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Chef savors idea of edible flower baskets: Fruit Flowers in Port Warwick offers a healthy alternative to chocolates or floral bouquets.

Byline: Sharyl Covey Jun. 13--NEWPORT NEWS -- William Talbott always dreamed of opening a store with his family, and after working as chef for 15 years he was eager to do so. The Newport News native was preparing entrees in a North Carolina restaurant when he came across the perfect opportunity.

Publication: Daily Press (Newport News, VA)

Flower baskets will adorn city's core.(Springfield Extra)(Blooms will deck Springfield's downtown streetlamps and some stores)

Byline: Bob Albrecht The Register-Guard The rhyme says April showers bring May flowers, but in the case of downtown Springfield, it took an extra month for the begonias to bloom. City management analyst Jodi Peterson and Development Services director Bill Grile have secured almost $4,000 in

Publication: The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)

BLOOMING BASKETS IDEA BLOSSOMS ON THE STREETS OF MANCHESTER HANGING FLOWERS ARE COLORFUL TOUCH DOWNTOWN

MANCHESTER - When 170 wire baskets hung on streetlights in the downtown area burst into bloom this summer, most residents were delighted, and many wondered where all the flowers came from. The answer lies with members of Manchester's Central Business District Committee, who decided to hang flower

Publication: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)

Clinton's hanging flower baskets need plenty of care -- and water

CLINTON -- It takes at least 1,000 gallons of water and several hours a day to keep the hanging flower baskets in this city looking good in the summer. There are 250 baskets of petunias decorating 1800 North and 2000 West."I get stopped at least three times a day by someone thanking me for watering

Publication: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)

Annapolis Welcomes Spring All Abloom; Flower Baskets Bedeck Downtown Shops, Homes for Annual May Day Rite

The flower arrangement adorning a door on Duke of Gloucester Street in Annapolis was an explosion of color: orange lilies, red tulips, lilacs, dogwood, roses, snapdragons and Barbara Dowling's personal favorite, a hot orange gerber daisy. "I think it's spectacular," said Dowling, president of the

Publication: The Washington Post

FLOWER BASKETS TO GRACE MAIN ST.

Eden is ready to join other municipalities with hanging flower baskets gracing Main Street. Plans have taken root with the Eden Chamber of Commerce, which is spearheading "Operation: Flower Basket." "It's been something in the back of my mind for a long time," said Allison Cardarelli, a member of

Publication: The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)

BIRD BRAINS SOLVE FLOWER BASKET NESTING PROBLEMS

THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION.A feast of feedbackBirds nesting in flower baskets - Cherrie Roberts of Kempner, Texas, wanted to discourage wrens from nesting in her flower baskets. Mary White of Ponca City, Okla., writes: "I solved this problem by buying a

Publication: Post-Tribune (IN)

GROUP DONATES FLOWER BASKETS; THE CONTAINERS WILL BE HUNG ON UTILITY POLES THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN ONEIDA.(Local)

Byline: Aaron Gifford Staff writer Downtown Oneida will be a bit more colorful this summer, thanks to a donation from city volunteers. The Oneida Improvement Committee will place 50 hanging baskets on downtown utility poles by summer. Each basket will contain purple and gold flowers, to match the

Publication: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)

VILLAGE AIMS TO SPRUCE UP BUSINESS AREA FLOWER BASKETS PROPOSED FOR HAMBURG UTILITY POLES

Large hanging flower baskets and expanded gardens may spruce up Hamburg's Village business district beginning next summer. "We're just trying to perk up the village," said George Sidford, chairman of the Civic Beautification Committee that is proposing the improvements as part of its five-year

Publication: The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)

FLOWER BASKET PLANS CHANGE; THE DECORATIONS THAT WERE TO GO ON NIAGARA MOHAWK POLES WILL GO ON CITY-OWNED POLES.(Local)

Byline: Aaron Gifford Staff writer The Oneida Improvement Committee has a slight change of plans for decorating downtown Oneida this summer. Committee member Joe Magliocca said last week that the 50 hanging flower baskets that were originally going to match the city's centennial banners on top of

Publication: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)