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Outdoor flower displays around Cleveland bring color, vibrancy to gloomy times

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Three very visible public sites in Cleveland recently bloomed into instant vibrant gardens filled with thousands of stem flowers, thanks to the owner of a design studio and flower wholesaler who believe the public could use some cheering up right about now.

What’s more, passersby were and are free to take flowers to enjoy at home.

“I did this because everyone has been so gloomy lately, and flowers are a luxury that bring joy to people,” said Andrew Thomas of Andrew Thomas Design in Wooster.

Thomas, his staff and friends worked from about 8 p.m. until midnight Monday festooning the Cleveland Metroparks sign in Lakewood.

“We used all kinds of flowers,” said Thomas. “We had everything they had left. There were at least 5,000 stems, if not more. It was fun.”

The “they” that Thomas refers to is Mayesh Wholesale Florist Inc. in Parma.

“Mayesh was going to dump all of their flowers, and I was like, ‘Well, I have this idea — would you be up to it?’ I want to do an installation at a public park just for the community to be able to take flowers for free, and they gladly stepped in, and we were able to create a beautiful display.”

This isn’t the first time Thomas decked out a Cleveland landmark in blooms to get the public’s mind off of being on stuck in the house because of the coronavirus, worried about having enough food and other supplies.

The first floral installment was about 10 days ago at the Cleveland sign in Tremont. The second, last Wednesday, was at the Cleveland script sign at Edgewater Park.

At Monday night’s installment in Lakewood, Debbie from Mayesh pitched in, as did Andrew Carroll of Wildflour Bakery in Rocky River, with his dog, Bailey; and professional photographer Kristin Leanne captured images.

“So not only are we bringing happiness to the community, we’re also giving purpose to creatives who don’t have work right now,” said Thomas.

He hopes to keep this going in the summer.

“Most of the wholesalers are shut through April 17, so we won’t have access to flowers, but we do plan on doing more of this throughout the summer,” said Thomas. “We’ll use leftover flowers from weddings and other events and create popups around the city in places to be determined.”

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