Involvement
Puts Us Ahead of the Pack
Anne Marie and
Carmen are full time florists, love what they do and hope
it shows. Their nationwide involvement in the flower industry
shows their passion for flowers.
Cosentino's is
a full service flower shop. We're a 72 year old family business
with very modern and up to date floral techniques. Most of
all we pride ourselves in the fact that we live by our logo,
SIMPLY SAID: Our flowers last longer.
Our Mission Statement
reads "Our goal is to exceed
the expectations of each person who calls on us to express
their words and their feelings with flowers."
We are very active
in industry affairs. Carmen and Anne Marie have served on
various committees at FTD. Both have been guest designers
and speakers at many industry design schools across the country.
Carmen's recent and current activities include, serving on
the Board of Director's of the Seeley Conference, an annual
think tank that takes place each June at Cornell, serving
as a trustee of the Kenneth Post Foundation for Floricultural
Research at Cornell and as a Trustee of the Professional Floral
Commentators Institute, an international association of floral
educators and commentators. He is a member of the American
Floral Services Education Team and the AFS Presidential Services
Team, both headquartered in Oklahoma City.
He has been honored
with membership in the American Academy of Florist and the
Professional Communicators International. In 1991 he was named
Man of the Year by Roses, Inc. the association of US and Canadian
Rose Growers and in 1993, First Florist of the Land, by the
Michigan Florist Association, an honor given only once every
three years to a national figure. And in 1999 Carmen was inducted
into the Hall of Fame of the Society of American Floriculture.
Carmen is the 103rd person to receive that honor in the 115
years of the Society. He is the 7th Cornellian to be so honored.
Carmen and Anne
Marie have served on the team of 100 florists across the nation
that design the flower arrangements for presidential inaugurations
for Ronald Reagan, George Herbert Walker Bush, Bill Clinton
and George W. Bush. Mrs. Cosentino Sr. has served on 3 teams
for the Christmas White House decorations.
These days, Carmen
divides his time between Cosentino's and a consulting business
that gives management and care and handling of flower seminars
across the U.S. and Canada. He writes regularly for floral
trade magazines and in June his new book, “FloraCare
2006” will be published on CD Rom.
Carmen and Anne
Marie have visited flower markets and growing areas in China,
Italy, Holland, France, the Dominican Republic and Colombia
and Canada.
Says Carmen, "being
active in the industry allows us to travel across the nation,
indeed even to many foreign lands, to see what is happening
in this industry. It is a rare day that we visit a flower
shop or talk with a florist, that we don't bring home a new
idea that we can use in our own shop. Our customer benefits,
because by being on the cutting edge of the flower business,
we get the new ideas and new techniques first."
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