U rban agriculture is trending hard these days, and there are a handful of reasons why: Knowing where your food comes from, it looks cute, it builds community and food security. There are over 25 community gardens or urban farms in HRM, but the municipality could be greener. There are under-used lots of land and […]
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Snow storm cleanup dicking over Valentine’s Day plans
Getting dumped on Valentine’s Day sucks, but getting dumped on by the blizzard that shut down Atlantic Canada this week is making it difficult for couples that do want to celebrate their love. Brian George and his fiance had booked Halifax Transit’s Access-A-Bus for their dinner reservations tonight at enVie in the north end. But […]
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KoKo Mod Floral Design blooms on Portland Street
Korayne Romanchuk’s passion for floral design bloomed when she was sweeping floors at a flower shop in Calgary. Her curiousity for the art led her to put down the broom and learn for herself, by working in high-end floral design and soaking up skills from the experts around her. But the dream of opening her […]
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What’s Valentine’s Day like for a florist?
Charlotte Pierce is the owner of downtown Halifax’s The Flower Shop, which has been assisting with romantic gestures since 1936. She took over the business in 2012. ——— For those who haven’t been to your idyllic shop, can you describe the atmosphere that you’ve curated? Our design focus remains organic, full and current and we’ve […]
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Where I work: Flowers of Spring
WHO SHE IS There’s no better combination than culture, talent and creativity. As a matter of fact, Yidan Li does it perfectly through her love of making traditional “tori” nylon flowers. Starting her own business, Flowers of Spring, couldn’t have been a more perfect fit for Li, who before the shop opened possessed 25 boxes […]
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Sorry veggies, flowers are the new CSA
“I actually went to art school for drawing and painting, and I couldn’t find that connection between colour and getting outside in the natural world. I didn’t realize flowers would be the colour palate I get to paint with,” says Amanda Muis Brown of Humble Burdock Farms, a flower farm and design studio that specializes […]
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Props talk
Come April, Props Floral Design (1664 Granville Street, 429-1935) will be packing up its flowers and moving to the Hydrostone Market. Susan MacIntosh, owner and lead designer, has been looking for a new location for a few months because the current building is going to be redeveloped. “We got an offer in January for the […]
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Best Flower Shop
Neville, once known as Neville MacKay—he says he gave up the surname one year “for lent” and never went back—is the owner of My Mother’s Bloomers, and spends part of his year travelling and observing business trends. “What’s happened is we’re going in a full circle,” he says. “We’re getting a retro-modern look.” He describes […]