More than a century of flowers at The 5th Avenue Floral Co. came down this week to eight daisies and alstroemeria. Founded in 1901, the shop, on the corner of Kenny and Kinnear roads, is preparing its ...

Quilen Blackwell, whose nonprofit transforms vacant lots on Chicago’s South Side into flower farms that employ at-risk young people to grow, arrange and sell the flowers, is the 2025 CNN Hero of the ...