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Coronavirus Pandemic: Your Insight: Virtual florist works through the shutdown
Bonnie Arnold is president and the only employee of Bonnie’s Floral Designs Inc. She says that to weather the COVID-19 shutdown, small business owners must have a positive attitude and find new ways to sustain operations. Bonnie Arnold of Bonnie’s Floral...
Struggling Naples florist brings smiles in tough times, giving away flowers
Naples Picasso Flowers owner Patrick Beneš recalls how he and his wife gave away flowers as business became slow within the first few days of self-quarantine. Naples Daily News Even as business dried up at their floral shop in Naples, Patrick and Mirela...
Florist’s message to LI hospitals, nursing homes: ‘You are loved’
Jeanine Amato donated 160 red roses to Momentum at South Bay Rehabilitation and Nursing in East Islip on March 20. Credit: Jeanine Amato Newsday is opening this story to all readers as we provide Long Islanders with news and information you can use during the...
Hanover florist leaves wreaths for health care workers
Sue Scheible The Patriot Ledger @sues_ledger Apr 1, 2020 at 10:27 AM Coming home from a stressful day at work, nurses on the front lines in the Covid-19 epidemic are finding beautiful wreaths left by The Wandering Florist. HANOVER — Brenda Maver's voice catches...
Keego Harbor florist lifts spirits, spreads hope as she ‘flower bombs’ the neighborhood
A message spelled out in hydrangeas on the fence of the Roosevelt Elementary School across from the Keego Harbor Police Department. In these gloomy and uncertain days, flowers can lift the spirits if even for a few moments. In the chain-link fence surrounding...
In the Studio with Ruby Barber, the Florist Behind Berlin-Based Mary Lennox
Ruby Barber’s studio, photograph courtesy of Becca Crawford. Flowers have no place in Ruby Barber’s apartment. “I shouldn’t say this… but I really enjoy not having them around,” confesses the floral designer behind the avant-garde...
Wayne florist had to shut down her business, but her heart is in full bloom
Dayna Montaina, owner of Blooms of Wayne, was forced to close her shop during the COVID-19 outbreak. Instead of letting the flowers go to waste, Montaina has been delivering a single flower on Wayne residents' doorsteps or mailboxes with a handwritten note....
Local florist sends smiles to Columbia seniors
Savanda Farmer, owner of Balloons, Arches & Flowers in Northeast Columbia, prepares flowers and balloons to deliver to assisted living facilities on lockdown. Photo by Julia Rogers Hook Tucked away in a tiny shop off of Two Notch Road in Northeast Columbia is a...
Local florist sprouts joy in assisted living communities with gifted arrangements
Jennifer Smisek, owner of Le Center Floral, has donated more than 200 floral arrangements to residents in assisted living communities, nursing homes and retirement homes in Le Center and surrounding areas to help brighten their day while visitations are restricted....
