Blooms & Beyond Blog

  • Getting the most out of your Valentine’s roses

    Valentine’s season can last well beyond Feb. 14. In fact, by following some simple steps, your roses should provide you with a week or more of enjoyment. All Royer’s arrangements arrive in vases that contain a mixture of water and flower food (FloraLife, in our case). You just need to make sure that there is…

  • Love comes to town

    With less than one week to go until Valentine’s Day, roses arrived en masse this morning at Royer’s distribution center in Lebanon. We captured some of the many sights as employees prepped the flowers for use by the central design department, which will create thousands of arrangements for the holiday. Meanwhile, vans arrived from Royer’s…

  • Local florist bests big delivery sites in Yahoo! ‘Savvy Spender’ comparison

    Yahoo!’s “Savvy Spender” set out to review four of the top floral delivery sites: 1800Flowers.com, ProFlowers.com, Teleflora and FTD. But at the end of the day — or approximately 2:40 of this video clip — it was a local florist that outshone the big online retailers. “To see how a local florist compares to the…

  • 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…

  • Poinsettia Care Tips for This Christmas and Next!

    Keeping your poinsettia looking great this Christmas takes two easy steps, but did you know with a few more steps you can have a wonderful poinsettia next Christmas as well? This Christmas 1. When the surface of the soil is dry to the touch, water the plant. 2. Keep the poinsettia in a room with…

  • Christmas Preparations in Full Swing

    It’s the busiest place south of the North Pole. Our Lebanon headquarters is receiving some 30,000 Pennsylvania-grown poinsettias this holiday season. Meanwhile, our design team is decorating poinsettias and handcrafting thousands of holiday arrangements. Take a look at some of the photos we took as we prepare for the Christmas season.

  • 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…

  • Bouquets for Books: Meet York County librarian Lisa Schmittle

    Royer’s annual “Bouquets for Books” event returns 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 will receive a free bouquet, up to three per family per visit, while supplies last. Used books will not be accepted. For more information, including…

  • Bouquets for Books: Meet Lancaster County librarian Heather Smith

    Royer’s annual “Bouquets for Books” event returns 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 will receive a free bouquet, up to three per family per visit, while supplies last. Used books will not be accepted. For more information, including…