Where to Find Locally Grown Flowers Near Sacramento
Not to put myself out of a job, but I do understand that everyone has their own budgets and maybe my flower subscription doesn’t fit into that. I still want…
Bloom Baby, Bloom! is the blog of Bloom founder Amanda Kitaura.
Bloom’s Virtual Flower Arranging Club: Learn Professional Techniques from Sacramento Expert
Have you ever felt disappointed taking an inexpensive grocery store bouquet home and arranging it on your dining table, and having it look… well, like an inexpensive grocery store bouquet?…
Self-Care Made Simple
Sometimes when somebody asks me how my weekend was, I blank out for a minute trying to remember all the things we did. 🤔 Life can be so hectic these…
Tracking the Seasons Through Flowers
It’s a beautiful spring day in Sacramento today, just in time for Earth Day — but I hope your appreciation for our environment will extend beyond April 22! I get…
The Joy of Anticipating Flowers
Last week we talked about a bunch of different reasons why our flowers just make sense. Now I want to spend some time going a little deeper into the first…
5 Things About Our Flowers That Just Make Sense
I could go on for hours about why flowers are the perfect thing to have in your home or office, but here are just a few reasons why a local…
Our booth at the Farm to Fork Festival.
The Story of Bloom, Part 5: The Growth
It’s kind of amazing how much my business has changed since the early (pre-kid!) days, when I would go around to random businesses dropping off flowers and business cards. A…
A little too windy out for that tiny greenhouse...
The Story of Bloom, Part 4: Lessons Learned
It’s only natural that I would learn a few things during the transition from a job at a school to a job where I might be shoveling dirt one day…
My mom, my grandma Rosy and I pose for a photo in Rosy’s beautiful container garden in San Francisco.
The Story of Bloom, Part 3: The Helpers
When I was starting this business there were some people who I already knew I’d be able to count on for support. Those people have been great — my rocks. On…
My class at the Floret workshop.
The Story of Bloom, Part 2: The Leap
This week I’m continuing my series of blog posts explaining how I became a flower farmer and florist. As I explained last week, I’d started to explore my love of…
