"Owego Rotary is an extremely active service club, we have 60 members and we are very engaged with helping out our communities and at an international level," said past president Meredith Bocek. "Then, this particular fundraising is for the local food banks which are, many people are out of work, or have less work, and so they are using the food banks. Or at an international level, especially in Northwest Syria, where the people have all been displaced from the rest of the country, and in Africa providing the shelter for these folks to at least have a place to live."
Awards shows produce the best memes, and the 2021 Golden Globes have been no exception.
In fact, one was born before the 78th annual ceremony even got underway, all thanks to Jared Leto's giant broach.
This wasn't your average broach, either—fastened to the shoulder of the 49-year-old actor's light brown suit was a large plastic yellow flower. It's unclear whether the accessory was a boutonniere of sorts, but regardless, viewers of NBC's Golden Globes Pre-Show couldn't take their eyes off of it.
As a result, Leto's flower soon became the subject of dozens of social media posts. Some were declaring their love of the look, while others have been busy making memes comparing the broach to everything from those squirting flowers used in pranks to the ribbon Phoebe on Friends uses to cover up a hummus stain.
See those tweets and more below, as we've rounded up all of the best reactions and memes.
YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WDTN) – The Village Flower Farm will be laying flowers to honor the lives lost due to COVID-19.
The farm said it will lay a 6-foot garland of flowers in a heart shape in front of the train station Sunday, Feb. 28 at 9 a.m. ahead of the National Day of Mourning for COVID-19.
Cities across the U.S. are taking part in the day of mourning as part of the Floral Heart Project to honor lives lost across communities and in sympathy with those suffering.
Franklin County Garden Club member Kristy Rogers presented a program on pressed flowers at the club’s February meeting.
Rogers explained the interesting history of flower pressing, which was a classic Victorian pastime. Flowers were often pressed during the Victorian era to help preserve a memory of a special day.
Pressing flowers can be traced back to the 1500s when the Japanese introduced Oshibana, the art of pressing flowers in a way to create a whole picture.
Actress Grace Kelly enjoyed pressing flowers and wrote a book titled “My Book of Flowers” in 1980.
Her book discloses the secrets of flower pressing, examines the portrayal of flowers through history and discusses the use of flowers as beauty aids and home remedies.
Rogers explained that flower pressing has played an important part in botanical history.
Women and men alike once kept botanical scrapbooks. Travelers and botanists used professional field presses to collect samples which give a historical record of many species of flowers and plants seen as commonplace today.
A delightful hobby
Rogers enjoys her hobby and highly encourages others to give it a try. She explained that the ease in which anyone can press flowers makes it an easy and enjoyable diversion.
Rogers told members she started pressing flowers when the COVID-19 virus first emerged last year.
With a variety of flowers in her lovely, landscaped yard, it was easy to have a supply available to work with.
With practice, Rogers soon discovered that blue, yellow, green and pink flowers press really well and hold their colors, while red and deep purple flowers typically turn darker and white flowers tend to fade to tan or brown.
A simple technique, Rogers said, is to press the colorful sampling between the pages of a big book or other heavy item. Patience is key, however, as it normally takes a couple of weeks before the specimen is dried and ready to incorporate into art work.
Rogers explained that a simple flower press can be made using two pieces of wood, cardboard and screws for tightening and putting pressure on the flower.
A quicker method of drying is to place the flower between white paper such as computer paper and a paper towel and placing it in the microwave for 20 to 30 seconds.
Rogers especially enjoys incorporating pansies, ivy leaves, candy tuff, lavender, Johnnie jump ups, mums, and loropetalum flowers into her pieces.
Meticulous care, she said, must be taken in the placement of the pressed pieces to craft a delicate and striking work of art.
Pressed flower art
Rogers displayed several examples of pieces she created, including a flower pressed between glass with a chain attached for hanging, flower card stationery, a stunning picture of her granddaughter with flower borders at the top and bottom and a flower magnet.
She uses craft glue to secure the flowers.
“Kristy’s work was just stunning and beautiful,” F.C. Garden Club President Lola Eslick said.
June Cortner, another club member who enjoys pressing flowers, showed members a colorful glass pendant she made with pressed flowers.
“It was an unusual piece of jewelry and could be worn with many different colored outfits, due to the stunning pristine colors of the flower within,” Eslick noted of the pendant.
Grant awarded
The Franklin County Garden Club recently won a $1,000 National Garden Club Plant America Grant.
“The grant was awarded to our club for a flowerbed at Clark Memorial School as part of the school ground-improvement project, ‘New Face,’” Eslick explained.
Visitors are encouraged to attend a Garden Club meeting and join the club.
The club regularly meets on the second Friday of each month at 1 p.m. at the Winchester Church of Christ basement entrance, 1230 S. College St., Winchester.
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Poppies Art and Gifts in Ojai is putting on its Spring Flower Pot Mosaic Workshop on March 12.
OJAI — You can spruce up your home for spring with a colorful new flower pot.
Poppies Art and Gift in Ojai is giving you the opportunity to turn an ordinary flower pot into something special at the Spring Flower Pot Mosaic Workshop at 2 p.m. March 12.
The workshop will take place at Poppies Art and Gifts, which is located at 323 E. Matilija St. Artist Melissa Welch will teach the basics of applying mosaic pieces.
The cost is $29 per person plus a $12 materials fee. The workshop will be held outside on the back patio of Poppies Art and Gifts with safe distancing. Masks are required.
Sign up at poppiesartandgifts.indiemade.com.
