Flowers are the gift that says everything without saying anything at all, Redland Floral Art Club treasurer Valerie Decker says.
She and other members of the group said "everything" to random strangers when they left about 100 bouquets at key places in Cleveland last Sunday as part of the international lonely bouquet campaign.
The aim was to simply give pleasure and create some happiness to whoever picked up the bouquets.
This was the second time the group had participated in the campaign and Val said they were spurred to do so again by the uplifting feedback received last year.
"They were so well received that first year. We got lots of emails back, appreciating what we were doing. We left some at the Redland Hospital and there was a birthday that day of a lady in the kitchen.
"A grandmother picked one up at a coffee shop for her grand daughter who had chicken pox. Someone at a church gave hers to a friend with leukaemia," Val said.
Each bouquet comes with a tag inviting people to "adopt" the bouquet and take home or give to a loved one. It also includes an email address so the group's members can find out where the bouquet ends up.
The bouquets are made by members of the group with flower donations from The Flower Shed at Thornlands and Real Time Flower at Rocklea markets.
The club has about 28 members and meets on the second Friday of the month at Ormiston. Meetings include demonstrations on various techniques and concepts and a bench work display.
