Flower News Archive - Nov 2009

Plant and environmental science

Wellesbourne will no longer be home to leading plant and environmental science after Warwick University agreed to close the Horticultural Research International this week.

proposals to close the site and merge with the university's biological sciences department in Coventry were approved by the university's ruling senate on Monday.

The 191-hectare site, formerly known as the Vegetable Research Station, lies on the A429 to the north of the village and employs 226 people.

Minglewood Flowers

Margie Imus, whose organic arrangement made the cover of Flowers magazine, tries to leave a small environmental footprint.

Imus was selected because she is known as a supplier of home-grown and organic flowers. Still, she didn't expect to take the cover.

American Designer Flowers

In the past five years, Chris Fahmie has had to endure ongoing roadway construction that shrunk his parking lot along Memorial Drive and led some passersby to think his shop was closed.

A troubled economy hasn't helped matters. But through it all Fahmie's customers have kept coming back to his American Designer Flowers florist shop. Fahmie and his father Sam opened the store, located just east of I-285 on Memorial Drive in Decatur, in 1992.

Sunnycrest Flowers

The 27th Annual Business Person of The Year Award will be presented to Heidi VanZandt, owner of Sunny Crest Flower Shop in Lowville. The Lewis County Chamber of Commerce award will be given at the Glenfield Fire Hall Dec. 3.

Sunnycrest Flowers began with flowers, plants and seasonal gifts. Over the years, it has added items including Green Mountain Coffee, Croghan Candy Kitchen chocolates, Webkinz, plush animals by Gund and tuxedo rental through Jim's Formal Wear. These are in addition to a variety of fresh flowers, plants, dishgardens, balloons, fruit and gift baskets.

The forest planning and development

the forest planning and development projects in the Himalayan region needed to be altered to address the likely impact of climate change to minimise the adverse impact and vulnerability.

Hiatus in flower flights

The St. Clair County Public Building Commission on Thursday approved a lease agreement with a St. Louis-based firm to take over air cargo and warehouse operations at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport.

The commission's deal with MidAmerica Cargo Handlers Inc. clears the way for its partner, LAN Cargo, of Chile, to land a plane loaded with South American flowers at the airport at 8 a.m. Friday.

lunar New Year 2010 (Tet)

The southern metropolis has unveiled its plans for the Nguyen Hue flower road to celebrate the lunar New Year 2010 (Tet). The theme of the flower road will be "Sunrise Spring".

Gaza flower exports

Israel agreed to allow Gaza farmers to export flowers to Europe through its commercial crossing points with the blockaded Gaza Strip, Palestinian and Israeli sources said Thursday.

"The Netherlands has put pressure on Israel to agree Gaza flower exports to the European Union... We will send the first shipment on Dec. 10," Khalil told Xinhua.

Garden Club

On Thursday, Nov. 17, 1949 at 1 p.m., at the Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Mo., a group of women met to organize a Garden Club.

And so, 60-years-ago the Rainbow Garden Club was born. Mrs. F.G. Weary was elected the first president and the club has continued without pause over the years with the dedication and meticulous record-keeping of its members.

online flowers

Bahrain Duty Free has signed an agreement with Singapore Flower to provide a new service that allows travellers to buy flowers through its website

The online ordering service is available to travellers arriving at and departing from the Kingdom, and it includes the delivery of flowers locally to all areas in Bahrain.

Flower displays and workshops

The Penarth Flower Arrangement Club culminates with the spectacular open evening, they can look back on an eventful year of days out and evenings enjoying flower displays and workshops.

This year's open evening demonstrater is Sue Blandford from Usk, and her theme for the evening is Star of Wonder. Sue is a national demonstrator who by the end of the evening will have the stage packed with wonderful christmas arrangements.

50th anniversary celebration

Since the doors first opened in January of 1960, Fran's Flowers has always been a family-owned business. Even now that Frances ?Fran? Van Epps, the founder of the Brewerton-based shop, has passed away, the family is dedicated to carrying on the ?family legacy.?

Almost 50 years ago, Van Epps began the floral journey by running the business from her basement. She supported her two sons, Robert and James, while running the shop. Robert immediately joined the working team as soon as he acquired his driver?s license at age 16 so he could make deliveries for his mother.

The commercial stalls for auction

Auctions of the Hong Kong Flower Show 2010 commercial stalls will be held on December 2 (Wednesday) at Lockhart Road Sports Centre on 11/F Lockhart Road Municipal Services Building, 225 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai. Bidders must be at least 18 years old. Each bidder can bid for more than one stall.

