Fundraising With Flowers
By Kimberly Reynolds
It's easy to fundraise with at different times of the year. Fundraising are popular items for Valentines Day, Mothers Day, Christmas holidays, springtime planting, and fall color.

Here are some ideas for fundraising with flowers:

Valentines Day
Almost everyone buys for their loved ones on Valentine's Day and there's several ways to use it as a fundraiser. First, you can contract with wholesale florists or even grocery stores to buy roses and other at a discount.

Next, pre-sell your flower bouquets and roses ahead of time through flyers, word-of-mouth, and direct sales. In addition to the traditional red roses, offer single roses or dozens in different colors such as white or pink.

You can also sell them in crystal vases or offer flower arrangements for non-romantic gift giving. After all, children also like to give their mothers on Valentines Day too. You can even offer chocolate roses for all those chocoholics out there.

Use for a Valentines Day fundraiser at school. This is a popular way for the student council to raise funds by selling single before school and during breaks for students to send to teachers, friends, or that certain crush.

Mothers Day
Mothers Day is another great holiday for fundraising flowers. Again, take orders in advance for bouquets and flower arrangements and arrange to buy ahead of time at a discount.

With talented help, you can also create unique arrangements from scratch and sell those as well. Boost sales by offering shipping services to out-of-town recipients and include a small markup to cover handling costs.

Christmas flowers
At Christmastime, poinsettias are another great flower fundraiser. Take orders in mid-November and deliver a few weeks before the holiday season.

You can source these in bulk at substantial discounts from nurseries and garden shops. Concentrate on traditional colors, but also offer the newer multi-hued creations as well.

You can combine this holiday flower fundraiser with offering pre-made Christmas wreaths and raise extra funds that way.

Fall flowers
Another flower-based fundraiser is selling seeds and bulbs in the fall for planting before the frost hits. Many active gardeners

look for heirloom bulbs and unique plants each fall and it's a huge untapped market for fundraising.

Spring bulbs
Another popular fundraising flower time is Spring when everyone is eager to get outside and pretty up their yard. Flower bulbs and wildflower seeds are always big sellers.

You can also look to offer additional gardening supplies sourced locally, such as flowering shrubs and mulch. Work with a wholesale nursery for products and consider offering bigger landscaping items such as pine straw with delivery included.

Summary
Fundraising with is easy and quite profitable when you tap into an existing market demand. Holidays such as Valentines Day and Mothers Day are perfect opportunities for raising funds, but don't overlook the Christmas holiday season as well.

Seasonal windows also exist in Spring and Fall for home and garden related fundraisers. Each of these can also be expanded to include other gardening or landscaping items to boost profits.

Fundraising are high profit and low risk, so get started planning yours today!

Kimberly Reynolds writes for national publications about charity fundraising, conducting a flower fundraiser , and church fundraising. Find more ideas for fundraising on her website, FundraiserHelp.com