Author: Neal

  • Royer’s Flowers opens heart of Valentine’s Day operation to news media

    On Feb. 7, Royer’s Flowers & Gifts welcomed WGAL, abc27 and PennLive/The Patriot-News to the heart of its Valentine’s Day operation, at its corporate complex in Lebanon. Geoff Royer, vice president of central operations, noted the importance of ordering flowers early to guarantee availability. The pandemic has seen unprecedented demand for flowers that have become harder…

  • Purchasing these arrangements supports local animal shelters

      The needs of animal shelters are diverse, from pet food to cleaning supplies, toys to towels. And they are costly to address, especially for non-profit organizations. To help, Royer’s donates a portion of the profits from the sale of its Puppy in a Basket and Kitten in a Basket arrangements to animal shelters in…

  • Royer’s Flowers presents American Red Cross with thousands of holiday cards for area veterans

    Continuing an annual tradition, Royer’s Flowers & Gifts on Dec. 7, 2021, presented several thousand holiday cards and coloring pages to the American Red Cross for distribution to area veterans. Royer’s, which has participated in the Red Cross “Holidays for Heroes” program for nearly a decade, collected the cards from the public in each of…

  • Royer’s Flowers donates to 10 area animal shelters

    Plants and animals just go together. Consider the former that are named after the latter, from cattails to hound’s tongue, elephant ear to bird of paradise, rattlesnake orchids to zebra grass. Royer’s Flowers & Gifts even offers arrangements featuring plush animals, including Kitten in a Basket and Puppy in a Basket. Under a new program,…

  • Royer’s Flowers saluting veterans Nov. 11 with free red, white and blue bouquets

    Royer’s Flowers & Gifts will honor veterans with free patriotic bouquets on Nov. 11. The bouquets – featuring a red carnation, a white carnation and a blue bow – will be available in-store only at any of Royer’s 16 locations in Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties. “This is one of our…

  • Royer’s Flowers and sister company in Ohio donate $10,000 to women’s charities

    Royer’s Flowers & Gifts has donated $7,250 to six women’s charities throughout its market area in central and eastern Pennsylvania. Family-owned Royer’s earmarks $10 for women’s charities for every sale of its Admiration arrangement, which is available year-round. This year’s recipients and the amount of their awards: Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition, $2,500; Junior League of…

  • Kenneth Royer inducted into SAF Floriculture Hall of Fame

    It was his mother, Hannah, who started what is now fourth-generation family-owned Royer’s Flowers & Gifts. But Kenneth Royer proved to be an industry pioneer in his own right during a 60-year career with the company. In September, the Society of American Florists recognized Royer’s contributions, inducting the Lebanon resident into the Floriculture Hall of…

  • Carlisle resident wins Royer’s name-the-arrangement contest

    Janet Wright said a carousel reminds her of an amusement park and happiness. That’s the vibe she was going for with her winning entry, “Carousel of Color,” in Royer’s Flowers & Gifts’ annual name-the-arrangement contest. Wright, of Carlisle, said she entered just once. Hers was among nearly 1,500 online submissions received between late July and…

  • Mum grower Frysville Farms near Ephrata is almost as old as America

    There’s a bar in the East Village of Manhattan that opened its doors in 1854. A sign in the window greets patrons young and old with a pointed message: “We were here before you were born.” In northern Lancaster County, Pa., Frysville Farms bests the bar by three-quarters of a century, tracing its origin to…

  • Paige Hershey is this year’s winner of the Royer’s Kids Club birthday card design contest

    Lancaster County’s Paige Hershey didn’t sit idle during the pandemic. For one thing, the East Lampeter Township 12-year-old got busy entering contests. One was for photography, another for writing. “She’s just driven,” said Paige’s mother, Heather. That drive led to success for the seventh-grader. Paige had the winning entry in this year’s Royer’s Flowers &…