Poppies Art and Gifts features original art, photographs, jewelry, and other items by local artists. Store hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The store is closed Wednesdays.
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If you’ve never smoked hemp buds in the past, you may be surprised to learn that more than 400 strains of the plant exist, and each one offers different benefits in terms of potency, flavor, aroma, and effects. To help you narrow down your search, we’ve compiled a list of thetop 10 CBD buds you can purchase online.
Read on to learn more about these CBD products and find the best CBD flower strain for your particular needs.
Legal Status of Consuming Hemp in 2021
In recent years, hemp flower has entered the scene as a popular way to experience the benefits of cannabis without any of the “high” feelings that come with marijuana because of the elevated tetrahydrocannabinol (or THC) levels in marijuana strains.
The 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp* (containing less than 0.3% of THC) at the federal level, and hemp flower is nowlegal to growin 46 states across the United States (a special licence may be needed in some states).
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All states except Idaho, Mississippi, New Hampshire, and South Dakotaallow hemp production, while the status of the sale and consumption of CBD and hemp products is a “confusing patchwork” between various state regulations and those of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as of February 2021.
Be sure to find out the laws in your state. Be aware also that the FDA distinguishes between applying hemp-derived products topically and ingesting them in edible products or supplements.
*Unless you are purchasing CBD products from a cannabis dispensary, the CBD must be sourced from a hemp plant in order to be legally compliant with the 2018 farm bill.
Smoking CBD and CBG is Gaining in Popularity
CBD has taken the world by storm over the past ten years. While CBD oils, gummies, and topical creams have topped the market in popularity, smokable hemp flower has begun making its breakthrough in the last three years.
Smokable hemp offers a very different experience from smoking marijuana since hemp by legal definition contains less than 0.3% of THC and therefore creates no psychoactive effect. Smoking pure hemp buds is also the quickest way to get CBD into your bloodstream making it a popular alternative for people with acute need for CBD.
The market for both CBD hemp flower (cannabidiol) and CBG hemp flower (cannabigerol) has grown tremendously and is projected to continue growing as more people learn the benefits of smokable CBD flower. Also, because hemp flower is hemp in its most natural form, you can enjoy the benefits of CBD and CBG without any of the additives, artificial fillers, and sugars you might find in other hemp products.
Smokable hemp flower is an excellent choice for CBD or CBG purists who want a potent, relaxing CBD or CBG flower product that produces a range of health benefits. Hemp flower is also a convenient, easy solution for new users to dive into the CBD or CBG world without risking any of the psychoactive effects of high-THC cannabis.
As a bonus, people who previously smoked cigarettes have found that switching to smokable hemp flower instead has helped them drop their tobacco habit. Hemp flower contains zero additives, making it a healthier, safer choice compared to cigarettes or vaping.
Hemp flower has grown in popularity for all the right reasons, and if you’re interested in trying it for yourself, these are the strains you should consider first.
10 Best CBD Flower Strains of 2021
Let’s dive in—read ahead to learn the 10 best CBD flower strains, the advantages of each, and how smokable hemp flower can benefit you.
Make sure to consider the time-of-day you will consume the hemp buds. Some strains will energize you while some will make you feel sleepy so plan your consumption accordingly.
If you are still not sure which strain to pick after reading our recommendations, you can completethis CBD strain quizto get a personalized suggestion.
Sour Space Candy is a strain of hemp flower with high CBD content, a sour and exotic aroma, and a delightful flavor. This strain is a crossbreed between Sour Tsunami and Early Resin Berry.
Expect over 17% CBD and 22% total cannabinoids, making it one of the most potent hemp flower varieties on the market. Its scent and flavor live up to its name, containing elements of citrus, tropical fruit, and a hint of cherry. Many customers compare its flavor profile to sour candies, and its sharp, sweet taste can help you feel more alert and energetic.
Sour space Candy has two dominant terpenes: limonene and pinene. Both these terpenes help you feel motivated, clear minded, and energetic. We recommend this strain for daytime use — smoking a joint before work or a day of cleaning can keep you on task and brighten your mood.
Lifter is a hemp plant strain with a high potency, a sweet aroma, and a smooth, piney flavors. This strain is a crossbreed of the classic CBD strains Suver Haze and Early Resin Berry.
Lifter CBD nugs contain over 17% CBD and 20% total cannabinoids, giving it a strong potency compared to a lot of other hemp strains. It offers a sweet, piny aroma with hints of grape, lemon and diesel. Its buds are beautifully dense with sticky trichomes and orange pistils.
This industrial hemp flower is one of the most popular in the United States because of its inviting flavor profile and peaceful, uplifting feeling.
It’s aperfect hemp strain for daytime use, giving you creativity and focus while keeping you calm and relaxed at the same time. The blend of organic terpenes gives this hemp flower a unique energy that can help you start your morning right and stay focused throughout the day.
Bubba Kush is a CBD flower strain with a medium-high CBD content, heavily sedating properties, and an exotic flavor profile. This high-quality hemp strain is a crossbreed between the pre-’98 classic Bubba Kush and an unknown Indica strain.
Bubba Kush usually contains around 15% CBD and 16% total cannabinoids. This industrial hemp flower is a popular strain among hemp purists, and because it has a lower CBD content than other strains on our list, its dosage is perfect for anyone new to the CBD game.
Bubba Kush contains an enjoyable flavor profile and aroma, featuring hints of coffee, chocolate, and coconut with a spicy and citrusy finish. Its terpene profile includes large amounts of myrcene, caryophyllene, and pinene, each of which can keep you calm, content, and peaceful.
