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Flowery Branch floral business gets flowers directly from local gardeners
Southern Grace Enterprises uses farm-to-floral approach
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A floral arrangement hangs from the ceiling at Southern Grace Enterprises in Flowery Branch. To keep their arrangements different, Southern Grace welcomes clients to bring in recycled containers to be used as vases. - photo by Erin O. Smith
When Southern Grace Enterprises owners Tracy Youngblood-McDaniel and Merilynn Woodfin need more fresh flowers for their shop, they make a quick phone call and have some in hand in as few as 10 minutes. Southern Grace Enterprises purchases flowers from local growers for its floral sales business. McDaniel and Woodfin call it a farm-to-floral approach.
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‘Something that needed to be done’: Markers to line Green Street for Memorial Day
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Rock Creek Vietnam Veteran Johnny Hulsey attends the Rotary Club of Hall County's weekly meeting Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at the Gainesville Civic Center along with other veterans for the donation of $17,000 toward the club's Salute to Veterans service project. - photo by Scott Rogers
Losing three of his high school friends along with others he served with in the Ninth Infantry Division during his tour in Vietnam from 1966-1967 is something that still haunts Johnny Hulsey.
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