Author: Neal

  • Here’s how to extend the life of your Easter blooms

    Even after the Easter Bunny has visited and the last eggs are hunted, Easter plants will bring beauty and color into your home. In fact, you can make the flowers last a lot longer by following some easy steps. What’s more, after your bulb plants – such as daffodils, hyacinths, tulips, crocus and narcissus –…

  • Getting hip to the hop: Cable-11 visits corporate complex for Easter

    Leave the hiding to the Easter Bunny. We love showing off all of the Easter activity taking place this month at Royer’s. Visiting our corporate complex in Lebanon today was Blue Ridge Cable 11 News of Ephrata, specifically reporter Peter Taraborelli and photographer John Hershey. They spoke about hyacinths, lilies, hydrangea and other flowers and…

  • Record attendance at Saturday’s Royer’s Kids Club event

    There’s a spring in our steps after Saturday’s Royer’s Kids Club event, and not just because it involved hyacinth plants for Easter. We’ve been offering kids club events for six-plus years but never had a turnout as big as the 517 children who joined us this time. Thanks to the kids and the parents who…

  • Forcing hyacinth bulbs for Easter

    Did Easter sneak up on you this year? Being on March 31 [this post originated in 2013], it is earlier than usual. As a florist, we don’t have the luxury of being surprised by the calendar. Planning and logistics are the lifeblood of our business; they are fundamental to giving our customers high-quality products and…

  • Royer’s Stems Hunger to return June 21-29 to benefit food banks

    Royer’s Stems Hunger, which has collected nearly 2,500 pounds of non-perishable food in its first two years, will return June 21-29. The event benefits the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the Greater Berks Food Bank. Customers receive a free carnation for each non-perishable food item they donate, up to a maximum of six carnations per…

  • Decorate hyacinth basket at free Royer’s Kids Club event on March 16

    Royer’s Kids Club will get the Easter season hopping with a free event on March 16 at all Royer’s stores. Children ages 5 to 12 will be able to decorate a hyacinth basket for Easter. They can take the plant home and watch it bloom. Participants also will receive a balloon. Time slots are available…

  • Flower tips for any wedding budget

    When it comes to weddings, tears of joy are one thing; crying over a broken budget is quite another. Barry Spengler of Royer’s Flowers participated in Fox 43’s wedding week in February. He shared with host Courtney Laydon tips on colors and textures that can work with any sized budget. “What I love about this…

  • Getting the most out of your Valentine’s roses

    Valentine’s season can last well beyond Feb. 14. In fact, by following some simple steps, your roses should provide you with a week or more of enjoyment. All Royer’s arrangements arrive in vases that contain a mixture of water and flower food (FloraLife, in our case). You just need to make sure that there is…

  • Love comes to town

    With less than one week to go until Valentine’s Day, roses arrived en masse this morning at Royer’s distribution center in Lebanon. We captured some of the many sights as employees prepped the flowers for use by the central design department, which will create thousands of arrangements for the holiday. Meanwhile, vans arrived from Royer’s…

  • Local florist bests big delivery sites in Yahoo! ‘Savvy Spender’ comparison

    Yahoo!’s “Savvy Spender” set out to review four of the top floral delivery sites: 1800Flowers.com, ProFlowers.com, Teleflora and FTD. But at the end of the day — or approximately 2:40 of this video clip — it was a local florist that outshone the big online retailers. “To see how a local florist compares to the…