Untapped Holidays Your Flower Shop Should Utilize!

The need to send flowers doesn’t stop with the major holidays. Increase your sales by utilizing the untapped gift-giving holidays that occur through out the year.

With the rise of social media, it has never been easier to directly communication with all of your customers — present and future.

• Plan ahead for upcoming holidays. If the upcoming holiday’s main color is purple, be sure to have purple flowers, purple ribbon, or some sort of holiday accessory on hand.
• Offer specials and promote these holidays as if they were the major floral holidays.
• Show photos of holiday specific arrangements to spark your fans interest.
• Suggest uses of holiday flowers on your social sites. “This beautiful purple, green, and yellow arrangement would be a perfect centerpiece for your Mardi Gras party!” The power of suggestion is a powerful thing!
• Be versatile with your floral designs. Adjust the color pallet on your everyday designs to match the holiday. Add a ribbon or accessory to give it a more festive look!
• Keep an eye out in your daily routines for unique containers, decorations, or other accessories you can use for designs.

Just because you don’t celebrate a specific holiday, doesn’t mean it isn’t very important to someone else. If you are unsure about a holiday, do a little research to find out what types of arrangements or other gifts are appropriate.

We have composed a list of holidays that might help:

HOLIDAYS

New Years Day – Jan 1- color ideas: white, golds and silvers

Elvis Presley’s Birthday – Jan 8 – ideas: gold, sunglasses

Chinese New Year – Feb 3 – color ideas: reds and golds

The Super Bowl – Feb 6 – ideas: football themed gift baskets

Mardi Gras – Mar 8, 2011 – color ideas: green, purple, gold

International Women’s Day – Mar 8, 2011 – color ideas: purples, greens, whites

St. Patrick’s Day – Mar 17 – color ideas: green, gold, rainbow

Single Parents Day – Mar 21 – ideas: think Mother’s & Father’s Day

Passover – Apr 18, 2011 – color ideas: white, blue, any color’

April Fools Day – Apr 1 – ideas: fun arrangements or joke gift baskets

Passover – Apr 19, 2011* – ideas: reds, yellows

Earth Day – Apr 22 – ideas: greens, browns, recycled materials

Arbor Day – check here – ideas: tree theme, saplings,

Administrative Professional’s Day – Apr 27, 2011 – ideas: coffee mug arrangements, fruit/gift baskets

May Day – May 1 – ideas: spring flowers, pastels, ribbons (May-pole)

National Teachers Day – May  3, 2011 – ideas: apples, coffee mug arrangements, fruit/gift baskets

Cinco de Mayo – May 5 – color ideas: red, green, white, colorful

Nurses Week – May 6-12, 2011 – ideas: hearts, reds, whites

Kite Day – May 12 – ideas: spring flowers, kite-theme, picnic gift basket

Memorial Day – Observed May 30, 2011 – colors: patriotic, red, white, blue

First Day of Summer – June 21, 2011 – ideas: summer flowers, bright colors

Canada Day (Canada) – July 1 – color ideas: red, white

U.S. Independence Day – Jul 4 – color ideas: patriotic, red, white, blue

Flag Day – Jul 14 – color ideas: patriotic, red, white, and blue

National Parents Day – Jul 25, 2010

Father-in-law Day – Jul 30, 2010 – ideas: think Father’s Day

Friendship Day – Aug 1 – ideas: best friend arrangements, gift baskets, house plants

Ramadan – Aug 11, 2011 – ideas: fruit basket for Iftar

Kiss and Make Up Day – Aug 25 – ideas: think Valentines Day

Teddy Bear Day – Sept 9 – ideas: teddy bears, stuffed animals
Grandparents Day – Sept 12, 2010 – ideas: think Mother’s/Father’s Day

National POW/MIA Recognition Day – Sept 17, 2010 – color ideas: patriotic, flag theme

International Talk Like A Pirate Day – Sept 19 – ideas: playful pirate theme

World Gratitude Day – Sept 21 – ideas: thank you arrangements

First Day of Autumn – Sept 23, 2010 – color ideas: fall colors

Good Neighbor Day – Sept 26 – ideas: wreaths for neighbors.

Rosh Hashanah – Aug 12, 2010* – color ideas: blue, white, any

Sweetest Day – Oct 16, 2010 – ideas: candy, chocolates, suckers in arrangements or gift baskets

Boss’s Day – Oct 16, 2010 – ideas: gift basket, flowers in a coffee mug

Mother-in-law Day – Oct 24, 2010 – ideas: think Mother’s Day

Plush Animal Lover’s Day – Oct 28 – ideas: teddy bears, plush animals

Halloween – Oct 31 – color ideas: black, orange, purple, green, white

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) – Oct 26 – Nov 3, 2010 – color ideas: black with bright accent colors’

Hanukkah – Dec 2-9, 2010* – colors: blue, white, silver

First Day of Winter – Dec 21, 2010 – colors: blue, white, silver

Kwanzaa – Dec 26-Jan 1 – color ideas: red, black, green

*Start at sundown the day before they are listed.

MONTHLY CELEBRATIONS

January
Hot Tea Month
National Hobby Month
National Thank You Month

February
International Friendship Month
Native American Heritage Month
Chocolate Lover’s Month
Creative Romance Month

March
Women’s History Month
National Craft Month
Youth Art Month
Manly Month of March

April
National Poetry Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
Keep American Beautiful Month
National Garden Month
Pets Are Wonderful Month
Earth Month
National Guitar Month

May
American Bike Month
Flower Month
National BBQ Month
National Pet Month
National Zombie Awareness Month

June
National Candy Month
National Rose Month
National Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Month
Dairy Month
National Flag Month
National Iced Tea Month

July
Recreation and Parks Month
National Picnic Month
National Ice Cream Month

August
American Artist Appreciation Month
National Golf month

September
Classical Music Month
National Piano Month
Mom & Apple Pie Month
National Courtesy Month
Back To School

October
Family History Month
National Dessert Month
National Apple Month

November
Aviation Month
National Peanut Butter Lover’s Month

Decmber
Read a New Book Month

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We listed a ton of holidays and monthly celebrations but there are lots more I’m sure we missed! Do you celebrate a minor holiday we didn’t mention? Be sure to let us know in the COMMENTS below!