design business.
Melodie Godby encouraged Brenda to bring fresh-cut flowers into the milieu of offerings Simply The Best provided to its patrons.
In fact, Brenda ' s fever for flowers became such that she ended up earning a pedigree in the industry.
Brandon said his mom graduated from Georgetown College in 2010 as a Kentucky Master Florist. However, Brenda had been doing fresh-cut flower designs well before she went to school for it.
Her passion, experience and formal floral education has been a huge part of the high standards the Englands require of themselves, their services, designs and customer service over the years.
This, of course, has resulted in top-quality results for their patrons, which is reflected in their positive reputation in the community.
" Our best advertisement has always been wordof-mouth through our customers," Brandon said. " We have always strived for 100 percent satisfaction— when you have a name like Simply The Best, that sets a high bar."
He also said that being a family owned business brings a certain quality to their customer relations and service.
" We try to treat everybody
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