Botanical garden

Work on the botanical garden to be set up on Cathedral Road began on Tuesday. The garden, to come up in the place of Woodlands Drive-In Restaurant at a cost of Rs 8 crore, will be ready in 10 months, officials said.

Elements of Japanese, Italian and English gardens will subtly merge at this place which will also bring out the Dravidian flavour of the land. The garden will also incorporate elements of an Indian-Buddhist garden and sport a butterfly garden, waterfalls, water fountains, sunken gardens, treehouses, water and rock gardens and a live herbarium for botany researchers and students.

Dean's Flowers

A Halifax man will spend a year on house arrest, followed by a year on probation, for defrauding his former employer of about $25,000. Michael Craig Jackson, 45, pleaded guilty in August to fraud over $5,000 and was sentenced Tuesday in Halifax provincial court.

Mr. Jackson took the money from Dean's Flowers on Stanley Street in Halifax between August 2005 and March 2009. Crown attorney Rick Woodburn said Mr. Jackson completed well over 100 fraudulent transactions, where he wrote up fake orders for flowers and then made refunds to his debit card.

Blue roses

Debuting this month in the Japan's $4 billion cut flower market, Suntory's rose, named "Applause", boasts a purplish-blue tint with a single stem going for about $33.

At the International Flower Expo near Tokyo, Suntory's Yasunori Yomo said the genetically engineered rose was the product of 20 years of tinkering.

Harwich and District Chrysanthemum Society

A FLOWER club is set to fold after 61 years in Harwich. With only two of it's members now living in the town, the Harwich and District Chrysanthemum Society, will be closing it's doors at the AGM next month.

But chairman Robin Thomas said he still holds a ray of hope that some new members may come along to keep the society running.

Minneapolis floral shop

A Red Wing man has been charged with an armed robbery at a Minneapolis floral shop. Dwayne Murray, 46, has been charged with aggravated robbery.

Authorities say he walked into the Riverside Kello Flower shop on October 14 with a knife and demanded the shop owner open the cash register. According to the criminal complaint, Murray took all the money and then left the store.

Salterton Flower Arrangement Society

TWO flower enthusiasts have taken over the chairmanship of a Budleigh Salterton club.

Eivor Gardner and Eileen Brookes were elected joint chairman of Budleigh Salterton Flower Arrangement Society at a recent AGM meeting.

Eileen, of West Hill Lane, said she was extremely pleased to have been elected.

Britons need flowers

Britain's towns and cities are dull, drab places, according to new research from the Flower Council of Holland (FCH), which found a majority of people craving a new life in the country, more colour and more flowers.

Hibiscus healthful reputation

Hibiscus has gained buzz recently for its healthful reputation and potential medicinal properties, but chefs long have prized the flower's full flavor, deep red color and its heritage as an ingredient used around the globe.

St. Louis Airport's flower import

The three-month hiatus that stalled MidAmerica St. Louis Airport's flower import business is set to end at 6 a.m. Friday, when a Boeing 757 cargo plane of roses and carnations lands after a 2,530-mile flight from Bogota, Colombia.

The landing represents a "reboot" for the flower flight program under a new management operation being headed by John Baisch, president of Baisch & Skinner, a St. Louis-based flower wholesaler.

Flower Shop

Angie Smith-Varner is looking forward to dressing up the gazebo at Clark and State streets for the Christmas season.

Albany Floral

A car swerving out of the way of a truck crashes into an Albany business.

Police say 19-year-old Alise Norwood of Ellenwood, Georgia was headed west on 7th Avenue around 5:25 Sunday night when a black truck blew a stop sign

Horticulture

Farmers are to be exempt from the planned emissions trading scheme, with Labor agreeing to the Coalition request for an exclusion of agriculture from the scheme.

Horticulture organisation Growcom welcomed the Federal Government's announcement, with Chief Advocate Rachel Mackenzie saying the decision was a significant concession and a win for the agricultural sector.

Flowers from South America

The cargo log, a copy of which was obtained by the News-Democrat, shows that most of the flower flights to MidAmerica were less than half full, averaging payloads of less than 22 tons apiece on the Arrow Cargo MD DC-10 cargo planes, which can haul more than 70 tons at a time.

flower arrangement of the month

Green Valley Garden Club had its November meeting at Emmanuel Lutheran Church with hostess Mamie Guinther and co-hostess Pat Shyrock. Guinther made the flower arrangement of the month, which was roses from her garden.

At the Coshocton County Fair Flower Show, member Sharleen Flowers won Second Best of Show and Carol Lawless received Judges Choice on their artistic design flower arrangements.

