Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

How to spread holiday joy with flowers — and help make wishes come true

The holidays remind us to cherish time with loved ones and embrace the spirit of giving. That spirit is at the heart of the ...

North Charleston florist closing after 61 years; pizza shop crisscrosses Mount Pleasant with relocation

Hood’s Florist & Gifts closes in North Charleston while Steel City Pizza will open near Carolina Park in North Mount Pleasant ...

South Side flower shop owner named CNN's Hero of the Year

Quilen Blackwell says he will use the $100,000 prize to expand his nonprofit Chicago Eco House, which grows flowers on ...

Rustic Rose florist goes from roadside cart to Fall River storefront

Rustic Rose Floral Designs has launched its Fall River shop, just one month after an SUV plowed into the South Main building.

Quilen Blackwell, whose nonprofit ‘farm-to-vase’ flower shop employs at-risk youth, is CNN’s Hero of the Year

Quilen Blackwell, whose nonprofit transforms vacant lots on Chicago’s South Side into flower farms that employ at-risk young people to grow, arrange and sell the flowers, is the 2025 CNN Hero of the ...