News from WMC-TV: Horn Lake, MS – (WMC-TV) – Rising gas prices are hurting everyone at the pumps, but if they continue to soar you may be paying more for your favorite foods or flowers. If customers don’t want to use their gas to go pick up dinner or other items, it could cost more [...]

News from Valley Breeze: PROVIDENCE – Simple Pleasures. It’s the theme of this year’s Rhode Island Spring Flower & Garden Show, where you’ll find nearly 30 lovely gardens to wander through, a marketplace with dozens of garden goods vendors, seminars, gardening demonstrations, children’s activities, and a new feature this year, a Food and Wine Festival. [...]

News from Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Soccer shoes, good soccer shoes, don’t come cheap. Consequently, families with limited means are sometimes priced out of the market. Their children play with shoes not designed for soccer. Competing against players with better equipment, they are at a disadvantage from the start. To even things out and give [...]

News from brandchannel.com: Valentine’s Day was marred for many by failed or faulty delivery of bouquets to loved ones, as we covered here, last week – and many consumers and retailers had things to say. A popular florist blogger commented in a Feb. 17th post titled “Valentine’s Day Flowers Adwords: Feasting on the Bones of Local Florists”: [...]

News from Patch.com: This week, it’s all about that floral arrangement. The fragrant smell of flowers is probably still filling your room thanks to Valentine’s Day. Perhaps you got a beautiful bouquet for Valentine’s Day or you sent some long-stemmed roses, but thought the price was too high for what your sweetie got. Or maybe [...]

News from Patch.com: This week’s column was submitted by Christine Posinger, adult services librarian at the Des Plaines Public Library. The Des Plaines Public Library is sponsoring a trip to the Chicago Flower & Garden Show at Navy Pier on Saturday, March 10. The cost is $ 37 per person and includes deluxe motor coach [...]

News from Fox News: Ok. So you’ve waited to the last minute and you don’t have a Valentine’s Day gift for that special someone in your life. And, in these trying economic times, you might not be able to afford anything extravagant. But you still want to do something special.  Don’t fret, we have some [...]

News from WPTV: LAKE WORTH, FLA – Early Wednesday morning, a four a.m. fire, quickly blossomed into a four alarm fire.  “A Flower Patch” owner Betsy Hillman, got a call from a friend.  “She was crying and screaming.  She said, ‘The shop’s on fire, the shop’s on fire,’” said Hillman.   Palm Beach County Fire [...]

News from WDIV Detroit: Small Text Medium Text Large Text Ruth rescues a flower delivery disaster DETROIT – Christine Komisarz says no good deed goes unpunished. She told us, “My dad decided it would be nice to cheer up my sister-in-law who has breast cancer on Valentine’s Day.” So, Christine ordered an arrangement called “Pink [...]

News from San Jose Mercury News: As I watched the steady flow of red roses arriving on the desks of my co-workers this week, I was reminded that the power of love is easily outdistanced by the power of blooms. Love and flowers are eternally linked, especially on Valentine’s Day, but while we send bouquets [...]