{"id":1511,"date":"2021-05-27T21:06:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T21:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2021-05-27T21:06:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T21:06:40","slug":"zygrace-faithful-flowers-hopeful-gifts-bringing-beauty-into-the-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/27\/zygrace-faithful-flowers-hopeful-gifts-bringing-beauty-into-the-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Zy\u2019Grace Faithful Flowers &#038; Hopeful Gifts Bringing Beauty into the Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1513 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Pilar-Powell-Ware.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Pilar-Powell-Ware.jpg 261w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Pilar-Powell-Ware-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Pilar-Powell-Ware-250x250.jpg 250w, http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Pilar-Powell-Ware-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/>Sojourner\u2019s Truth Staff<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Pilar Powell-Ware, Toledo has a little more grace, a little more faith and a lot more flowers and gifts \u2013 that\u2019s what she has gifted the local area with her Zy\u2019Grace Faithful Flowers &amp; Hopeful Gifts business which she organized in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Now Toledo\u2019s only Black florist, Powell-Ware, offers customers a wide variety of flowers, fresh floral arrangements in vases, wrapped bouquets, wedding bouquets, house plants, gift baskets and candy arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>Powell-Ware has not come by her affinity and skills for floristry lightly, or lately. She began studying at the Toledo Botanical Garden in high school at the Natural Science Technical Studio developing her skills in competitions for floral designs at Inverness. She eventually earned a Green Hand Degree, became a certified florist with the State of Ohio and sharpened her business credentials at Assets Toledo with Olivia Holden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate Ms. Holden for offering the class; it has opened the doors and provide all kinds of different resources,\u201d says Powell-Ware.<\/p>\n<p>Zy\u2019Grace services all of the Toledo metro area either by delivery or pickup at Powell-Ware\u2019s home base. Nothing Powell-Ware does in business happens by chance, not even selecting the name of her business. Zyon, Grace, Faith and Hope are the names of her four children who have provided such inspiration \u2013 and help on occasion. Twelve-year old Zyon lends a hand during those busy occasions such as Mother\u2019s Day and holidays.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1512 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/186295417_510329467073712_1024916302150128306_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"153\" \/>Zy\u2019Grace can be reached by phone at 419-467-5196, on Facebook at Zy\u2019Grace or by email at Pilar.<br \/>\nPowell1@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sojourner\u2019s Truth Staff Thanks to Pilar Powell-Ware, Toledo has a little more grace, a little more faith and a lot more flowers and gifts \u2013 that\u2019s what she has gifted the local area with her Zy\u2019Grace Faithful Flowers &amp; Hopeful Gifts business which she organized in 2013. Now Toledo\u2019s only Black florist, Powell-Ware, offers customers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,18],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[57],"class_list":["post-1511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1514,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions\/1514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1511"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=1511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}