Smoking this hemp strain before bed canhelp you sleep through the night, and its fast-acting nature helps many people drift off quickly. Bubba Kush feels smooth, fresh, and earthy on your palette, and its flavor is great for people who do not have much experience with hemp flower strains and as well as CBD enthusiasts.
Special Sauce is a CBD flower with a very high CBD content,relaxing nighttime effects, and berry, citrusy flavor. This hemp strain is a cross between the original Special Sauce strain and the Early Resin Berry strain.
This industrial hemp flower often contains over 20% CBD and total cannabinoids, and its high CBD content puts it at the top of our list for CBD potency. The strain’s high CBD levels and myrcene content can help you feel sleepy and at peace, making Special Sauce anatural solution for insomnia or nighttime anxiety.
Special Sauce offers a unique flavor profile and aroma that includes notes of cinnamon, berries, wood, and earthiness. Breaking apart the hemp flower buds allows the inviting scent of berry candy to shine through, reminding many customers of fruit snacks or cinnamon cereal. These smooth flavors give users a mellow, enjoyable smoking experience.
Smoking this CBD-rich strain can help you turn off your mind and body after a long day and invite you into a peaceful, stress-free state. And because it still contains less than 0.3% THC, you can reap the full-spectrum benefits of its CBD content without experiencing any mind-altering effects of THC.
Sour Lifter is another high-potency CBD strain that brings a unique twist to the classic Lifter hemp flower (#2 on this list).
Sour Lifter contains around 15-17% CBD and +17% total cannabinoids, putting it in the middle of our potency ranking. This strain’s rich terpene profile contains limonene, bisabolol, and caryophyllene, giving it the perfect blend to jumpstart theEntourage Effectand provide the most benefits to your health and wellness.
You’ll smell and taste strong notes of diesel, citrus, wood, pine, and hops when smoking this strain, and many people enjoy the balance of sweet and sour in the flower’s flavor profile. Visually, Sour Lifter flower buds have an attractive light green color, orange pistils, and a sticky trichome coating.
Sour Lifter is best fordaytimeuse, as smoking this industrial hemp flower canhelp you feel alert and focused while providing calming, clarifying effects.
Magic Bullet is a popular CBD hemp flower strain with a high CBD content, fruity and peppery taste, and soothing, relaxing effects. This hemp strain is a crossbreed of Otto II and Wife.
Magic Bullet contains aruond 18% CBD and +20% total cannabinoids, giving it a higher potency than a few other strain on this list. Consumers love this strain’s exotic flavor profile and aroma, including notes of citrus, pepper, grape, and tropical floral flavors. Its complex, unique flavors allow you to experience a new taste with every smoke.
You can smoke this hemp flower strain day or night. Its calming effects can help prepare you for your day, relax after a long shift, or feel more mellow while hanging out with friends. Its dominant terpenes myrcene, caryophyllene, and bisabolol create the perfect mellowing, soothing effects to help you chill out and enjoy the day.
Super Sour Space Candy is an excellent strain for lovers of the original Sour Space Candy strain (#1 on this list) who want an even more robust, tangy flavor. This strain has around 16% CBD and 18% total cannabinoids, and its soothing effects are perfect for both day and night use.
This hemp strain contains flavorful notes of green apple, lemon, sour candies, and hints of pine needles. Many consumers also taste sweeter, fruity flavors on the exhale, so this strain is perfect for anyone who enjoys a sour and sweet flavor combination.
Super Sour Space Candy contains the dominant terpenes terpinolene, myrcene, and caryophyllene, making it an excellent choice for any time of the day. Smoking this strain can help you feel relaxed, content, and clear-minded, giving you the right mindset to get through your day and forget your worries.
This hemp flower’s large, attractive buds, dark green color, and orange pistils give SSSC a beautiful appearance, setting it apart from a lot of other hemp plants.
If you’re looking to experience a relaxing getaway to tropical Hawai’i, Hawaiian Haze is the perfect industrial hemp flower for you. This hemp flower is a medium-low-potency variety with energetic effects, tropical flavors, and sharp, floral aromas.
This hemp strain has a unique, inviting flavor profile that makes it one of the most popular strains on the market. Many customers notice hints of pineapple, lemon, flowers, and mango on an earthy, peppery backdrop, allowing this flower to transport you straight to a tropical paradise.
Hawaiian Haze contains +13% CBD and +16% total cannabinoids, giving it a lower potency than other hemp plants on our list. This strain is the best hemp plant for new users, as it allows you to experience the benefits of CBD in a small, controlled dosage. The smooth, inviting flavors also make this plant more appealing to beginners. Hawaiian Haze is terpene-rich, meaning that the effects of the CBD is enhanced by the beneficial effects of the terpenes in the buds.
We recommend smoking this strain during the day, as its clarifying, awakening effects can give you the energy and social relaxation you need to make it through a social event or day out.
Elektra is an incredibly flavorful, intense CBD hemp flower that offers uplifting, motivating effects. This strain often contains over 18% CBD and 19% total cannabinoids, giving it a fairly high potency.
Elektra has intense, vivid flavors that include a sweet, fruity, citrusy, and spicy blend. Some users taste a hint of diesel and hoppy spice as well. Because this strain is so potent, many customers turn their hemp flower into CBD oil to use when they cannot smoke it.
Elektra is a daytime CBD flower strain, as it can help you feel alert and focused while keeping you calm. This strain is also ideal for social situations, and many users reported feeling more talkative and at-ease in larger groups.
