Teleflora names Favorite Florist Mom

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Teleflora names Favorite Florist Mom

by Jacqueline

June 04, 2008

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Mother’s Day this year, Teleflora went all out to celebrate motherhood with a top-notch competition called America’s Favorite Mom.

Patti Patton-Bader received $250,000 as the grand-prize winner.

Floral bouquet for America's Favorite Mom

Floral bouquet for America's Favorite Mom

Another chance to highlight exceptional mothers was Teleflora’s Favorite Florist Mom contest. And the winner is: Lyn Shipman, who runs Brenda’s House of Flowers in Woodstock, GA., and is now a mom for the second time in her life. After being a step-mom, Lyn is now raising two of her five step-grandchildren.

Nominated by her husband Skip Shipman, Lyn was chosen in late May from about 50 semi-finalists. She’ll receive a VIP trip for four to Los Angeles and a studio tour as well as Teleflora’s Favorite Mom diamond-solitaire gold pendant.

“I was overwhelmed,” says Lyn. “Skip showed me the essay he wrote, but I didn’t tell anyone. It was just between the two of us. When I got the call that I won, I was floored.

“I was honored and thrilled, but then I had to hang up.”

She had kids to attend to!

To read Lyn’s story, visit: teleflora.com/FLOWERBLOG/post/'Froggy-to-the-Rescue'-Florist-jumps-right-into-motherhood-for-two-generations.aspx.

Flower Fact of the Day: Orchids as cut flowers are easy to care for and cymbidiums are the longest lasting. For more info on longevity, check out this week’s issue of New York magazine, which has a special section on flowers, nymag.com.

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