COLORFUL AND ABUNDANT

Wedding flowers from The Bloom Room brought joy to many people today.  The flowers were so colorful, the hydrangeas so huge!  Liberty Oaks got many of the colorful flowers to brighten their space.  You can see the arrangements that Carolyn and Jean made.  Those gals can sure put a lot of flowers in a vase.  They take them to their rooms to enjoy for the week.

The hydrangeas, roses, and other long stemmed flowers were given to Golden Living Center on Beaverdam Road in Asheville.  One wedding that provided beauty and enjoyment to over 100 residents!

WEDDING FLOWERS SPREAD JOY

The flowers from a beautiful wedding in Morganton on Saturday night became the joy and afternoon pleasure of over 500 residents at 6 different facilities in Asheville and Black Mountain.  With plenty of help the work went quickly.  We knew it had been a bit wet because the ground was quite soft…..then we heard tales of wild weather….rain, hail and lots of wind.  But today was sunny and warm.  We loaded up a van and the back of the truck, inside and out, and headed off for a bit of shade to take a short break.

Then it was up the mountain with the truck going one direction, the van another and by early afternoon everyone had their flowers.  One of the facilities called me later to say how much they all appreciated them, but it was especially sweet for 3 residents that had just returned from the hospital.  And then of course with it being Mother’s Day, everyone was especially happy.

Flowers went to Mountain Ridge Wellness Center, Golden Living Center, The McCune Center, The Swannanoa Christian Ministry, Courtyard Rehabilitation and Nursing Center and Deerfield.  Over 500 residents were touched by the flowers this one bride donated to Second Bloom - quite remarkable!

GOLDEN LIVING CENTER

Golden Living Center on Beaverdam Road in north Asheville was the first facility that called us, asking about flowers.  Tamara, not in the photo, had heard of Second Bloom and wanted to know how she might get flowers for their residents and patients.  Her timing was impeccable because I was looking for a couple of places where I could bring flowers.  So here’s a photo from my first trip there with two buckets of flowers from The Fresh Market.  Michelle is on the left and Elaine is on the right.  I called later in the day to see how everything went and they told me that one of the patients with alzheimers, who doesn’t like to do much of anything, was thrilled with the flowers and making arrangements as we were speaking.