Blooms & Beyond Blog

  • For holiday decorating, DIY and do what you like

    At the top of this year’s Christmas list, let’s take some of the hectic out of holiday decorating. ’Tis the season to be jolly, but it also can be a time of great stress. While Hallmark movies and Pinterest boards can be great sources of inspiration, don’t underestimate your own style and creativity when it…

  • Help honor service members and veterans

    You can serve your country with just a few crayons. The Royer’s Kids Club is participating in the American Red Cross “Holidays for Heroes” program, which collects coloring pages and holiday cards for service members and veterans.  Download one of these free coloring pages or, if you feel especially creative, make a card of your…

  • Royer’s Flowers collecting holiday cards for service members and veterans Oct. 16-Nov. 14

    Royer’s Flowers & Gifts will continue an annual tradition by collecting holiday cards and coloring pages for service members and veterans from Oct. 16 through Nov. 14. Royer’s has partnered with the American Red Cross “Holidays for Heroes” program for more than a decade. Cards and coloring pages may be dropped off at any Royer’s…

  • Get to know: Ephrata delivery driver Mike Rohrer

    Mike Rohrer, who joined the Ephrata store in January as a driver, was delivering flowers to a woman at the Brethren Village retirement community in Lititz. “It’s my birthday,” the woman said expectantly, “and you’re going to sing to me, aren’t you?” “I said, ‘You bet I am!” Rohrer recalled. “How could you pass that…

  • Lebanon County resident wins this year’s Royer’s name-the-arrangement contest

    Lisa Birkholz of South Lebanon Township, Lebanon County, always is eager for autumn. “Fall’s my favorite time of year,” she said. And with even more reason this year. Her submission in Royer’s Flowers & Gifts’ annual name-the-arrangement contest – “Fall Hues” – was selected as the winner among more than 500 online entries. Kathy Kissling’s…

  • Royer’s Flowers accepting entries for kids club birthday card contest through July 15

    The Royer’s Flowers & Gifts Kids Club is looking for its next birthday card design. Children ages 5 to 12 are eligible to participate in the kids club’s annual design contest. The winner will receive a free bouquet delivery on his or her birthday. The card is emailed to kids club members on their birthdays.…

  • Shedding some light on sunflower grower Elm Family Flowers in Lancaster County

    The promise of summer warmth and sunshine arrives in early spring at a 20-acre farm in the village of Penryn, Lancaster County. It comes in a five-gallon plastic bucket via a package-delivery service. The bucket contains 100,000 seeds that will provide locally grown sunflowers to Royer’s customers from June to October. “One seed equals one…

  • Tips to Make the Most out of Your Annual Plants

    We see them just about everywhere around this time of year in hanging baskets, patio pots and arranged beautifully in garden beds. Annual plants, such as petunias, geraniums and begonias to name a few, complete their life cycle within a years’ time. Being both fairly easy to care for and their ability to look stunning…

  • Let’s look behind the scenes and in the tool box at a flower shop

    Flowers are beautiful all on their own, but it takes talent, dedication and resources to hand-craft an eye-catching, long-lasting floral arrangement and deliver it to a recipient’s home or place of work. In its newsletter, the Royer’s Flowers & Gifts Kids Club regularly showcases the tools and tricks of the trade that our florists draw…

  • A Flood or a Drip: our greenhouse watering systems help improve efficiency and plant quality

    To understand how flower growing has changed in the past four decades, consider 1, 7 and 9.Those numbers identify the three remaining greenhouses at Royer’s corporate complex in Lebanon. As the breaks in number sequencing suggest, Royer’s had more greenhouses back when we grew our own flowers – nine total at the corporate complex and…