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Announcement

Mother's Day Portraits

Celebrate the Mother in your life with a family portrait!

Time flies by quickly, and while we can't stop it, we wanted to create an experience to celebrate the mom that you are or the mother figure in your life.

Upper Village Blooms is designing an immersive garden-themed installation next door, at LEAP Clubhouse for Mother's Day Portraits. Jill Paice of Copper and Tod Photography, based in Croton, will capture the magic. You have seen her work on our website and Instagram, and you can view more of her work on the Copper and Tod Photography website.

Our photo shoot is scheduled for Saturday, April 20th, which gives you plenty of time to order prints for the perfect Mother's Day gift.

Your photo session will be 20 minutes, and we guarantee 3-5 edited high-resolution digital images. There is an additional option to print. Reserve your time slot online on the Upper Village Blooms Calendly. Spaces are limited!

Once you sign up, we will send over a mood board and additional information for the day.

If you have any questions, please contact Upper Village Blooms via email info@uppervillageblooms.com or call/text us at the shop at (914) 862-0755

Jill Paice of Copper and Tod Photography

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What, June, already?!?

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So many reasons to celebrate, June is so jam-packed that we need to reach out! 


Hello, Early Summer!

Many of life's occasions are made more lovely with fresh flowers-- proms, graduations, weddings, and end-of-school year gifts. Our Grab & Go fridge is stocked with a selection of luscious blooms from $32 and up. If you have a special request, call us for your custom vase arrangement or wrapped bouquet! 

June Highlights:

-Sunday, June 4: Venture out for a day of fun in the Upper Village! Mark your calendar for the Village of Croton-on-Hudson's Summerfest. This favorite local event starts out with a parade and includes street vendors, entertainment, food, and live music! The streets will be closed and the weather forecast is looking good!  

-Tuesday, June 6: Prom season is here! Tuesday June 6th is the last day to place an order for the Senior Proms of Croton Harmon, Ossining and Briarcliff high schools on June 8th. For those of you who want to stand out, we recommend a corsage ring or a pocket square this year. Have a look at some of our favorite creations on our Floral Jewelry Gallery. Attending a different prom? Call us in advance to order.

-Thursday, June 15th: Our next design workshop held in-store is now open for registration. Covering the basics of design with chicken-wire mechanics in a wide mouth vase, this is our most popular class! For more information, or to register, visit our website. You can also join our Class Announcement Mailing List here.

-Sunday, June 18: Father's Day! We have a GRAND selection of cards, games, plants, gourmet food & novelty items for Dads and Grandpas. 

-June 19-23: The last week of school for Croton public schools. We deliver to our CHUFSD schools for free– that's right, no delivery fee. Packaged securely in a box to take home, Croton teachers love our flowers! 

-Thursday, June 22: CHHS Graduation, 6pm at Croton Point Park. Congratulations to the Class of 2023 as well as our very own employee, Nate! 

-Friday, June 23: PVC Graduation, 9 am at Croton Point Park. Congratulations to the rising Freshmen, the Class of 2027! Graduates of all ages appreciate a bouquet of flowers to commemorate their accomplishment. 

Hosting a small event and need flowers? Don't delay in reaching out! Here's a look at some of our past events, which include tea parties, bridal and baby showers, engagement parties, and dinners. And, yes we deliver to NYC. 

We post daily with updates, please follow us on Instragram @uppervillagebloomscroton

We’ve got you this Mother’s Day!

With Mother's Day just around the corner, have you thought about how to show your appreciation for the amazing women in your life? Flowers are always a great way to express your love and gratitude, and at Upper Village Blooms, we have the perfect arrangements to make this day special.

We have carefully curated a selection of stunning arrangements that are sure to make any mother smile for days. We only use the freshest, highest-quality blooms to ensure that our arrangements are not only beautiful but long-lasting too. How do we know? Our customers tell us!

Choose from our 2023 Mother's Day Collection - which features three new elegant vase arrangements, our ever-popular Luxe Blooms, or full and vibrant wrapped bouquets are all perfect choices this Spring!

With local delivery, you can surprise your mom with beautiful blooms right at her doorstep, even from afar. (We recommend Friday or Saturday delivery to extend the love and appreciation!)

Order early and let us help you make this Mother's Day unforgettable. Place your order online before Monday May 8th for free 10520 delivery!

Thank you for entrusting Upper Village Blooms to create something special for your loved ones.