Horticulture

The post-monsoon rain and the impact of Cyclone Phyan are expected to have damaged crops on 72,000 hectares in Maharashtra, state agriculture minister Balasaheb Thorat said.

According to preliminary estimates based on inputs received from village-level agriculture officers, foodgrain crops on over 44,000 hectares, vegetable produce on 28,000 hectares and fruit plantation on 28,000 hectares have been adversely affected, the minister said.

National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies

THE chief designer of the Salisbury 750 Flower Festival in the Cathedral in 2008 and president of Salisbury Floral Arrangement Society has been honoured by the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies (NAFAS).

Primula scotica

The Scottish primrose, primula scotia, is only found in Caithness, Sutherland and Orkney.

Traditional farming methods have helped protect one of Scotland's rarest flowers, according to Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).

The Flower Flights

The weekly flights of Boeing 757 jets loaded with South American flowers are set to resume Nov. 20 at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport after a three-month hiatus.

But the flower flights, and their handling in the warehouse, will be overseen by a new partner with St. Clair County -- MidAmerica Cargo Handlers, of St. Louis.

Chelsea Flower Show sponsor

Former RHS Chelsea Flower Show sponsor Marshall's sales to the public sector and commercial market, which represent 57 per cent of the stone supplier's sales, are down 18 per cent and sales to the domestic market were down 15 per cent compared to the 2008.

Marshalls chief executive Graham Holden said sponsoring Chelsea Flower Show had helped "a little bit on brand awareness". He said garden sustainability, working with children and living streets were messages Marshalls had got over to the public.

Industrialized Floriculture Operation

Accompanied by her children and 25 fellow workers, strike leader Aidé Silva escorted our small U.S. labor delegation through an industrialized floriculture operation near Madrid, Colombia. Some 400 workers organized by the National Union of Flower Workers (Untraflores) began their strike on September 9. Only 35 strikers were on hand for the visit October 18, because, said Silva, it was Sunday.

Florida-friendly plants

About 100 people attended the inaugural Dirt Bag tour Oct. 31 at the Riverview Flower Farm.

Attendees were shown how to plant in pots and learned to install a drip irrigation system from a kit. They also got hands-on experience creating seed pots out of recycled newspaper.

The flowers and plants

City Mayor Datuk Ahmad Fuad Ismail has cancelled a three-year RM32.4 million contract for flowers.

"The cancellation of the flower contract is part of the Mayor's efforts to right wrongs and questionable decisions and policies of previous administrations. Also, as times are bad, the DBKL needs to focus its limited resources on more important issues," said the source.

Flower Expo in Tokyo

The sixth international flower expo in Tokyo -- IFEX 2009 -- took place this week and six companies from the UK and Ireland exhibited at the show.

Ireland-based Fitzgerald Nurseries exhibited at the show for the first time. The company was showing off its Phormium cookianum 'Black Adder', Libertia x ixioides Goldfinger and Carex oshimensis 'Everest', all of which are big sellers in the Japanese market.

Award Winning Florist

A Lowville florist has been named the 27th annual Lewis County Chamber of Commerce Businessperson of the Year.

While a nominating committee typically selects the annual award recipient, there were so many strong nominees this year the matter was brought to the full chamber board of directors for a final decision, Mrs. Merrill said.

Florist of the Future

TWO florists won top awards at a prestigious competition for their creative take on designing accessories out of flowers.

The talented pair who work at Hubbards Florist, in Holbrook Lane, Holbrooks, were eager to enter the competition but never dreamed of becoming winners.

Orchid Garden

Sheer determination and the courage exuded by unemployed local youths has transformed a hillock still frequented by wild animals into a mesmerizing and high-tech orchid garden which has thousands of orchids with high commercial value blooming now.

The major fundraising event

A FESTIVAL of Flowers will be held in Pershore Abbey next summer as the Mayor and Mayoress attempt to generate money and support for their chosen charities.

Floral Consumption Values

People identified as "heavy users" of flowers rated "emotion conditioning" as more important than "showing care to others," researchers in Taiwan found.

Li-Chun Huang from National Taiwan University and Tzu-Fang Yeh from Da-Yeh University headed a research project that evaluated the differences in floral consumption values across consumer groups.

Rafflesia

Deep in the jungles of Southeast Asia blooms the world's biggest flower -- a massive fleshy orb designed by nature to attract insects by mimicking the colour and stench of rotting meat.

The bizarre bloom, named Rafflesia after famed British colonialist Sir Stamford Raffles who stumbled across one in Borneo in 1818, is under threat from deforestation and harvesting for traditional medicine.

