Eveleth florist concerned over COVID-19 ripple effects

EVELETH — Eveleth Floral is blooming with lilies in anticipation of Easter on April 12. But owner Jamie Falkowski wonders how the Coronavirus pandemic will affect area church services and in turn, the flower market.

The proprietor of the century-old shop on Eveleth’s Grant Avenue has a “good $3,500 worth of plants,” she said. There are about 200 Easter lilies growing in the greenhouse and many on order with their distributors in the Twin Cities. “What if they (churches) cancel or if people don’t want to be around crowds?” she said. Deacon Dan Schulz at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Virginia reassured her that Easter “will still go on.”