Cherry Abacus is an aromatic, fruity hemp flower strain with medium CBD potency. It contains around 15% CBD and 18% total cannabinoids and is a crossbreed of Original Cherry and Abacus.
Cherry Abacus offers a fruity, floral scent that resembles red berries (cherries to be precise). Some customers compare its aroma to Cherry Coke, giving it a pleasant, inviting scent that draws in new and old CBD users alike.
The strain’s dominant terpenes gives it an overall relaxing, calming effect, making it a perfect option for an evening smoke. Many people enjoy smoking Cherry Abacus after a long, stressful day, since its myrcene and caryophyllene content can help you zone out and wind down.
Why Smoke CBD Hemp Flowers?
Hemp flower is the rawest and most natural form of CBD, and many people enjoy smoking hemp flower because of the benefits it offers compared to other CBD products.
Purity
Farmers trim and cure hemp flowers directly from hemp plant stalks, so unlike other products, industrial hemp flowers do not undergo any further purification or manufacturing processes that would limit their effects. Smoking these hemp strains right from the plant allows you to maximize their results and feel their calming, focusing impacts to the fullest.
Even better, because hemp flowers do not contain any additives, they are safer and cleaner than many kinds of CBD oil or other CBD products. The best vendors will always give you a COA (certificate of analysis) that shows you all the details on cannabinoid content before you purchase.
Potency
CBD hemp flowers contain the full spectrum of the hemp plants’ cannabinoids, terpenes, and oils, meaning they contain trace amounts of THC. However, a hemp plant’s THC content must be lower than 0.3% to comply with the 2018 Farm Bill, so you can be sure that smoking hemp flower will not produce psychoactive effects or make you feel “high”.
*If you have no experience with cannabis or other smokable herbs you may feel a sensation that is similar to a high but rest assured that the low levels of THC are insufficient to cause any real intoxicating effect.
While CBD products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease and have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration, most researchers agree that smoking hemp is safe and can benefit your health in several ways.
Complexity
Smoking CBD flower gives you access to a broader range of terpenes, flavonoids, and flavors than CBD oil or gummies can offer.
Every CBD flower strain is different, so you can easily customize your smoking experience to obtain your desired benefits. If you want to smoke CBD flower before bed, you can look for nighttime strains. If you would like your hemp to keep you alert and focused, you can smoke a daytime strain with clarifying effects.
You can also mix CBD and CBG strains (or mix with THC if you are in a legal state) to maximize the entourage effect.
How Does Smoking Hemp Flower Make You Feel?
Smoking hemp flower can provide a range of benefits. Depending on the strain you are smoking, you may feel calm, relaxed, focused, motivated, or talkative after smoking organic CBD flowers.
However, it’s important to keep in mind that CBD hemp flower does not contain much THC, so you will not feel high after smoking these buds. The 2018 Farm Bill made hemp flower legal at the federal level as long as it has lower than 0.3% THC*.
*On some occasions the trace amounts of THC may show up on a drug test so if you are subject to drug screening you should opt for CBD isolates over smokable hemp flower.
Smoking hemp will not treat, cure, or prevent any disease. People experience CBD hemp flower benefits in different ways, depending on a range of internal and external factors. However, the only way to know how smoking hemp will make you feel is to give it a try yourself. Maintain your expectations and don’t wait for instant miracles. Experiment with different strains and remember that you need to keep consuming consistently in order to get the best effects.
The Entourage Effect
Smoking full-spectrum CBD flowers produces an effect called “The Entourage Effect”, a process that optimizes how CBD, CBG, and other cannabinoid compounds work together in your body.
High-quality hemp flowers contain a range of terpenes, flavonoids, cannabinoids—including CBD, THC, CBN and CBG—and other compounds. When you smoke full-spectrum hemp flowers, the Entourage Effect allows each of these compounds to work together, interact with each other, and change its benefits depending on the other compounds around them.
In other words, hemp and CBD flower buds contain the right combination of contents to produce the best benefits and effects.
Saturday afternoon, Flower Mound Marcus baseball faced off against Lake Travis in the Texas High School Baseball Classic at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. With a two-hour time limit for each game for the event, the Marauders finished the game in a 3-3 tie with the Cavaliers.
The Ripon Medical Center (RMC) Auxiliary will host its sixth-annual spring flower sale.
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The Ripon Medical Center (RMC) Auxiliary will host its sixth-annual spring flower sale.
Funds from the sale will assist with purchasing items for Ripon Medical Center and scholarships for area youth interested in pursuing a career in health care.
Order forms feature a variety of hanging baskets from Bloch’s Farm Landscape & Garden Center in Green Lake and are available by visiting www.agnesian.com/flower-sale.
Completed forms, along with a check for payment, may be mailed with payment to: Radene Abel, PO Box 483, or dropped off at W1049 Highway 23/49, Green Lake, WI 54941. Checks should be made payable to the RMC Auxiliary.
The deadline for placing an order is March 31. Flowers will be ready for pickup April 30 at Bloch’s Farm Landscape & Garden Center from 1 to 5:30 p.m.
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Over the past 18 years of managing the Flower Fields in Carlsbad, general manager Fred Clarke has seen some disappointing crop years caused by early rains, freezes, droughts, pests and wildfires. But nothing beats the pandemic in terms of its unique double-whammy last March.
Just over two weeks into its 2020 season last March, the 55-acre floral attraction was forced to close its gates to visitors. At the same time, all of the orders for the giant Tecolote ranunculus flowers that the farm cuts and ships east to wholesale distributors were canceled. Flower sales did eventually rebound, but to control expenses in the early weeks of the pandemic, Clarke mowed down the majority of the early crop to reduce water costs.
