http://secondbloom.org Wed, 05 May 2010 20:55:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Saturday, May 8th 10am-5pm Downtown Market - 45 S. French Broad Ave. in Downtown Asheville Ellen Shaw and Lucy Beard of Second Bloom will set up at the Downtown Market receiving donations of all types of flowers to make and then deliver bouquets to Mothers in area nursing homes on Sunday, Mother's ... http://secondbloom.org/recyced-flower-drive-for-elderly-moms/ Gail was the fresh breeze from the north, having blown in (flown in?) from Massachusetts.  The highlight of her trip (my trip?) was blooming with Second Bloom at The Solace Center.  She claimed no talent at all, but in fact not only could fill cups with water and cut the ... http://secondbloom.org/a-fresh-breeze-from-the-north/ Today at The Solace Center Gail (on the left) and I met up with Margaret Patton (photo to right), who joined in and clearly had some experience.  Turns out that her husband, a patient at Hospice, has 60 rose bushes.  Has been tending to them consistently for years. And she ... http://secondbloom.org/experience-counts/ The flowers from two weddings at the Biltmore Estate were both creations of Stacey at the Bloom Room.  Totally spectacular!  Just look at the photos of some of the flowers in the truck.  I picked up from a wedding at the Conservatory on Saturday morning, but kept most of those ... http://secondbloom.org/flower-extravaganza/ Here's a great photo of Jackie and Rich driving our newest volunteer Brewster who's in the back seat looking very proud of the four buckets of flowers he just picked up from The Fresh Market.  A little hard to see the flowers, but they weren't as important to document as ... http://secondbloom.org/the-best-doggone-volunteers/ This is one of the best receptions ever!  Don't they look happy to have all these beautiful flowers the The Fresh Market.  This is a photo of Lois and Lenore at The Laurels of Summit Ridge.  The residents had a great time arranging them.  They sent a thank you note ... http://secondbloom.org/happy-to-see-second-bloom/ Susie McIlvaine has become Second Bloom's first volunteer to bring flowers from The Fresh Market to two different facilities in Hendersonville.  She'll be delivering flowers on Thursdays to both Sunnybrook and Carillon Assisted Living Centers.  So from now on the flowers we pick up in Hendersonville will stay in Hendersonville.  ... http://secondbloom.org/hendersonville-highlight/ So here they are, at least a few of them.  Clare's taking the picture, so you can't see her happy face. Clare, Ellen and Loretta led up the Second Bloom Volunteer Squad for the Rhododendron Brigade's donation of 100 dozen roses from their ball the night before.  Wow!  Many people enjoyed ... http://secondbloom.org/rosy-volunteers/ It was a rose colored Sunday morning as Second Bloom volunteers, one of whom I've never met, picked up over 100 dozen roses donated by the Rhododendron Brigade.  They transferred the flowers to buckets and went off in several different directions:  To the McCune Center, Deerfield and Courtyard. I was out ... http://secondbloom.org/roses-for-all/ Wedding flowers from The Bloom Room brought joy to many people today.  The flowers were so colorful, the hydrangeas so huge!  Liberty Oaks got many of the colorful flowers to brighten their space.  You can see the arrangements that Carolyn and Jean made.  Those gals can sure put a lot ... http://secondbloom.org/colorful-and-abundant/