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Scouting for foster homes
She is a proud member of the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers, and has attended many floral workshops to strengthen her florist techniques.
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Staci Andro, a White Bear Lake local, recently opened up Hazel & Goose, a floral shop that aims to sell locally grown flowers in order to create sustainable, long-lasting bouquets.
Her fascination with flowers began after purchasing bouquets for her wedding back in 2016. Her wedding florist proudly sourced all of the arrangements from local farms. The year after, Andro purchased her first batch of Dahlia tubers from the same florist, and started a plot in her yard.
Today, Hazel & Goose’s flowers still come from Andro’s own home in White Bear where she has an urban farm, which totals to nearly 1,000 square feet.
Furniture company relocates
Farmhouse Furniture, previously located at corner of Buffalo and 61, has moved a half-mile north to the former Makerspace building in White Bear Township. The new location offers an expanded showroom.
Andro hopes to spread the joy of locally grown flowers to the community, and looks forward to hosting floral workshops and events. “It’s going to be really fun to teach them how to make a floral a arrangement,” she said.
The grand opening will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 13 at their location in downtown White Bear Lake at 2186 3rd Street Studio 103. Locals can also learn more about monthly events, open market days, and purchase a flower subscription through the store’s website, hazelandgoose. com.
Farmhouse Furniture is located at 5266 Highway 61 N. For more information, visit putnamfarmhouse. com.
Merrina O’Malley
Nick a Boy Scout in Troop 9402 from First Presbyterian Church in White Bear Lake, is partnering with Healing Hearts Rescue to raise awareness about fostering for dogs and cats as part of his Eagle Scout project. His goal is to recruit foster parents and to increase the network of foster homes for the rescue. He said the lack of homes in their fostering network was the organization’s largest challenge, forcing them to turn down dogs purely because of the lack of space available to them. Albrecht has designed flyers and organized booths at Marketfest, Chuck & Don’s, and the White Bear Senior Center in an attempt to inform and recruit future foster parents. For information, go to healingheartsrescue.org.
