Florists Prepare for Cold Valentine's Day

Florists in Connecticut are preparing for a cold and possibly snowy Valentine's Day and are taking steps to make sure their bouquets are delivered on time.

Farricielli's Flower Shop in West Haven arranged to receive its flower shipment Tuesday in light of Monday's snowstorm.

“We're going to prepare everything, let them drink, then they should be all set to go for tomorrow, ready for Saturday,” said Sarah Wojciechowski with Farricielli's Flower Shop.

Saturday is Valentine's Day. Farricielli's is watching the orders – and the forecast – to make sure everything will go according to schedule.

“We prepare ahead. We will go through the orders and see what we have. We'll check the weather. If we see a storm coming, we'll try to get the orders out a day in advance," Wojciechowski said. "We'll wrap them in cellophane, tissue paper, try to get the flowers nice and warm because they will freeze.”

Fleur de lys Floral Company in New Haven has a similar plan to make deliveries in the cold weather.

“We just make sure that our vans are running at all times, so that the heat inside the vans is maintained. And everything will be wrapped," said Jennifer Ford-Chatfield, owner of Fleur de lys Floral Company. "Really the only the hiccup with the cold weather is if we don't find someone home we're not in a position to leave the arrangement, because certainly it will die in seven to 10 degree temperatures.”

Other than that, the New Haven flower shop says the snow and cold weather we're seeing this week isn't anything compared to years past.

“Our product was able to be brought in on time, and my staff and I were able to come in and make it in, and surprisingly it's been the first year, that I can recollect, where the city streets of New Haven have been just plowed so well,” said Ford-Chatfield.

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