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It’s Summer: The Local Flowers are Poppin’

It’s summer, local flowers are abundant! From snapdragons to roses to sunflowers, this sunny season boasts a wide variety of floral goodness for any occasion–which means there are plenty of good options if you have a particularly–ahem–red, white, and blue flower color scheme in mind. Here’s a roundup of what’s blooming now from north to south, east to west at …

Hare and Bear | Dardienne Prairie, MO

Your Mom Called, She Loved the Mother’s Day Flowers!

To those of you who shopped and supported The Flowry community during Mother’s Day, THANK YOU! Mother’s Day is the #1 flower giving occasion of the year. While Mother’s Day has since passed, the effects of such a monumental flower-giving occasion can still be felt in the environment and beyond. There are over 43 million mothers in the US alone. …

Sweet Peas by Rita Feldman

It’s International Women’s Day: You  Can Buy Yourself Flowers.

(updated by Lori D: March 7. 2023) March ushers in two reasons to send flowers (as if we needed another): spring and International Women’s Day! Monday, March 20 (in the Northern Hemisphere) marks the official arrival of spring equinox–which means equal lengths of day and night. It’s also the official start of the spring growing season in flowers. WOO! For …

Are Dried Flowers More Sustainable? It’s Not So Cut and Dried

With winter comes fewer fresh, local flowers. It’s the natural order of things. Winter is a time for planning, slowing down, creature comforts, and being home. (And staying home seems to be a recurring theme of late! (Cue the <eyeroll> emoji.) Many florists and flower enthusiasts turn to dried (aka preserved and everlasting) flowers as a change of pace, and …

Next Time You Send Flowers, Say ‘No Thanks’ to Floral Foam

You know that green, squishy stuff at the bottom of most floral arrangements? That’s floral foam! Conventional florists like it because it’s convenient, supports complex floral designs, holds up to 50 times its weight in water, and is an inexpensive way to prolong the life of an arrangement. The structure of floral foam is similar to the cellular structure of …