A Silver Lining To Canceled Events Flower Donations Spread Joy
For many canceled or postponed events, it’s been too late to cancel floral orders, but according to Samantha Bates, a certified floral designer at Especially For You Floral in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, people are choosing to donate these flowers instead. Bates said from just one couple’s postponed wedding, about 40 small bouquets were dropped off to local senior center residents. Bates has reached out to several local nursing homes to find out if they could deliver flowers from three postponed weddings, and to ask about any special precautions to take to keep the residents safe (the couples donating their flowers chose which nursing home to donate them to)....