Category: News

  • Royer’s brings annual food drive to Fox 43 Morning News

    It’s summertime and the living is easy, the song lyric goes. But life isn’t easy if there isn’t enough food to eat at home. Royer’s annual food drive — Royer’s Stems Hunger — began in 2011 as a way to address some of that need. The food drive, which this year runs June 20-28, benefits…

  • 2014 Royer’s Kids Club birthday card design contest runs through July 12

    For children, summer is for getting out of school, swimming, going on vacation. And entering the 2014 Royer’s Kids Club birthday card design contest, which is open to children ages 5 to 12 in Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties. The deadline to enter is July 12. The winning design will be featured…

  • A thorny problem is solved by our annual May-June rose sale

    “It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.” ― Maud Hart Lovelace, author Indeed, June is National Rose Month, which coincides conveniently with the fact that roses are abundant this time of year. That abundance explains why Royer’s has its rose sale every June.…

  • Don’t let ‘DOGs’ take a bite out of your Mother’s Day order

    Our Google search for “flowers hershey, pa” returned several sponsored links from what appear to be local florists. On one website, there’s this message: “Hershey, Pennsylvania Flower Delivery by our local florist to Hershey TODAY!” The owner of that website is in Michigan. On the home page of another of the websites is this: “Best…

  • Royer’s joins Fox 43 for ‘Wedding Week’

    You’ve found Mr. Right, but understand that there’s no wrong when it comes to your wedding flowers. That’s the message that Barry Spengler, Royer’s vice president of operations, conveyed during his “Wedding Week” appearance on Fox 43. Five or 10 years ago, for instance, few brides-to-be would have thought of combining lime green and pink.…

  • Rather than national services, call your local florist to get the most bang for your buck on Valentine’s Day: NBC’s “Today”

    Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, NBC’s “Today” put three national floral delivery services to the test. The results weren’t always pretty, with “Today” concluding that what customers received didn’t always match what they ordered from the 1-800-Flowers, Teleflora and FTD websites. In the…

  • Five Valentine’s Day options for below $50

    Love is in the air. And don’t you forget it. Barry Spengler, Royer’s vice president of operations, visited Fox 43 today to remind viewers that Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. In fact, it’s just one week away. “With this ugly weather, everybody’s hankering for some spring,” Barry told Fox 43’s Amanda McCall. “This…

  • Kids club looks ahead to spring with free event Jan. 18 in all stores

    It’s early winter, but spring is the thing at the first free Royer’s Kids Club event of 2014. At all Royer’s stores on Jan. 18, children ages 5 to 12 will have an opportunity to create a daisy arrangement in a decorative glass jar as shown above. Participants also will receive a balloon. Time slots…

  • Santa’s workshop has nothing on our central design department

    But for movies and TV specials, we don’t see much of what goes on in Santa’s workshop. The North Pole is pretty far away, after all. Anyway, it’s closer to Royer’s corporate complex in Lebanon, which includes our offices, distribution center, greenhouses. It’s also home to our own workshop — central design — where dozens…

  • Use hairspray to preserve your holiday wreath

    A natural Christmas tree eventually loses its needles, but giving it daily drinks of water will dramatically slow the process. Unfortunately, you can’t do the same with a natural Christmas wreath. But here’s the next-best thing: seal in the wreath’s moisture using hairspray, which acts like glue and holds the needles on. To avoid any…