Sawyer & Company Florist

Business name:

Sawyer & Company Florist

Address:

737 Congress St

City:

Portland

State:

Maine

Zip Code:

04101

Phone number:

(207) 775-2303

Website:

sawyercompany.com

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The irresistible rise of the rose - Financial Times

China roses, noisettes, Portland and tea roses. The modern roses – floribundas, hybrid teas, polyanthus, grandifloras, shrub roses – were developed from the 19th century. In 1867 Jean-Baptiste Guillot bred the first hybrid tea rose, “La France”, and in the same decade, Wiltshire farmer Henry Bennett formalised the breeding system and introduced 10 hybrid teas, from which our modern garden roses are descended.Using roses in wilder settings is also seeing a revival. Lady Ursula Cholmeley has restored 12 acres of borders, terraces and meadows within Easton Walled Garden in Lincolnshire. Among her ideas was a wildflower meadow, where roses would be trained on tall metal supports of her own design.As the plant’s stems reach the top of the support they are then trained down onto strainers – when a rose stem is pulled down it will produce many more lateral flowering shoots. “We are still learning,” says Cholmeley of her rose meadow, where in midsummer fountains of roses float above vetches, orchids and golden grasses. “The roses need to be vigorous and the stems need to be lax enough for training, and some are not hardy enough – there’s a ferocious frost pocket on the meadow.”Her favourites include the ramblers, the blush white “Adélaïde d’Orléans” and magenta “Veilchenblau”, as well as David Austin’s “Lady of Shalott” and “The Lark Ascending”, as she finds peach-coloured blooms are beautiful against the grasses. She also cites the wild rose “Stanwell Perpetual” with its soft pink flowers; in meadow settings, the wild roses (including rugosa, spinosa, moyesii and dog roses) tend to fare better – and they are often better for pollinators too with their simple, open flowers followed by juicy hips for the birds.Elsewhere, maximising flower production via intricate rose training has turned the dormant winter plants into works of art. Jenny Barnes, head gardener at Cottesbrooke Hall in Northamptonshire, has become known for her magnificent, sculptural trained roses that spiral across mellow old walls or are woven into latticed domes that will be smothered in flowers by summer. Later this year she will be teaching courses in her pruning methods.Nick Knight, meanwhile, has been fascinated by roses for decades – his only tattoo from “a misspent youth” depicts a single rose. He first began photographing them for the Natural History Museum’s Plant Power installation in 1993. “I thought there was a real beauty – and a changing beauty – even in a single bloom of this flower,” he says. Almost a decade ago the photographer started taking pictures of roses cut from his garden that were simply arranged using only daylight at his...

Historically Speaking: Florists a big part of Dover - Seacoastonline.com

Joe Ham). The size of the operation was such that he was able to open and supply retail outlets in Portland and Augusta, Portsmouth and Laconia. He put down more roots by marrying a local woman, Ellen "Nellie" Vittum, and he built a sizable home adjacent to the greenhouse complex. In addition to growing flowers he was an active member of the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and a relatively exclusive organization, the Society of the Colonial Wars (perhaps the male equivalent of the Daughters of the American Revolution?).In 1921, Howe sold the business to Elwill Shortridge, a prominent Dover entrepreneur, owner of the C.E. Brewster Co., wholesale druggists, which was located in a building at the corner of Chestnut and Fourth streets, now the site of St. Mary's Parish Hall. At one time Shortridge also served as president of Merchants National Bank and president of the Dover Realty Co. He and his wife, who had been Ada Massingham, lived at 4 West Concord St., and he remained active in the business until his death in 1946. Ada then took over and with her nephew, Tom Massingham, managed the operation until her death in 1958.Tom Massingham had been born in England, but at age 5 was sent by his family to Dover to live with the Shortridges. As a young man he worked in the business, served in World War II, and upon his return and at Ada's death, became the owner of the Garrison Hill Greenhouses. In 1950, he was one of the first to construct a building on the nascent Miracle Mile, at what was then called Page's corner, opposite Glenwood Avenue. It was originally intended to be a retail flower and gift shop, but on Nov. 25-26 Mother Nature intervened at the Garrison Hill site with close to hurricane force winds that shattered greenhouse glass, entirely uprooting one building which landed on another, and causing an estimated $50,000 damage, well over a half million dollars in today's money.As a result, production at that location was limited and a much-reduced greenhouse space was grafted on to the building at Central Avenue. Over time the original greenhouse structures were dismantled and removed, the space eventually c...

