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Matt Kempner

In Jimmy Carter’s Plains, bracing for flowers they don’t want to send

PLAINS, Ga. — The day Hope Jones has braced for since opening her florist and gift shop here four years ago could arrive soon.

She’s given a heads up to her flower supplier. She’s recruited extra floral designers, including two who plan to drive in from the other end of the state.

It will be the busiest time Plains Sweet Stems has ever seen, bigger than Mother’s Day. Bigger, even, than Valentine’s Day, she suspects.

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