Photo by Rylea Foehl Photography
There is nothing quite like the joy of giving someone a bouquet of flowers for the simple purpose of sharing kindness.
If you’ve ever given away flowers-you know exactly the overwhelming feeling of joy and warmth/contentment/satisfaction.
And if you’ve ever grown a garden of any kind, yo'u’ve experienced first hand the rich rewards of getting outside, getting your hands in the soil, tending and nurturing and watching something grow and flourish.
As an organization, our mission is to help people enter into more of the joy and benefits of both gardening and giving flowers as acts of kindness.
Over and over, we’ve heard from our team members the positive impact that both gardening and giving flowers has brought into their lives.
We started to ask ourselves: what would happen if we could invite others to not only just give flowers but give another the gift of a GARDEN? And then the recipient of that garden would have the opportunity to enjoy gardening and growing flowers and then use the blooms they grew to spread kindness in their communities.
With that goal in mind, we reached out to our incredible community and asked for support: would you give a garden if you could?
The response was heartwarming.
So we launched a giving campaign we called Give a Dahlia Garden. Over two hundred people shared how the gift of a garden would support them and the ways they would use the flowers they grew to spread kindness in their neighborhoods and communities.
And twenty one incredible sponsors stepped forward to support them. During the two weeks we ran this giving campaign, thirty one incredible nominees were awarded the gift of a garden in the form of a dahlia garden kit. Each kit included 10 premium dahlia tubers, perfect for cut flower production, and a set of Growing Kindness Bouquet Tags to help them share blooms this summer.
Kindness truly begats kindness and because of the generosity of the sponsors, 31 people, in communities all across the US will be able to grow and give flowers this summer.
Kelly N.
…who plans to share the gift of kindness with hospital patients in her care…
Courntey C.
…who’s finding hope and connection in growing and sharing flowers as she journeys through cancer treatment…
Maddy H.
…who deeply understands the importance of encouraging those who give so much in service…
Abby C.
…who knows that we can truly grow kindness when we show the next generation the way.
Because of the generosity and support of each one who supported this giving campaign thirty one inspiring, kind-hearted individuals will be growing and giving flowers this summer…and with any luck, many seasons beyond as the dahlia tubers they plant grow and multiply.
Who knows just how much this one act of kindness will change them or how it will help them change their community with kindness.
We’d like to thank the following sponsors, for their generosity and support that made this “Give a Garden” Campaign possible:
Susie Goldstaein
Jennie Davis, Seaside Landscape
Michaela Hamilton
Melanie Woody
Kelly Chapman
Kay Clark,Portage View Farms
Margaret Smiddy
Barbara Fraser
Christine Neuffer
Lisa Pedigo
Marisa Jackson
Alexandra Nash, The Circular Creative
Darcy Olsen, Fir Island Bakery
Emily Lynn
Sara Kauffman
Lauren Matthews
Rhonda Delaney, The People Gardener
Marian Luther
Margaret Lauer
Robbie Bennett