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.