Lindsay Babich & Charlotte McGinnis from "The Art of Living Well" Radio Show with Ellen Sherman and Sharon Quercioli.

Sprouts! was proud to be a sponsor of this well attended event held at the Hilton Garden Inn, Downtown at the Gardens.  The two recent events (this one and the Sex in the City 2 Event at CityPlace), helped raise over $3,000 for Healing Touch Buddies, one of our favorite charities.

Healing Touch Buddies perform their magic on a lucky event attendee.

Congratulations to the winner of the Sprouts! basket - Sandra Perez of Outreach Over Obstacles!   The basket was filled with our eco-friendly plantable seed paper items such as Note Cards, Thank You Cards, Bookmarks, a Blooming Box Garden Kit and our newest item Wine Tags, worth over $100.  Thanks again to all of you who stopped by and visited our table!

Candace, Sharon and Cheryl at the Sprouts! table.

These cute and colorful wine bottle tags are 4″ x 4″ and printed on our special handmade eco-friendly plantable seed paper and can be slipped over the top of your favorite wine bottle.

The back has an area to write “To” and “From” with Planting Instructions.  There are two collections to choose from, The Good Friends Collection and the Grape Lovers Collection. Each package comes with three tags and sells for $6.95 per package.

We have also taken these two great collections and created a plantable set of note cards.  They are a perfect gift for your wine loving friends or you can even add them to a special gift basket.

These plantable note card collections come in a box of 6 and include recycled paper envelopes.  You can choose from any one of the six different designs or a variety pack to give you a little “sip” of them all.   They sell for $16.95 per box.

Order some today to have on hand!  Check out the full line.

Sex in the City 2 Premiere

Friday was THE place to be and be seen at the Sex in the City 2 premier event at Blue Martini in CityPlace.  Over 130 smartly dressed women and men filled 2 theatres at Movico Palace in CityPlace.

Sprouts! was proud to help sponsor this fun event, with all the proceeds going to Healing Touch Buddies, an organization we love to support.  Healing Touch Buddies offers free Healing Touch for up to one year to women challenged with breast cancer.  Healing Touch is a complementary healing process that functions from an energy perspective rather than just a physical one. The goal is to restore harmony and balance to the mind, body and spirit. It is not a massage, rather a gentle placement of hands on and around the body.

Butterfly box with customized wedding band

These elegant and eco-friendly boxes made from our special handmade plantable seed paper are great for holding small favors for parties, weddings or special events. Fill them with candy, jewelry, confetti or bird seed. We can even customize them with a band printed on recycled paper that wraps around the box with your special art or company logo. The plantable seed paper will sprout beautiful wildflowers when planted and watered.  What a great way to remember a special occasion!

Plain boxes ship flat and can be easily folded into shape, and require no glue or staples.  Our Blooming Box Garden Kit can also be ordered with the new butterfly design and can be customized with the bands.

Nominees for the Women in Leadership Award for 2010.

Sharon Quercioli, founder of Sprouts! (fifth from the right), was recently nominated for Executive Women of the Palm Beaches Women in Leadership Award for 2010, because of her outstanding achievements and contributions to Palm Beach County.

She was honored to be included in such a prestigious group of women.  All nominees were honored at a special luncheon held at the Palm Beach County Convention Center on May 6, 2010 and were presented with custom plaques commemorating their special recognition.

Congratulations to all the nominees!

The DoubleTree Cookie visits the classroom.

Julie Seay & her second grade class saying goodbye with chocolate chip cookie toys in hand.

 The CARE committee of the DoubleTree Palm Beach Gardens Hotel and Executive Meeting Center sponsored a great event with local school kids - “Love Your Trees, Love Your Community, Love Your Earth” - held in conjunction with Earth Day and National Arbor Day.

“Julie Seay’s Second Grade class at Timber Trace Elementary School jumped at the chance to partake in the program and they had a BLAST doing so.  So much so that they have re-signed with us for this coming Fall’s program,” said Michael McMahon, General Manager.

All the kids were treated to breakfast in the Executive Conference Center,  followed by a tour by David Margolis, Director of Sales & Marketing.  Later, Mayor David Levy was there to lend a hand in the planting of a Long Leaf Pine Tree.

Mayor Levy helps Brandon Nava plant a pine tree.

Every student received a Sprouts! Garden in a Box!

Each student received a pine tree and our exclusive “Garden in a Box” made of completely recycled materials, including the seeds that are embedded in the paper!

Sprouts! is proud to help raise funds and awareness for Florida Classical Ballet Theatre through the sales of these beautiful custom Plantable Seed Paper note cards.

The Florida Classical Ballet Theatre, a non-profit ballet company committed to preserving the art of classical ballet, enriching our community through the beauty of ballet, and impacting young lives through the discipline of dance, partnered with Sprouts because they were looking for both an eco-friendly and unique fundraising program.

