How We Work
Retrieving & Repurposing Flowers
We partner with floral designers, event venues and coordinators to plan in advance for special event flower recycling. Coordination is essential to ensure that we can retrieve flowers once the event has ended and that any rented decor is returned to event florists.
The following day, our volunteer team rearranges event displays into smaller tabletop arrangements. Rearranging larger event displays into several smaller containers allows us to more widely distribute flowers to our recipients.
Delivering joy.
Floracyle delivers floral arrangements to non-profit service providers, skilled nursing centers and senior care facilities throughout San Luis Obispo. In some cases, our non-profit partners will utilize their volunteer networks to deliver flowers to clients throughout the County.
Sustainably focused.
We are continuously striving to enhance the sustainability of our repurposing efforts and implement these actions as standard practice:
Flowers not suitable for repurposed arrangements are sorted to green waste.
‘Single Use’ floral foam we receive is trimmed down and reused as needed.
We do not purchase new vases! All of our vessels are repurposed cans, bottles, jars, or donated second hand vases.
We use bamboo card holders rather than purchasing new plastic.