Patricia Gallagher, THE FLOWER LADY, takes LOVELY donated day-old flowers to nursing homes, hospitals, shelters, and others who need a little sunshine. FREE
I had 3 bags of free flowers to share. I went into a restaurant. I asked the young woman behind the counter who was wearing reindeer antlers if I could pass out flowers. I went from table to table saying "Happy Flower Day." Flowering is so rewarding! https://t.co/aBvKUGvZPy
WHAT DO FLORISTS/GROCERY STORES DO WITH THEIR LEFTOVER DAY-OLD BOUQUETS OF BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS? They normally throw them away. I pick them up and take them to nursing home residents. More than 30,000 of them so far! What is a simple recipe to mix happiness easily into your day?
One hundred and twenty FREE beautiful bouquets were delivered today. Where did all the flowers go? To a senior center, to a busy bus stop in Philadelphia, to a lady with health problems, to a group of teens whom I met at a Dollar Tree store.
Want a down home recipe for a happy day? Want to make a big activity room in a nursing home look great in a minute? Here is the strategy. Just organize a “Happy Flower Day Project” and take flowers to strangers. Warning: The happiness that you will feel is addictive.
Patricia spreads joy and you can do it too in your community. Flowery acts of kindness lift the spirits of people. The Happy Flower Project started with one phone call to a food market to ask what they did with their day-old flowers. The empty-nester mom found fun and purpose.
The Happy Flower Day Project is dedicated with love, admiration and awe to 32,000 recipients of free flowers whom I have met while delivering flowers to hospitals, nursing homes, halfway houses, churches, shelters and people waiting at bus stops and train stations along the way.
Delivering free donated bouquets of fresh flowers to seniors is like a NEGATIVITY BYPASS for sadness. It is easy to turn a frown into a smile. Happy Flowering- how I am merry every day of the year. https://t.co/W23AF57anM