Richards Flower Shop celebrates 100 years and wonders about the future

Dick Richards is the last in his family who will operate Richards Flower shop, one of the oldest businesses in Kent. Roger Hoover/The Portager

Richards Flower Shop celebrates 100 years and wonders about the future

- Maria McGinnis

Flowers are there for some of the most significant moments of a person’s life. From proms to weddings to funerals, Richards Flower Shop has made floral arrangements for people in and around Kent for just about everything. 

“Marry ‘em and bury ‘em. Hopefully in that order,” said Dick Richards, the owner, last in a 100-year-old lineage of Kent florists who share the name.

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