Floral Arranging and Highlights of Running a Flower Shop
April 14 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Tuesday, April 14, 2026, First Church of Christ, Congregational, 25 The Great Rd. 6:00 pm: Social period. 6:30 pm: Meeting and guest speaker Nancy Tripodi will present Floral Arranging and Highlights of Running a Flower Shop in Bedford for 40 Years.
Bakers: Claire Higson, Raya Gildor
Bedford Florist owner Nancy Tripodi will create flower arrangements and talk about her 40+ years running a business in our town.
Sharing a love of flowers and gardening with her mother, Nancy began making wedding bouquets and arrangements for family and friends when she was a teenager.
As word of her skills spread and requests increased, she enrolled at Rittner’s Floral Design School in Boston.
Nancy began working at her current location when the business was called Palmeri’s Flowers. When the owner decided to sell the business in 1982, Nancy and her husband Leo purchased it.
The new name, the Bedford Florist, was adopted after her father-in-law suggested that she “name the business after the town.”
She has long been active in the Bedford community and is a member of the Bedford Chamber of Commerce.