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Welcome to Soderberg's: Staff Bio's & Information Soderberg's Floral & Gift today instills in everyone’s mind as a quality neighborhood florist and a local institution in south Minneapolis. Established in 1925 by Harold and Mildred Soderberg, it's original location is now occupied by the Popular Town Talk Dinner at 27th and Lake Street. In 1932 it moved to its current location at 3305 East Lake. It orginally consisted of one large greenhouse with the house separate from the business located in the back. Through the years, many additions, and 3 owners, Soderberg’s has become what it is today. Soderberg's Floral-Gifts accepts all major credit cards and welcome businesses to open a corporate account secured with a Credit Card.
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Howard O’Neill is it 3rd and current owner of Soderberg's Floral & Gift. Howard O'Neill's long career in the floral industry, is quite extensive. His first success located St. Cloud, Minnesota, O'Neill's Flowers for over 25 years, was central MN's permier florist. Howard's hobbies include, gardening, traveling and taking in a occasional Prairie Home Companion show. Howard's favorite flower is the Yellow Rose and favorite part of the job is getting to design with all the fun seasonal varieties. Kym Erickson is the General Manager of Soderberg's Floral & Gift. Kym has been a florist since she was 16 years old. With a head for business and a heart for flowers, Kym's career includes management, ownership, award winning designs, and customer service. Kym enjoys traveling, knitting, stain glass and her dog Lucy. Kym's favorite flower is Hydrangea and now they can be seen in the store year round. Lucy is found in the store on any given day, as the ultimate customer service representative. Customers can be seen daily, rubbing her belly or throwing her favorite bear to be retrieved. Lucy's favorite flower is any that have fallen to the floor and have a bone like consistency to chew on. Lissa Rossi one of the designers at Soderbergs Floral & Gift. Her extensive talent and years as a floral designer is hard to find. Her creativity, eye for detail and color has served her well, as she has won several awards in her career; Recently placing 4th in the MN Floral Assoc. Annual Flower Designer of the year. She has many hobbies, including photography, travel and spoiling to her 6 grandchildren. Lissa’s favorite flower is the Gardenias and the best of her job is getting to know her customers. Greg Harris is our newest addition at Soderbergs Floral & Gift. He to brings the job an extensive career of floral excellence including owning his own flower shop for 18 years. He too is an award winning designer and has creativity oozing out in every direction! Mainly he is our customer sales associate but can been seen wearing many hats on any given day. Greg’s hobbies include: Stain glass, travel and gardening. Favorite Flower combination is Stargazers and iris and says “Every time I make one with that combination, it sells!” Craig Young has been the delivery driver at Soderbergs Floral & Gift for the last 7 years. In between his serious and busy schedule of fishing, golf, Twin’s baseball and Viking’s games, Craig can be seen in the Soderberg’s floral van delivering happiness all over South Minneapolis. Craig favorite part of the job is seeing the smile he bring to our customer faces when he hands them their package! |





