Talk about tulips for long, and someone is sure to mention the 17th-century phenomenon known as Tulip Mania. It’s a good story — one that says a lot about flowers and money, and how the passion for either or both can reach insane heights. Tulip Mania could only have...
What does Lane DeVries, president and CEO of The Sun Valley Group, have in common with Elizabeth Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Michelle Obama and Julia Child? All have flowers named after them. At this year’s International Floriculture Expo (IFE) in Miami Beach, a new...
Exactly three years ago — on June 12, 2016 — a gunman opened fire in a gay nightclub, Pulse, in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and injuring 68 others. Today, survivors and sympathizers attended a remembrance ceremony. An annual tradition, the ceremony this year...
Raising funds for a local charity and generating goodwill for the shop: these two worthy goals go hand-in-hand. Making the most of that synergy, however, means first getting the word out — a challenge that Arizona Family Florist in Phoenix, Arizona, understands well....
Pulling off a high-profile event such as the annual First Lady’s Luncheon in Washington, D.C., is never going to be easy. Adding to the challenge, this year’s luncheon was scheduled for just two days after Mother’s Day. One problem the lead designers did not have to...
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