Our Story
Bloombox Flowers was founded in 2018 in Bristol, CT.
HI! I’M ANGELICA, NICE TO MEET YOU!
WHEN I WAS A KID, MY GRAMS LOVED HER FLOWERS. SHE HAD BEAUTIFUL ROSE BUSHES OUTSIDE IN HER GARDEN, AND SHE CARED FOR THEM IN THE SAME WAY SHE CARED FOR HER FIVE GRANDDAUGHTERS. I REMEMBER HER BEING SO METICULOUS ABOUT WHICH FLOWERS SHE CUT, HOW SHE WATERED THEM AND HOW SHE WOULD JUST STARE AT THEM WITH PRIDE. I WAS TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR BEAUTY MADE HER SMILE OR THE TALENT IT TOOK TO GROW THEM, AND I WAS STILL TOO YOUNG WHEN I LOST MY ABUELITA - BEFORE I COULD EVEN REALIZE FLOWERS WOULD TURN INTO MY PASSION TOO.
Me with my namesake and the one who instilled in me a passion for flowers, my Grandma Angelica.
YEARS LATER, I FOUND MYSELF FILLING MY APARTMENT WITH FLOWERS - MAYBE BECAUSE MY MOM ALSO HAD PLANTS AND FLOWERS IN OUR HOME GROWING UP. IN FACT, AS A KID, IT WAS MY JOB TO WATER ALL THE PLANTS & SAY NICE THINGS TO THEM! MY DAD WAS ALSO ALWAYS IN HIS GARDEN! FLOWERS BECAME SOMETHING THAT I NEEDED - THEY BRIGHTENED UP MY SURROUNDINGS AND MY HEART. THEY BROUGHT A SMILE TO ME WHENEVER I CAME HOME FROM A LONG DAY OF WORK, AND THEY WERE ALWAYS THERE TO REMIND ME OF MY GRAMS. DESPITE MY GROWING LOVE FOR FLOWERS, I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT TURNING THEM INTO A CAREER.
I’M ORIGINALLY FROM NJ, BUT MOVED TO CT FOR a JOB IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. BEING IN CT MADE ME APPRECIATE NATURE EVEN MORE AND MADE MY RELATIONSHIP WITH FLOWERS EVEN STRONGER. EVERY SEASON HERE HAS ITS OWN KIND OF BEAUTY, ACCENTED BY THE FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE. I FOUND SEVERAL FLOWER FARMS IN THE AREA AND WAS MAKING MY OWN FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS MORE OFTEN. IT WAS THEN THAT I REALIZED WHAT REALLY MADE MY HEART HAPPY!
FLOWERS ALWAYS BRING A SMILE TO SOMEONE’S FACE. BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, BREAKUPS, MAKEUPS, FUNERALS AND HOLIDAYS! IT IS NEVER BAD TO GIVE SOMEONE FLOWERS; THEY ARE AN INSTANT PICK ME UP AND BECAUSE OF THAT …
… Bloombox Flowers was born.
THE NAME WASN’T EASY FOR ME TO COME UP WITH. I THOUGHT ABOUT ANGELICA’S FLOWERS OR ANGIE’S FLOWERS, IN HONOR OF MY ABUELITA, BUT I HAVE PUT SO MUCH OF MY LIFE INTO MUSIC THAT I WANTED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO MY SUCCESS IN THAT INDUSTRY. I THOUGHT ABOUT THINGS I LOVE WITHIN MUSIC AND ONE OF THEM WAS A BOOMBOX. I ALWAYS HAD A BOOMBOX AND I WOULD SIT IN FRONT OF IT TRYING TO CATCH MY FAVORITE SONG ON THE RADIO SO THAT I COULD RECORD IT ONTO TAPE AND PLAY IT 100 TIMES A DAY! SO CAME BLOOMBOX! A PLAY ON WORDS TO INCORPORATE BOTH OF MY PASSIONS.
When designing our logo, I wanted to incorporate the boombox so people would get the name right away, but when I saw it, I couldn't help but think it looked like Rosie the Robot from The Jetsons!
WE HAVE AN ADORABLE BIKE AND FLOWER CART & THE NEWEST MEMBER, OUR FLOWER TRUCK, CHARLIE (NAMED AFTER MY LATE DAD)
AND WE JUST OPENED A STOREFRONT IN MONTCLAIR, NJ!
COME CHECK US OUT AT ONE OF OUR POP-UPS OR AT OUR SHOP!
I AM ALWAYS HAPPY TO TALK FLOWERS.
Keep blooming!