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Mother's Day 2021

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This year, we are facing a serious flower supply issue due to last year's pandemic shutdown. There has been a shortage of labor, plant material and bulbs, and an increase in extreme weather patterns in growing areas since 2020. Farms reacted to the pandemic by downsizing, cutting their crops or switching from flowers to marijuana. Furthermore, increased shipping costs due to curtailed passenger flights and freighter aircraft shifting their cargo to PPE and vaccines have impacted the price of fresh flowers.

We have been monitoring the flower markets to purchase our flowers at the best prices, however we are at the mercy of what will actually be shipped. Therefore, we urge you to order your flowers extra early this year!

Thank you for supporting us, your local florist. We are working without the global yoke of order gatherers.

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Finney Farm Fine Foods

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One of our favorite local purveyors is Croton’s own Finney Farms Fine Foods. This local treasure began with when Vanessa Sudnik was faced with an her over-enthusiastic husband’s home garden. Out of desperation, she began making her Tomato Jam in order to use up all of the end-of-season fruit.

This delightful concoction can be described as an American chutney —it is lighter in body with a perfectly balanced flavor. Vanessa’s Tomato Jam pairs well with most cheeses, can be your secret ingredient as a sauce for fried chicken, and it takes any potato —roasted, mashed, fried— to the next level! It dresses up grilled cheese sandwiches as well as turkey like you wouldn’t believe.

This year, after many sleepless nights, Vanessa was determined to create an herbal tea that was more relaxing than chamomile and less potent than gin. Carefully crafted with organic chamomile, passionflower, hops, orange peel and mint, this tea —named Goodnight 2020— will relax you.

We are now offering a limited time gift box set with a few local goodies! Included in this gift box are Goodnight 2020, filter tea bags and a tea spoon, along with Catskill Provisions Raw Wildflower Honey.

To enjoy one’s tea, we need a Croton-on-Hudson mug. These mugs feature the original artwork of Jeff Thornton and come in two different designs —the Croton Dam and the Hudson River.

Lastly, two Finney Farm Fine Foods vanilla caramels and an air plant round out the box. This thoughtful gift is sure to please any local tea lover!

Shop securely on our website at your convenience!



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Backyard Coconut Candles

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We are thrilled to announce a new product at Upper Village Blooms --Backyard Candles!

Backyard Candles is very close to our ideal company —somewhat local in South Windsor, CT and with the deeply held conviction that we all share a collective Backyard. This sense of community is the cornerstone of their commitment to the stewardship of our planet.

Backyard Candles are handmade using all natural soy and coconut waxes, cotton or wood wicks, and pure therapeutic grade essential oils. Made with materials that that are up-cycled, recycled, renewable, or can be reused, and their packaging is also 100% recyclable.

We now stock their coconut candles in 8 scents! The coconuts are made from up-cycled coconut shells (a waste product that is typically burned). In several different sizes and fragrances, you will have a difficult time choosing just one. Backyard Candles offers 53 candle fragrances —we also had to limit ourselves to seasonally perfect scents.

The half-shell coconuts float in water and are essential for self-care these days. The outdoor Citronella and Lemongrass candles are available in a standing coconut cup and are burnable outside. Come in and sample these divine fragrances!

Lastly, 5% of the purchase price is donated to environmental causes.

Click here for Backyard Candle’s donation details.

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Happy St Patrick's Day to You!

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Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, which is why Upper Village Blooms offers a signature posy for your lapel! Our Luck o’ the Irish boutonnieres are priced right for your Parade march, and the hardy carnation will last until that very last stop on the Irish Pub Crawl in Peekskill!

It’s best to pre-order but we are making some to have at-hand for the Parades in both Westchester and NYC.

Saint Patrick’s Day Parades in Westchester County

White Plains Saturday, March 14 at noon

Peekskill’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade Saturday, March 14 at 3 p.m.

Sleepy Hollow/Tarrytown Annual St. Patrick’s Parade Sunday, March 15 at 1 p.m.

The Eastchester Irish-American Social Club St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sunday, March 15 at 3 p.m.

Sound Shore St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sunday, March 22 at 1:30 p.m. on Mamaroneck Ave

Yonkers St. Patrick’s Day Parade Saturday, March 21 at 1:00 p.m. on McLean Ave

Green Carnation with Weeping Podocarpus, Eucalyptus, Black Tree Fern, tied with a black organza ribbon and finished with gold …what else?!

