Broadwater Blooms
Author: Angie Janacaro
Broadwater Blooms at 314 Broadway is a one-stop shop for any gift occasion or special event. Open Monday through Friday 10-6 and Saturday 10:00 a.m.--2:00 p.m., the shop offers beautiful, ready-made arrangements and can accommodate any special order with advanced notice. The shop's owner, Lisa Higgins, is a Townsend native who runs the shop with her mother.
Once an employee at Blue Cross Blue Shield, Lisa has now been in the floral business for six years. When asked if she always dreamed of owning a flower shop, Higgins confessed, "I didn't and I wasn't the person who went out and bought flowers either." But still, she and her mother enjoyed making silk floral arrangements and she had an aunt who owned a floral shop in Alabama, "My dad always, whenever a floral shop came up for sale, suggested I buy it and use my aunt as a resource in the business. And then when he passed away, owning a flower shop just seemed more meaningful." After Lisa bought the business, her aunt made the trip from Alabama to help get things started. Higgins also took classes in Bozeman on floral arrangement, received help and advice from neighboring shops and is connected through social media with a variety of florists who share ideas and advice.
In addition to fresh cut flowers, the shop offers boxes of Abdallah Chocolate, a lovely assortment of house plants, a variety of small gifts and balloon bouquets. In the summertime, many of the fresh flowers are sourced locally. Higgins buys from a conglomerate out of Helena which sources flowers from eleven different local gardens and Townsend's local gardener, Marcia Bieber.
Broadwater Blooms offers delivery over much of the county, items can be ordered by calling 406-266-3558 or online at https://www.broadwaterblooms.com.
