Blooms and Wishes Flowers: Little Girl with Bouquet
Blooms and Wishes Flowers: Little Girl with Bouquet
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Blooms and Wishes Flower Bar: Sally the Truck
Blooms and Wishes Flower Bar: Sally the Truck
Source: Blooms and Wishes Flower Bar: Sallie the Truck
Blooms and Wishes Flowers: Little Girl with Bouquet
Blooms and Wishes Flowers: Little Girl with Bouquet
Source: Blooms and Wishes Flowers: Little girl with bouquet
Bloom and Wish Flower Bar Evening Class
Bloom and Wish Flower Bar Evening Class
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From truck sarees to brick and mortar stores, locally grown and personally handpicked.
Stephanie Wightman has been a flower gardener for over 20 years and in 2022 she was able to make her passion a reality. Blooms and Wishes Flowers, a flower business with a mobile stem bar.
Wightman’s “aha” moment began six years ago when he saw a flower truck while on vacation with friends and began dreaming of delivering it to Colombia. Wightman and her husband Matt studied this business model for several years while working as a full-time teacher in Columbia Public Schools.
truck sally
After an exhaustive search for the best truck for their business, the Wightmans found three trucks spread across the country that ticked off every item on their needs list. One of his options was his 1963 turquoise VW truck in Buffalo, New York. It didn’t take long for them to decide it was the perfect match.
Once the trucks were shipped to Missouri, business took off. The truck quickly became part of the family and was named Sully after Wightman’s grandma.
“My grandmother had the qualities I wanted in a business: tenacity, grit, strength,” Wightman explains. “She remembers the strength she had in her life and I wish I had that strength in starting my business.”
Sally’s distinctive teal color and black and white striped shade, as well as the vibrant flowers she adorns, will add a striking accent to any event.
locally grown
Blooms and Wishes’ goal is to load trucks with different types of fresh flowers each week. Some of the flowers are home grown on Stephanie’s 70-acre family farm in Columbia. To keep up with demand, Bloom & Wish also sources flowers from other local farms. Popular flowers such as roses and carnations often need to be sourced nationwide to find the best version to ensure quality for each customer.
That’s one of the unique features of Blooms and Wishes.
“People can design their own bouquets and pick the specific stems they like, unlike the grocery store where you might get a bouquet with some stems that you don’t necessarily like,” Wightman says.
personalized touches and arrangements
Blooms and Wishes offers a variety of ways to purchase stunning flower arrangements. The track can be found throughout the week at various pop-up venues across Colombia. The pop-up schedule will vary weekly and will be posted on the Blooms and Wishes social media platform, making it easier for locals to find trucks when they need flowers.
Schedules vary weekly, but truck sally can always be seen in the City of Refuge on Thursdays, North Village Arts District on First Fridays, Callaway Bank in Chapel Hill and Forum.
At the truck, customers can choose their favorite stems or ask the owner on site for help to create their own bouquet. Personalized bouquets vary in price depending on the stems used.
The business offers spring, summer, and fall subscription options, or full season, year-round subscription options. Subscription-based arrangements often include flowers and colors that are popular at the time. Customers can choose to receive their arrangements hand-tied or in a glass vase, and all subscriptions are delivered to their doorsteps weekly or bi-weekly during the selected season.
Blooms and Wishes offers flower arrangements directly to customers by offering private arrangement parties.
In addition to buying bouquets and arranging parties at Stem Bar, Wightman’s business also offers regular floral services such as centerpiece arrangements, hand-tied bouquets, corsages and boutonnieres, which can be delivered within city limits.
Whether it’s a corporate event, school reunion, girls’ night out, or just an excuse to get your friends together, adding Bloom and Wish Flowers to your party is sure to leave a lasting impression.
The future of flowers and wishes
While Sally of Trucks has built a solid foundation for the Bloom and Wish business, the Wightman family still has extensive growth plans. They hope to one day increase the number of trucks and expand to physical stores.
Stephanie Wightman says she loves how people light up when she sees her arrangements, whether it’s for a wedding, birthday party, dance recital or other special occasion, and is eager to see her plans to expand her family’s flower business come to fruition.
Bloom and make a wish and let the flowers bloom
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