Southside Blooms

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Southside Blooms was awarded a $200,000 grant from Invest For Kids this week! Invest For Kids is a foundation dedicated to supporting highly effective not-for-profit organizations that serve Chicago area youth from disadvantaged communities. They host an annual investment conference where industry professionals share best practices with all proceeds going towards supporting organizations like ours! This year's conference is October 22nd at the Harris Theater and you can click on the button below for more information: https://investforkidschicago.org/

Thank you Fox 32 Chicago for covering our work at the DNC!

Southside Blooms on display at Chicago DNC Seeds of hope in a once vacant lot in Englewood have blossomed into a bouquet of opportunity.

From the field to the vase 💖

So proud to be apart of history!

Check out this great in studio interview with CBS Chicago about our work with the upcoming Democratic National Convention!

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‎Christianity in Business: Flower Company Mentoring At-Risk Youth (Interview w/ Quilen Blackwell) on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Christianity in Business, Ep Flower Company Mentoring At-Risk Youth (Interview w/ Quilen Blackwell) - Jul 24, 2024

Thanks for covering our latest exciting news - gearing up to provide beautiful flowers for the DNC! Link in bio 🌸

“Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people they give up their secrets also – if you love them enough. ” 

-George Washington Carver

Did you know?

Our youth get 100% of the gratuity at any given event. This money goes a long way to support them and their families.

It creates an extra incentive for our youth to strive for excellence each and every day in order to secure a spot on one of the coveted on-site event teams.

We emphasize to them that tips should never be expected but always appreciated.

Thank you to everyone who goes above and beyond to add this special touch and give our hard working youth florists something extra to smile about ⭐️

Check out our founders on Nonprofit Nation by Julia Campbell!

Nonprofit Nation with Julia Campbell Nonprofit Nation is hosted by Julia Campbell, digital marketing and fundraising expert, nonprofit consultant, and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits and How to Build and Mobilize a Social Media Community for Your Nonprofit in 90 Days. Julia helps nonprofits build movem...

Meggie and Caleb celebrated a beautiful wedding earlier this year at and we were so fortunate to do their flowers. We are so grateful for couples like them who are making a difference in Chicago. Swipe to the end to see the youth in action!

Lovely photos by

Amaranth harvest coming in strong from West Garfield Park!

Our beautiful July bouquet is a bounty of farm grown blooms! From vacant lots to productive flower farms, we are changing the landscape of the south and west sides every day. Purchase a bouquet and contribute to locally grown, pesticide free, off grid flower-farms today!

Thank you so much to the Israeli Consulate for this social impact grant to continue our work here in Chicago. We appreciate you!

A HUGE thank you to McDonalds corporate for coming out strong yesterday to our cook county jail farm site. These rows have never looked so clean. Bring on the summer growing season!!

What a way to spend a hot day! We had a great turnout for our inaugural farm tour. Thank you to all of our supporters who came to meet the youth participants, learn more about our sustainability practices and see what's growing! Can't wait for the next one!

Happy Father’s Day to my one and only soul doppelgänger and best friend!! Thank you for being there 110% for our kids and wanting to instill in them the best foundation that you possibly can. I can’t think of a better gift that I could have given my kids than picking you 💙🩵

“You can pick your husband but your kids can’t pick their father”

(Throwback to one of my favorite family pictures with our little tribe)

Happy Father’s Day to all of the awesome dads out there! A special shout-out to the two dads who raised our founders and instilled in them hearts of service and dedication to others. We appreciate you!

Just about as beautiful as it gets 💛

Check out our founder Quilen and Hannah Blackwell podcast interview on the Learning for Good podcast with Heather Burright!

‎Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations: From 0 to 60 Employees in 4 Years: How this Nonprofit Onboarded and Trained Staff to Scale their Mission with Quilen Blackwell on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations, Ep From 0 to 60 Employees in 4 Years: How this Nonprofit Onboarded and Trained Staff to Scale their Mission with Quilen Blackwell - May 27, 2024

From a simple wedding with no money to our name to 9 years later where we are achieving our dream of providing jobs to countless inner-city youth, we are so grateful that God brought us together to do this unique and important work.

Thanks for being a part of our story!

-Quilen and Hannah Blackwell

Have you ever wondered what an urban flower farm is like? Now you can see for yourself!

Register today for our first our first ever farm tour on Saturday June 22nd! Tours will be led by youth participants and followed by light refreshments. Tickets are just $30 and will help us expand programming to Chicago’s West Side.

 

See what’s growing in the garden, learn about our sustainability practices, visit our bees, and enjoy a lively conversation with the founders of Southside Blooms and Chicago Eco House.

Register today! https://bit.ly/JuneFarmTour 

Loved being a part of this beautiful wedding!

We made it for the #19 spot in Good Housekeeping's 26 Best Wedding Gifts for Parents of the Bride and Groom!

Everyone Needs to Get Their Mom This "Thank-You" Gift Box So sweet!

NATIONAL SHIPPING OF FLOWERS STARTING MOTHERS DAY!

Southside Blooms will be delivering flowers across the country starting Mother's Day so if you always wanted our flowers but lived too far away now you will have the opportunity to buy our flowers! The best part is our flowers comes with FREE NATIONAL DELIVERY so you can feel good about supporting a mission that is changing America's inner city without breaking the bank.

To order simply go to www.southsideblooms.com/product/mother-earth-bouquet-ships-free-nationwide-on-may-10/ or click the link in our bio.

We would liek to thank www.act.org for their generous donation in supporting our farmer-florist workforce development program! It is the generous support of donors like act.org that help us to better serve our mission every day!

ACT | College and Career Readiness Solutions ACT is a mission-driven, nonprofit organization, best known for the ACT test, dedicated to helping people achieve education and workplace success through industry leading college and career readiness solutions.

Wedding season has begun 🤍

A special thanks to the amazing couples that are using their wedding to give opportunities to our youth!

We appreciate you!