Sun Valley Helps Put "Lonely Bouquet" 2014 on the Map

"A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows."
                                                                              ~Francis of Assisi

Last Sunday was "Lonely Bouquet Day." This is a fun, grassroots movement to spread joy literally one bouquet at a time. The basic idea is that you leave a bouquet in a public space with a little tag on the bouquet saying "Adopt Me!" From here, people will take the bouquet home and often take a "selfie" with the bouquet and upload it to the Lonely Bouquet Facebook page, or website.

Lonely Bouquet is the brain child of Fleuropean, which is a small organic flower farm and design studio located on the Belgian countryside. What better place to start an international movement to give flowers away to strangers?

On Sunday some Sun Valley team members jumped in the action, at both ends of the state. From our Oxnard farm, Melina, Marisol, Lourdes and Cynthia hit the streets and beaches to leave some of our Sun Pacific bouquets in some gorgeous locations.

The Santa Paula Chamber of Commerce

Harding Park, Santa Paula

Port Hueneme Beach, with Melina making sure the bouquet is just right.

Oxnard Plaza Cinema

Ventura Beach

The Collection at River Park in Oxnard, here Melina spotted the person who "adopted" the bouquet!

Ventura Harbor

Up near our farm in Humboldt County, Robin took the lead on Lonely Bouquet, leaving a few bouquets around town.

Arcata Marsh

The above image was posted on Facebook, from a person who adopted a bouquet in Arcata. In the caption she wrote,

"What a lovely surprise to find on the corner of my street in Arcata, California today at approximately 8:15 pm today! Thank you, I feel very lucky to be the recipient of "the lonely bouquet" today! What a great movement! I am excited and definitely smiling!"

This sums up what a great idea Lonely Bouquet is and we were very lucky to be able to share our flowers with perfect strangers.

Melina had so much fun doing this for a single day, that she wants to continue it every month. Judging from the Lonely Bouquet Facebook, this movement happens year round which is really why this is such an amazing idea. It's fun and easy to give away flowers!

Save the Date for June 28th, 2015; however, it looks like kindhearted flower lovers will be leaving bouquets to be adopted all year round across the globe.