Heliotrope for Hospice

10/27/2026

The start of this week couldn't be any better!
Grateful for LightBridge Hospice Community Foundation for this kind post, sharing the power of flowers, celebrating life with kindness, and caring for one another 💖
Thankful for everyone at LightBridge Hospice & Palliative Care🌻🧡🍂

10/10/2026

Thru this month's hot days, I'm wishing everyone a cool place to find comfort & relief from the heat.

Autumn is here, but in San Diego we've got a few more weeks of our notorious October weather 🥵

Hang in there! Sunflowers (& a jack o' lantern!) to you 🌻🧡🍂🌾

08/01/2026

08/01/2026

Ushering in August seems unreal- Summer is flying by!
I hope you're finding time to relax & enjoy the long days of sunshine. It's my favorite season, and...

July was FULL of my favorite flower!
our local San Diego Wholesale Flowers https://www.wholesaleflowersandsupplies.com was featuring
5 stem bunches of sunflowers for $1.99 !!! I was able to procure sunflowers almost every week for people in hospice care 🌻

Last week I delivered 4 bins of sunflower trios to Jeralyn, the Volunteer Coordinator at Apreva Hospice, and the week before Lori at Mission Healthcare & Hospice received 5 bins of sunny trios!

So grateful for both of these amazing women who never hesitate when I reach out to them (many times the morning of a possible sunflower delivery) Always saying YES, making sure those bundles of sunshine will get to the people who need them most 💛

If you're in the San Diego area, Follow sdwholesaleflowers on Instagram for their amazing weekly flower & plant updates
https://www.instagram.com/sdwholesaleflowers/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=AmwQBRH_S0j9lnQObDo6SC0

08/01/2026

Today... August 1st, which I have just been informed is...
National Sunflower Day!!!! Really?!!?!

Yes, apparently it is!~
Although a relatively new "national day observed", (the inception being August 1, 2022 thanks to North Dakota), it's now a day to recognize sunflowers, and of course, to enjoy, share, plant, grow, dry, eat... all the things we love about these flowers!
Here's a 4 minute read for your enjoyment! 🌻💛

Thanks to Ann Seney for alerting me to this "National Day of Sunflower Appreciation" 😀🤓

Celebrating happiness is what we do at National Day Calendar. So, it makes perfect sense to celebrate the first Saturday in August as National Sunflower Day. Join us all day as we spread joy about the happiest flower on earth.

07/22/2026

Sunflowers! Love them so much I chose this iconic flower for Heliotrope for Hospice's logo 🌻💛 😀There are so many different varieties available now, it's hard to choose a favorite! Usually in mid Summer I go for the standard yellow with lime green or chocolate brown centers, and in Autumn, I'm drawn to auburn and merlot tinged petals, ushering in the change of seasons.

Have you ever wondered why Sunflowers & Happiness go together?
Here's an interesting article that includes history, mythology, botany and... psychology 🤓 why we're enamored with these joyful blooms!

https://thursd.com/articles/why-are-sunflowers-associated-with-happiness?utm_source=Thursd.&utm_campaign=9534654f29-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_05_12_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-9534654f29-364223033&fbclid=IwY2xjawTN4GBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeJCUgItpeZ7JQplQKGD2y7HLPYbWZDRMI_kQoLrGL0ru6uk3Tn1NbXnZVgKg_aem_51qlCV2IPxn9MvaMsVb92w

06/27/2026

Beautiful donation from Derith at Artistic Florals this week!
Never know when I'll get a call - when they have florals left from a corporate event (or two!) I'm on my way ASAP😀

These arrangements are from two different events, so I decided to mix in just the hydrangea with the velvety red roses. The classic calla lilies looked great with bright green foliages, trick dianthus and hydrangeas.

Always, Thank you for the donation Derith!
And ever grateful for Jeralyn, Volunteer Coordinator at Apreva Hospice, for receiving the last minute deliveries. Love your staff, volunteers & nurses who bring Heliotrope for Hospice's repurposed blooms to people in Apreva's care.💕🌿

06/11/2026

Celebrating Father's Day !

06/11/2026

June is the month for celebrating Dads ! ...
.. for some of us, that celebration comes in moments of memories, as close as two years ago, and as far away as 1999...

My beautiful Auntie Carol sent a generous donation at the beginning of this month- and here's where her flower love shines- Sharing Sunflowers to people in hospice care, in honor and celebration for her beloved Rudy, called home to Glory two years ago. My thoughts are with her and my cousins who miss their father so much, but know he is living his BEST LIFE NOW- Yes, knowing they will meet again soon ✝️💕

In 1999, my father was the impetus for this small idea of giving flowers to people in hospice care... if you have a second, here's the short story of how Heliotrope for Hospice began: https://heliotropeforhospice.org/the-beginning/

Old photos remind me of my dad- his journey, how he looked after us, all the adventures, fearless to a fault ... he reminds me of how full my life is in so many ways.

I am blessed, I am grateful, and I wish everyone a moment, a day or a month of celebration (making memories AND remembering) for Father's Day🦋

04/18/2026

Sunshine & Butterfly Love 💛🦋✨🌻