My wife and I own Appletree Flowers & Gifts and Dutch Mill Flowers in Plano TX. My wife, Charlotte, started at Dutch Mill working for her mother. Her mother sold the shop to Ellie, a designer at the shop. A few years ago Charlotte bought the shop from Ellie and Ellie stayed on to help. A little over a year ago we bought Appletree and merged the 2 shops together. Charlotte has over 20 years of experience in the floral industry and Ellie has over 30 years. Vicky who we hired from Appletree also has over 20 years. This is my first post ever so hopefully it will work.:dearbob: