The moment the midwest has been waiting for, SUMMER! We are thrilled to be launching our summer menu this week. The best part of any launch is getting to see and learn more about our favorite blooms, and the historical representation they carry. The Summer It’s coming in hot, and we mean hot! We’ve welcomed […]
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Sunny Days Are Here
June 21, 2022
Plants truly provide so many benefits to people, the environment, and insects alike. We are going to focus today on the many benefits that accompany indoor plants. It is more than just meets the eye, literally, there are many benefits beyond how a plant looks in your home, like how it can be a form […]
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Plants for Self Care
February 24, 2022
At Flowers for Dreams, our roots are planted firmly in the Midwest. We take pride in delivering beauty and joy to our customers, carefully crafting each bouquet with our favorite flowers and shipping them right to you! We embrace the opportunity to share what we love so much with our neighboring states, and so we […]
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Find your Midwest State Flower
January 14, 2022
Flowers for Dreams has been delivering flowers to Chicago neighborhoods for the last 9 years, can you believe it? In celebration of almost a decade of beauty, we are excited to highlight our top 10 Chicago neighborhoods delivery areas by matching them with a flower that best represents the area. Gold Coast The Gold Coast […]
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Which Flower Represents Chicago Neighborhoods?
January 10, 2022
At Flowers For Dreams we are lucky to get to be surrounded by beautiful flowers everyday in our Chicago flower shop. It is part of what makes coming to work so special for many of us. Flowers can be closer to you than you think thanks to so many amazing local artists. We have gathered […]
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Our Favorite Chicago Floral Murals
January 6, 2022
For the month of August, we have partnered with two amazing Dog Rescues in the Chicago and Milwaukee area. We are so excited to be working with these two charities that focus on rescuing, adoption, and educating their communities. Fetching Tails began in 2015 with the mission of lowering euthanasia rates by rescuing adoptable dogs and placing […]
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New Leash on Life
August 7, 2020
For the month of March, we have partnered with Sit Stay Read! An organization who works to advance children’s literacy skills using an engaging curriculum, dedicated volunteers, and certified dogs. This program originally started as a way to keep founder Mary Ellen Shneider’s older dog, Shandy, active. After Shandy had to retire from her volunteer […]
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Sit Stay Read: Reading with Dogs
March 5, 2020
Written by Margaret Frisbie, Executive Director, Friends of the Chicago River This year Friends of the Chicago River is celebrating our 40th anniversary and to be quite honest we have plenty to celebrate. Since Robert Cassidy wrote “Our Friendless River” in 1979, huge progress has been made. In the 1970s audiences laughed out loud when Chicago […]
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Improving & Protecting the Chicago River System
March 4, 2019
Written by our February Chicago charity, Resilience “Without [Resilience], I wouldn’t be alive today.” –Grace DeSant, former Resilience client and performance artist Meet Grace, a former Resilience client and performance artist. After Grace was sexually assaulted, she went to the ER, where a Resilience volunteer medical advocate provided her with care. A year later, when […]
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Healing and Empowering Sexual Assault Survivors
February 4, 2019
This is a community impact story titled “Building Champions Program helping Chicago’s youth” from December 4, 2018 written for the chicagoblackhawks.com by Fred Mitchell. Blackhawks players are veritable examples of what it takes to overcome adversity and challenges in life. And that has been their explicit message during a six-week after-school program at MB Ice Arena. The […]
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Promoting Social and Emotional Learning through Sports
January 9, 2019
At the end of the day, this is what’s it’s all about for us. Yes, we donate one-fourth of our profits to local charities. But how do those funds get used once distributed? We asked last year’s charity partners to share their thoughts on our partnership together. Here are some of those stories in no […]
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Stories from our 2018 Charities.
January 7, 2019
At 26 years old, Jonny Imerman was diagnosed with testicular cancer and began his fight against the disease. Throughout his experience, Jonny was lucky enough to have loving support from his family and friends, but he had never met anyone his age who was a cancer survivor. Jonny wanted to talk to someone just like […]
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Supporting Cancer Fighters Everywhere
July 9, 2018
Doug’s Story Written by our June Chicago Charity, Aspire. Meet Doug Northey, “one of the most important people in the kitchen”. Doug is an adult with a developmental disability who has been utilizing the services of Chicago-based nonprofit Aspire to increase his independence. Thanks to his work with Aspire, Doug recently moved out of his […]
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Breaking Barriers for People with Disabilities
June 5, 2018
This is an Op-Ed from October 22, 2017 written for the The New York Times by Tamar Manasseh, Founder and President of Mothers Against Senseless Killings Why is the Trump administration so obsessed with my city? Just last week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said at a Senate hearing that “the murder rate is a cloud […]
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Reclaiming Chicago One Corner at a Time
May 9, 2018
Written by Chandra Garcia-Kitch I’ve been a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) teacher for the last 16 years on the south and west sides of Chicago. I’ve taught kids from 35 countries who speak different languages, who have different life experiences, and who bring unique stories into my classroom. I’m one of 49 CPS teachers currently […]
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Finding Common Ground through Food Education
April 20, 2018
“What I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have. And I am especially proud and inspired by all the women who have felt strong enough and empowered enough to speak up and share their personal stories.” Oprah’s inspirational speech at the 2018 Golden Globes comes at […]
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The Future is Female
January 19, 2018
To celebrate love, happiness, and flowers here in Chicago, we at Flowers for Dreams are bringing you another year of Chicago Love Stories. In the past, we have looked at couples with small businesses and even your favorite Instagram pairs, but this Valentine’s Day, we’re featuring those involved with non-profits. Equality Illinois was founded in […]
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Chicago Love Stories: Equality Illinois
February 8, 2017
The Roof Crop was founded in 2013 by Molly Meyer and Tracy Boychuk during a residential project. The two recognized in each other a love of “greening” the urban environment and joined forces to create a partnership between their companies, Omni Ecosystems and Runner Collective.
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Farm Profile: The Roof Crop
September 14, 2016
Earlier this month, we introduced our charity of the month. An organization that pairs students from underserved communities with inspiring members, Spark does so during a valuable and significant age in their lives.
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Building Leaders Outside the Workplace
August 18, 2016
The start of August anticipates the start of a new school year and coincidentally marks the beginning of an exciting partnership with a charity that empowers youth to succeed.
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Apprenticeships that change lives
August 6, 2016
This past weekend, we opened our studio doors to the public as we hosted flower crown workshops just in time for Lollapalooza.
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Festive with Flower Crowns
August 3, 2016
We joined Random Acts of Flowers volunteers at Presence Saint Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center in West Town, just down the street from our Flowers for Dreams studio.
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Floral Hospitality
July 31, 2016
We recently had the opportunity to head down to Englewood (bouquets in hand, of course) to get a first-hand look inside our June Charity, Growing Home, who will benefit from every Flowers for Dreams bouquet throughout the month.
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Job Training in Englewood
June 14, 2016
Drawing, measuring, rendering, redrawing, cutting, and hand-painting every little corner, our flower truck went through an enormous planning process to become the awesome Flowers for Dreams vehicle you see roaming the streets of Chicago.
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Making Chicago’s First Flower Truck
May 26, 2016
Our fourth installment of the Chicago Love Stories is Phil and Mickie, owners of Bowtruss Coffee Roasters with multiple locations spread throughout Chicago, and now Beverly Hills, Ca.
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Chicago Love Stories: Bowtruss
February 11, 2016
Next up in our Chicago Love Stories series is John and Lynn, owners of The White Oak Tavern in Lincoln Park.
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Chicago Love Stories: The White Oak Tavern
February 10, 2016
Second in our Chicago Love Stories series is Rob and Monica of Lincoln Park’s Interior Define and Monica + Andy.
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Chicago Love Stories: Interior Define & Monica+Andy
February 9, 2016
In honor of Valentine’s week, we interviewed 5 couples behind our favorite Chicago small businesses. Although you’ll find these shops very different from one another, we learned love truly is a driving force behind their success. Follow along as we feature a different couple everyday leading up to Valentine’s Day.
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Chicago Love Stories: Bang Bang Pie
February 8, 2016
We’re proud to introduce the charity we’ve partnered with to kick off 2016: RefugeeOne, a non-profit who provides a full range of services to refugees who have fled war and terror. RefugeeOne’s goal is to provide a better life to those refugees and their families who’ve settled in the Chicagoland area.
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Welcoming refugees to Chicago
January 9, 2016
Our December charity partner is the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, where a quarter of our profits benefit the non-profit. We decided to go the extra mile to those directly affected by homelessness.
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Chicago Homeless Memorial Service
December 24, 2015
We’ve teamed up with Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (CCH), a non-profit that believes housing is a human right in our society. It is for this strong belief that they are fighting to put an end to homelessness in Chicago, and we get to help them out this month.
