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01/15/2025

01/14/2025

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Linda Saunders Obituary -

Linda Anderson Saunders Age 81 of Nashville, TN. January 10, 2025. Preceded in death by son, Daniel Saunders parents, Randolph and Virginia Anderson. Survived by husband, Bill Saunders daughter, Cynthia Saunders sons, Tim Karen Saunders, Mike Saunders and Jason LaWanda Saunders grandchildren, Tyler....

01/11/2025

We are so sorry to report the death of Linda Saunders this morning. Linda owned Unique Flower Fashions in Nashville for many years and was a longtime active member of CTPFA. We will post the details of her service when arrangements are made.

11/06/2024

Shared from Tennessee Wholesale. Now you can put it on your page.

10/20/2024

It’s almost Turkey Time!
Join us November 6, 6pm as we share our annual pot luck.

We’ve got a fun night of Holiday prep ideas. Those of you that bring a great reworked Christmas piece (wreath, container, garland, silk, etc) will be entered to win a local wholesale gift certificates.

We’ll also discuss how best to help flood victims.

08/27/2024

Come on down and enjoy some floral education! Wednesday September 4, 2024 @ 6 pm!
Sandwich supper and your fresh materials included.
Shop Flowers of Nashville while you’re there.
Learn some easy tips for European Hand-tieds! Bring your staff to learn!

08/27/2024

We are honored to have been awarded both the Best in Class award and a Blue Ribbon for Millicent (AUSCP 17431), a garden rose variety bred by David Austin Wedding Roses and proudly grown at our farm in Colombia, at the 2024 Society of American Florists Outstanding Varieties Competition. We also took home several other awards for our garden roses and dahlias. Check out the complete list of winners on our blog! https://www.alexandrafarms.com/post/alexandra-farms-wins-seven-awards-at-saf-s-outstanding-varieties-competition

08/09/2024

How about this for a gardenia corsay??

THE GOOD, THE BAD, & UGLY
➡️ Oscar's First Black Winner Accepted Her Honor in a Segregated 'No Blacks' Hotel
When Hattie McDaniel attended the 12th Academy Awards at the famed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in The Ambassador Hotel, she wasn't greeted as warmly as her co-stars.
McDaniel, who was one of the most famous black actors of the time, arrived at the show in a rhinestone-studded, stunning turquoise gown and wore white gardenias in her hair. She had an es**rt, F.P. Yober, and her white agent, William Meiklejohn, but when she entered the ceremony she was not shown to the "Gone With the Wind" table where her white co-stars sat, instead she was taken to a small table in the back for the room. The hotel, at the time, had a strict no-blacks policy and "Gone With the Winds"' producer David O. Selznick had to get the hotel to make a special exception just for her to attend.
After the Academy Awards, McDaniel had to celebrate elsewhere too, as the clubs were still separated in the 1940s.
Although McDaniel got her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, she still faced discrimination after her death. She was denied a spot in the Hollywood cemetery due to her race.
Sadly, it took 50 years for another black actress to take home an Oscar, when Whoopi Goldberg won for her role in "Ghost."
While many blacks were happy over McDaniel's personal victory, they also viewed it as bittersweet. They believed Gone With the Wind celebrated the slave system and condemned the forces that destroyed it. For them, the unique accolade McDaniel had won suggested that only those who did not protest Hollywood's systemic use of racial stereotypes could find work and success there. See less

07/27/2024

Great information to have on hand! Thanks Florist Review!!

Flower Math: Calculating Rose Petals | Florists' Review https://bit.ly/3LE5XQu

07/13/2024

Creating Profitable Floral Recipes | Florists' Review https://bit.ly/3XRnzjf

06/27/2024

We all love our independence, even our local businesses­—Independents one and all. Celebrate the proud independence of your local independents throughout July and all year really. Wouldn’t it be great if in each burst of fireworks, each spark represents a local business in your community. Then behold the power of local.

06/21/2024

How amazing is this??!!🌻🌻🌻

This is The Sun Flower Room at the Van Gogh Art Gallery in Amsterdam at the moment. What a tribute to his wonderful paintings of these beauties.