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Bring Flowers to Someone Day

Family · Nature · May 15

A day for handing someone flowers, whether a full bouquet, a few garden stems or a single bloom, simply because you thought of them.

Bring Flowers to Someone Day falls on Saturday, May 15, 2027. That is 200 days away.

A handful of flowers changes hands, and for a moment both people are smiling at the same thing. That is the whole idea here: you bring flowers to someone, a parent, a neighbor, a friend, a coworker, for no larger reason than wanting to.

The flowers do not need to be grand. A few tulips wrapped in paper work. So do daisies from the yard, or one stem of something bright tucked into a jar. People tend to remember who thought of them more than what the arrangement looked like.

Cut flowers last longer with a little care. Trimming the stems at an angle before setting them in water helps them drink, and fresh water every couple of days keeps the vase from turning cloudy. If you are giving flowers to someone who may not have a vase, a clean glass jar solves the problem nicely (and nobody has ever complained about receiving the jar).

Some people prefer a potted plant, which keeps going long after a bouquet would have faded. Others pick wildflowers on a walk, though it helps to choose spots where picking is allowed and to leave plenty behind for bees and butterflies.

The delivery can be quiet. Flowers left on a doorstep with a short note, or set on a desk before someone arrives, carry the message just as well as a handoff in person.

Ways to celebrate

• Bring a small bouquet to a neighbor or relative.
• Cut a few stems from your garden and share them in a jar.
• Leave flowers with a short handwritten note on someone's desk.
• Give a potted plant to someone who likes things that last.

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