"Flowers are like friends; They bring color to your world." -Unknown
Cheryl Nesbit is the talented florist behind Cheryl’s Flowers and Gifts and she certainly does bring color to so many in our area. Designing stunning arrangements for parties, public figures, weddings and beyond, she values the intricate details that help elevate an event and create timeless memories.
Cheryl’s mother grew irises in their yard and always had gorgeous bouquets filling their home -- something she always loved as a little girl. Moving to Nashville in 1983, the Memphis native pursued a career in hotel sales and, while she enjoyed her corporate role, she made a leap that changed her life forever. “My husband traveled, and I was bored, so I started taking flower design classes,”
Nesbit says of her decision to become a full-time florist. “I started a job designing the flowers for events with The Sheraton, then had a baby and couldn’t travel anymore, so I stayed home and called former customers I used to work with.”
By making those phone calls, she began to build a name for herself and her new business, Cheryl’s Flowers. At the beginning of her floral career, she mostly worked with large companies as their go-to florist. Working out of her home and answering her own calls for 35 years, Nesbit has been the sole team member of Cheryl’s Flowers -- with the exception of her husband, Mike, who drives deliveries During the busy seasons of Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day, additional staff is hired to help fulfill orders.
The quality of flowers is a must at Cheryl’s Flowers. Receiving shipments from all over the world, each order is fresh and carefully curated. Orders are fulfilled upon request, resulting in completely unique and individualized arrangements.
In addition to paying close attention to the visual detail of each bouquet, Cheryl is eco-conscious and actively promotes her work as an eco-friendly florist. The stem and leaf of each flower used is tossed into a compost pile and all water is recycled by being used on plants in their yard.
Additionally, boxes flowers arrive in are sent to the recycle center upon completion. Cheryl’s Flowers also uses compact fluorescent light bulbs and Energy Star-rated coolers, recycles all plastics, metal, glass, and paper, and has a vase return policy, a practice that allows accepted vases to be used in a recycling program.
Striving to purchase flowers that never contain pesticides or harmful chemicals, Cheryl’s Flowers seeks locally grown, fair-trade flowers from suppliers that abide by USDA regulations. In the event there are unused flowers, Nesbit enjoys curating arrangements to drop off at a local nursing home.
When asked about the moment she realized she was meant to be a florist, she says, “I think it was when I started doing flowers and people really liked them.”
Serving mostly the Williamson County area, the mother of two and grandmother of three believes texture and style are important aspectss of each order. She loves designing arrangements specialized to the customer’s taste and vision. Differentiating and specializing each arrangement is one of her favorite parts of the job.
“We make friends out of our customers, we really do,” Nesbit says. “I’ve had some where I’ve done their first date, I’ve done their wedding, I’ve done flowers for their baby. I’ve taken them through their lives the past 35 years. We’ve even gone on vacations with some of them!”
While their specialty lies in funeral work, Cheryl’s Flowers is the perfect place to create a memorable bouquet or arrangement for any event, big or small. From proms to weddings to corporate events to celebrations of life, they strive to make the ordering process as easy and seamless as possible, delivering an arrangement beyond your expectations. “They trust me, and since the business was built without advertising, that trust has been spread by word-of-mouth,” Nesbit says. “We don’t use older flowers on our sympathy work. It’s just not our style to do that. I was raised with an expression that may or may not be used today: ‘Have a job, be it big or small, do it well or not at all.’ When it is time to turn it over to someone else, they must have the passion to continue to do it right.”
Nesbit believes the day she made the move to Music City was one of the best days of her life. Valuing connection and her peers, it means the world to her to get to work with others to create a special memory. “I enjoy the friendliness of the people that live here," she says. "The ‘volunteer’ spirit is alive in Franklin. It is a place where you can share a smile with someone, and they will probably smile back, but if not, they are really having a bad day and needed that smile from you.”
With same-day delivery options available, Cheryl’s Flowers does its best to accommodate specific delivery times and special requests. CherylsFlowersFranklin.com