Canada: Florist sells plants from Elton John’s dressing room
Potted ficus and palm trees from the legendary rocker’s dressing rooms are at Brown’s The Florist on Fort Street. They were rented for his concert nights on Saturday and Sunday. Rentals cost about a third the cost of purchase. The plants range from $45 to $200.
“They let us know a few months in advance what he’d need. You could tell they’ve done this before,” said store manager Tammy Candela. “Lots of people have flowers on their riders but not everyone asks for plants.”
Among the list of amenities requested in John’s rider was to have about 30 of the potted plants in three dressing rooms and “bright, colourful flowers” in his dressing room.
“We did vases of red and white roses, birds of paradise and hydrangeas. Lots of orange and purple and colour,” Candela said.
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