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Garden experts to join Copeland MP for online event
Copeland MP Trudy Harrison will host a Facebook Live event with local garden, florist and nature specialists next Friday.
They will discuss topics including how communities can enhance their local areas, nature recovery and environmental issues, as well as providing guidance on how to kickstart a blossoming career in the sector.
Mrs Harrison will be joined by florist, Lisa Robson from Jean’s Flower Boutique in Whitehaven, Senior National Trust gardener, Heather Birkertt, Peter Frost-Pennington of Muncaster Castle, Liz Auld of Cumbria Bloom and Cody Smith, a keen young gardener and business owner who recently appeared on BBC’s Gardeners World.
After a year of anticipation, the Lamar Days parade will take place Saturday, May 15th, featuring the 2020 and 2021 Royalty as selected by the Zonta Club of Prowers County, Linda Hawkins and Jerry Bates as Grand Marshall’s.
Lamar native, Linda has owned the Flower Boutique on South Main Street for 35 years after 10 years of employment at the Downing’s flower shop in the Village Center. She is currently the President of the Prowers County Historical Society and an active member of the Zonta Club of Prowers County, having served as president and Area 4 Director. Linda is a driving force in the successful Zonta Rose Day project in Prowers County.
Nationwide flower shortage impacts floristsâ business on Motherâs Day
Nationwide flower shortage impacts floristsâ business on Motherâs Day By Mariah Congedo | May 9, 2021 at 7:47 PM EDT - Updated May 10 at 8:24 AM
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Flower shops were busy on Sunday as shoppers grabbed something special for the mothers in their lives. While florists are seeing tons of business on Motherâs Day, many are also struggling on one of their busiest holidays due to a nationwide flower shortage.
âWe havenât slept. We ate, trust me, weâve eaten, but we havenât slept,â said William Kirkland, a designer at The Flower Boutique in Savannah.
Flower boutique trains and hires people experiencing homelessness to break down social stigmas Share Updated: 2:24 PM EST Jan 13, 2021 Jessica Schambach Share Updated: 2:24 PM EST Jan 13, 2021
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Show Transcript FRIDAY, JANUARY 15. A NEW OKLAHOMA CITY BUSINESS BLOSSOMING IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. IT TRAINS AND HIRES HOMELESS PEOPLE TO BREAK DOWN SOCIAL STIGMAS AND BUILD UP LIVES. A FLOWER SHOP DEDICATED TO GROWING NOT JUST ITS PRODUCT BUT ITS PEOPLE. EVERY SINGLE BOUQUET THAT WE SELL AND ARRANGEMENT THAT WE SELL CREATES DIGNITY AND EMPLOYMENT FOR OUR VENDORS. THEY OPENED THEIR STORES MID-DECEMBER IN OKLAHOMA CITY GIVING NEW LIFE TO PEOPLE LIKE MARCIA WALKER. IT MADE ME GET MY LIFE BACK TOGETHER, YOU MIGHT SAY. WE EMPLOY THEM OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. GET TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL, GET THAT EDUCATION AND NOW THEY ARE ABLE TO. INTO THIS JOB AND WE RE WORKING ALONGSIDE THEM TO HELP THEM BUILD THEIR JOB SKILLS AND THINK ABOU