Best Buds

Everyone loves flowers. Some of us, however, take that further and make a profession of it. What’s it like to own a flower shop?

Best    Buds
Where can you work where you’ll be surrounded all day by something that smells and looks beautiful but doesn’t have any calories? At a flower shop of course! Shavuos is coming and I bet your Yom Tov table will be showcasing a colorful bouquet of flowers. 
So let’s take a peek (and a sniff or two) at Hashem’s beautiful and unique creations and talk to the people who help them flourish. 
Don’t know the difference between a peony and a poinsettia or a carnation and a calla? Let’s talk to the experts and find out how they amassed their knowledge of all things floral. Is it something you can learn from books and school or is it all about natural talent and creativity?

 





Name:

Business:

Location:

How I learned about Flowers:

Mrs. Leah Sicherman

Floral Expressions

Lakewood NJ

I’ve always loved flowers. I have a degree in interior design so I already knew a lot about flowers. But I had to learn about caring for them properly from a book used in classes for florists.

 

Mrs. Esti Lieberman

Gold’s Flower Shop

Monsey NY

My mother Mrs. Gold started the business in 1979. She learned the tricks of the trade from her mother-in-law who opened up a flower shop in Brooklyn together with her husband in 1967. My mother taught me what she had learned and eventually my husband and I joined my mother in the business.

Mr. Menachem Gottesman

Gold’s Flower Shop

(Yes he is related to Mrs. Lieberman from Gold’s in Monsey)

Brooklyn NY

I began working in my grandparents’ flower shop shortly after I got married. In 1994 I bought the business in partnership with my brother-in-law Moshe Spitzer as Bobby and Zeidy Gold retired. I have an inborn artistic flair however I needed on the job training to build experience and to become the professional I am today.

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