Blooms & Beyond Blog

  • Dawn of a new arrangement: introducing Farmhouse Sunset

    Being a professional interior designer, Kristin Iwancio said entering Royer’s name-the-arrangement contest was “totally in my wheelhouse.” Indeed, it was. Iwancio, of Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, submitted the winning name – Farmhouse Sunset – among 639 total contest entries. “I love sunsets, so why not go with that? I’m never up early enough for sunrises,”…

  • Oh, Atlanta, we hear you calling

    We don’t procrastinate when it comes to holiday shopping. In fact, no sooner is one Christmas in the rearview mirror than we start planning for the next one. It’s not that we’re eager for the passage of time. Rather, we’re beckoned by AmericasMart in Atlanta, which describes itself as the nation’s leading gift, home furnishings…

  • Royer’s Stems Hunger collects 1,700 pounds of nonperishable food for area food banks

    A big thanks to everyone who contributed to this year’s Royer’s Stems Hunger food drive. With your help, we collected 1,706 pounds of nonperishable items, bringing the food drive’s seven-year total to more than six tons. Royer’s Stems Hunger, which took place June 17-July 1, collected 163 pounds for the Greater Berks Food Bank and…

  • Entries due July 31 for this year’s name-the-arrangement contest

    One of our new arrangements, debuting this fall, has all kinds of color, thanks to two short-stemmed orange roses, a mini green hydrangea, a hot pink rose spray and purple statice. But what the arrangement doesn’t have is a name. This is where you come in. Royer’s is holding an online name-the-arrangement contest, with the…

  • Marisa Heisey of East Lampeter wins Royer’s Kids Club birthday card design contest

    Marisa Heisey still has a newspaper article on her bulletin board about winning the Royer’s Kids Club back-to-school coloring contest in 2011. Six years later, she’s going to need another thumbtack. Marisa, who is entering seventh grade at Gerald G. Huesken Middle School in the Conestoga Valley School District, won this year’s edition of the…

  • Plants and pets: know the facts to keep dogs and cats healthy

    No plant says Christmas quite like the poinsettia. But nary a holiday season goes by without poinsettias being negatively associated with pet health. Yet the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says poinsettias “may be the most misrepresented plant when it comes to toxicity. Since 1919 poinsettias have been called lethal if ingested…

  • Royer’s gives back 10 percent of online prom purchases to area high schools

    No doubt, high school students throughout Royer’s market area will have lasting fond memories of having attended their spring proms. And eight high school prom committees will have a little extra money after participating in Royer’s first prom fundraiser. Royer’s sent reimbursement checks representing 10 percent of the $1,621.09 in corsages and boutonnieres purchased for…

  • Royer’s annual kids club birthday card design contest runs through June 30

    This is one birthday celebration that lasts an entire month. Royer’s annual birthday card design contest, which is open to children ages 5 to 12, runs through June 30. The winning design will adorn the Royer’s Kids Club birthday card, which is emailed to all kids club members on their birthdays. The winning artist will…

  • Royer’s Kids Club event June 17 to kick off Royer’s Stems Hunger food drive

    Our annual food drive – Royer’s Stems Hunger – returns June 17-July 1 to benefit the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the Greater Berks Food Bank. The Royer’s Kids Club will kick off the food drive with a June 17 event in all stores. Children ages 5 to 12 are asked to donate a nonperishable…

  • QUEST Inc. participants tour Royer’s corporate complex

    Whether it’s Royer’s Kids Club members or Girl Scouts, a school or church group, or you name it, we love to share our love of flowers with the community. We are especially grateful when groups and organizations take time out of their days to visit us. That was the case on April 21 when our…