Bouquet Florist also provides flowers for holidays and special events. (Roo Moody/Community Impact)
Fiona Huynh, owner of Bouquet Florist in Sugar Land, said she believes flowers are more than just decor.
Huynh previously worked with flowers in Vietnam and wanted to do something similar after moving to the United States. She got the opportunity in 2023, when a florist whose shop had been open since 1992 retired.
When Huynh and her husband took over the shop, they incorporated several of the concepts she had used in Vietnam into the store, including wrapped bouquets. She said the bouquets are very popular right now and that they serve a practical purpose.
“When men ask, 'Will you marry me?' or ‘Will you be my girlfriend?’, they cannot take the vase,” Huynh said. “They need to take the wrapped bouquet, so that’s why I did it.”
Huynh and her husband run the business and create each arrangement. (Roo Moody/Community Impact)
A closer look
Besides being a romantic gesture, Huynh also believes flowers can speak on behalf of people. While some people tell her flowers are a waste of money, Hunyh disagrees.
“I tell them the flower is not just decor,” she said. “It will show off the love and the care between people. When we grow up, we go to work a lot, and we don't have time to tell our moms, ‘I love you.’ But by giving one bouquet to her, she will know.”
Huynh said she believes the love and the care flowers display is better than any piece of decor it might offer. She said in a society where everyone works a lot, flowers can do the talking that we often neglect.
The flower shop's most popular item is custom-wrapped bouquets. (Roo Moody/Community Impact)
One more thing
To make sure she gives customers accurate lifetimes, Huynh said she experiments with every type of flower and arrangement at home before selling them so that she can guarantee how long they will last. She said she would never want to tell a customer that a bouquet will last for a week and then it dies after two days.
Additionally, the store offers delivery across the Houston metro and can provide florals for special occasions, such as weddings, birthdays and baby showers.
