Yes, We Deliver!

Flower Delivery Phoenix

Yes, We Deliver! Our favorite expression: Yes, We Deliver! If you only knew how many times people ask us if we deliver! Well, yes we do, in the greater Phoenix area including Glendale, parts of Peoria, southern Scottsdale, and Tempe. We call first to  confirm that someone

Thank You!

Thank You! My mother always said it’s never too late to say Thank You! It’s a new decade, and we at Roadrunner Florist and Basket Express would like to take this opportunity to thank our customers and friends for another wonderful year! We appreciate your trusting us

The Gift of a Life Plant

peace lily plant

GIVE THE GIFT OF A LIVE PLANT TO SOMEONE WHO IS UNDER THE WEATHER   When someone you care about is in the hospital, and you want to send something to brighten their day, a live plant can do wonders to put a smile on their face. Incredibly,

Custom Design It For Us!

Custom Design It For Us! A lady called me from a company up the street.  They had lost their founder and she wanted to order a very special funeral spray with a custom design. She told me she spent quite a bit of time on Google and

Out of the Box

Art Deco

Today I thought it would be fun to share some Mother’s Day arrangements that are “out of the box”! They’re perfect for the special mom who loves flowers and who would like them a bit “different” than the ones you see all over the ‘net. Art Deco

A Tina Dozen

A Tina Dozen is 11 red roses!     Honest!  I simply can’t find the perfect place to put the 12th rose! That’s one of the reasons we’re fortunate to have Pamela E Smith, Michigan State University Floriculture Graduate here at Roadrunner Florist  to create your arrangement!

What to Send

Lotsa Spring Flowers

What to Send When She Says “Don’t Get Me Anything!” Does mom say that? Or your wife or your grandma? Do they really want NOTHING for Mother’s Day? We doubt it! Remember mom with our best selling Lotsa Spring floral arrangement, custom designed by Pamela E Smith,

It’s Beginning…Christmas

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Cue the rockin’ around the Christmas tree, kissing under the mistletoe and indulging in all things joyful and bright. Fill your spaces with red, green and white blooms for a welcoming touch of Christmas cheer. Flowers brighten any occasion,

Email or Text

Happy Shana

Email or Text I love when people communicate with me through email or text.  Sometimes there are questions, or extra special items that make an order  “just right” or “unique” for the sender and recipient, and they need to talk to me about it. We have all

Generosity

wonderful red roses

Generosity In recent years, neuroscientists have discovered that feelings of generosity activate our neo-cortex, the front of the brain with our ‘higher thinking’ and more recently evolved capabilities. Therefore, feelings of being generous are done by choice. In the Torah, those with this quality are described by being

Let’s Do Plants

Save the Planet with Green and Blooming Plants

Let’s Do Plants Let’s Do Plants by The Plant Doctor! Yes, Pamela E Smith, owner of Roadrunner Florist and Michigan State University Floriculture Graduate, has been known all of her adult life as The Plant Doctor.  That means she really knows her plants!  The plants that do

Four!

Four! I love the English language, where one word can have 3 spellings and one pronunciation, like the word Four! Fore, Four and For come to mind. These words are called Homophones. Homophones are words which have the same pronunciation, but different spellings and meanings. Here are

Hullabaloo

Pamela

Hullabaloo There’s been a lot of hullabaloo about thinking “Outside the Box” these days.  There’s clamor and commotion and loss of stock value, all of which has lead me to think it’s imperative that we tell you more about Pamela and Tina, the flower shop girls who own

International Women’s Day (IWD)

Purple Circle

International Women’s Day (IWD) is a worldwide celebration of social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women that takes place annually on March 8. This year’s theme is #PressforProgress which spotlights gender parity. IWD is not a new holiday – in fact, it was first observed in the

What’s in a Name?

Phone number

What’s in a Name? Or address? Or Phone Number? Tina and Pamela at Roadrunner Florist  take pride in what we do and customer service is our number one priority.  We want the recipient of  the flowers thrilled with what they receive because that reflects on YOU!       

Think OUTSIDE The Box

wonderful red roses

Think OUTSIDE The Box! Roadrunner Florist can help you Think OUTSIDE The Box this Valentine’s Day!  Our fresh roses are custom designed in a vase and delivered by a real person on Valentine’s Day! What’s inside the box? I have no idea!  If you do, please let

I Read the Other Day…

A Dozen Red Roses

I Read the Other Day… That there are only 6 weeks until Valentine’s Day! Gee, I wondered, what does that mean? Well, first of all it means the Big Box Stores took Christmas off their shelves on December 26 and replaced it with love. Did you notice?

December 18

December 18

December 18 December 18 is our busiest day of the year! Well, maybe second busiest, behind Valentine’s Day! It’s the day YOU remember to order flowers, centerpieces and gift baskets for family and friends. It’s not too late to ship across the country (if you hurry and

We Have Three!

Jingle all the way

We Have Three!  Christmas is such a busy time, and there are several arrangements on our website that we only have three left! I thought I’d take a minute to tell you which ones these are, so if you’d like to order one you’ll do it NOW,

Avoid the Middleman

Shop Local

Avoid the Middleman For more than 39 years in Phoenix, our customers and friends have decided to Avoid the Middleman! Every year you send and receive the most fragrant centerpieces, floral arrangements and holiday greens  or the yummiest  goodies, fruit, gourmet, and Christmas gift baskets from Roadrunner Florist