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Help end homelessness in Chciago
December 1, 2015
We’re so grateful to be helping such a special Chicago charity by donating a quarter of our profits from the sale of flowers to the Noah’s Arc Foundation. The Noah’s Arc Foundation exists to help children and young adults of Chicago develop a better sense of self.
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Chicago charity: Noah’s Arc Foundation
November 2, 2015
Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting one of the many workshops for Chicago Ideas Week. Over 30 people from the community gathered in our warehouse, eager to design, build, and take home their very own Fall Bouquet.
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Chicago Ideas Week Workshop
October 23, 2015
Thanks to everyone who came out to our warehouse to celebrate our 100,000th dollar donated to local causes. We are so proud of our accomplishment and couldn’t have done it without you. Seriously, giving back is what keeps us going.
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100K Party Snapshots
September 30, 2015
Today we’re announcing our 100,000th dollar donated to local Chicago charities. Crazy. It’s a really big number to us. After all, we started Flowers for Dreams with a mere $2,000, in a parent’s garage, only three short years ago.
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$100,000 donated to charity!
September 2, 2015
We’re proud to introduce our charity partner for the month of September, Freshwater Future. Their mission is to improve all aspects of our Great Lakes’ ecosystem; from providing clean drinking water, sustaining a healthy fishing system, and maintaining clean beaches, Freshwater Future is on the path to elongating a healthy future of the Great Lakes region.
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September charity: Freshwater Future
August 31, 2015
We’ve teamed up with our newest neighbors who just moved their roasting facility into our building. Starting today, you can purchase our flowers to go along with your latte at Bowtruss Coffee Roasters in Logan Square and River North.
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Bowtruss x Flowers for Dreams
August 28, 2015
Next week, we’re partnering up with Reserve, a new app from the creators who brought us Uber. Reserve allows you explore nearby restaurants, make dinner reservations, and even pay or split the bill all through your smart phone. It’s like having have your own restaurant concierge.
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Free Bouquet with Reserve
August 5, 2015
For the month of August, a quarter of Flowers for Dreams’s profits go toward Namaste Charter School, a public K-8 school located in the McKinley Park neighborhood. Namaste strives to help underserved children of low-income communities on the south side of Chicago.
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August Flowers for Namaste
August 2, 2015
We are beyond excited to share news of our newest local farm partnership: it’s the Cook County Jail! Our CEO, Steven Dyme, paid a visit to the 1-acre flower farm and was inspired by such an innovative rehabilitation program.
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New Local Flower Farm Partner
July 30, 2015
We’ve curated a motley of our favorite pictures from our fans and attendees at our Free Flower Friday event last week. Special thanks for Pint and Chefmade for serving up delicious juices and sandwiches. You guys rock! Take a peek at our event!
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Our favorite Free Flower Friday Moments
July 13, 2015
It’s time for another Free Flower Friday! Let’s kick off the weekend in style. July 10th from 3-6pm, everyone’s invited to come hang out at our headquarters, enjoy some special snacks, live beats, and of course, free mini bouquets.
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You’re invited to Free Flower Friday
July 8, 2015
We’re happy to introduce you to Working Bikes, a non-profit dedicated to redistributing old and landfill-bound bicycles to those in need of transportation. For the entire month of July, every bouquet you send helps Working Bikes and their ongoing mission to find new homes for old bikes.
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Meet Working Bikes, our July Charity
July 1, 2015
Last Saturday, we invited our biggest fans and brand ambassadors to come join us for a beautiful morning of flower deliveries — on a trolley! The day started with Mimosas, Bloody Marys, and cupcakes at our headquarters as we waited to board the trolley.
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Trolley Day Recap
June 30, 2015
Last weekend, we hosted the second installment of our floral design series at Soho House. 30 young ladies gathered at The Allis, picking and choosing between different flowers like pennycress, nigela, spray roses, thistle and astilbe, all to make their very own flower crown. The results were stunning!
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Flower Crown Workshop
June 29, 2015
Every organization needs many parts to run, and here at Flowers for Dreams, we’re lucky to have Anjelica “Jelie” Hennesey take the wheel as our leading lady of floral design.
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Floral Design Spotlight: Anjelica Hennesey
June 24, 2015
Summer solstice calls for new flowers, and we’ve been working diligently to create a bouquet that screams summer. Last night, we unveiled our Summer Bouquet, and it’s so good, you can eat it up. Literally!
