennsylvania. “With all the insecurity and chaos that we face right now, knowing that our loved ones are remembered gives me great comfort.”Kerry Irvine, an artist, used to visit the memorial often to think about her sister, Kristy Irvine-Ryan, a 30 year-old equities trader who had been married for just three months when she died. But in March, she told The Washington Post, “It was all chained off, and one of my first thoughts was, ‘Oh, God, her birthday,’ which was May 22nd.” Then she got a photo of her sister’s name decorated with a white rose. “To know they’re taking care of all of them, and giving them the respect they deserve,” she said, “it takes the load off the families a little bit.”The memorial grounds reopened July 4. The museum will begin allowing visitors inside again this weekend - first, family members only on Friday and then the public on Saturday, with drastically limited capacity.Collarone didn’t come up with the idea for the birthday flowers; that was a volunteer in the museum. But he’s the one who’s made it happen all these years, carefully selecting roses - he wants them to be a perfect white - from the city’s flower market and cleaning them and nursing them at his shop Floratech, in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. “I’m not looking for the cheapest roses,” he says. “I look for the best.”When the pandemic forced New York to shut down, halting inbound flights bearing hard-to-get white roses from global suppliers in the Netherlands and South America, Collarone knew instantly “that I had to take care of it,” he says. “I went into an immediate rescue mode for the 9/11 memorial.”Whereas roses had been coming in on 10 flights a day, there was now one flight a week from Europe. He worked connections (“My Holland guys helped me out.”), paid large markups as freight pricessoared, and sent drivers to the airport to pick up loads of roses directly from the source, circumventing wholesalers, because, he says, the city’s flower market, then and now, “is operating on life support.”His own shop, which used to supply flowers for Madison Square Garden and high-end hotels like the Mandarin Oriental, has hit dire straits. “We’re lucky if we make enough money to keep our electricity on,” Collarone says. He’s had to close all three of his retail flower shops, and lay off all of his employees, some of whom had been working with him for 20 to 30 years.Still, he wouldn’t dream of stopping the birthday-rose ritual, or asking for payment.He “grew up poor,” he says, in the firemen-and-cops enclave of Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, and worked in a flower shop before becoming an insurance salesman.It was a chance meeting with Andy Warhol at the legendary Limelight nightclub, he says, that got him to turn back toward his love of flowers. Warhol co... https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/a-devoted-florist-gives-each-911-victim-a-white-birthday-rose-20200911

Florist Starts ‘Flowers for Black Men' After George Floyd's Death, Sharing Random Kindness - NBC Southern California

S. Capitol in shock, many couldn’t help but wonder why the underwhelming police response to President Trump’s rioting supporters was so different from the massive show of force seen this summer at a Washington D.C. Black Lives Matter protest following the death of George Floyd. NBCLX’s Fernando Hurtado talked to Frank Straub, an expert in critical incident responses at the National Police Foundation, for a breakdown of the police reaction to both events. "Guys really do like flowers and they even blush when they get them which is kind of cool," Brown said. "'Flowers for Black men' were a way to show that, hey I love you, I see you, I understand this is a traumatic experience you’re going through, so here’s flowers to show you that," she said. Mallory With The Flowers has more than 11,000 followers on Instagram. And if there’s proof that her approach works, it’s now on her finger. Her boyfriend proposed on new year’s day. But she says for her wedding, someone else will handle the flowers. Ted chen nbc 4 news view park. ... https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/view-park-mallory-with-the-flowers/2504159/

A devoted florist gives each 9/11 victim a white birthday rose - Anchorage Daily News

On Friday, six names will be adorned with white roses. Amelia Fields, 46, had been working at the Pentagon for only two days when Flight 77 crashed into the imposing military fortress outside Washington. Ivhan Luis Carpio Bautista, 24, a cook for Windows on the World, was supposed to take the day off but subbed in for a co-worker. AnnMarie Riccobini, 58, a billings supervisor at a law firm, had just beaten breast cancer. Michael Berkeley, 38, had just founded his own brokerage. Michael LaForte, 39, a broker, never met his third child, born two months after 9/11. FDNY Lieutenant Vincent Francis Giammona, 40, last spoke to his wife while en route to the burning towers. Family members often reach out to Collarone or to the memorial’s staff, touched and surprised by the ritual. “It is with tears of gratitude that I write this,” said Jennifer Glick in an email to the memorial. Her brother Jeremy was among those who rushed the hijackers on Flight 93, which crashed into a field in rural Pennsylvania. “With all the insecurity and chaos that we face right now, knowing that our loved ones are remembered gives me great comfort.” Kerry Irvine, an artist, used to visit the memorial often to think about her sister, Kristy Irvine-Ryan, a 30 year-old equities trader who had been married for just three months when she died. But in March, she told The Washington Post, “It was all chained off, and one of my first thoughts was, ‘Oh, God, her birthday,’ which was May 22nd.” Then she got a photo of her sister’s name decorated with a white rose. “To know they’re taking care of all of them, and giving them the respect they deserve,” she said, “it takes the load off the families a little bit.” The memorial grounds reopened July 4. The museum will begin allowing visitors inside again this weekend - first, family members only on Friday and then the public on Saturday, with drastically limited capacity. Collarone didn’t come up with the idea for the birthday flowers; that was a volunteer in the museum. But he’s the one who’s made it happen all these years, carefully selecting roses — he wants them to be a perfect white — from the city’s flower market and cleaning them and nursing them at his shop Floratech, in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. “I’m not looking for the cheapest roses,” he says. “I look for the best.” When the pandemic forced New York to shut down, halting inbound flights bearing hard-to-get white roses from global suppliers in the Netherlands and South America, Collarone knew instantly “that I had to take care of it,” he says. “I went into an immediate rescue mode for the 9/11 memorial.” Whereas roses had been coming in on 10 flights a day, there was now one flight a week from Europe. He worked connections (“My Holland guys helped me out.”), paid large markups as freight pricessoared, and sent drivers to the airport to pick up loads of roses directly from the source, circumventing wholesalers, because, he says, the city’s flower market, then and now, “is operating on life support.” His own shop, which used to supply flowers for Madison Square Garden and high-end hotels like the Mandarin Oriental, has hit di... https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2020/09/10/a-devoted-florist-gives-each-911-victim-a-white-birthday-rose/