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Festa Da Flor
May 18, 2012 by Dauno, posted in Flower Fun
Back home in Portugal, more specifically in the islands Azores and Madeira, there is a beautiful festival called Festa Da Flor (flower festival). The festival takes place in the beginning of May and I would like to tell you a little bit about it.
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Our Team
George Pickrell, the founder of Westmount Florist in Montreal had always dreamed of his 4 children working along side him in the industry he loved so much. His dream came true as Peter, David, Stephen, Christine and their cousin Danny began working side by side with their mentor. The 5 of them have a total of over 150 years experience in the floral industry.
The Pickrells believe and respect the importance and strength of family. It is with this philosophy that they believe each member of their incredible team is like family. We know that the success of Westmount Florist is in its people...our people, our team, our family.
Many members of our team have been in the floral industry for years! Some have even owned and operated their own shops in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. They have brought their knowledge, experience and creativity to our Westmount Florist team and have added their personal touches to make us a truly versatile shop. Westmount Florist has a diverse team of designers, reigning from all over the world. Each one has a different style and method of design based on their ethnicities. Sri Lanka, India, Japan and of course, Quebec are just a few places where our team members pull their inspiration from.
With over 30 members on the team, each one takes pride in being the best in the industry and has a genuine passion for their job. Whether designing a bouquet of fresh cut flowers, planning your wedding flowers, creating a hand tied bouquet or simply repotting your Phalaenopsis orchid, you will see the pride they take in satisfying you, our valued customer.
The Team
Peter Pickrell
Hometown: Toronto, OntarioFavourite flower: Tulip
Years at Westmount Florist: 40 years
Favourite Montreal hangout: McGill Stadium - CFL, Morgan Arboretum
Favourite holiday in the store: Easter, because spring is in the air, it's an easy holiday and there's always chocolate in the shop.
Christine Pickrell
Hometown: MontrealFavourite flower: Ranunculus
Years at Westmount Florist: 27 Years
Favourite Montreal hangout: Jackson and Ryan's house!
Favourite holiday in the store: Rosh Hashanah, the variety of flowers is incredible and we can be so creative with our clients.
David Pickrell
Hometown: Montreal
Favourite flower: Amaryllis
Years at Westmount Florist: 39 years
Favourite Montreal hangout: MAA
Favourite holiday in the store: Valentine's day, because the store is full of lovers.
Steve Pickrell
Hometown: Montreal
Favourite flower: Tulip
Years at Westmount Florist: 31 years
Favourite Montreal hangout: The Bell Center
Favourite holiday in the store: Mother's day/week, because it's a sign the warm weather is on it's way!
Danny Lourenco
Hometown: Montreal
Favourite flower: Gerbera
Years at Westmount Florist: 28 years
Favourite Montreal hangout: Any hockey arena.
Favourite holiday in the store: Valentines day! I love the rush!
Ashley
Hometown: Montreal
Favourite flower: Garden Rose
Years at Westmount Florist: 2 1/2 years
Favourite Montreal hangout: Buvette Chez Simone
Favourite holiday in the store: Mother's day. I love having all the spring and summer flowers in the store.
Brenda
Hometown: Moncton, New Brunswick
Favourite flower: Amaryllis
Years at Westmount Florist: 20 years
Favourite Montreal hangout: ---
Favourite holiday in the store: Christmas, it is a relaxed holiday!
Bob
Favourite flower: Gerbera
Years at Westmount Florist: 21 years
Favourite Montreal Hangout: Club de Montreal
Favourite Holiday in the store: Mother's day...no snow!
Brent
Hometown: Montreal
Favourite flower: Lilies
Years at Westmount Florist: 3 years
Favourite Montreal hangout: St. Laurent Street
Favourite holiday in the store: Christmas, because the whole family is in town.
Carmen
Hometown: Montreal
Favourite flower: Tulips, orange double tulips to be more specific!
Years at Westmount Florist: 3 1/2 years
Favourite Montreal hangout: Bily Kun
Favourite holiday in the store: Easter. So many lovely tulips!
Dauno
Hometown: Ribeira Grande, Portugal
Favourite flower: Dark green cymbidium
Years at Westmount Florist: 3 months
Favourite Montreal Hangout: Sky pub, latino night
Favourite holiday in the store: Christmas, because it's fun!
Don
Favourite flower: Rose
Years at Westmount Florist: 4 years
Favourite Montreal Hangout: Pjs
Favourite holiday in the store: Valentine's.
