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Tag: Our Philosophy
Apr
05
2011
A Night to Remember
Author: Lauren
On the evening of Wednesday, March the 16th, 2011, Westmount Florist was a-buzz with excited activity. People walking in off the street saw our black-curtained window and empty store and asked, “Are you closing??”
“No way!” we said, “We’re having a PARTY!”
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Mar
17
2011
The Impact of Flowers
Author: Christine
With today's high-tech and fast-paced lifestyle taking its daily toll on our lives, experts advise exercise and other personal lifestyle changes to relieve stress. According to behavioral research nature provides us with a simple way to improve emotional health - flowers. The presence of flowers triggers happy emotions heightens feelings of life satisfaction and affects social behavior in a positive manner far beyond what is normally believed.
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Mar
17
2011
West Meets East
Author: Christine
IN SOUTH AFRICA (PART 1)
Living in the western hemisphere has meant that we have gorgeous flora and fauna available all year. Up here in Montreal, Canada the winter does interfere somewhat with our growing season but thanks to places like California and Florida in the United States and countries like Ecuador, Columbia and of course the beautiful tropical islands of Trinidad and Barbados, we are able to get fresh flowers year all round.
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Mar
15
2011
How The Rules Can Be Broken
Author: Lauren
You’re at Westmount Florist. It’s ten minutes until closing time, and you’ve got to get flowers as a hostess gift to the dinner party you’re going to. But you just can’t seem to hit the right combination of roses, lilies and gerberas! Or should you put in some lysianthus? It’s all so complicated! If you’ve been stuck in this dilemma before, here are a few of our “house rules” at Westmount Florist-and how you can break them, because after all, rules are made to be broken…right?
The researchers found what we at Westmount Florist get to experience everyday working in a wonderful atmosphere.
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Mar
14
2011
Re-sorting our waste
Author: Esther
Since the end of August 2010, I’ve been asked to take on the task of finding more ways to make our store more environmentally friendly. I was encouraged to notice some actions that were already done; all the lights of the building have been changed to more energy efficient fixtures, the cardboard and some paper goes to a pulp and paper company for recycling. The next important step was clear; we had to separate all the garden waste from garbage and recyclable material. The flower industry produces a lot of flower residue that is compostable and uses a lot of packaging materials that are recyclable.
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