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Feb 1, 2021

Ontario's flower growers saw considerable sales recovery, but not all - Greenhouse Canada

Flowers Canada (Ontario) says many of their members saw sales recovery beginning late spring, but not all recovered from losses at Easter. Andrew Morse, FCO’s Executive Director, provided a comprehensive report to their membership at the organization’s annual general meeting, held on Dec. 2, 2020 over Zoom. “Following a broader opening in late spring and through the fall, many of FCO’s members saw considerable sales recovery. People from all across North America were quarantined in their homes and for many with a focus on optimism, turned to enjoying flowers, plants and gardening as a way to keep busy while also beautifying their homes and communities,” states the press release. Advertisment The FCO team worked to establish the essential nature of flor...

Dec 10, 2020

In the Garden: Gloxinia is a choice plant for holidays - Mansfield News Journal

He is a member of the Mansfield Men's Garden Club and was editor of the club newsletter (The Greenhorn) for 21 years. He resides in Ontario with his wife, Barbara. Reach him at 419-529-2966.

Aug 3, 2020

Huntsville residents plant town spirit in flower beds in 2020 - muskokaregion.com

Deborah and Jonathan King, members of the Huntsville Horticultural Society, as well as the whole horticulture team and Town of Huntsville, Muskoka, Ontario staff for making downtown Huntsville beautiful,” wrote the Downtown Huntsville BIA on its Facebook page June 22. The post included a photo of the Kings filling a Main Street flower bed with colourful flowers and vines.

Jun 19, 2020

Uptown Flower Shop Sustained By Strong Saint John Roots - country94.ca

COVID-19. “Our flowers come from all over the world,” said florist Connie Dean. “We get flowers from Holland, Ecuador, our roses come from Ontario. A lot come through Ontario and they get them from different places all over the world as well.” Australia, Africa and Lebanon are a few other places where the shop gets its flowers, with Birds of Paradise and Protea flowers being some of the most popular selections. “Ontario does have locally grown flowers so those are the closest local flowers we get,” said Dean. “Sometimes there’s someone on the Kingston Peninsula or Hampton that’ll bring in garden flowers that we can buy.” The business was founded by the late Guy G. Keirstead whose passion for flowers led him to first rent a stall at the City Market in 1925. Keirstead’s operated out of the market from 1925 to 1946, until he purchased property on the corner of Charlotte and Princess Street where the shop still operates to this day. A piece of family history (Image: Elizabeth MacLeod) The building survived the Great Saint John Fire of 1877 and used to be a hardware and butcher shop, which were later combined to make Keirstead’s. “You have some of the old coolers that we still have from back when they opened up this shop in the 40’s,” said Dean, showing where some of the flowers are stored now. The shop has been run by Guy...

May 1, 2020

Flowers dropped on Upland porches are ‘random acts of kindness’ amid coronavirus crisis - Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

White said. Gonzalez said the destruction of flowers due to the shutdown of Armstrong Growers and garden centers, a company that started in Ontario, made her think about all the people out of work. “You don’t really grasp the concept of how far-reaching this is,” she said. Russell, who didn’t want any publicity, called what he and some of his staff are doing “random acts of kindness” and he hoped others would do similar things. He plans on delivering more flowers — randomly — during the next few weeks, he said. ...