But under an innovative Malaysian scheme, indigenous tribes who once gathered Rafflesia buds by the sackload are being trained as custodians of the rare flowers, and to act as guides for ecotourists.

Gardening and Horticulture Exposition

When the Shanghai World Expo ends next November, people can enjoy another expo, this one in Taiwan.

The Taipei International Gardening and Horticulture Exposition will run from November 6, 2010, to April 25, 2011.

pre-flower Era

An obscure group of scorpionflies with specialized mouthparts may have pollinated ancient plants millions of years before flowers evolved, a new study suggests.

Fossils indicate that before flowers evolved about 130 million years ago, most plants with seeds were wind-pollinated. Yet the pollen grains of some plants that lived in the prefloral era were too big to be wind-dispersed.

Agriculture Enterprises

The most recent U.S. Department of Agriculture census showed women represent more than 30 percent, or 1 million, of principal farm operators in the United States, an increase of 19 percent in five years.

The statewide increase in women as principal operators reflected the national trend, with a 19- percent increase, up from 7,660 to 9,127, during the same time.

Naples Botanical Garden

he Naples Botanical Garden reopens this Saturday in a huge way: It will come out of its 17-month hiatus as the second largest developed botanical garden in the state, with 70 developed acres. After its final first-phase gardens are developed, possibly next year, it will likely be the largest.

Flowers to Russia

Ecuador plans to launch direct supplies of flowers to Russia that are currently transited through Amsterdam, the president of the Latin American country, Rafael Correa, said on Sunday.

The president also reiterated that during the visit the parties signed "a raft of agreements aimed at boosting bilateral relations, including those on cooperation of customs services and on avoidance of double taxation for Russian investors in Ecuador."

Floriculture

The proper utilisation of Rs 40 million grant for agribusiness sector Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) approved by Agribusiness Support Fund (ASF) will ensure positive results.

ASF Appraisal Committee has started supporting floriculture exporters to comply with the Euro-Retailer Produce Working Group, Good Agricultural Practices (EUREPGAP) and ISO certification requirements besides granting them funds for producing quality promotion.

Invasive Plant Atlas of New England

Penelope Sharp of North Branford received the 2009 Connecticut State Award from the New England Wild Flower Society's trustees Sunday.

Sharp received the award for her work in the preservation of rare and endangered native flora, through fieldwork and writings for the New England Plant Conservation Program, Connecticut Botanical Society and Invasive Plant Working Group.

Chalong flower shop

A middle-aged man found shot to death in a Chalong flower shop early this morning is thought to be the victim of a jealousy-inspired murder.

Police identified the victim as 38-year-old Surat Thani resident Weerathep Kamchan.Chalong Police received a report of the shooting at about 4:30am from the victim's alleged mistress, 36-year-old Boonruen Buasi.

Saffron flowers

Saffron spice cultivation should be a growth industry for Indian Kashmir as it begins to recover from decades of unrest, but drought, pollution and corruption are threatening its future.

Kashmir is famous for its crocus flowers and their fragrant reddish-orange stamens which are plucked, then dried, before being used in cooking the world over to add taste and colour.

Flower and Vegetable Show

BREATHTAKING blooms and a selection of greens were on display at a flower and vegetable show.

Society president Peter Robertson said: "I was astounded by the blooms. We just don't see them apart from in pictures, usually. To see them in real, true life form, it was exquisite."

Horticulture Research Center

Thieves stole grape vines from the University of Minnesota's Horticulture Research Center in Victoria.

The vines that were stolen are being developed to create a new grape that will be used to produce a new kind of wine. The university has been researching the grape for two years and could patent it.

Flower club

AFTER starting off with just a few members, Topsham Flower Club has grown to become the largest in Devon and Cornwall.

The club recently celebrated its 25th birthday and to recognise its achievements founder Edith Hurtley has been given the Echo's Bouquet of the Week.

Festival of Flowers

More than 3,000 people toured this year's Festival of Flowers in early October at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco, where Father John Talesfore is rector.

Twenty-two parishes took part in the Little Flower Festival this year, joined by 17 students from City College of San Francisco's Horticulture and Floristry who also designed works for the Sacred Treasures Exhibit

Fort Collins Floral

Palmer Flowers is returning to its roots in downtown and expanding its floral offerings throughout Fort Collins.

The 33-year-old flower shop has purchased Fort Collins Floral, 205 N. College Ave., and is rebranding it as Palmer Flower's newest location.

