Selling Olympic flowers

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When the Olympic winners take the podium over the next two weeks, they won’t just get a medal. They’ll also get a flower bouquet. All those bouquets had to come from somewhere, of course, and it turned out to be “Just Beginnings Flowers” owned by June Strandberg (pictured). The World’s Jason Margolis visited the little flower shop that could in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey. Download MP3 (Photo: Jason Margolis)

• Photo of the Olympic florists
• The Numbers Behind the Olympics: Jason’s Vancouver coverage
• Global Economy podcast
• Just Beginnings flower shop