Flower Shops Santa Fe NM

Santa Fe NM Press

Betty Jane Jaffe Weiss

Aspen, Colorado on January 10, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made in Betty’s memory to the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, the Red Brick Center for the Arts or the charity of your choice. http://www.postindependent.com/news/obituaries/19576626-113/betty-jane-jaffe-weiss

Mary Jane Bruton Garth

Anderson Ranch Art Center, president of the Aspen Art Museum and supporter of the Aspen Music Festival and the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet. Mary Jane thoroughly enjoyed her time volunteering at the Aspen Valley Hospital. She was also a significant supporter and commercial dealer of the arts in Aspen, and New York City for many years. The Aspen community will never forget the huge and phenomenal Fourth of July Picnic hosted by Mary Jane at The Aspen Valley Ranch. Mary Jane returned to Beaumont in 2006, where she renewed old friendships and made many new ones. She immediately began making a difference in the South East Texas community by committing her time, talents, and resources to many charitable and public service organizations; including serving on the boards of the Art Museum of South East Texas, The Symphony of Southeast Texas, and Gift of Life. She also served on the Alter Guild of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, and took a great pleasure in supporting many other community outreaches, including The Garth House, The Junior League of Beaumont, where she was proud to be a sustaining member, Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital, the Triangle Aids Network, and the Beaumont Bridge Studio, where she achieved Life Master status. She also endowed a scholarship at Lamar University that will continue her spirit of cultural enrichment. The Mary Jane Garth Regents’ Scholarship benefits undergraduate students in the school of Arts and Communications. Mary Jane will always be remembered for her adventuresome spirit and as a compassionate and vibrant person who overcame life’s challenges with dignity and wisdom. She loved to receive friends and patrons into her home to share her fabulous contemporary collection of artworks. She will be fondly remembered for her gift of hospitality, especially her annual bridge club party and festive New Years Day celebration. She is survived by her three children, Terry Garth and wife, Lee Ann, of Beaumont; Harriet Garth of Beaumont; and David Ga... http://www.aspentimes.com/news/obituaries/19194273-113/mary-jane-bruton-garth

Five Floral Businesses Mark 100 Years Of Success

Prescott shop and built greenhouses to grow flowers. Over the years, they began selling flowers to shops around Phoenix via the Santa Fe Railroad. They relocated their retail shop several times around the Prescott area, serving local customers and processing orders from FTD via Western Union. In the 1930s the family tore down its greenhouses and focused exclusively on the retail shop, relocating the business to South Cortez Street in 1948. There, they expanded their retail lines and gave new life to a walk-in, refrigerated beer box from a bar on Whiskey Row, turning the unit into a storage cooler for flowers. The business moved outside of the family after George Allan Jr. left the business. Throughout the years, it has been led by a number of people, including Norma Orr, Linda LeBlanc, and Rakini and Jim Chinery, who purchased the business in 1999. In 2010, the business moved to East Gurley Street, into an old Dairy Queen building complete with a drive-thru window. Two years ago, the Arizona State Florists Association inducted Allan's Flowers into the Arizona Floral Hall of Fame. About Brown Floral Brown Floral was established in 1915 and was initially run by Leon Brown. Around 1926, Brown recruited his wife, Leone, to join him in the day-to-day operations. She told him she would work with him — not for him — and that was the start of a business partnership that thrived for more than five decades. Along with cut flowers, the Browns built a popular nursery; customers would come from all over Utah to purchase bedding plants and trees. Indeed, many local families still have fond memories of shopping for their Christmas tree at Brown Floral. In 2010, current owners Rob Johnson and Tracie Drage purchased Brown Floral. Neither Johnson nor Drage had any floral experience, but they immediately recognized the opportunities presented by such a beloved legacy business. They brought their enthusiasm for sales and marketing to the table and began focusing on business-to-business work. Within three years, the business had tripled in size and reclaimed its position as one of Utah's leading florists. About Evans Flowers and Greenhouses Dennis and Michele Feld are the fourth family to own Evans Flowers and Greenhouses, which was founded in 1875 as J.M. Ward and Co. Floral Design in Peabody, Massachusetts. The Felds purchased the business in 1984 from Fonda Poole, who took over from Howard Evans in ... http://www.perishablenews.com/index.php?article%3D0047277