North Charleston florist closing after 61 years; pizza shop crisscrosses Mount Pleasant with relocation

Hood’s Florist & Gifts closes in North Charleston while Steel City Pizza will open near Carolina Park in North Mount Pleasant ...

Want to support local businesses this holiday? 3 gift shops to visit

Shopping local this holiday season? These three gift shops in the Eugene area can help you complete that holiday shopping list.

Festive florals and other flourishes for your home at the holidays

Evergreen, pine and fir and their seasonal scents are popular holiday options. “There are a lot of fresh wreaths with mixed ...

South Side flower shop owner named CNN's Hero of the Year

Quilen Blackwell says he will use the $100,000 prize to expand his nonprofit Chicago Eco House, which grows flowers on ...

Quilen Blackwell, whose nonprofit ‘farm-to-vase’ flower shop employs at-risk youth, is CNN’s Hero of the Year

Quilen Blackwell, whose nonprofit transforms vacant lots on Chicago’s South Side into flower farms that employ at-risk young people to grow, arrange and sell the flowers, is the 2025 CNN Hero of the ...