That’s a Wrap! Thank you to everyone who participated in American Flowers Week 2016! (c) Amanda Dumouchelle
The 2nd annual American Flowers Week is a wrap, folks! So many of you participated this year and we’ve calculated a 250% increase in social media engagement over 2015. That’s seriously impressive!
Later this week I’ll post more on our “American Flowers Week by the Numbers,” but for today, I want to announce our winners and thank our sponsors.
We noted more than 1,080 #americanflowersweek posts on Instagram and that’s not counting shares and reposts! A total of 111 of you designed and posted American Flowers Week bouquets for our “50 States of American Flowers” gallery. Not every state was represented, but flower farmers and floral designers from 33 states did participate — that’s pretty awesome!
Here are the winners from our random drawing. You’ll be connected with the prize donor by email with more details:
From Mayesh Wholesale: Five $100 gift certificates for buying beautiful, local and American-grown Flowers!
The winners are: Maple Flower Farm of Vermont (Liz Kreig); Erika’s Fresh Flowers of Oregon (Kathleen Barber); Pot & Box of Michigan (Lisa Waud); Daniele Alion Strawn of California; and Flower Duet of California (Kit Wertz and Casey Schwartz) CONGRATULATIONS!!!
From Syndicate Sales: Three $100 shopping sprees for American Made glass vases and other accessories!
The winners are: Crowley House of Oregon (Beth Syphers), Wildcraft Flowers of Georgia (Carroll Candler) and The Flower Peddler of New Jersey (Bethany Bernard-Vohringer) CONGRATULATIONS!!!
From Longfield Gardens: Two $50 gift certificates for bulbs and plants!
The winners are: Bonny Doon Garden Co. of California (Dawn Mayer) and Ballard Market of Washington (Kristen Parris and staff) CONGRATULATIONS!!!
From Certified American Grown & Slowflowers.com: Five “Swag Bags” from the 2016 Field to Vase Dinner tour, which each American-made tote bag including a signed set of Debra Prinzing’s books, “The 50 Mile Bouquet” and “Slow Flowers.”
The winners are: Mountain Road Flower Farm of Massachusetts; Morningsong Farmer of Washington (Janelle McCrackin); Lollie Fleur of Washington (Kim Richards); Five Forks Farm of Massachusetts; and Emerald Petals of Oregon (Hilary Holmes) CONGRATULATIONS!!!
From Slow Flowers member Scenic Place Peonies: One box of 20 beautiful and fresh Alaska-grown peonies shipped to you! More details here.
The winner is: Full Bloom Farm of California (Hedda Brorstrom) CONGRATULATIONS!!!