We were fortunate to have flowers from two sources:  Blossoms at Biltmore Park donated 4 beautiful buckets of flowers and then we picked up another 4 from The Fresh Market in Hendersonville.  To the left, peepin’ out of the posies, is Judy from Fresh Market.  She and her husband love growing flowers at their home in Mills River.

What a banner day with flowers!  We chugged over to the Laurels of Green Tree Ridge where Marjorie, a resident there, was ready to jump in with the shears.  And Sally and Lizzee, two new volunteers, helped us out.  And as always, we needed it!  We were so excited about having two new volunteers that we basically forgot to take photos….oops!

Sally loves growing flowers and has seen her garden increasing in size each year.  Lizzee is a semi-retired florist from California who’s just recently moved here.  It wasn’t long into our process when we realized that Lizzee had a special technique we knew nothing about - no surprise there.  She would arrange the flowers in her hand, twisting each one as she added it in.  Then she’d clip the stems and put them right in the cup.  Done, no fuss at all.  Marjorie caught on right away.  It looked easy, but we tried it later when we went to Hospice and found it to be a bit challenging.

Some people might find it stunning to think that two people with little to no horticultural experience would decide to start a business recycling flowers.  However, I like to think that it gives us an opportunity to showcase our volunteer talent…….