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One Texas florist is considered so talented that she was tapped to provide flowers for President Gerald Ford's California and Michigan funerals. Additional Article Information: =============================== 367 Words; formatted to 65 Characters per Line Distribution Date and Time: 2008-02-12 10:00:00 Written By: Wesley Berry, AAF Copyright: 2007-2008 Contact Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For more free-reprint articles by Wesley Berry, AAF, please visit: http://www.thePhantomWriters.com/recent/author/wesley-berry,-aaf.html ============================================= Special Notice For Publishers and Webmasters: ============================================= If you use this article on your website or in your ezine, We Want To Know About It. 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Sherri Gerland, owner of the Floral Marketing International Group (FMI Group) in Houston, Texas, was asked to provide the flowers for Ford's funerals following his December 26, 2006 death at his home in Rancho Mirage, California. FMI Group's flowers were, in fact, the only ones that were allowed to appear in the church ceremonies in both California and Michigan. Together with designer Dee Logan, who works in the FMI Group's Orlando office, designed monochromatic arrangements of white using Casablanca lilies, hydrangeas, roses, stock, Dendrobium orchids, and callas. In addition, they made wreaths to be displayed at Ford's alma maters, Yale Law School and the University of Michigan. Though Gerland and Logan made designing Ford's funeral flowers look easy, Gerland said that transporting them during the holiday season "was a logistics nightmare." Gerland paid Continental Airlines $370 to ship flowers to California and "joked that [she] was buying them a seat." She shipped flowers to Michigan using DHL's overnight service. Gerland was contacted almost a year-and-a-half ago by Houston-based Service Corporation International, which is the largest owner of cemeteries and funeral homes in the entire world. At that time the company spoke with her about prospective funeral preparations for our nations 38th president, but she was asked to keep the discussion in strict confidence. Designing funeral flowers is perhaps one of the most important tasks florists take on. Funeral flowers are one of the last things we can do to show our love and respect for our departed loved ones, so they have to be perfect. That's why it's all the more important to carefully select the right florist for your needs. Whenever possible, work with a florist you've had good experiences with in the past so that you are comfortable asking for exactly what you want. And, if you live in Jessica Simpson's birth state, what better recommendation for a florist could you have than one like Gerland who has designed funeral flowers for one of America's important presidential figures. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Wesley Berry is member of the American Academy of Floriculture (AAF) and President of Wesley Berry Flowers (http://www.wesleyberryflowers.com), a successful multi-million dollar floral business that was established in 1946. He also works with http://www.funeral-homes.net to provide useful information about funeral homes across the nation. He has been recognized by florists nationwide (http://www.flowers-nationwide.com) as a leader in the flower business. 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