Penny’s By Plaza Flowers
Memorial Day in 2021 falls on May 31st. Officially named a federal holiday in 1971, Memorial Day was in earlier years referred to as Decoration Day and started after the Civil War. At that time people were holding tributes to the thousands of fallen American Soldiers that died in the Civil War. The tradition was to decorate graves with beautiful flowers and recite prayers. Today, in addition to visiting memorials, people attend or participate in parades and have family gatherings.
There are many ways to reflect on our fallen heroes, including ceremonies, celebrations, and festive occasions that focus on patriotism and how much we value the freedom that we hold dear. They fought for us and now we must remember and honor them.
At all Memorial Day celebrations and remembrances, flowers are a way to reflect the beauty and love represented in remembering these heroes, many of which were our loved ones. The skilled floral designers at Penny’s By Plaza Flowers will help you select a caring, thoughtful and patriot flower arrangement or green plant to honor a special military hero and members of his or her family.
This Memorial Day, honor the men and women who have sacrificed so much for our country with flowers of gratitude. You can show your appreciation with patriotic bouquets of red, white and blue flowers, or with any of the thoughtful gifts shown here.
Garden Parade – You will want to put this colorful bouquet on your hit parade of gifts to send. Bold primary colors and a perfect mix of flowers make it great for men and women of all ages. In other words, it’s a perfect arrangement. Yellow roses, alstroemeria, and button spray chrysanthemums, red miniature gerberas and matsumoto asters along with purple statice, salal and fern are delivered in a lovely hurricane vase. It’s a garden parade to be proud of!
Beautiful Dreams – Soothing and respectful. Calm and compassionate. This beautiful collection of white and light colored blossoms will deliver your loving thoughts perfectly. Tasteful flowers such as light blue hydrangea, crème roses, white asiatic lilies, miniature carnations and more are delivered in a lovely white French Country Pot.
Garden Parade
Penny’s By Plaza Flowers has been voted as “Best Florist” by several regional publications, Pennsylvania’s “Florist of the Year” and have been ranked as a “Top Florist” by three national wire services. We guarantee on time delivery to the entire Philadelphia region seven days per week. Each and every member of the Penny’s By Plaza Flowers team is committed to the company mission of making Penny’s By Plaza Flowers the first choice in flowers shops. We want our customers to think of us first and go no where else to shop. Penny’s By Plaza Flowers has been selected to design flowers for thousands of weddings, three presidential inaugurations, and the GOP 2000 Convention in Philadelphia.
Our founder, Dottie Drummond, purchased a small flower shop in 1983. Her sales volume out grew that store in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Eleven months after the grand opening she purchased her second location in Norristown, which was planned to support the primary sales location in King of Prussia by housing the offices, warehouse, and design facility. This new location became one of the busiest intersections in the Philadelphia region.
Dottie’s success was the result of a very simple philosophy: “Deliver beautifully designed fresh flowers everyday.” Many people thought she was crazy. Everyday? Even evenings and Sundays? No florists are open on Sunday. She understood that Plaza Flowers had to be available for every occasion, even evenings and Sundays.
Mrs. Drummond instilled the customer first attitude into every member of her team, including her daughter, Heather, and son Chris, who now run the family business. Chris and Heather have worked hard to make sure every customer gets the personalized attention that Mom promised. This was expanded to a national level as Chris and Heather developed a network of affiliate florists throughout the country.
Quality was improved even more when Heather began sourcing the finest quality flowers direct from farms around the globe. Selling only the freshest blooms from farms in Holland, Ecuador, Columbia, Costa Rica, Hawaii, and California strengthened Plaza Flowers’ position as Pennsylvania’s leading florist.
