Honor Boxes is a community-based, multigenerational art and storytelling initiative where participants create custom floral arrangements and handcrafted “Honor Boxes” to recognize everyday heroes in their lives. Whether it’s a neighbor, teacher, bus driver, nurse, or grandmother—this project encourages people to pause, reflect, and say thank you in real time.

At our mobile pop-up flower station, community members will design their own floral arrangements and decorate personalized boxes, each with a handwritten note or story about the person they’re honoring. The goal is simple but powerful: shift the narrative that flowers are only for funerals and instead celebrate people while they’re still here to smell them.

Inspired by our Fridays Flowers initiative—which quietly acknowledges individuals making a difference—Honor Boxes is a creative evolution. It invites deeper community engagement through hands-on participation, storytelling, and public appreciation. The event will culminate in a sharing circle or public acknowledgment ceremony where participants present their Honor Boxes or deliver them directly.

What makes it awesome?

It centers gratitude and connection in a world that often rushes past both

It brings people together across generations

It’s simple, beautiful, and emotional—flowers + art + words

It’s public, visible, and participatory

It’s a gentle but firm resistance to the idea that appreciation must wait for loss