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The Summer Bouquet is Here
June 23, 2015
We had the pleasure of hosting the beautiful ladies of Free People here at our warehouse for a Floral Design Workshop. The girls came looking their best and were eager to get their hands on our prettiest stems and begin building their own bouquet. You can check out more photos of their day here in Chicago and get […]
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Free People x Flowers for Dreams
May 29, 2015
Last week, the lovely people over at Soho House invited us to lead a flower design workshop at The Allis. Members of the community had an opportunity to learn about certain stems and then recreate our Spring and Lilac bouquets to take home.
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Flower Design Workshop
May 15, 2015
Mother’s Day is here and we’ve got your Mother’s Day flowers covered! We’re teaming up with a bunch of rad businesses this week for opportunities for you to say thanks. Take a look!
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A week for Mom
May 4, 2015
For the entire month of May, a quarter of our profits are going toward the Lynn Sage Foundation and their mission to find a cure for breast cancer.
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Flowers for a cure
April 30, 2015
Last Friday, we hosted our second ever Free Flower Friday event where our friends and fans alike came together and enjoyed free mini bouquets.
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Free Flower Friday Recap
April 21, 2015
Our second ever Free Flower Friday is here! Tomorrow from 3PM-6PM at Flowers for Dreams HQ, we’ll be handing out free mini bouquets to all our friends, fans, and customers. But the fun doesn’t stop with free flowers…
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Free Flower Friday!
April 16, 2015
April calls for a change in seasons where the snow melts away and flowers begin to bloom. With the excuse of Earth Day and Arbor Day, we decided to pay homage to Mother Nature this month by donating a quarter of our profits to Chicago Gateway Green, a non-profit that specializes in keeping Chicago clean […]
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Chicago Gateway Green is Beautifying Chicago
April 7, 2015
For the entire month of March, each bouquet you send helps benefit The Chicago Lighthouse and their ongoing mission to provide opportunities to the blind and disabled.
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Send flowers. Help the blind.
March 16, 2015
Come join one of Business Insider’s 20 Most Inspiring Companies in America! We’re changing the way flowers are bought and sold online from right here in Chicago.
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Join the Flowers for Dreams Team!
March 5, 2015
Each month, Flowers for Dreams partners with a local Chicago charity to give back. This month we’re partnering with One Tail at a Time, an all-breed dog rescue committed to lowering euthanasia rates through the rescue and adoption of dogs in need.
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Rescuing Dogs with Flowers
February 6, 2015
With the excuse of Valentine’s Day, we at Flowers for Dreams wanted to explore a softer side of the Windy City. We met with some of Chicago’s most interesting and well-loved couples to learn about how this great city informed or even created their relationships. Told only through rich images, a bundle of flower bouquets, […]
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Love Stories Made in Chicago
February 2, 2015
Yesterday, we teamed up with Bang Bang Pie for an afternoon of free flowers. We love partnering up with other awesome local businesses!
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Free flowers at Bang Bang Pie
January 30, 2015
This week, we paid Antique Taco in Wicker Park a visit for a pop-up flower + taco collaboration. We call it a match made in taco heaven.
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Flowers for Dreams at Antique Taco
January 29, 2015
We took some time to chat with Hayden Regina, one of our talented floral designers here at Flowers for Dreams. Hayden is the creative behind many of Flowers for Dreams bouquet designs and his charismatic personality is much reflected in his design style. Here is Hayden’s interview along with some of his beautiful work.
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Floral Design Spotlight: Hayden Regina
January 22, 2015
Drip coffee, fixed gears, and free flowers made for the perfect Sunday fun day at last months Flowers for Dreams Instagram meetup. We gathered some of Chicago’s cutest creatives and met at Heritage Bicycles General Store in Lakeview and were once again taught the power of community and collaboration.
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Instagram Meetup @ Heritage Bicycles
January 14, 2015
Our primary supplier of flowers, Kennicott Brothers Company, has not only shaped the history of Chicago, but the entire country as a whole. In 1836, John A. Kennicott, a renowned physician, founded The Grove Nursery on a small forty-five acre lot in modern-day Glenview, Illinois. This served as the first commercial plant nursery in the burgeoning metropolis […]
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The Remarkable History of Kennicott Brothers Company
August 28, 2014
Today is a very big day for our small business as we are launching a revamped website from our new location in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood! To commemorate this big step, we want to share our journey to today with you: our company has been around in one form or another for over four years.
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Introducing the new & improved Flowers for Dreams