Blooms & Beyond Blog

  • Flower and gift ideas for all of your valentines

    Ravishing red roses rightfully rule Valentine’s Day, but they’re among many great options for conveying love and respect to the important people in your life, from family members to friends to valued community members. Better still, Royer’s Flowers & Gifts offers arrangements and gifts at a wide range of price points to accommodate any budget.…

  • 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…

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

    Because of the generosity of our customers, Royer’s Flowers & Gifts has presented some 2,500 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 in each of its stores throughout…

  • Here’s a handy guide to your Christmas poinsettia

    Poinsettias have been called the lobster flower and flame leaf flower. By any name, they are the Christmas flower, although their flowers actually aren’t the colorful parts for which they are known. But like an eager child who hasn’t made a wish list yet can’t wait to open gifts on Christmas morning, we’re getting ahead…

  • Royer’s Flowers donates $1,000 to Clare House in Lancaster

    Royer’s Flowers & Gifts has donated $1,000 to the non-profit Clare House in Lancaster. Family-owned Royer’s donates $10 to women’s charities for every purchase of its Admiration arrangement, which is available year-round. Clare House’s mission is to transform the lives of women and their children through an employment-focused program providing safety, housing and supportive services…

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

    Royer’s Flowers & Gifts will continue an annual tradition when it honors 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…

  • Royer’s collecting holiday cards and coloring pages for service members and veterans

    Royer’s Flowers & Gifts is collecting holiday cards and coloring pages for service members and veterans throughout November in each of its stores. Royer’s will present the collected items to the American Red Cross “Holidays for Heroes” program. Cards and coloring pages may be dropped off (masks are required) at any Royer’s store during normal…

  • Royer’s Flowers donates $1,000 to Power of the Purse in Berks County

    Royer’s Flowers & Gifts has donated $1,000 to the Berks County Community Foundation’s Power of the Purse program for women. Family-owned Royer’s donates $10 to women’s charities for every purchase of its Admiration arrangement, which is available year-round. Begun by a group of women in 2012, Power of the Purse pools individual donations and awards grants…

  • In her words: She was a Christmas baby, but Royer’s designer Linda Stokes is a child of Halloween

    I’ve loved Halloween since I was little, growing up in the Reading area. I remember going around our small neighborhood with my Dad, who would dress up, too, maybe as a clown or in another costume. My mother would stay home and tend to the kids who came trick-or-treating at our house. Dad definitely was…