Over the past year, Michael Skaff, AAF, AIFD, PFCI, made it his mission to enter the world of the modern bride. As the 2017 Trend Forecaster for International Floral Distributors Inc., the Savannah, Georgia-based designer immersed himself in the rituals of the newly...
General Mills’ popular goodwill gesture aimed at protecting pollinators generated a little unwelcome buzz last week after a high-profile website questioned whether its wildflower seed giveaway was such a good idea. As reported last week in EBrief, General Mills erased...
A key plot point in the classic Disney fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast” involves a rose that blooms for more than a decade. In the run-up to the recent release of the movie’s super successful reboot, that “enchanted rose” led writers at Smithsonian magazine to...
When Suzie Canale went to see the steamy “Fifty Shades Darker,” she couldn’t take her eyes off the movie’s flowers. That’s not a euphemism. In a blog post for her business, Exotic Flowers in Boston, Canale recently wrote about the movie, which has grossed more than...
A major snowstorm didn’t stop dozens of retailers, wholesalers and growers from traveling to Washington, D.C., this week to share their story with lawmakers and advocate for industry issues on Capitol Hill. In fact, the Society of American Florists’ 37th Annual...
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