Spreading Kindness With Flowers

 

This week's episode is dedicated to spreading kindness through flowers amidst a great deal of uncertainty. It's a pleasure to have 4 businesses as guests this week. We hope their stories will encourage and inspire you. You can learn more about this episode on our website.

Dawn Huss

Dawn Huss

Clementines

“…we decided that instead of just choosing 4 or 6 people to each receive a big, lovely flower arrangement we would instead send a little something sweet to EVERY SINGLE PERSON AND ORGANIZATION you all nominated! So we set off today with a car full of flowers, a stack of cards (to tell each person who it was that nominated them) and a full bottle of hand sanitizer!” Dawn Huss @clementines_ga Mentioned: On the Hill Flower Farm

 
Sarah Bruxvoort

Sarah Bruxvoort

Rose and Laurel

Sarah Bruxvoort shares the stories from this week in her floral studio. Designing for a photoshoot or creating 2 floral pieces for a bride and groom, Sarah chats the importance of pivoting your business to meet the needs of our market during this time. Sarah Follow Sarah @roseandlaurelmn Mentioned: Blue Sky Flower Farm

 
Susan Kelly

Susan Kelly

Marion Moss Floral Design

Placed at the end of her driveway to spread kindness and cheer, Susan Kelly shares her love of flowers with her fellow neighbors. Susan also chats about evaluating her business during her ‘stay at home’ and shares a little business advice about using Google Business Listing. Follow Susan@marionmossfloral

 
Lauren Anderson

Lauren Anderson

Sweet Root Village

 “…But then it dawned on us that we could perhaps SELL the flowers to not ONLY brighten someone’s day, but to also gather funds that we could then distribute BACK into the community to make an even bigger impact! Food banks are top of mind for us right now, so we quickly started promoting over Instagram and with the help of everyone we know who actively shared our goal –– we ended up raising nearly $7,000 in just an hour and a half!” Follow Lauren and Rachel @sweetrootvillage Mentioned: Floret and Vine, Wonder and Whimsy Events, Potomac Flower Wholesale, DV Flora