Green Carnation with Weeping Podocarpus, Eucalyptus, Black Tree Fern, tied with a black organza ribbon and finished with gold …what else?!

For our Upper Village Blooms Loyalty Customers

Loyalty Customers, we have exciting news for you!

One of our goals is to make shopping at Upper Village Blooms easy for you, and our Loyalty Program is now simplified and much clearer.

Our Loyalty Program gives customers reward points, or Blooms. For every $10 spent, you earn 1 Bloom. At 5 Blooms, rewards begin. Reward examples include one free greeting card for 5 Blooms or 10% off your flower purchase for 10 Blooms.

When shopping in-store, you can now see which rewards you qualify for before making your purchase. Head straight to the register and tap the Check in for Free Rewards button on the screen. You will then be shown your eligible rewards for your visit.

If you would like more information, visit our Loyalty webpage for a link that will also do the same.

You must enroll your phone number to track your points. (We offer 2 complimentary Blooms if you add your email!)

Thank you so much for your continued support!

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Love In Blooms Part One

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We really LOVE Valentine’s Day! It’s a day celebrating love and it’s filled with chocolates and flowers —we all could use some extra love, chocolates, and flowers in our lives right now.

In the quiet days of January (it’s like a retail freeze), we have been doing research and getting inspired. It’s a new year, and we have been thinking about what we want to feature at Upper Village Blooms.

We have brought in some old favorites, such as botany + wax reed diffusers and Nectar Republic Apothecary Candles and their very popular Bath Salt Test Tubes. We have added two new formulations of Bath Salts: Peppermint Tea Tree and Grapefruit Lemongrass.

In addition to the Apothecary Candles, we are introducing Nectar Republic’s 1776 Collection. These fragrances are inspired by the gentlemen of the Revolutionary War, and are a soy/beeswax blend and wrapped with a leather cord.

Also new in the shop is Thesis Beauty’s Chocolate Heaven Mask, an organic, vegan mask made without any chemicals —but with pure organic cacao.

Teaposy’s Heart of Love Blooming Tea, a blend of Rose,  Lily, and Silver needle white tea, scented with fresh jasmine flower. Each bloom makes 6-8 cups of tea and is delightfully citrusy.

Furthermore, we have selected a new greeting card and stationery company, Brooklyn-based Open Sea Designs. Drawing creative inspiration from Victorian botanicals, esoterica, the animal kingdom, and the occult, they are a perfect fit for Upper Village Blooms. We now carry their Spirit Board Market Pad and Lucky Me Notepad, in addition to their oval Calendar card (not pictured below), we have some lovely Open Sea Valentine’s Day cards.

Stop in to see the new items we carry and pick up a Valentine’s Day giftie for your love.

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Holiday Stock Up Sale!

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We know that most retailers have their holiday sale after the season, so they can clear out their seasonal inventory.

We have a better idea. We are having that sale right now, before the holidays!

We are offering 15% off winter holiday items so you can make this holiday season fresh, new and exciting! We have tree ornaments, holiday-themed jewelry, menorahs, holiday cards, and lots of tchotchkes for the decorating.

This sale applies to our new holiday inventory, but does not apply to flowers, plants or artists’ work.



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New Products for the Holidays!

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We have been super busy, gearing up for the giving season! We are receiving inventory nearly every other day and furiously trying to keep up with the unboxing!

In addition to our new #madeincroton items, we have scarves in dark floral winter prints and just recently received a new product — Meditation Spinner Rings with affirmations!

Take a look through our photos to see what’s new this week!

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TokyoMilk Tote Bag Giveaway!

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Upper Village Blooms has proudly offered TokyoMilk luxury bath and beauty products since our beginning. As the seasons pass, we are continually impressed by the consistent quality of this brand! These flawless scent signatures with unusual blends work well with all body chemistry.

Their number 1 selling scent is Dead Sexy, and in many ways, it perfectly represents us and our demographic. The packaging is sumptuous and slathered in peonies, roses and skulls. The scent is spicy and delicious but not sugary, not for the meek. With top notes of vanilla and exotic woods, wearing Dead Sexy unabashedly channels your inner, unapologetic vixen.


New for this season is the Dead Sexy Shower Gel, so you can layer your scents or simply make your daily shower routine a lot more glam!