But everything’s coming up roses, or ranunculus in this case, for the 2021 season. On Monday, the Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch will open its gates for a nine-week spring season.
Master gardener Judy MacKenzie works in the Pot Head Garden area at the Flower Fields in Carlsbad on Wednesday.
(Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)
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Clarke said the county approved the venue’s safe reopening plan under the purple tier requirements for outdoor recreational facilities. Online-only ticket sales, timed entry, reduced capacity rules and face mask requirements will be implemented for the first time. But Clarke said visitors will be in for a spectacular show, because the flower seeds germinated so well during the fall planting season.
“We had a fantastic germination this year, so it’s going to be really beautiful here,” Clarke said, during a walk around the property Wednesday, where a handful of staff gardeners and volunteers were busy getting things ready for the coming week.
Staff gardener Judy MacKenzie was trimming greenery in the artist gardens near the entrance. For the third year in a row, she’s creating scenic spots where visitors can pose for selfies. This year, she’s created garden archways with hanging mosaic artwork. Last year, she created an elaborate “Pot Head” garden featuring pots resembling ancient Greek busts that have plants growing out of their heads. She said it was heartbreaking putting so much work into the Pot Heads last year for the attraction to close.
“I came back to look at it a few weeks later and it looked so good, but there was nobody here to enjoy it,” MacKenzie said.
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To ensure social distancing, the Flower Fields in Carlsbad will reopen Monday with online-only ticket sales, timed entry and marked queues out front for visitor check-ins.
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Over the past quarter-century, the Flower Fields have become one of the region’s most-photographed tourist attractions. In the early years, Clarke was thrilled to welcome 75,000 visitors in the season between March 1 and Mother’s Day weekend. But with the advent of Instagram and other social media platforms, business exploded. In 2019, the attraction drew nearly 300,000.
The fields’ long, sloping hillside, which stretches for a mile along Armada Drive, has been flower-farming land since 1923, when Paul Ecke Sr. moved his family’s poinsettia-growing operation south from Los Angeles.
When the Eckes transitioned from cut poinsettia flowers to potted poinsettia plants and moved their growing operations inside greenhouses, the Carlsbad fields were leased in 1965 to another local grower, Edwin Frazee. His family began farming ranunculus flowers in the 1930s and over time developed them into hardier plants with stronger stems and bigger flowers with more petals. When Frazee retired in 1993, the Eckes brought in a new grower, Mellano & Co., which has farmed the property ever since.
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Fred Clarke, general manager of the Flower Fields in Carlsbad, demonstrates a new selfie station in the artist gardens.
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To ensure multiple acres of flowers are always in bloom during the spring season, the fields are planted in sequence, four to five weeks apart, starting with the fields farthest north in early September. Those northern fields are just now coming into bloom. By Mother’s Day, the southernmost acres will be awash in color.
Usually each spring, the Flower Fields hosts a busy calendar of events with multiple classes, festivals, art fairs and concerts. Many of those won’t be held this year, and all of the school field trips — which usually bring 7,000 children to the property — have been canceled.
Almost all of the regular points of interest will be open to visitors, though some may be monitored to avoid overcrowding. Attractions include the Paul Ecke historic poinsettia display, the sweet pea maze, greenhouses, a playground and the gardens maintained by the San Diego County Master Gardeners. There are also plans for live outdoor music, though the auditorium-style seating has been replaced this year with widely spaced benches to allow family groups to sit together but away from other guests.
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This year, visitors will be able to visit a new pick-your-own blueberry patch, also located at the north end of the fields. Planted five years ago, the 1.5-acre patch opened for the first time last March. But when the fields closed, Clarke brought in a gleaning company to pick the blueberry crop and give the fruit away to the needy. There are five varieties of high-bush blueberries growing inside the patch, which is netted to keep out hungry birds. A basket is $5. Clarke said the patch should produce 20,000 pounds of berries this year.
A new pick-your-own blueberry patch will open with the Flower Fields in Carlsbad on March 1.
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This year, the children’s gold mine “sluice” attraction will be closed so it can be converted into a temporary flower shop operated by the adjacent Armstrong Garden Center. In past years, visitors leaving the Flower Fields exited directly into the Armstrong nursery, but without the ability to control crowds there, the Armstrong pop-up shop will be located next to a new park exit.
Clarke said he’s optimistic that pent-up demand will make it a good visitor season this year, even though ticket sales have been capped at 50% of capacity. He said he loves seeing the happy faces of visitors when they first see the fields of flowers up close.
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“One of the greatest attractions of this job is is watching our guests experience what we take for granted,” he said. “I love watching that happen. People have been cooped up for 11 months, so I hope we can bring them back out again.”
No tickets will be sold onsite. Around 240 tickets will be available for each half-hour entry slot from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. A roped-off waiting queue has been set up outside the gates and the number of plexiglass-protected check-in stations has been doubled to avoid a bottleneck at the entrance. Tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for seniors and military and $10 for children ages 3 to 10. Season passes are also available. For details, visit theflowerfields.com.
Some of the early blooms in the ranunculus fields at the Flower Fields in Carlsbad attraction, which will reopen Monday.
The following is a summary of incident reports made to the Flower Mound Police Department as compiled by the staff of The CTG:
On Dec. 26, officers were dispatched to a reported theft at a construction site in the 400 block of Flower Mound Road. The construction owner reported that an unknown suspect(s) stole a Trackstar Pipe Fusion Machine valued $45,000 and caused $2,000 in damage to a backhoe. There are no suspects or leads.
