Find Your Local Florist:Everything you want to know about flowers!
Dan & Cathy Hock, owners of Merrimack Flower Shop & Greenhouse, will be celebrating 50 years in the floral industry in July of 2019. They have been providing one of a kind customer service and designing stunning floral arrangements for special occasions and events for their customers all over the Merrimack, NH area. Ed and Marion Hock opened up Merrimack Flower Shop & Greenhouse in July of 1969 and has been a family owned and operated business since then. [Read more…]
Those April showers are finally over and it’s time for May flowers! Let the month of May be full of flowers by sending beautiful blooms! May celebrates a lot of special people and flowers are a great way to show your appreciation!
Laughter and smiles filled the Flower Shop Network order transfer room Friday afternoon when a dozen delicious cupcakes, a large box of cookies and candies, and a mouth-watering cake was delivered. The unexpected afternoon treats touched hearts and showed our FSN family once again how amazing our local florists are.
Skip and Esther Vergers are the proud owners of Lighthouse Point Flowers in Florida. Their flower shop has been in business for decades and they have been a part of the Flower Shop Network family for seven years.
Our FSN Order Transfer Department and Sales Representatives have helped Skip and Esther over the years and have developed strong relationships with the couple. A few weeks ago during a phone conversation, they learned that Skip was finishing his chemotherapy treatments in two weeks and was preparing for surgery. The department sent Skip and Esther a card along with an email to let them know that they are loved and cared for by their FSN family.
Much to everyone’s surprise, the next week a huge delivery of sweets arrived at the office. A note was taped to the top of the box that said, “Special thanks for all of your concern and best wishes! It means so much to us! Love y’all! – Skip and Esther.”
The entire office was absolutely blown away by the Vergers’ kindness and generosity. It is a day at the office that won’t be forgotten. To everyone that has spoken to this sweet couple, they are more than just members of FSN. They are dear friends, and one simple card of well wishes touched their hearts.
This type of relationship is what we are striving for at Flower Shop Network. Our goal is to be a true partner for local florists. Helping florists across the country with their needs and providing solutions to their problems without taking over their business.
The American Cancer Society held its annual Relay for Life this past weekend, and Flower Shop Network was out in force! We whipped up a fantastic team name, the Flower Patch Kids, put together a wonderful raffle prize and rallied our staff to walk for charity. There was no end to the fun had throughout the evening and through to the next morning. Delirium began to set in around 4 am just after the fudge round eating contest, (First place went to our own Mandy Maxwell who downed four in under a minute. Impressive!) but we persevered. Check out the photos below for examples of all we offered our booth attendees!
Here are the ladies showing off their new Relay T-shirts! FSN bought one for every staff walker.
A wealth of charity fund-raising activities to be had at the FSN booth. And that was legitimate sweet tea and lemonade too. This is the south, folks. There are some things on which you simply cannot skimp.
Hiding from the camera. I see you!
In the background you can see May Canoy of the FSN graphics department doing a little face painting. In the foreground we have a gorgeous quilt made by our very own Loranne Atwill which was raffled off, the proceeds adding to our overall contribution.
And here’s the final product from our face-painting masters. I think she loves Batman. The logo in the shape of a heart tipped me off.
Thanks for coming along on this picture journey through Flower Shop Network’s corner of the 2014 Relay for Life! But this is just the tip of the fun iceberg. Make sure to check back at the FSN blog regularly for your passport to plenty more exciting FSN activities throughout the upcoming summer months!
Flower Shop Network just celebrated its annual meeting and awards ceremony! We received a few hours of team-building training, and standouts from our sales staff also received awards for personal achievements. Join me as I show you the faces behind the voices you’ve grown to know and love.
Congratulations to our Salesperson of the Year, Amy Hall, and FSN Rookie of the Year, Irving Casiano!
Representing Wedding and Party Network we want to congratulate Kelly Roberts (left) sporting not one but two awards and Christy Rawls (right) as the WPN Rookie of the Year.
Congratulations to FG Market’s Rookie of the Year, Craig Johnson, while Patti Jones cleaned up with the other two honors. [Read more…]
Today we enjoyed a wonderful lunch together for our annual Flower Shop Network Christmas Party. The food was great, the company was better and the homemade desserts were to die for! To keep things interesting, we also held an Ugly Sweater Contest. I’ve never seen so many people wearing working lights! Take a moment to peruse through this photo tour of the FSN festivities and Happy Holidays!
To help everyone get into the Christmas spirit, we also held an Ugly Sweater Contest. And let me tell you, folks, our people didn’t disappoint. These are some UGLY sweaters.
Did you think that was all? Not quite yet. Brock and Loranne decided to hand out some Christmas gifts and everybody got a little something.
And yet the giving wasn’t done yet …
Here’s a load of food that the employees of Flower Shop Network donated to the food drive for local schools!
Happy Holidays from Flower Shop Network!!
Flower Shop Network is going to be closed on Thanksgiving Day, so the FSN family chose to get together this Thursday for food and fellowship.
We decided to go potluck style this year, and let me tell you, some of these folks can cook! Most of the food in these shots is homemade and it was all delicious. Enjoy the images, but let me tell you, the reality was fantastic!
Tables full of food. We had traditional favorites like candied yams and more ethnic fare with homemade hot tamales! Yum!
Is this the bread aisle at some local market? No! It’s just a few of the many tasty options we sorted through to fill our bellies.
Shelley looks thrilled with her selections! Well, it wouldn’t be hard. Everything was excellent.
The Ozark Florist Association held their annual convention on the 13th, 14th, and 15th of September. FSN was there to take part in the festivities and cheer on Rick Rivers as he gave his presentation titled “Marketing in Today’s Climate”. Here are a few photos of what we saw!
Here is Rick Rivers posing in front of the Flower Shop Network standee with Stacie from Springfield, MO.
Here is the top slide from Rick’s slide show. The two images to either side of the Flower Shop Network photo are the covers of the two books that Rick has written on these subjects, Blooming at the Top and No Fishing in My Pond!
Rick talking to the crowd.
A beautiful arrangement designed for the FSN booth! A big thanks to Kay Schlaefli with Expressions Flowers in Fort Smith, AR! Great job!
If you didn’t make the Ozark Florist Association Convention this year, you can always start planning for next! Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed the photos!