Sprouts collaborated with the Florida Classical Ballet Theatre to create exquisite custom Plantable Seed Paper note cards for their fundraiser. The note cards are available for purchase on Sprouts website. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the note cards will be donated to Florida Classical Ballet Theatre. For more information on Florida Classical Ballet Theatre, please visit www.fcbt.org.

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Is your charity or organization interested in starting a Green Fundraising campaign?

Sprouts offers unique and Eco-Friendly Fundraising Programs!

Contact us at info@sproutem.com or (561) 840-8089

As part of Sprouts mission to give back to the community by partnering with leading nonprofit and charitable organizations, we have teamed up with

“We believe in the work Seagull does, as it impacts the quality of life for so many of our neighbors in Palm Beach County,” says Sharon Quercioli, Sprouts owner. “We are proud to work with Seagull to raise funds and awareness for their cause through the sales of our Plantable Seed Paper note cards featuring the beautiful artwork of their disabled clients.”

You can support Seagull Industries by purchasing plantable seed paper note cards from Sprouts website. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of all the Sprouts products on this page will be donated to Seagull Industries. For more information on Seagull Industries and its services, please visit their website.

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Is your charity or organization interested in starting a Green Fundraising campaign?

Sprouts offers unique and Eco-Friendly Fundraising Programs!

Contact us at info@sproutem.com or (561) 840-8089

Office Depot is known throughout the world as a company with a heart. Throughout their history, they have distinguished themselves through their support of charitable organizations and worthy causes on a local and national scale.

In honor of Earth Day, the Office Depot Foundation sponsored the Third Annual Nonprofits Going Green Contest sponsored by the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties in South Florida. In addition, they are pleased to donate several thousand posters, which feature Keep America Beautiful’s Clean Sweep U.S.A. environmental education program, to the Kids In Need Foundation for distribution to teachers and students through its network of resource centers.

Every spring Mother Nature paints her fields, meadows, mountains sides and deserts with vibrantly colored wildflowers.  The blooms begin to peak their heads as early as March and continue to blossom through late fall.  Winter weary people across the nation emerge from their homes and flock to the countryside to view the showy and abundant displays of color and bask in spring’s long awaited sunshine.  Would you like to join them?  Here is a list of some of Mother Nature’s best wildflower gardens.

Crested Butte - Colorado

The Wildflower Capital Colorado, Crested Butte is located in a remote valley high in the Rocky Mountains.  Home to a week long Wildflower Festival every July, and surrounded by the Gunnison National Forest which boasts 1.2 million acres of wildflowers, Crested Butte is a wildflower lovers paradise.

Kaibab National Forest - Arizona

Located on the Colorado Plateau in Northern Arizona, Kaibab National Forest (elevation 3,000 - 10,418 feet) offers a magnificent display of wildflowers beginning in early March at lower elevations and peaking at higher elevations in April and mid May.  Take a drive on the Kaibab Plateau-North Rim Scenic Byway to experience this unique area.

Cedar Breaks National Monument - Utah

Inaccessible from late Oct. through early May due to heavy snow, Cedar Breaks National Monument located near Cedar City in Southern Utah, host an abundant summer display of wildflowers.  July visitors can escape the heat of Southern Utah’s lower elevations and experience lush alpine meadows and aspen forests.  Cedar Breaks hosts an annual Wildflower Festival every July.

Hill Country Wildflower Trail - Texas

Located in central Texas, the Hill Country Wildflower Trail is made up of roads connecting the towns of Brownwood, Burnet, Fredericksburg, Goldthwaite, Johnson City, Mason, and San Saba.  Wildflowers, including the beautiful Bluebonnet bloom from March through May, peaking in mid April.  Many of the towns along the trail host annual Wildflower Festivals.  No visit to the area is complete without a trip to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin.

Roan Mountain State Park - Tennessee

Nestled among the Southern Appalachian Mountains, Roan Mountain is home to an awe-inspiring spring display of wildflowers including blooming Rhododendron.  The community celebrates by holding an annual Rhododendron Festival every June.  Visit the State Park and take a hike on one of its many trails to experience the wildflowers.

Wildflower gardening is not limited to Mother Nature.  You can easily grow wildflowers in your garden or a windowsill pot.  Local varieties of wildflower seeds can be harvested each fall and then replanted in your garden, or seeds can be purchased and planted.  A unique way to start your wildflower garden is with Sprouts eco-friendly Plantable Seed Paper.  “Our seed paper notecards, bookmarks, boxes and other products are embedded with a variety of easy to grow wildflower seeds,” says Sharon Quercioli, Sprouts owner and wildflower lover.  “You simply plant them in soil, water them and watch as they bloom into a bouquet of colorful wildflowers.”

Visit Sprouts website to find out more about their unique product.