Florist
Manchester, New Hampshire, 03102
Our Happy History dates back to 1910, when O. Roaul Jacques opened his greenhouses of plants and vegetables behind his three-tenement house on Lowell Street in Manchester, NH. The Flower Shop portion of the business was added by his young daughter, Colombe, a recent high school graduate looking to make her career. With her father’s blessing, Colombe rode the train to Boston each day to attend floral design school, and after graduation became a partner in his growing business. Colombe certainly was a pioneer of her time, postponing marriage to focus on her business ~ even making deliveries on her bicycle during the Great Depression! Eventually Colombe did marry, and she and her husband relocated the Flower Shop to the Amoskeag Bridge, where she ran the business for nearly 50 years!
