How I got started.......


HOW I GOT STARTED.........

I was admiring arrangements at a reception party for a friend. I decided to ask the hotel staff what actually happens to the flowers. Do they move them to the lobby for the enjoyment of the guests? I was told "oh no, we don't keep them." So an idea was born; why not ask to take the flowers back to my shop, redesign them & give them back to the community. Why not? Who wouldn't like fresh flowers especially in a nursing home dining room or a local school lobby. That's how "Vermont recycles Flowers "got started. With the generosity of flower donations and a little talent from Chappell's Florist designers and local volunteers, we are sharing flowers, still full of life, with members of our community who will really enjoy them. recycleflowers@yahoo.com

Diane @ Chappell's Florist http://www.chappellsflorist.com/

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A bit of fragrance lingers on the hand that gives the flowers......

Monday, September 5, 2016

Recycle your vases to Chappell's florist & Vermont Recycles Flowers S. Burlington, Vt.

As your bouquet starts to lose its bloom, it seems like a good time to ask this question: What do you do with the vase? Many of our customers own five or six vases of different shapes and sizes from bouquets delivered over the years. All of them are pretty, but many may be considered clutter. At Vermont Recycles Flowers, they are will be filled with blooms again.
Other suggestions:
  • I bought a friend a bouquet of tulips for her birthday and arranged it in one of my vases.
  • My mother likes to save hers until summer, then fill them with flowers from her garden and give them to friends.
  • If the glass can be recycled, recycle it to Vermont Recycles Flowers.
  • Donate them to a nursing home, a church or a hospital if wanted; if not, Vermont Recycles Flowers will fill them with recycled flowers and deliver to these locations.
  • Use a bud vase as a chopstick or paintbrush holder.
  • Make one into a “mad money” or marble jar.
  • A coworker used short, square ones to serve cut-up vegetables at a party.
  • Offer them to a friend who’s engaged and wants to save money by making DIY bouquets. 

                Earth laughs in flowers. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"

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