Roses Flower Shop Community Gratitude Workshop Series, powered by The Etiquette Series

In collaboration with Chicago’s very own, Derrick Rose, the Roses Flower Shop Community Workshops are a monthly, brand-led initiative rooted in one belief: Gratitude has the power to build confidence, connection, and community.

Designed to empower youth through creativity and reflection, each workshop blends floral craftsmanship with intentional gratitude practice with a mission is to cultivate gratitude as a practice — empowering young people to feel seen, valued, and confident through the act of creating and giving their flowers.. Participants don’t just learn how to make a bouquet — they learn how to recognize value in themselves and others.

At the center of every experience is a simple but powerful truth: Noone’s journey is singular, and life’s moments deserve to be acknowledged in real time.

The workshop follows a repeatable, modular framework that can be tailored by the audience while maintaining consistency across all communities.

1. Create

Participants are guided by a professional florist through the intentional construction of a bouquet.

They learn:

  • Flower symbolism

  • Craftsmanship and care

  • Attention to detail

  • Pride in presentation

Each participant completes and wraps their own bouquet.

2. Reflect

Every workshop includes a mandatory handwritten letter component.

Participants choose to:

  • Give someone in their life their flowers (gratitude), or

  • Give themselves their flowers (self-recognition)

Through guided prompts, they write a letter rooted in acknowledgment, appreciation, or personal empowerment.

This ritual reinforces emotional literacy, confidence, and intentional expression.

3. Present

The experience closes with a structured moment of reflection. Participants are encouraged (never required) to share excerpts of their letters, reinforcing confidence and public expression.

Each workshop ends with a simple, collective closing ritual that centers gratitude and community.

Participants leave with:

  • A handcrafted bouquet

  • A handwritten letter

  • A tangible experience of being seen

A group of young students and their instructor posing in a gymnasium. The students are wearing black aprons with a logo, and the instructor is kneeling in the front with arms wide open. The background features bright yellow and orange walls, a green
A young girl smiling and holding a bouquet of white flowers in a gymnasium with tables of flowers, and other children participating in a flower arrangement event.
A young boy sitting at a table holding flowers, smiling, with a woman leaning over him placing her hand on his shoulder. The group appears to be in a gymnasium with other children and adults, some holding flowers, participating in a flower arranging
People creating floral arrangements at tables in a gymnasium with orange and yellow walls, basketball hoops, and a black logo on the floor.
Young students and an adult woman creating floral arrangements with red roses and green foliage at a table in a gymnasium decorated for a celebration.
Two people working together on flower arrangement at a workshop, with various flowers and plant stems on the table.
Children and adults participating in a flower arrangement class inside a gymnasium with basketball hoops, black tables, and chairs, decorated for a floral event.
Four children wearing black aprons, standing behind a table with flower arrangements and tools, in a brightly colored indoor space with yellow and orange walls.
Children sitting at a table assembling large bouquets of red roses with green foliage at an indoor event.
A woman stands in the center of a basketball court, speaking into a microphone during a gathering with children seated at tables covered with black tablecloths. The court has a large logo of a rocket, stars, and planets, and the walls are painted in
A woman standing on a basketball court in a gymnasium, speaking into a microphone during a community event. There are tables with people seated around her, some with flowers and decorations, and a balloon arch in the background. The gym has colorful
A man is signing a document on a table decorated with red roses, while another person watches. Behind him, a man with glasses and dreadlocks stands. They are in a gymnasium decorated with balloons and a strawberry stand in the background.
Four people inside a green flower cart with a green and white striped canopy, displaying red roses for sale, labeled 'Roses Flower Shop'. They are smiling and posing for the photo in an indoor space with bright yellow walls.
Two men standing inside a flower cart filled with pink roses at Rose's Flower Shop. The cart has a green and white striped canopy and is situated indoors with a bright yellow and orange brick wall in the background.
Two men standing back-to-back inside a flower cart labeled 'Roses Flower Shop', filled with pink roses, in a gymnasium with a yellow and orange wall.
Two people standing behind a green flower cart labeled "Rose's Flower Shop" with red roses on top, inside a gymnasium with yellow and orange walls.
A man and a young girl standing behind a green flower cart filled with red roses, inside a gymnasium with yellow and orange walls.
Two people standing behind a cart filled with red roses at Rose's Flower Shop, inside a gymnasium with yellow and orange walls.
Two people standing inside a green flower cart labeled 'Rose's Flower Shop' filled with red roses, in an indoor gymnasium with yellow walls.
Two men standing inside a flower cart filled with red roses at an indoor event. The cart has a green and white striped canopy and a green front panel with the logo and name 'Roses Flower Shop.
Two women in flower shop uniforms smiling and making peace signs behind a green flower cart filled with pink roses, with a yellow and orange wall in the background.