On Jan. 6, police responded to a burglary at a CVS store in the 1100 block of Flower Mound Road. When officers arrived, they discovered the front door was damaged and the suspect had fled the scene. Surveillance video showed the suspect entered the building about 3 a.m. and took the MoneyGram printing machine and an unknown amount of blank money orders. No suspects have been identified.
A suspect was quickly arrested after he allegedly robbed the S&S convenience store at 516 Flower Mound Road at gunpoint on Jan. 23. A store employee told police that a man entered the store around 8:45 p.m., pointed a gun at him and took money from the cash register, cigarettes and the employee’s cell phone. No one was injured during the incident. Soon after, FMPD detectives tracked the cell phone’s location to Dallas and notified Dallas Police. Less than four hours after the robbery, Dallas police located Puron Newson, 27, who was in possession of the employee’s phone and a pistol believed to be used during the robbery. All the stolen property was recovered and Newson was arrested on suspicion of unlawful carry of a weapon by a felon, a drug offense and first-degree aggravated robbery.
A suspect was arrested on Jan. 23, a day after he allegedly fired a gun and stole merchandise from a Verizon store in Flower Mound. The man was trying to return something he had purchased and became irate when store employees refused to give him a refund while they kept asking him to put his mask back on. The suspect pulled out a gun and fired it once into the front wall, and the other customers and store employees scattered. The suspect then took merchandise valued about $2,300 and fled in his vehicle. Witnesses described the vehicle to police, and store employees gave the customer’s information to police, who quickly put out a warrant for the arrest of Luis Gomez Jr., of Flower Mound. Carrollton police located him the next day and arrested him on a warrant for first-degree aggravated robbery.
Well folks, after a long and arduous year, doing battle with the most infectious disease in about a century, our country is on its way back to some form of normalcy.
Last year, as most of you know, town elections were postponed until the November General Election to provide enough time to set social distancing and mask-wearing guidelines. This year we’re back to the regular election cycle which means local elections will be held on the first Saturday in May. Therefore, on May 1st we’ll be voting for those who will be leading us for the next few years.
Our current Mayor, Steve Dixon, has decided not to run for reelection, therefore it’s an open seat. There are 5 candidates running for Mayor and 2 for the Place 4 Council seat. All positions are for 3-year terms.
In addition to moderating The Cross Timbers Gazette Flower Mound Candidate Forum at Town Hall on April 8th, I’ll be endeavoring to do remote video interviews with each of the candidates in the next few weeks.
In this, my first interview, Stephanie Bell talks about why she wants to be mayor, some of the most salient issues facing the town, and what she sees as the future for Flower Mound. The following is a short bio sent by the candidate.
“My name is Stephanie Bell, a candidate for Flower Mound Mayor. I am your neighbor and I care where we go from here. My husband and I moved to Flower Mound, from Indianapolis, in 2015. We lived in the often-debated Lakeside apartments. It was there that we fell in love with this town and decided to get a home and raise our family.
Growth is inevitable.
Flower Mound mayoral candidate Stephanie Bell.
“We live next to one of the busiest airports in the world, near two of the most populous cities in the States. Growth is inevitable but we must approach this growth with data over emotions, our Master Plan, and care for our green spaces. I’ve been in marketing and business strategy most of my adult life. I dabbled in the financial world for a few years and had my FINRA Series 7. However, I found myself chasing the wrong thing. I still enjoy the finance world and investing but my passion lies in business strategy and communications.
“Flower Mound has a AAA rating, since 2014. There are only a few communities in Texas that can say that. Flower Mound has been run with strong financial planning and policies. Do not let anybody tell you that Flower Mound is not financially strong. I work with SMBs strategizing, developing, and implementing their budgets from a marketing and advertising perspective. I’m passionate about business, I’m passionate about our community.
“You can find me every weekend, when open, at the Flower Mound Farmers Market in Parker Square. Small business is the very backbone of this nation. I volunteer with the North Texas foodbank and Habitat For Humanity. I am also the elected President of our local Toastmasters chapter, where I train folks around DFW in leadership, communication, and negotiation skills. With my leadership experience in business, my communication skills, and passion for our community, I am looking forward to serving the people of Flower Mound. For more information visit SteffieB.com or email at [email protected] Vote Stephanie Bell for Mayor.”
Fresh and Fancy Floral Designs awarded $10,000 to the Chautauqua Blind Association, a gift from Deluxe Brands and Salesforce on Friday. From left is Fredonia Mayor Doug Essek, Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel, New York state Sen. George Borrello, Fresh and Fancy owners Charlotte Herlong and Michael Herlong, Chautauqua Blind Association Office administrator Priscilla Shoup, vision rehab therapist Debra Liddell, Assemblyman Andrew Goodell and former Chautauqua Blind Association Director Lisa Goodell. Photo by Jo Ward
In a year plagued by COVID-19, one shining beacon came through for an organization in Chautauqua County — The Chautauqua Blind Association. A $10,000 donation by Deluxe and Salesforce was made on behalf of Fresh and Fancy Floral Designs in Fredonia.
A winner for a spot in the Small Business Revolution series taped last summer, Fresh and Fancy was allowed to select an organization for a donation. They chose the Chautauqua Blind Association, which has a special significance to owner Charlotte Herlong. Her son has vision difficulties.
“We could never be what we are without people like you in our community. That help and support and are always there for us,” former director of the Blind Association Lisa Goodell said at a presentation on Friday afternoon. “We thank you for everything you’ve done for us especially for getting us this $10,000 grant. It came at a time when things were pretty bad last year, funding had stopped and we were really worried so the grant that you were able to help us get helped us maintain what we were doing.”
