Flower Lovers Blog

News from Milton Daily Standard:There’s something about Mother’s Day and flowers that just naturally seems to go together. That marriage is made perfect by area florists who take the time and effort to ensure that the fresh-cut arrangement, hanging basket or potted plant you’ve picked out is not only just right, but delivered to mom before her special day.Barb Bilger, owner of Stein’s Flowers & Gifts Inc., of Lewisburg, said Mother’s Day is a fun time for her employees.“Really, and truly, our drivers report when they deliver the flowers [...] Continue Reading…

News from Toronto Star:

Niamh Scallan Staff Reporter

An Ottawa startup company says they’ve found a way to simultaneously “keep women happy” and “keep men out of the doghouse” with an automatic flower delivery service designed to spare men from the punishment of forgetting their loved one’s special dates.
Because a happy wife means a happy life, right?
KeepHerHappy, an online service that launched May 2 and partners with online flower company CanaFlora, targets “men in committed relationships that have a busy lifestyle and a disposable income,” according to co-founder Dan Fallak.
It’s the [...] Continue Reading…

News from The Newark Advocate:
This week each year, your dad might call and counsel, “Be sure to call your mother on Sunday.”
If we know what’s good for us, we take that advice. We call, we visit, send cards. It’s Mother’s Day.
Many of us call a local florist and send flowers, too.
In Granville, there are three options for securing that important gift — Artiflora Granville on West Broadway, the Village Flower Basket on River Road and Kussmaul Gallery downtown.
At this time of year, Evelyn Frolking, of Artiflora, spends long hours [...] Continue Reading…

News from Chattanooga Times Free Press:

Q. Mother’s Day is a very large retail holiday. What advice does BBB have?
A. Whether you are ordering flowers, shopping for custom jewelry or arranging for a special spa day appointment for the wonderful women in their life, be a smart consumer.
BBB sees lots of scams that focus on holiday shopping, and is warning consumers to proceed with caution before falling victim to a Mother’s Day vendor scam, especially when shopping online.
BBB urges consumers to take extra precaution with placing floral orders, especially online. [...] Continue Reading…

News from Gettysburg Times:

Showers, flowers arrive
Bill Schwartz/Gettysburg Times Flower beds and vegetable gardens received a good soaking with Tuesday rain that fell throughout most of the day. This rose blossom grows along a fence in Colt Park in Gettysburg.

Posted: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 12:05 am
Showers, flowers arrive

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News from Patch.com:
If you’re thinking about brightening someone’s day with flowers on Mother’s Day May 13, get your order in early.
Like now. 
That’s advice from Nata, who works at Floral Expressions by Kathy, a Farmington shop owned by Kathy Julien. Those who wait for Friday or Saturday, she said, should remain flexible about colors and other details.
“You’ll still get a beautiful arrangement,” she said, adding the most popular requests this year have been for a mixture of fresh flowers, like Michigan-grown lilies and roses, in a vase.  
Anyone who plans to [...] Continue Reading…

News from Smartmoney.com:
By KELLI B. GRANT

When you order Mother’s Day flowers online, what you see isn’t always what Mom gets.

Big-name online flower vendors generally fall into two categories: those that route orders to a local florist for delivery, and those that ship out boxed arrangements from a few central places. Some provide a mix of the two. We tested five sites offering shipped bouquets — FTD.com, OrganicBouquet.com, ProFlowers.com, 1800Flowers.com and Kabloom.com — to see how closely the arrangements resembled their online photos and generally assess their value. Each arrangement [...] Continue Reading…

News from Princeton Daily Clarion:
SUZY HULFACHOR
suzy@pdclarion.com

OWENSVILLE — The Owensville Town Council agreed to forgive a late $ 90 sewer bill in exchange for killing a resident’s flower bed.
Starr Miskel told the council Monday she’s upset with town employees for killing a flower bed in her mother’s yard when cleaning up the property.
Miskel’s mother died a year ago, and since then, her home on 401 E. Warrick has had little upkeep. 
“I have mowed a few times. I have tried to go there and do what I can, but she [...] Continue Reading…

News from Gettysburg Times:

Apple Royalty
Darryl Wheeler/Gettysburg Times APPLE QUEEN – Joanna Krawczyk, seated in center, was crowned the 2012 Pennsylvania Apple Queen during the Apple Blossom Festival on Sunday. She is the daughter of Teresa and Greg Krawczyk and is a junior at Biglerville High School. Pictured from left, are: Esther White, first runner up; Autumn Shaffer, second runner up; Krawczyk, and Brooke Eastman, last year’s queen. Also pictured in the front row is the crown bear and flower girl, Gabriel and Eva Hollabaugh

Posted: Sunday, May 6, 2012 [...] Continue Reading…

News from USA TODAY:
It began in a flower shop. With the seeds of their parents’ encouragement and a relentless work ethic, brothers Tariq and Kamran Farid grew their once-small family business into the multimillion-dollar venture Edible Arrangements.

Last month Edible Arrangements opened its 1,000th franchise, in Cranston, R.I. The fruit-bouquet business has set up shop in 15 countries, but the brothers say theirs is an only-in-America story.
Hailing from Pakistan, the Farids are among the country’s growing number of immigrant entrepreneurs. Foreign-born business owners accounted for 28% of new entrepreneurs in [...] Continue Reading…