04/06/2026
This was my response to another young florist who's worried about her lack of customers.
I have been in business for twenty six years in a small retirement town in Colorado. This has been the slowest year yet for me. My competition for the last eighteen years has been the grocery stores , and online order gatherers , such as Bloom Net, 1-800 Flowers, Avis Flowers, Just Flowers and all the others. However, this year, in my opinion has been the worst year yet. It is the year of fear for all United States of American citizens. We, the people as a whole have lost the state of grace and gratitude. We are operating out of fear and when we do that, we lose our happy giving spirits. Flowers are an emotional gift to our loved ones to our friends, to our Coworkers to the random people who help us daily and above all , to ourselves. When we are not in a state of grace and gratitude we are not seeing the beauty of flowers, of giving, of being grateful for those around us, of choosing to make someone's day just a bit brighter.
For flower buyers who read this, but continue to shop at our local grocery stores.Please stop in to any independently owned flower shop and see the difference.