Birthdays and Anniversaries

I know we’re inundated with the holidays on TV, on social media, in stores and online.  But we need to remember there are other days of the year, too, including Birthdays and Anniversaries. We love celebrating happy occasions with you! That’s why our website RoadrunnerFlorist offers so many

Sweetest Day: Saturday October 20

6 pink roses

Sweetest Day is well known as the sweetest day of the year! It’s a day to celebrate the sweet people in your life, from your mother to your wife, to your girlfriend to your daughter! Even aunts and grandmas are sweet! And don’t forget the MEN! Roadrunner

Boss’s Day

6 sunny sunflowers

Boss’s Day! When you wake up in the morning, it will be Boss’s Day! What in the world are you going to do?  It’s such short notice! No one reminded you! They didn’t mention it on TV or on the radio. Even social media isn’t talking about

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

It’s all the Rage!

It’s all the Rage! Have you noticed: It’s all the Rage!  It seems like “farm” or “country” or “wild” is what’s a’happin’ in design this year! What does that mean for you? Among other things, its an admission (finally) that flowers are an integral part of design

Let’s Talk Red Roses

A Dozen Red Roses

Let’s Talk Red Roses Let’s talk red roses. Roses are Roses, right?  There’s nothing like a rose! (sounds like a song, doesn’t it?) But there are colors, and meanings, and favorites! So we know when you ask for a “dozen roses” we have questions and you have

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

Pink!

PInk!

Pink! Pink isn’t just a color, it’s an attitude! You’d be surprised how many people call us and say PINK is her favorite color! That always makes me smile, because it’s MY favorite color, too! And it was Pamela’s mother’s favorite color. It’s a soft, romantic color

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

3 Best Rated

Pamela Smith and Tina Ashburn at Roadrunner Florist

3 Best Rated We are honored to be listed as one of the 3 Best Rated Flower Shops in Phoenix for the 3rd year in a row! They’ve been in existence for 3 years and we’ve been on the top of their list every year! What, you might

Testimonials

Happy Man

Testimonials Testimonials are what makes our world go ’round! That’s why we ask you, our loyal customers and friends, to visit Google, Yelp, our website or Faceb0ok and give us a 5-star review! Then when other people are looking for a local florist, they read what you

Newbies!

Newbies! Newbies could be babies, but not for this ol’lady! So I guess Newbies must be original floral and gift basket designs that we haven’t seen before. Or more appropriately that YOU haven’t seen before!! Each and every creation from Roadrunner Florist & Basket Express is unique,

Cadillac to Lamborghini

Cadillac

Cadillac to Lamborghini Did I get your attention when I wrote Cadillac to Lamborghini? I sure hope so!  About 4 years ago we had the privilege of getting an entirely new website, revamped from top to bottom, designed by Mark Smith of Max Cadman, Strategic Web Marketing.

Mother’s Day Specials

Pamela Smith and Tina Ashburn at Roadrunner Florist

Mother’s Day Specials Mother’s Day Specials.  We don’t usually tell you about the specials you’ll find on our website because we know you’ve already visited it. But today is different because this is Mother’s Day Week and we’re filling your orders as quickly and professionally as possible.

Before Mother’s Day Week

Happy Mother's Day

Before Mother’s Day Week For a local flower shop, Mother’s Day Week begins 2 full before Mother’s Day! Why? It’s called “preparing” for the Big Day! About 2 months ago we began deciding which flowers we would bring into the shop for you. We want them to

Passover and Easter

Easter Bunny Basket

Passover and Easter share a weekend this year for the first time in, gee, forever! There is little doubt that the holiday are intertwined in beliefs, but seldom in dates.  This year both are celebrated at the end of March and beginning of April. Easter if April

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!       

This is the Week!

This is the Week! Valentine’s Day is upon us, and our delivery queue is filling up fast! Sure, Valentine’s Day isn’t until February 14, which seems an eternity away, but our busy little beavers (that’s Tina and Pamela) are hard at work preparing flowers at our beautiful

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

Contemporary Roses

Fashionably contemporary

Contemporary Roses Contemporary Roses. While there is nothing quite like the way Pamela custom designs a dozen red roses in a vase, I thought you might like to see some variations on the theme, just in case you’re looking for a unique rose arrangement for Valentine’s Day

Second Best

cube full of Roses

SECOND BEST! I thought I’d take a minute to tell you about our Second Best selling floral arrangement for Valentine’s Day 2018. Second Best? You bet’cha!  There’s always a first and a second, and this one comes in #2. Here is it: Cube Full of Roses Valentine’s

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?