Floral

Westborn Market recently completed the expansion of its Dearborn
store to house the full-service flower department, previously located across the
street on Michigan Avenue. As quickly as winter turned into spring, the spacious
new storefront addition was filled with a medley of custom designed floral
arrangements, colorful bouquets, unique giftware, fresh cut flowers, gift
baskets and more. …

As 1-800-FLOWERS.COM gears up for another busy Mother’s Day season, Chris McCann, president of the world’s largest florist and online
gift shop, will appear in the season finale of “Undercover Boss,” the hit
reality TV series on CBS. …

Target announced in March that its
closing its remaining garden centers in Florida, California, Arizona and Nevada
and getting out of garden centers altogether, effective late September. The move
affects more than 260 stores. …

Winter battered Central and South America, the origins of much of Americas
springtime supply of flowers. But retail suppliers say thats still OK, because
even if bad weather makes flowers scarcer, you can count on market factors to
keep prices stable and reasonable. …

Hosted by the Heart O’ Texas Orchid Society, the 39th annual Orchid Show took place at Zilker Botanical Gardens and organizers want people to know that even though orchids are an exotic type of flower, they’re very easy to grow in Central Texas. …