Tuesday, Palmer added the Palmer Flowers sign to the new store while leaving a Fort Collins Floral sign in place as well to educate customers.

consumer values influencing floral purchases

Florists and other retailers who sell flowers and plants can now add another tool to their marketing kit. A recent study of "consumption values" may help them understand what influences consumer's choices in regard to floral purchases, and how to better design marketing efforts and purchase stock that can increase customers and sales.

Flower show

Hundreds of flower lovers thronged the annual autumn flower show in Shillong.

Organized by the Shillong Agri-Horticulture Society, the flower show aims to encourage flower exhibitors. As many as 370 entries were registered from all over the country.

Horticulture and Floriculture

Ugandan farmers willing to venture in growing flowers will benefit from improved revenues since this type of farming is entirely commercial. Crop Science researchers at Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute (Muarik), Kabanyolo have said with the population increasing and land becoming scarce, there is need for farmers to utilise small sizes of land to get high returns.

Residential Garden Contest

A local bloomer has been rewarded for her long standing love of all things green and growing.

Rose Hamrlik of Strathmore has won the Canada-wide Miracle-Gro Residential Garden Contest.

Hamrlik won in the container garden medium category. Her victory was announced during the two days festivities, Oct. 2 and 3, at the National Awards Ceremonies in Vaughan, Ont.

Vegetables and Flowers

FROM onions to tomatoes to carrots, colourful vegetables competed along with pretty flowers at the late flower and vegetable show held by the New Forest and District Dahlia and Chrysanthemum Society on Saturday.

Palmer Flowers

Palmer Flowers is returning to its roots in downtown, and expanding its floral offerings throughout Fort Collins.

The 33-year-old flower shop has purchased Fort Collins Floral, 205 N. College Ave., and is rebranding it Palmers Flowers newest location.

Flower Shop

An Austintown flower shop re-opens almost a year after a fire nearly burned it to the ground.The rebuilt "Something Unique For You" located next to the Walmart on Mahoning Avenue opened for business Tuesday

The owner of the shop, Deanna Hosey, says it was a struggle to re-open because of limited insurance.She plans to donate one dollar from every sale to the second harvest food bank.

Wisbech Standard

A DYMOCK chrysanthemum show attracted a record 86-exhibits on the weekend as well as being well supported by members of the public.

The village's hall was awash with vivid colours as flower-enthusaists showed off their prized examples on Sunday, November 1.

Edible Arrangements

Edible Arrangements continues its blooming growth with a new deal that will take the chain to Turkey.

The Wallingford-based chain has signed an agreement with brothers Kemal and Emre Aydin, who plan to develop 15 locations throughout Turkey.

Floriculture

Changeover from traditional crop farming to floriculture by several farmers of Chainpur village in Bihar is taking place, due to drought-like conditions in the region.

An increasing number of farmers in Chainpur village of Masaurhi subdivision near Patna are substituting traditional farming with flower cultivation.

Flower shop in Copperas Cove

The Daisy flower shop in Copperas Cove is turning 30 years old.

The Daisy started in a Cove shopping center and moved after five years when rents went up. Rivers picked the current spot on Hawk Trail, just north of the railroad tracks, on a lot formerly occupied only by an engine repair shop.

Beautiful flowers

Students at Springhill High School learn to have a green thumb. They do this through their Environmental Science and Horticulture classes. Their teacher James Cosby is a veteran at the green house process. With Mr. Cosby's help students grow the plants and then raise money for their school.

City of flowers

Zamboanga City is on the verge of losing its title as the country's premier "city of flowers" The reason: The city's flower growers have an alarmingly low yield of the blooms the city has been known for for years.

Annual Flower Festival

Explosions of colour filled the All Saints Church in Kings Langley yesterday, as the annual Flower Festival took place.

Church members and a number of local schools arranged a variety of blooms based on the theme of 'All Things Bright and Beautiful', shaping carnations, sunflowers and lilies to represent verses of the popular hymn.

Horticulture

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon conduct the 2009 Census of Horticultural Specialties. Taken once every 10 years, this census provides detailed information on horticultural production and sales across the United States.

Cut flower exports

The southern city of Antalya keeps making its mark on Turkey's exports with its contributions to the cut flower trade.

Officials agree that while the overall export figures have decreased due to the global crisis, the increase in cut flower exports is striking. However, the decrease in domestic market sales has reached 25 percent.

Flower Export

A 2008/09 world report released during the Hortifair Holland 2009, on the development of cut the flower sector, indicated that Kenya clinched first position in the imports of cut flowers to the Netherlands with a turnover of ? 252 million euros ($371 million) in 2008 compared to ? 224 million euros ($330 million), which is an increase of 12.7%.