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News from Patch.com: They had me with a pink balloon. OK, they really had me with their stunning assortment of impatiens and begonias, but when the gentlemen at Montclair Florist produced a pink helium balloon to quell my toddler’s brewing tantrum, I knew I’d found a great flower shop (and frankly, with their customer service, [...]

News from Washington Post: Paul Serra, assistant curator at the Central Park Conservancy, greeted us at the Vanderbilt Gate on Fifth Avenue; he would be our guide for the 90-minute tour of the Conservatory Garden. This six-acre enclave in the northern part of Central Park is really three gardens in one: an Italian, a French [...]

News from ABC15.com (KNXV-TV): STRAWBERRY, AZ – A Phoenix man is in stable condition Wednesday after getting lost for three days while delivering flowers in Cave Creek. According to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, officers were notified by a man in Tonopah that he had just received a distressed phone text from his friend. The [...]

News from Jenks Journal: Let Robyn’s Flower Garden help you with flowers and gifts. This deal is for a dozen roses. Robyn’s Flower Garden has fresh flowers for all occasions. There’s always a lovely, fresh rose for that someone special in you life. Beautiful selection of green and blooming plants, too. For gift giving choose [...]

News from Toronto Star: Rafick Hosany, 59, widower of duct-tape suffocation victim Felicia Hosany, 51, sits next to Adriana Hosany, his daughter-in-law, outside Ontario Superior Court in Toronto on Monday after Nevin Joseph, 25, one of two robbers who killed the florist in her shop, was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison. PETER SMALL/TORONTO STAR [...]

News from Patch.com: 1. Gift CottageDeal: The Gift Cottage is having a 40 percent off sale of all retired Vera Bradley bag patterns, such as “Simply Violet,” “Make Me Blush,” “Color Me Coral” and more. There’s also 25-60 percentage off other select colors and bag styles.Good Through: Call for details. 2. A Country TouchDeal: After announcing its merger with Alice’s Flower [...]

News from Patch.com: How long has Homewood Florist been in business and why did you choose Homewood as the place to open up shop? Homewood Florist has been here for 51 years! We are second generation and came from the Roseland community. Homewood was a big draw because of its small town charm and because [...]

News from Joplin Globe: JOPLIN, Mo. — Kneeling Friday morning in a small landscaped area at 15th Street and Murphy Boulevard, master gardener Chieko Hedin held up a salmon dahlia bulb and advised those around her in the proper technique for planting it. They nodded, then got to work turning the soil with hand spades. [...]

News from The Flint Journal – MLive.com:FLINT, Michigan – A florist at Vogt’s Flowers in Flint will arrange and deliver donated flowers to residents of Genesys Hurley Cancer Center and Woodhaven Senior Community during the week of July 17. The florist, Dave Pinchock, is participating flower delivery service Teleflora’s Make Someone Smile Week, an annual [...]