1. Remember that the waterfront isn’t just for tourists But it is a good spot to people-watch said camera-slinging visitors. Walk it, run it, admire it from the ferry, eat take-out from Canadian Bacon Cookhouse or The Shack (Queen’s Wharf), check out Historic Properties (1869 Upper Water Street), rent wheels from I Heart Bikes (Sands […]
The Flower Shop
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One love
PRETTY IN PINK Molly Ringwald would love this gorgeous bouquet of mini calla lilies, spray roses, mini-gerbera daisies and the sweet-smelling stock, made with love by My Mother’s Bloomers. My Mother’s Bloomers | 5640 Spring Garden Road, 422-2700 | <a href="http://www.mymothersbloomers.camymothersbloomers.ca GREAT WHITE The Flower Shop’s Maggie Arsenault kept it crisp, clean and classic with […]
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Best Flower Shop
Gold Winner My Mother’s Bloomers Silver Winner Props Floral Designs Bronze Winner The Flower Shop It’s not that the fine folk at My Mother’s Bloomers are floral snobs, it’s just that they have great taste and aren’t afraid to use it. That’s why they save shop space for fancy flowers instead of carnations and baby’s […]
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The Flower Shop blooms
A 75-year-old flower shop, known simply as The Flower Shop (1796 Granville Street, 423-7133), is still standing, though a miscommunication resulted in a report in our online Best of Halifax results indicating otherwise. Approval has been given from council for the building housing The Flower Shop to be developed, but there’s no timeline yet for […]
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Best Flower Shop
Gold Winner My Mother’s Bloomers Silver Winner Props Floral Designs Bronze Winner The Flower Shop You know who in this town who knows more about flowers, flower marketing and the international floral scene than gold winner My Mother’s Bloomer’s owner Neville? Nobody, that’s who. Neville—who has just one name, like Madonna, or Godzilla—flies around the […]
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Best Flower Shop
Being a frequent winner in Best of Halifax, his business’s great service and quality floral products, as well as his natural effervescence, all has made My Mothers Bloomer’s owner Neville something of a local celebrity. Did you know he has his own YouTube Channel? Dial up LevelNeville on YouTube and you can tag along with […]
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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 […]