Obituary: Edith Florence Oliver - Press Herald

Small Point School, West Point and Phippsburg Center Schools and Bath Junior High. Upon graduation from Morse High School in 1960, Edith moved to Portland to attend business school and worked at First National Bank of Portland. On May 11, 1963, Edith married David Bichrest. Early in their marriage, they were stationed on Wood Island Lighthouse off Biddeford Pool for 30 months. After leaving the island, they moved to Cundy’s Harbor and built the home where, as she put it, “I did my best work”, raising six daughters, who were the “the loves of my life”. Edith dedicated herself to helping others and serving the Cundy’s Harbor Community. She participated on the Cundy’s Harbor Auxiliary, as a driver for the Ambulance Crew and served proudly as a volunteer during elections. Edith attended the Cundy’s Harbor Community Church and found great peace in knitting prayer shawls for those in need. For many years she participated in the annual community craft fair and spending the day with family and friends. The community will miss her smile and wave as they pass by Holbrook Street. For 31 years, Edith worked as a manager at Eldridge General Store. After her retirement she missed her time spent with the regulars and her ‘coffee crew’ who came in every day. Those years were incredibly important to her and her friends forever held a special place in her heart. Edith was predeceased by her mother, father; sister, Margaret Eleanor Oliver Ladue; and grandson, EN2 Austin Thomas Williams, United States Navy. She is survived by her six daughters, Cynthia Moody of Cundy’s Harbor, Vida Leeman and her husband Jerry of Cundy’s Harbor, Teresa Mann and her husband Joseph of Brunswick, Meredith Williams and her husband Andrew of Freeport, Michelle Shipley and her husband Aaron of Lewis Center, Ohio, and Edith Cram and her husband Matthew...

12 Native Flowers Are Easy from Seed - Zip06.com

One of the very few companies that collect and sell regional-ecotype seeds is www.WildSeedProject.net of Portland, Maine. Regional seeds often have valuable adaptations and are considered a gold standard for ecological restoration.Native plant seeds are the centerpiece of several catalogs, including www.prairienursery.com and www.prairiemoon.com. If you need to buy in bulk, try www.ErnstSeed.com in Meadville, Pennsylvania, which carries some regional ecotypes.Don’t forget to search the online catalogs of Connecticut seed companies, which also feature a wide variety of native plant seeds: www.HartSeed.com, www.NESeed.com, and www.SelectSeeds.com. Finally, if you want to check the native status of any plant, visit GoBotany.NativePlantTrust.org and enter the common or botanical name. Are you ready for success with seeds? You’ll love the results from these 12 native flowers, and so will your fellow creatures.Be Sure to Get the Right OnesIn the order they appeared in this article, here are 12 natives to sow directly into prepared soil. Be sure to check the botanical names, both genus and species, to get the plants described in this article.• Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)• Spotted bee balm (Monarda punctata)• Partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata)• Wreath goldenrod (Solidago caesia)• Downy goldenrod (Solidago puberula)• White wood aster (Eurybia divaricata)• White snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)• Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)• Orange forget-me-not, a.k.a jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)• Common violet (Viola soraria)• White yarrow, (Achillea millefolium)• Anise hyssop, (Agastache foeniculum) Kathy Connolly is a writer and speaker on horticulture, landscape design, and ecology from Old Saybrook. Reach her by email or join her newsletter through her website www.SpeakingofLandscapes.com.

Obituary: Richard E. Michaud Sr. - Press Herald

Dick was born in Presque Isle, the son of the late Edmond and Catherine (Beaulieu) Michaud. He spent his childhood in Ashland, moving to the Greater Portland where he lived and worked until retiring and moving to Florida.Dick began his working career with Seltzer & Rydholm where he worked for eight years before progressing to a sales manager position for Circus Time, Inc, a Maine Potato Chip company. He remained there for 20-plus years before deciding to start his own business. It was in November of 1980, in a garage on Highland Avenue in Scarborough, that Dick along with his wife Sharon Michaud and his sons began Michaud Distributors. He started as a sub-distributor selling Wise Potato Chips. With Dick’s keen business sense, drive to succeed and loyalty to his customers, the business grew quickly. In 1982 they moved the business from his garage to a new building on Lincoln Street in South Portland. It was then he became a distributor for Tom’s Foods. They developed a strong business relationship which carried on for more than 16 years. The business continued to grow and in 1992 Dick developed a food brokering company which gave the Michaud Distributors name a presence all over New England and upstate New York. In 1996, the company expanded once again, moving to its new location in Scarborou...

Winning poster design for 2020 Common Ground Country Fair highlights native flowers, pollinators - Bangor Daily News

Courtesy of Alex Lehnen Courtesy of Alex Lehnen Portland-based artist Joy Grannis with her winning poster design for the 2020 Common Ground Country Fair. By Sam Schipani, BDN Staff • January 19, 2020 7:00 am Updated: January 19, 2020 3:22 pm Collecting posters, prints and T-shirts from the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association’s annual Common Ground Country Fair is a tradition almost as cherished as the fair itself. Every year, fairgoers clamor at the merchandise tent for keepsakes featuring that year’s fun, farm-related design, which is chosen every year through a contest juried by members of the fair steering committee and the MOFGA board of directors. This year’s design will highlight a pollinator and a native flower. On Tuesday at the Maine Agricultural Trades Show in Augusta, MOFGA revealed the winner of its annual Common Gr...