{"id":659063,"date":"2026-05-09T22:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/659063\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T22:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:48:11","slug":"winnipeg-florists-prepare-for-busy-mothers-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/659063\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg florists prepare for busy Mother\u2019s Day weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flower shops across Winnipeg are preparing for one of their busiest weekends of the year as customers line up ahead of Mother\u2019s Day celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>At Academy Florist, staff have been working nonstop to keep up with the surge in orders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is our busiest holiday of the year,\u201d said Kayla Robinson, owner of Academy Florist. \u201cWe\u2019ve got hundreds of orders coming out on delivery and for pick up. It\u2019s all week we have been going since Monday nonstop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Behind the scenes, florists are arranging dozens of bouquets as demand continues to build heading into the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis shop has already been really busy lining up before we open and will expect the same thing tomorrow,\u201d Robinson said. \u201cThere will be a line before we open at 9 a.m.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As families prepare to celebrate Mother\u2019s Day, many shoppers say flowers are one way to show appreciation for the mothers in their lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh my mom\u2019s like everything to me, like my whole foundation, my whole support system,\u201d said one customer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPretty much the same with me as well,\u201d another added. \u201cMy mom is everything to me and I wouldn\u2019t be here without her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others say the holiday brings back memories connected to motherhood and family traditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it reminds you of like the really fun times of motherhood,\u201d one shopper said.<\/p>\n<p>Another customer, shopping for his 95-year-old mother, said this year\u2019s celebration is especially meaningful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI give flowers several times a year,\u201d he said. \u201cI live in Vancouver, but I have them usually sent, but this year I\u2019m making a special trip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With bouquets in hand, many Winnipeggers are preparing to celebrate the mothers and mother figures who mean the most to them.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Winnipeg as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=winnipeg.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778261834_283_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Flower shops across Winnipeg are preparing for one of their busiest weekends of the year as customers line&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-659063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}