Blooms & Beyond Blog

  • Royer’s Kids Club announces 2015 event schedule

    Another new year of fun, free Royer’s Kids Club events is upon us. The kids club is open to children ages 5 to 12, with the events held in each of our stores, usually at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. The 2015 schedule Jan. 17: There are many more weeks of winter to come,…

  • Jan. 17 kids club event kicks off 2015 schedule

    There are many more weeks of winter to come, but we’re turning our attention to spring with the first Royer’s Kids Club event of 2015. On Jan. 17, children ages 5 to 12 will have an opportunity to make a vase arrangement featuring carnations and daisies, similar to the ones above. Participants in this fun,…

  • We asked, and our communities delivered ‘Holiday Mail for Heroes’

    Thanks to the generosity of our customers and community members, our stores collected thousands of cards and coloring pages between Nov. 17 and Dec. 5 to benefit the American Red Cross’ “Holiday Mail for Heroes” program. We delivered five bags filled with the donated cards and coloring pages to the Red Cross office in Harrisburg,…

  • Behind the scenes of our holiday visit to Fox 43

    Barry Spengler, Royer’s vice president of operations, is a regular contributor to Fox 43 Morning News. For his final visit of 2014 to the station’s York studio, he brought with him poinsettias, a carnation snowman and other symbols of the holiday season. You can view the entire segment by clicking here. Meanwhile, here are some…

  • Santa has a new ride: our 1969 Ford Econoline van

      Sure, you picture him riding in a sleigh pulled by reindeer. But Santa is spending part of this holiday season behind the wheel of our classic 1969 Ford Econoline delivery van. The van is parked at our Columbia location, where store manager Patti Barclay decorated it for the yuletide. Just in case the headlights…

  • There’s no cutting corners with these square holiday wreaths

    Teddy Roosevelt had his Square Deal. Huey Lewis said it was hip to be square. We have the square holiday wreath, and it’s pretty hip. Of course, you’ll still find more round wreaths, but we’re stocking a small number of square wreaths in each of our stores. No matter the shape of your evergreen wreath,…

  • Poinsettia primer: learning about and caring for the most popular holiday plant

    We typically think of the North Pole when it comes to Christmas, but the most popular holiday plant originates with our neighbor to the south. Poinsettias are native to Mexico and were introduced to the United States in 1825 by Joel Roberts Poinsett, who was the first U.S. ambassador to Mexico. In fact, Poinsett’s death…

  • Barry talks Thanksgiving flowers and Christmas wreaths with Fox 43 Morning News

    Before his latest appearance on Fox 43, Barry Spengler stopped at a drugstore for a bottle of hairspray. It wasn’t an act of vanity. Rather, Barry brought it to the TV studio as a prop for his visit with Fox 43’s Amanda McCall. She introduced Barry, Royer’s vice president of operations, by noting: “The food…

  • You’re invited to our holiday open house, Nov. 29-30

    There’s no need to stop at Black Friday. What are you doing the rest of the weekend? Join us for our annual holiday open house. All of our stores will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. We’ll be offering: • 30 percent off Christmas silk arrangements…

  • Thanks for making our book drive another big success for public libraries

    In the spirit of the season, we’re so thankful to everyone who helped to make this year’s “Bouquets for Books” book drive a big success for our public libraries. We collected 1,452 new children’s books during the event, which ran Nov. 1-8. Here’s the breakdown by library system and the number of books donated in the…