Other scents include the perennially popular Honey and the Moon, a soft honey scent that envelops you in cozy. Available in Eau de Parfum, Shea Butter Lotion and —new for us— in a travel candle! And for those of us who like our scents less sweet and more dry, Gin & Rosewater is back in the house in Eau de Perfume and Shea Butter Lotion.


For those of you who have been asking about it since Valentine’s Day— the Bon Bon Bubbling Bath is back! We have heard from many happy customers that this bubble bath is not just a pretty face, but it is a great value! The bubbles and the product are so well-formulated that both last for a long time, and the Dead Sexy scent is divine. Because Bon Bon Bubbling Bath doesn’t stay in stock for long, we also have Travel Mini Bubble Baths for the holidays! Pair it with a travel candle or hand lotion, and you have a winning Secret Santa or Mystery Mensch gift.

And… we are excited to offer our first ever product giveaway!

Receive a TokyoMilk Oilcloth Tote Bag with any $150 TokyoMilk purchase (while tote bags last). This includes all three TokyoMilk lines —Bon Bon, TokyoMilk Light and Tokyo Milk Dark!

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Thanksgiving Flowers

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This season we have created some autumnal designs that are bright, sunny and … warm! It is, after all, the season for giving thanks.

We found some darling Terracotta and Ghost Pumpkin Planters and created sweet arrangements that are perfect for an intimate dinner —they also happen to make fancied-for host gifts. The ceramic pumpkin can be reused as a decorative piece, vase or even a stylish storage container.

For a larger table, we recommend our Signature Centerpiece— which is all flowers!

For those who love the warmth of a traditional vessel, we offer our Overflowing Cornucopia. Some have mini-gourds or pumpkins nestled amongst the roses, hypericum berries and chrysanthemums.

Let us know if we can deliver to you —we offer free delivery in Croton to make your life a little easier— or have it ready for you to pick up in-store. Our shop hours not align with yours? We cheerfully open our shop by appointment, so please let us know!

In keeping with the spirit of Friendship and Abundance, we are giving you an Early (Turkey) Bird Discount!

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Order your Thanksgiving Centerpieces by Sunday 11/24 and take 10% off!

Use Code SQBZQ71 when ordering online.

For more details, or to order easily online, check out our Thanksgiving Arrangements!

Do you envision something entirely different for your table? We can make it happen! Contact us at (914) 862-0755 or send us an email at info@uppervillageblooms.com.

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The Moon Hat

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We have officially heard that anything with the NASA logo is played out for the next fifty years, or at least until humans land on Mars. Thankfully, we have got your heads covered!

Upper Village Blooms is proud to now carry the Moon Hat!

The Moon Hat, by Croton’s own Dan Cummings, is a remarkable science teaching aid as well as fashionable headgear.

In both beanie and baseball cap, crisp and bright embroidered moon phases wrap around the head. Each image is placed to create a precise 360˚ model of the Moon's orbit around the Earth. It’s both beautiful and functional.

The Moon Hat comes with instructions sewn inside so you'll always know the moon phase names, which order they go in so you can orient yourself to the moon’s location.

Forbes named the Moon Hat “Best Science Gift of 2018”! And this year, with the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing, it will be an even more timely gift for your favorite budding astronaut or rocket designer. For adults and kids alike, the fleece cap is stretchy and warm, and the baseball hat is distinctively sharp looking

Remember, it is good to be curious!

Follow Dan’s Blog at Star in a Star. Star In A Star was founded to improve early astronomy education by anchoring it in the physical world of people, objects, and places.

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T̶o̶ ̶c̶e̶l̶e̶b̶r̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶c̶h̶i̶l̶d̶r̶e̶n̶ ̶g̶o̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶b̶a̶c̶k̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶c̶h̶o̶o̶l̶,̶ In appreciation of our teachers and administrators, we are waiving our minimum delivery purchase to schools this week.

That means you can send a $25 nosegay to your favorite teacher, or even a single hydrangea bloom with a handwritten notecard.

Give us a call at (914) 862-0755 to arrange a dose of immediate happiness to a teacher or administrator or custodian or other school worker.

Wouldst thou garland thyself with flowers?

It’s August! And do you know what that means? A day at the Renaissance Faire in Tuxedo, NY! This yearly event is well-loved by so many because it is immersive— one enjoys it best not as a spectator but as a participant.

Every weekend until October 6th, you can step back in time 500 years to Elizabethan England. Caper around the Olde Village without a care and spend your shillings on ale or mead. You can attend a jousting tournament as a courtier, or try your skill at archery.

