Flashback Friday: Do You Remember...?

ENFIELD, CT — In this weekly series, Enfield Patch remembers a business or landmark in town that is no longer in existence through publication of old advertisements from some 1960s-1980s Enfield and Fermi high school yearbooks and early-1960s to mid-1980s telephone directories and newspapers.

Today we go back three decades to the 1987 Fermi High School yearbook, and an ad from one of Enfield's most beloved longtime businesses: Button Greenhouse.

Located at 149 Elm Street directly across from Palomba Drive, the business was founded by Edward Button as Button Flower Farm. For many years, Edward Button's daughter, Ellie Bissonnette, operated the business, including expansion by opening the Enfield Mall Flower Shop and Julie-Lynn Flowers.

After nearly a quarter-century in business, Ellie Bissonnette retired in 1994. She passed away Feb. 13, 2005 at age 73.

Enfield Patch invites readers to share their memories in the comments section below.

Do you have a photo or an old ad from a former Enfield business? Email it to tim.jensen@patch.com and we’ll feature it in an upcoming column.