Category: News

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • From South America with love

    Come mid-winter in Pennsylvania, the thought of soaking up the sun’s rays and 70-degree temperatures in South America sounds like a great vacation. But for Tom Royer, traveling to Bogota, Colombia, is work. Tom is senior vice president and chief operating officer for Royer’s Flowers, which his grandparents, Hannah and Lester Royer, started 76 years…

  • Spring is sprung at free kids club event Jan. 19

    Our busiest year ever of Royer’s Kids Club events begins Jan. 19 with a free activity in all Royer’s stores. The theme is “Think Spring” as you and other children ages 5 to 12 will have the opportunity to make a tulip arrangement.. All participants also will receive a balloon. Time slots are available at…

  • Bouquets for Books collects nearly 1,300 new children’s books for area libraries

    Christmas came early for public libraries in the six counties that Royer’s serves. Our seventh annual “Bouquets for Books” collected 1,296 new children’s books for the libraries in Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties. Bouquets for Books took place Nov. 2-10. Customers received a free bouquet for each book they donated, up to…

  • Kids club event Nov. 3 will kick off annual ‘Bouquets for Books’

    Royer’s will kick off its annual “Bouquets for Books” event with a Royer’s Kids Club event on Nov. 3. The price of admission: a new children’s book. In return, children ages 5 to 12 will have the opportunity to make a fall arrangement like the one in the accompanying photo. Time slots are available at…

  • ‘Bouquets for Books’ returns Nov. 2-10 to collect new children’s books for public libraries

    It is said that libraries are not made, they grow. Royer’s Flowers & Gifts wants to continue growing the children’s book collections at area libraries. Our annual “Bouquets for Books” event will return Nov. 2-10 to collect new children’s books for public libraries in Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties. For each book, donors…