The new renovated floriculture building transformed their small, open patent flower shop to a bigger, more attractive plant and flower store.
Jim Palmieri, the manager of UConn Blooms and a professor of floral arts classes, has two missions: to teach horticulture students how to run and maintain a flower shop, and to generate more plant and flower interests in students at UConn.
Most of the flowers sold in the flower shop are grown here in the Floriculture Center, such as, the big bright daisies. The flowers range from Hypoestes Polka Dot Plant to Beaucarnea recuroata “PonyTail Palm” to Boston Ferns to cactuses and succulents.
“We sell easy care flowers and plants here,” said Palmieri.
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