The easiest path to participation is cosplay. Doublets and hose for the Lords and finery for your Grace? Or perhaps thou art a poxy outlaw brigand in disguise, or a slatternly tavern wench?

God’s teeth, such raiment in the summertime? By your leave, we humbly offer a suggestion— Flower Crowns! They come in a variety of colors, price points, and styles. We have some made of dried flowers, fresh blooms, or silk ones.

Our Shoppe offers reasonably priced flower crowns for small princesses and grown fayries. Order yours today!

“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine:
There sleeps Titania sometime of the night,
Lulled in these flowers with dances and delight.

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— A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare

The New York Renaissance Faire

By God’s Bones: Medieval Swear Words

42 Old English Insults

The History of English: Early Modern (Warning: serious word nerds only)

Grammercy, Mistress Elisa, for suggesting Upper Village Blooms offer RenFaire flower crowns!

And we thank all of our flower crown models from the bottom of our hearts.

Upper Village Blooms Launches Online Flower Ordering!!

We are thrilled to announce that Upper Village Blooms is an e-tailer!

You can now purchase our Luxe Blooms arrangements on our website, which makes ordering flowers super convenient for our customers in different time zones.

To access, click on the top right red Send Flowers button on our homepage.
This will bring you to a direct link to our e-shop.

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We’d like to thank our co-partner Dan Cummings of DC Digital who is working with us on our SEO, e-commerce, and other digital projects to make your Upper Village Blooms experience a pleasure. He took several separate and vital platforms and seamlessly merged them into our online shop, and this is just the beginning of our offerings!

If you have a small business, we highly recommend you consider Dan’s professional SEO and digital marketing services. Visit DC Digital’s Facebook page and website for more information.

Thank you so much for your support!

Mother's Day Floral Workshop

What’s Better than Flowers for your Favorite Mom?

Learning how to arrange flowers with your Mom.
Or grab your Grandma, your Sister or your Best Friend! 

Introducing Mother's Day Floral Workshops at Upper Village Blooms!

Spend 3 hours together in a fun and professional environment learning how to arrange flowers in our signature romantic style with a modern twist. In this class, you will learn how to grid a glass vessel, select appropriate flowers and walk away with the foundations of floral design.

The $100.00 per person fee includes refreshments, as well as the vase and flowers that go home with you. The retail value of the arrangement per person is $60-65. 

Workshop Dates and Times:

Friday May 17th  6-9pm

Saturday May 18th  6-9pm

Sunday May 19th  4-7pm

Buy two tickets at a 20% discount and gift a unique and memorable shared experience for Mother’s Day!

Reserve your space soon, class size limited to 8 people.

(914) 862-0755

info@uppervillageblooms.com

Photo by Alex Joseph, Shiny Skull Productions.

Photo by Alex Joseph, Shiny Skull Productions.

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Little Light Pottery

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Orit Daly —a Croton-on-Hudson potter— introduced herself to us last year, correctly thinking we’d be in love with her line of botanical pottery. She takes plants in various stages (and seasons) and then imprints them in her art. Obviously Upper Village Blooms was smitten with this idea! 

After spending some time together with Orit, we realized we had a lot in common. Specifically, we love plants and flowers and we ❤️ Croton!

We commissioned her to create bespoke art celebrating the natural beauty of Croton. After agreeing, she then asked —What if we make something useful as well? 

A fruitful and creatively collaborative partnership was born!

We now present our Riverwalk Collection, three designs of our beloved Croton Landing, available in mugs and trivets. The trivets can be used practically, and when not in use it hangs on the wall. 

Orit’s line drawings of the Riverwalk capture the stark beauty of the Hudson River in winter. The slats of the walkway, curves of the path winding along the riverbank, and the graphic beauty of nature all represent our particular claim to the Hudson. 

The method in which Orit captures her art on our mugs and trivets is called the Mishima Technique. It originated in East Asia in 9th century Korea, then it travelled to Japan where it got its name. This method of incising and inking images before the glaze is applied perfectly evokes the linear aspects of Riverwalk in winter, with narrow-leaved cattails, reeds, willows, oaks, and the Palisades.

Stop into Upper Village Blooms and admire Orit Daly’s work, then have a lovely stroll on our Riverwalk!

Orit Daly from Little Light Pottery presents her Riverwalk Collection exclusively at Upper Village Blooms.

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