“Small businesses are a critically important part of our community and when you see what’s going on with small businesses during this pandemic,” New York State Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay said of the flower shop. “You’ve gone above and beyond … in so many ways to be a critical part of this community. You’ve been a great example for others to act in the same manner.”
Other elected officials at the event included Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel, state Assemblyman Andrew Goodell and Fredonia Mayor Doug Essek. Each presented a proclamation to Herlong and her son, Michael, as a thank you for what they have done in assisting the Chautauqua Blind Association.
“You don’t always realize that small businesses are the ones we lean on, you don’t see the big box stores with a logo on it for a soccer team or a youth program and what you’ve done not only for the Blind Association, but for other small businesses too says amazing things about who you are as people,” Wendel said as he declared Friday as Fresh and Fancy Floral Designs Studio Day.
“You’re the heart of our community, whether it’s a wedding or a funeral or a birthday or an anniversary, you are here for the community,” Essek said. “The village of Fredonia would like to recognize Fresh and Fancy Flowers for their involvement and commitment to citizens with sight issues and the Chautauqua Blind Association.”
“Your contribution to the Blind Association means the Blind Association can help others as well,” Assemblyman Goodell noted, rounding out the day’s recognition. “It’s like a ripple in a pool. It spreads out and has an impact on so many other people, so what’s really important about your contribution both in the community and to the Blind Association is that you’re affecting people you’ve never met.”
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When asked how the organization has weathered the pandemic, Lisa Goodell responded that these funds were essential. “We got it last year and it was right in the middle of COVID when a lot of our funding had stopped and the staff was still willing to work,” she said. “They were still willing to be there, so this money helped us continue working during 2020 when everything was shutting down and we had no money.”
Things are now going well for the organization. Debra Liddell, vision therapist for the Blind Association stated, “We are welcome into the majority of our client’s homesnow. Referrals are a little down, but we actually feel however that this COVID opened up some opportunities for people to come in and experience job placement.”
The Chautauqua Blind Association is a not-for profit located in Jamestown. For information you can reach them at 664-6660 or visit their website at chautauquablind.org for more information.
Fresh and Fancy Floral Designs awarded $10,000 to the Chautauqua Blind Association, a gift from Deluxe Brands and Salesforce on Friday. From left is Fredonia Mayor Doug Essek, Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel, New York state Sen. George Borrello, Fresh and Fancy owners Charlotte Herlong and Michael Herlong, Chautauqua Blind Association Office administrator Priscilla Shoup, vision rehab therapist Debra Liddell, Assemblyman Andrew Goodell and former Chautauqua Blind Association Director Lisa Goodell.
In a year plagued by COVID-19, one shining beacon came through for an organization in Chautauqua County — The Chautauqua Blind Association. A $10,000 donation by Deluxe and Salesforce was made on behalf of Fresh and Fancy Floral Designs in Fredonia.
A winner for a spot in the Small Business Revolution series taped last summer, Fresh and Fancy was allowed to select an organization for a donation. They chose the Chautauqua Blind Association, which has a special significance to owner Charlotte Herlong. Her son has vision difficulties.
“We could never be what we are without people like you in our community. That help and support and are always there for us,” former director of the Blind Association Lisa Goodell said at a presentation on Friday afternoon. “We thank you for everything you’ve done for us especially for getting us this $10,000 grant. It came at a time when things were pretty bad last year, funding had stopped and we were really worried so the grant that you were able to help us get helped us maintain what we were doing.”
“Small businesses are a critically important part of our community and when you see what’s going on with small businesses during this pandemic,” New York State Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay said of the flower shop. “You’ve gone above and beyond … in so many ways to be a critical part of this community. You’ve been a great example for others to act in the same manner.”
Other elected officials at the event included Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel, state Assemblyman Andrew Goodell and Fredonia Mayor Doug Essek. Each presented a proclamation to Herlong and her son, Michael, as a thank you for what they have done in assisting the Chautauqua Blind Association.
“You don’t always realize that small businesses are the ones we lean on, you don’t see the big box stores with a logo on it for a soccer team or a youth program and what you’ve done not only for the Blind Association, but for other small businesses too says amazing things about who you are as people,” Wendel said as he declared Friday as Fresh and Fancy Floral Designs Studio Day.
“You’re the heart of our community, whether it’s a wedding or a funeral or a birthday or an anniversary, you are here for the community,” Essek said. “The village of Fredonia would like to recognize Fresh and Fancy Flowers for their involvement and commitment to citizens with sight issues and the Chautauqua Blind Association.”
“Your contribution to the Blind Association means the Blind Association can help others as well,” Assemblyman Goodell noted, rounding out the day’s recognition. “It’s like a ripple in a pool. It spreads out and has an impact on so many other people, so what’s really important about your contribution both in the community and to the Blind Association is that you’re affecting people you’ve never met.”
When asked how the organization has weathered the pandemic, Lisa Goodell responded that these funds were essential. “We got it last year and it was right in the middle of COVID when a lot of our funding had stopped and the staff was still willing to work,” she said. “They were still willing to be there, so this money helped us continue working during 2020 when everything was shutting down and we had no money.”
Things are now going well for the organization. Debra Liddell, vision therapist for the Blind Association stated, “We are welcome into the majority of our client’s homesnow. Referrals are a little down, but we actually feel however that this COVID opened up some opportunities for people to come in and experience job placement.”