Elaine
Hometown: Montreal
Favourite flower: Rose
Years at Westmount Florist: 12 years
Favourite Montreal hangout: My cozy little apartment
Favourite holiday in the store: Christmas, because I love preparing all the poinsettias.
Gina
Favourite flower: Poppies
Years at Westmount Florist: 4 months
Favourite Montreal Hangout: Old orchard pub
Favourite holiday in the store: Mother's day
Gwylan
Favourite flower: Lisianthus, ok I can't decide, so also Peony.
Years at Westmount Florist: Since Valentine's day 2011!
Favourite Montreal Hangout: Juliette & Chocolat
Favourite holiday in the store: Christmas, it's stress free.
Krista
Hometown: Montreal
Favourite flower: Tulip
Years at Westmount Florist: 1 year
Favourite Montreal hangout: A little place I like to call my backyard.
Favourite holiday in store: Christmas because it's full of winter greens, twinkling lights and big smiles all around.
Jacob
Hometown: MontrealFavourite flower: Lisianthus
Years at Westmount Florist: Since July 2011
Favourite Montreal Hangout: Museum of Fine Arts
Favourite holiday in the store: Christmas, because it was my first holiday at Westmount Florist.
Kei
Hometown: Paramus, NJFavourite flower: Ranunculus
Years at Westmount Florist: Since Valentine's 2011
Favourite Montreal hangout: Parc Jean Mance
Favourite holiday in the store: Everyday feels like a holiday here!
Lauren
Hometown: Montreal
Favourite flower: Peonies and sweet peas
Years at Westmount Florist: 8-9 years
Favourite Montreal hangout: Anywhere that serves coffee
Favourite holiday in the store: Christmas or easter, beautiful seasonal flowers fill the store...it's lovely.
Linda
Hometown: Montreal
Favourite flower: Tulip
Years at Westmount Florist: 16 years
Favourite Montreal hangout: Morgan Arboretum
Favourite holiday in the store: Valentine's day and mother's day, I love the spring flowers, they smell divine.
Marie
Hometown: Montreal
Favourite flower: Tulip
Years at Westmount Florist: On and off for 28 years
Favourite Montreal hangout: Morgan Arboretum
Favourite holiday in the store: Christmas. I get to catch up with customers who don't make it into the store during the year!
Michael
Hometown: Ottawa, OntarioFavourite flower: Rose
Years at Westmount Florist: 7 years
Favourite Montreal Hangout: Home with Sheff
Favourite holiday in the store: Passover, because it's crazy busy!
Myrianne
Hometown: Montreal
Favourite flower: Depends on the season. Tulips, callas, peonies.
Years at Westmount Florist: 15 years
Favourite Montreal hangout: Le Plateau, Jean Talon market & any Terrasse.
Favourite holiday in the store: Christmas.
Nick
Nick is very important to us at Westmount Florist. Almost all the flowers in our downtown store are unpacked and prepared by him! He also captures the beauty of all our products by being our in house photographer. All this while still maintaining his great grades in University!
Orysia
Favourite flower: Lime cymbidium orchid
Years at Westmount Florist: A year and a half
Favourite Montreal Hangout: Jean Talon & Atwater market
Favourite holiday in the store: Christmas
Richard
Favourite flower: Calla
Years at Westmount Florist: 16 years
Favourite Montreal Hangout: Magnan's Tavern
Favourite holiday in the store: Mother's day...nice weather!
Sandy
Hometown: Chambly, Quebec
Favourite flower: Anemone
Years at Westmount Florist: 8 years
Favourite Montreal hangout: Mary's bar and grill!
Favourite holiday in the store: Christmas, it's spread out and we receive lots of nice merchandise.
Stephen
Favourite flower: Peony
Years at Westmount Florist: 7 years
Favourite Montreal Hangout: Home
Favourite holiday in the store: Valentine's day
Yoshi
Favourite flower: Cattleya orchid
Years at Westmount Florist: 6 years
Favourite Montreal Hangout: Ginger
Favourite holiday in the store: Rosh - love the cool weather!
Rian
Hometown: Montreal, QcFavourite flower: Peony and Lisianthus
Years at Westmount Florist: 8 months
Favourite Montreal hangout: Mount Royal and Finegan's Irish pub
Favourite holiday in the store: Passover and Easter!
Vanessa
Hometown: MontrealFavourite flower: Lime green lisianthus
Years at Westmount Florist: 10 months
Favourite Montreal Hangout: My kitchen
Favourite holiday in the store: Christmas and Chanukah
