Flourish....

Flourish is the name of the little company that sells flowers and plants by the entrance to St Ann's Church on the eponymous square. That flower stall is a bit of a Manchester institution having been on that site for over 100 years (see extra picture). In the old picture the church looks like its crumbling a bit. In 2016 it's looking a whole lot better.

Under the tenancy of the guy who runs it (in today's picture on his mobile) now it's thriving. He has another site by Debenhams where Tib Street joins Market Street near the tram station. And another site that deals in office flowers (every business in Manchester seems to have a huge, impressive and expensive display in their foyer) in City Tower.

I got to meet him when I did the garden in St Ann's Square last year. This is a pop up flower stall on New Cathedral Street that he set up as part of the Manchester Picnic and Jazz Festival over the weekend. We spent a few minutes persuading/helping a young couple to choose some plants for the balcony of their city centre apartment. I was rather good at it.