The Chautauqua Blind Association is a not-for profit located in Jamestown. For information you can reach them at 664-6660 or visit their website at chautauquablind.org for more information.
BY CATHERINE BALLMAN – Margot Shaw has an eye for living and decorating with flowers and it shows in her magazine, Flower. She also has an eye for opportunity. Ms. Shaw spied a need for a flower-focused publication to fill a niche between popular and trade magazines. In a recent blog-cast on “Design Chic,” she noted that House Beautiful would have a page or two on floral ideas and the ones trade journals had were of little value for the nonprofessional. She filled the gap with “Flower,” a luxury lifestyle magazine and brand.
She will speak about the magazine’s inspiration and creations to the Boca Grande Garden Club on Wednesday, March 3, at 2 p.m. The meeting will occur outdoors at the Community Center.
A one-year subscription to Flower is a 2021 club membership benefit. Now, members can learn the back story.
Shaw launched in 2008, the very moment that the economy moved into chaos and the digital world gave a big dent to print journalism. Nonetheless, she persevered. Thirteen years in she has built a circulation of 375,000 readers for her magazine that is described as “stylish, sophisticated, cultured and curious.”
She is quick to comment that she was lucky to be in a U.S. center of magazine publishing. Birmingham, Ala. is the surprising home to almost two dozen popular national magazines, including “Food & Wine,” “Country Living” and “Veranda.” The talent pool to which she was able to dive was deep and wide, chock-a-block with expertise on both the editorial and publishing sides of the house.
It was from the publishing half that Shaw was urged to write a book about what she describes as “floral lifestyle.”
“In my experience,” she said, “the Floral Lifestyle has a lot to do with noticing natural beauty and incorporating it into my life. It can be gathering a few die-hard camellias in February and floating them in a silver Revere bowl, or it can be the use of a lot of greens in an interior or party palette. It’s considering the outdoors in general and flowers in particular, somewhere in my aesthetic.”
As with every other busy professional, she had neither time nor material. Until she did. She realized that she had a story to tell and she could find the time. Living Floral (2019, Rizzoli) is the happy result.
Reader reviews call the book “elegant” and say it “sparks happiness.” One enthusiastic thumbs-up warned readers to “not buy just one” because it makes a beautiful gift. Signed copies of the book, which include a year-year subscription to Flower, can be purchased at Flowermagshop.com.
Shaw speaks often to organizations across the country but considers philanthropy some of her most important work. She is on the National Advisory Committee of the Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville, the Lauritzen Gardens Antique Show in Omaha, and is a long-time board member of the Antiques at the Gardens in Birmingham. She is also on the Community Advisory Board of the Center for Depression and Suicide at The University of Alabama at Birmingham, a member of the Red Mountain Garden Club, and sits on the board of the Cahaba River Society.
The meeting will be organized so that participants can be socially distant. As per the way we live in 2021, members only are invited to the events. Wednesday’s presentation will be taped and posted on the club website, bocagardenclub.com.
Marcy Shortuse is the editor of the Boca Beacon, and has been with the paper since 2007. She is also editor of the Boca Beacon's sister publication, Gasparilla Magazine. She has more than 20 years of experience writing and editing local newspapers and is originally from the Chicago area.
Denisha Anderson creates memorable and unique experiences for her clients one petal at a time.
CLEVELAND — For many women, your wedding day is something you dream about. From the dress, to the venue, even the bridal shower, everything must be perfect.
When Cleveland Flower Walls owner, Denisha Anderson, was planning her bridal shower in 2018, her one wish was to have a flower wall as the centerpiece. But, after searching online and locally, she was unable to find what she so desperately wanted.
Unwilling to accept defeat, Anderson decided to create her own-- what she didn’t know, is that it would be her gateway to full-time entrepreneurship.
"I made a mini flower wall for my bridal shower, and people started to inquire heavily about getting one for their wedding as well," she explained.
With the support of local brides and the photography and handy work of her husband, Andrew, Denisha set out to fill a void here in Ohio, creating Cleveland Flowers Walls in January 2019.
" I decided, this is my moment, this is my time," she recalls.
According to Anderson, her passion for crafts began at a young age with a mother who worked a lot, but also ensured that she had craft projects to keep her busy.
"I’ve always had this creative side of me and it just kind of burst out. And I use flowers as my tool to create now," she explains.
Seeing her new venture blossom, Anderson knew maintaining a steady clientele wouldn't be easy, but she was determined.
“The first year, I was taking it day by day, I cleared out basically my savings account, and I said, 'I don’t have a plan B, this is what I want to do,' this has to work,” she said proudly.
And it has, using quality silk flowers, Anderson creates beautiful, hand-crafted experiences for her clients. And they don’t just include brides, her designs are also used by businesses for marketing.
With the option of one-day rentals or permanent fixtures, her designs are custom groomed for every occasion.
And even after as successful two years in business, Anderson still seizes every opportunity to elevate and advance her business.
"Every day is a learning curve, I still haven’t figured it [all] out," she said. "It’s more so about understanding my client, understanding Cleveland, understating what we’re missing and trying to fill those gaps and be different."
So what's next for the bride that turned her craft into a six-figure business?
According to Anderson, she wants to expand her business beyond Cleveland, servicing brides in all states. She also has plans to open a showroom and launch franchise locations.
"I want to take over Ohio. I want everybody to know about Cleveland flower walls."
February 27, 2021 at 04:22AM
https://www.wkyc.com/article/features/local-floral-designer-creates-moment-with-flowers/95-27087209-bd66-4fe6-9780-961c12daf746
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