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Flowers For Kids Presentation to JFMA

Posted Sunday, October 05, 2008 6:44 PM by rosemontfloral
After leaving LatinFlor we went on to the Dann Carlton hotel in Quito to meet with a group of people from Japan Floral Marketing Association . JFMA is a collaboration of industry professionals from all segments, the mission of JFMA is to boost floral Read More...
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Visit to LatinFlor

Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:54 PM by rosemontfloral
After my visit to Valleflor on Tuesday I also visited LatinFlor. We arrived at the start of lunch and just in time to see a football (soccer) game underway. LatinFlor has five football teams and has championship games. The LatinFlor staff was kind enough Read More...
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Visit to Valleflor

Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 4:30 AM by rosemontfloral
Benito Jaramillo, an owner at Valleflor, kindly let me visit his farm on Tuesday. I was provided a private tour, my guides were Luis (Manager of Operations) shown on the left and Juan Pablo (Sales Executive) shown on the right. Valleflor grows many kinds Read More...
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Flowers For Kids Training and a Book Launch

Posted Monday, September 22, 2008 9:33 PM by rosemontfloral
I arrived in Quito, Ecuador on Sunday evening and was greeted by Ramiro and Salome, the founder of Flowers For Kids and his lovely wife. Monday marked the first day of training for the Flowers For Kids program, I'm very excited to be able to return and Read More...
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Society of American Florists (SAF) Convention

Posted Saturday, September 20, 2008 6:56 AM by rosemontfloral
The most beautiful sunrises greeted me my first morning at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida. I've met new friends, caught up with old friends and learned much about the new varieties from around the world at the SAF Outstanding Varieties competition Read More...
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Alligator Alley

Posted Monday, September 15, 2008 7:21 PM by rosemontfloral
Society of American Florists fall meetings and convention kicks off this week at The Breakers in Palm Beach, FL. Erlene arrived in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday evening in advance of the festivities to stay with friends for a day and a half. We all went to Read More...
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Heartfelt Thanks to Seagroatt Wholesale and Eufloria Flowers

Posted Tuesday, January 15, 2008 4:28 PM by rosemontfloral
Recently we attended an education program at one of our distributors, Seagroatt Wholesale in Cromwell, CT with the fabulous J Schwanke one of J's sponsors, Eufloria Flowers . We secretly conspired with J who was gracious enough to allow us a few minutes Read More...
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New Wedding Style Book

Posted Sunday, February 25, 2007 2:54 AM by rosemontfloral
What a fun and exciting day Saturday was, we learned so much! Some of the programs attended yesterday include presentations by Johan Huisman, a branding seminar with Oscar and Shane of Rio Roses and High Tea with J Schwanke, floral industry expert! What Read More...
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Pictures from Connecticut

Posted Friday, February 23, 2007 2:42 PM by rosemontfloral
We've arrived at our hotel and have begun our fabulous weekend of industry education. While waiting for the convention to get underway this weekend, we visited the Connecticut Flower & Garden show. Wow!! Just beautiful! Here are a just a few pictures Read More...
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Florist Education

Posted Saturday, February 17, 2007 2:55 PM by rosemontfloral
Industry education events are one of the most important events your florist can participate in. Generally industry events take place each spring and fall. Here at Rosemont Floral we participate in as many programs as possible, always all that are held Read More...
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