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The business oers custom oral arrangements for events such as weddings.

Flowers of Kingwood owner Robin Martinez has been operating the business since 1987.

Flowers of Kingwood boasts a selection of fresh bouquets, home decor and gift items.

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Flowers of Kingwood cultivates following over 40 years

For almost four decades, Flowers of Kingwood owner Robin Martinez said she has worked to grow her business alongside the community it calls home and to cultivate a close relationship with her customers. The backstory Since 1984—when Martinez’s parents opened the business—Flowers of Kingwood has provided locals with a selection of fresh bouquets, home decor and gift items. The business also oers oral arrangements for events such as weddings. “I’m just as happy to do a bouquet and a bouton- niere for two happy people as I am to do [it] for 2,000 people,” Martinez said. In 1987, Martinez took over the store, and in 2000, Martinez opened the current location on Northpark Drive. When Flowers of Kingwood was established, Martinez said Kingwood was a young community to which people mostly commuted for jobs at local businesses and left after the workday ended. Since then, Martinez said she’s seen the area blossom into a community with deep roots as people now buy homes and raise their families in Kingwood, which allows her to get to know her customers well. “I’ve seen Kingwood change, and that’s enabled us to have an ongoing relationship with people,” Marti- nez said.

How it’s going Martinez also serves as president for the South Texas Education District of Teleora. The nonprot partners with schools and Future Farmers of America programs to help students earn certications in oral design, horticulture and plant life green housing. Sharing oral design knowledge with others is a common practice among orists, Martinez said, as other orists oered advice to her when she took over Flowers of Kingwood. “I learned everything on the job,” she said. “Our industry is good about education and having classes, seminars, just [sharing] inspiration. Most of the design- ers ... are very giving with their knowledge.”

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