Category: Valentine’s Day

  • A dozen facts about roses to share with your Valentine’s Day recipient

      If you’re giving flowers this Valentine’s Day, odds are they will be roses. That generous gesture alone is likely to impress the recipient. But maybe you really want to wow that special someone with your knowledge of the national flower (see below). For you, we offer a dozen facts about roses that will help…

  • We want to tell a love story, perhaps yours

      Let’s get to the heart of the matter: With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we want to share a family-friendly love story on our blog, perhaps yours. We’re holding a contest to find that story. The winner, who must live within Royer’s delivery area, will have his or her story professionally written and…

  • 10 Heart-Felt Uses for Flowers This Valentine’s Day

    In 2019, according to aboutflowers.com, 28 percent of American adults (37 percent men, 19 percent women) purchased flowers for Valentine’s Day. Roses led the way, accounting for 84 percent of those purchases. If you favor tradition, we have you covered with lots of rose options available for delivery or in-store pickup. But if you’re looking…

  • News coverage of Royer’s Flowers gets to the heart of Valentine’s Day preparation

    Geoff Royer had been on the go for days, including an annual pre-Valentine’s Day trip to South America to check up on Royer’s rose crop. But on this day, Geoff’s near-constant movement was confined to Royer’s corporate complex in Lebanon, specifically the central design department where teams of associates gathered around long tables to hand-craft…

  • Just like Jack: Become a seasonal independent delivery driver for Valentine’s Day

    It took more than 40 years of playing golf, but Jack O’Hara recorded his first hole-in-one on June 5, 2018. He was part of a foursome participating in a senior men’s league at Spring Creek Golf Course in Hershey. They were on the eighth hole. “Hit the green about four inches behind the hole, [the…

  • Be like Liz: Join Royer’s as a holiday helper for Valentine’s Day

    Liz Bazewicz still marvels at what she saw that first winter some 15 years ago when she first joined Royer’s Flowers as a holiday helper. “The volume,” she said. “I had no idea what was involved in putting together Valentine’s Day.” As Cupid comes calling once again, Royer’s is counting on seasonal mainstays such as…

  • Valentine’s Day: from field to front door

    Whether you’re a planner or procrastinator, online or in-store shopper, you can expect the same high-quality product and customer service from Royer’s. We really shine at Valentine’s Day. It’s our busiest time, and we enjoy the challenge of rising to the occasion. If a customer buys flowers once per year, it’s probably for Feb. 14.…

  • Back in Bogota for the big Proflora trade show

    The last time we joined Geoff Royer in South America, it was in the run-up to Valentine’s Day. Geoff, area manager, and his uncle Tom Royer, senior vice president and chief operating officer, were checking on the quality of roses being grown just for Royer’s customers for the holiday. Early October found Geoff and Tom…

  • The making of our ‘Thoughts of You’ arrangement

    Among the thousands of Valentine’s Day arrangements we’ll be making this year is one called Thoughts of You, which this team was handcrafting in our central design department in Lebanon. This arrangement features shades of pink comprising a rose, alstroemeria, carnations and mini carnations, as well as lavender button poms and stems of bupleurum, all…

  • Postcard from South America: Day 3

    Day 3 found Tom Royer and Geoff Royer again in Bogota, again inspecting Valentine’s Day roses, this time at the Multiflora farm. “The quality was very good from what we saw,” Geoff said. “It’s impossible to look at every bunch we get, but we make sure we go through the process with them about the…