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Roses Coverage

There are some lovely Valentine's Day offers for roses, tulips, mixed bouquets, bonus gift cards, restaurant meals, grocery store meal deals and more! 

Valentine's Day 2023: List of floral, restaurant and bonus gift card deals

Roses at store, Cary, NC

Florists are usually swamped around Valentine's Day, but it's been one to remember for a Raleigh woman whose work was prominently displayed on national television. 

Raleigh florist has 1,600 roses featured on 'Our Kind of People' episode

Raleigh Florist has hundreds of roses featured on FOX show 'Our Kind of People'

Tiera M. George, the owner and lead designer for TG Floristry in Raleigh, talks about the thrill of having her flowers showcased on national television. 

<p>SCHNEIDER, YOU CAN WAIT. &gt;&gt; I AM NOT IN A HUGE RUSH. &gt;&gt; FOR MANY BUYERS, THE SPRING COULD BE AS FRUSTRATING AS LAST YEAR. &gt;&gt;&gt; THIS IS COOL, A LOCAL FLORIST HAS HUNDREDS OF ITS FLOWERS FEATURED ON A RECENT EPISODE OF FOX'S "OUR KIND OF PEOPLE" IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL 16 FOOT CIRCLE MADE OUT OF RED AND WHITE ROSES. TODAY, THE OWNER OF TG FORESTRY IS JOINING US FOR OUR CHANGEMAKERS SEGMENT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US. FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE THE SHOW. LOVE THE FACT YOU WERE ABLE TO BE ON IT. BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE DEBUT, TELL US ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS THESE PAST TWO YEARS. &gt;&gt; BUSINESS HAS BEEN FINE, IT'S BEEN INTERESTING. DURING THE PANDEMIC, THERE WAS A SHIFT WHERE PEOPLE WANTED FLOWERS IN THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS AT HOME, SO WE HAD QUITE A FEW MORE DELIVERIES THAN NORMAL, SO IT HAS BEEN PRETTY OKAY. AND THEN WE JUST MOVED INTO OUR PHYSICAL LOCATION OCTOBER 2nd. &gt;&gt; THAT IS SO INTERESTING, WE KNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, SO MANY WEDDINGS GOT CANCELED. DID IMPACT YOUR BUSINESS AT ALL OR WERE YOU ABLE TO MAKE THAT SHIFT? &gt;&gt; A LITTLE BIT. WE DID HAVE QUITE A FEW WEDDINGS THAT WERE CANCELED, UNFORTUNATELY BUT WE STARTED DOING MORE POP UP EVENTS, WE WOULD DO POP-UPS, FARMERS MARKETS, WE WOULD DO PLACES WHERE WE COULD BE A LOCAL VENDOR, STUFF LIKE THAT, TO KIND OF MAKE UP FOR IT. I WAS ALSO IN GRAD SCHOOL DURING THE TIME, SO I WASN'T DOING IT COMPLETELY FULL TIME JUST YET, SO I HAD SCHOOL WORK I WAS ALSO DOING SO I WASN'T TOO FOCUSED COMPLETELY. &gt;&gt; HOW DID THEY DISCOVER YOU FOR THE EPISODE? &gt;&gt; LET'S SEE, MAYBE A MONTH OR SO BEFORE THAT, I DID A NAMING CEREMONY FOR A JUDGE IN DURHAM AT THE NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL LAW SCHOOL, AND HIS DAUGHTER JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE A PART OF THE SHOW, WORKED WITH THE DIRECTORS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SO I THINK IT WAS MAYBE THE TUESDAY. I THINK IT WAS THE TUESDAY BEFORE, THE TUESDAY BEFORE I HAD GOTTEN A CALL AND IT WAS THAT NIGHT AROUND 7:00. SHE WAS LIKE HEY, TIERRA, THIS IS PORTIA. ON MY K, SHE'S LIKE IS IT POSSIBLE YOU COULD DO THIS? EVERYTHING WAS COMING AT ME SUPERFAST, SO I AM JUST LIKE YEAH. SHE'S LIKE OKAY, WE NEED THE ESTIMATE BY THIS TIME AND IT WAS LIKE AN HOUR. I WAS FREAKING OUT BUT ALSO CALLING EVERYBODY LIKE OH MY GOSH, GUESS WHAT HAPPENED? SO, YEAH, I THINK I HAD ONE DAY TO GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER. IT WAS ACTUALLY 1600 ROSES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PULL TOGETHER BY THAT WEDNESDAY AND THEN I WAS IN WILMINGTON ON THE THURSDAY. &gt;&gt; THAT'S INCREDIBLE, 15 MINUTES LEFT BUT IT VALENTINE'S DAY, I MEAN 15 SECONDS LEFT. IT'S VALENTINE'S DAY, HOW BUSY ARE YOU? &gt;&gt; WE ARE KIND OF SWAMPED RIGHT NOW, WAS HARD FOR ME TO MAKE A SHIFT AND SAY DO THIS, THEN AFTERWARDS OMNI DEEP IN FLOWERS.</p>

Raleigh Florist has roses featured on FOX show 'Our Kind of People'

There are some sweet Valentine's Day offers for roses (as low as $9.87 per dozen), flowers, gift cards and restaurant meals this week! Read on for the updated list of deals. 

Valentine's Day 2022: List of restaurant, floral and gift card deals

Rose Bouquets

There are some excellent deals on roses and other flowers this week and plenty of restaurants are offering special menus and discounts for Valentine's Day. 

Valentine's Day restaurant & floral deals: Dozen roses for under $10

Roses

Red roses are the most popular color for Valentine's Day gifts, but florists say other colors mean different things.



5 On Your Side: How to buy, care for roses

If you're gifting roses to your loved one this Valentine's Day, what color you buy matters.

