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Florist studio puts down new roots in historic house in downtown Leesburg

After attending floral design school in Portland, Ore., she opened her business in her home in Reston before moving to Leesburg in 2004. In 2005, her work was featured in Martha Stewart Weddings magazine, and more awards and recognition soon followed. J. Morris Flowers won the Bride’s Choice Award every year from 2009 to 2012 from Martha Stewart’s Wedding Wire Network. In 2010, it was named the Home-Based Business of the Year by the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce. The studio is now in a house that was built in the 1870s and that used to be the parsonage for a Baptist church next door. Morris is convinced that she and her family made the right decision to move back to Loudoun County. She is a visual person, she said, and draws inspiration from the beauty of the countryside, which occasionally brings tears to her eyes. “This is a place where we have 40,000 people come for a flower show every year,” she said. “We have home tours and garden tours. We have formal gardens like Oatlands Plantation. This is like my little France. And I really sat there every day in Michigan thinking, ‘I’ve left so much undone.’ And .?.?. I had to come back.” Jim Barnes is a freelance writer. http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/florist-studio-puts-down-new-roots-in-historic-house-in-downtown-leesburg/2014/05/30/adfeddca-e6a7-11e3-afc6-a1dd9407abcf_story.html

Chesapeake Chocolates to Take Over Lake Anne Florist Shop

Chocolates. “She had talked about it for a while and I had thought about it for a while,” said Chesapeake Chocolates owner Doris Tyler. Visitors from Reston and beyond who have been to Lake Anne Florist would have met Tyler - or smelled the chocolate - in a nook of the space. Fuller rented the space and subleased it to Tyler. Tyler is both “excited and apprehensive” about the change. “We’re not just expanding the chocolate shop,” she said. “We’re also expanding other items.” Like Lake Anne Florist, Chesapeake Chocolates will offer giftables throughout the year. Saturday is the same day as the annual Camp Sunshine Freezing for a Reason polar dip in the frigid Lake Anne waters. Tyler said 10 percent of the proceeds from grand opening sales that day will go to Camp Sunshine, a year-round camp dedicated to children with life-threatening diseases. The camp also offers bereavement sessions for families who have lost their children due to these illnesses. The new Chesapeake Chocolates can be reached by phone at 703-620-0082. More information can also be found at http://cheschoc.com. http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/201

Margaret Hooper Turner, 62, crossword whiz, needle work master

Margaret is survived by her mother, husband, daughters Reston Turner Mattox (James) and their three children Powell, Emma, and Turner of Raleigh and Margaret Turner Clarke (Matthew) of Charleston, and, sons Terry Forrest Turner, Jr. (Mollie), and Joseph Ward Turner, sisters Nell Hooper Graham (Fred) of Wilmington, Louise Hooper Jones (Murray) of Winston-Salem, Nancy Hooper Morrison (Perry) of Wilson, and sister in law Paula Turner Lanier (Bill). Margaret loved her nieces, nephews, and grand children, who referred to her as Aunt Moggie, Ducka-Duck and Boo. A celebration of life will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 4 at St. James Church. The family requests, in lieu of flowers, donations to be sent to the CJD Foundation or Lower Cape Fear Hospice. Please leave online condolences for the family at Andrews Mortuary. To view the full list of Port City Daily obituaries, click here.   CJD Foundation, Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease, Lower Cape Fear Hospice, St. James Church, Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach, Yarns of Wilmington Comments ... http://portcitydaily.com/2016/01/03/margaret-hooper-turner-62-crossword-whiz-and-master-at-needle-work/