JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – For the last five years, thousands of floral industry members in all 50 states have organized their teams and volunteers on one day in October to take part in Petal It Forward.
Created by the Society of American Florists (SAF), participants hand two flowers or bouquets to an unsuspecting stranger, urging them to keep one and share the other with someone else. It’s a powerful way to illustrate the positive health benefits of giving and receiving flowers.
“Don’s House of Flowers has done this for the past three years now and it’s really fun,” owner Cara Prescott states. “Happiness Ambassadors take the bouquets and hand them to random people with one catch, tho keep one of the bouquets and then ‘petal forward’ the other.”
It’s estimated more than 500 bouquets were given out by multiple volunteers Wednesday afternoon. Those who received a bouquet are encouraged to post photos to social media with the hashtag #PetalItForward
