Last updated: February 15, 2012 8:36 a.m.
Helping make Valentines Day bloom
Aleli Ruiz Oregon, right, and other workers gather flowers for bouquets at Gassafy Wholesale Florist for Valentines Day.
Photos by Samuel Hoffman | The Journal Gazette
Carole Bates assembles a rose bouquet in a vase at Gassafy Wholesale Florist for Valentines Day. Bates said it takes her about two minutes to finish a vase of roses. Gassafy processes about 350,000 roses in the run-up to Valentines Day, providing bouquets to florists and groceries locally and in Michigan, Ohio and Illinois.