During the second week of each August, National Smile Week is celebrated throughout the country, including right here in Denver. It’s a positive celebration designed to make others feel better. It doesn’t take much to smile but it does so much in terms of mood and mental wellbeing. A smile can turn a person’s day around. This is a great time to think about who in your life you can bring a smile to with the gift of flowers, which are designed to make someone else happy. We have some great floral gift ideas that may help bring that smile to someone’s face. A great idea is our summer flower arrangements many of which are currently on sale like these beauties: • The Sunlit Wishes Bouquet has bright flowers like white stock, purple iris, lavender Monte Casino, orange mini carnations and roses, and yellow Asiatic lilies in a ceramic illusion vase that looks like a leaf-lined

While you love them dearly the whole year round there are certain special occasion days throughout the year where friends get their own day. This includes International Friendship Day on July 30th. It’s a time to recognize that you may have friends all over the world that you have met on your travels for work or pleasure or that have moved to other corners of the world. To help celebrate International Friendship Day, we have some beautiful flowers that you can send to show how much you value their friendship and place in your life, including this wide range of summer flowers: • Summer Brights is a warm floral display with yellow roses, daisy spray Viking chrysanthemums, and Asiatic lilies along with orange dahlias and alstromeria in a clear cylinder glass vase. • Beauty in Abundance is a refreshing flower arrangement with coral, green, and pink roses along with purple blooms. • Coastal Garden is a