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Three years ago, Tammy McGreevy started Lavender and Thyme out of her garage, only selling to close friends. Today, it’s blossomed into a charming flower shop adjacent to Le Petit Cafe Fleuri, a French cafe and bakery attached to the main shop.
Lavender and Thyme serves Moscow with floral arrangements, plants, gift baskets, high end gifts, chocolate truffles, candles, books, journals and more. McGreevy even started ‘Joy Packages’ during the pandemic to help brighten people’s days.
“My cafe and I did a thing and I still offer it, where we would send a hand-wrapped bouquet, pastry and a drink of some sort to someone,” McGreevy said. “A lot of people were sending them to their friends just because they wanted to brighten their day and couldn’t see them.”
McGreevy’s favorite part about her job is connecting with others. Her past grievances allow her to be compassionate and connect with those going through loss, happiness and everything in between.
“I love the artistic expression and being able to communicate that and trying to help my customers convey the message that they would like to convey with their sending of flowers,” McGreevy said. “I get a chance to really connect with people, it’s like being a hairdresser. Sometimes people come in here and tell me the most amazing story about their lives.”
Kailyn Eagy, a UI student studying international studies and film, has worked at Lavender and Thyme for about three years. Eagy, a Boise native, didn’t know anything about Moscow before moving.
“I like the vibe of a local business, so I wanted to see what Moscow had to offer and I saw there was Lavender and Thyme,” Eagy said. “A floral shop sounds so dreamy and romantic so that definitely attracted me to it.”
Three years ago, Eagy arrived in time to help McGreevy move her shop from her garage into her physical space on Blaine Street.
Eagy enjoys seeing people’s reaction to receiving flowers when she works on deliveries.
“99% of the time people are just so surprised and flattered and excited (because) getting flowers isn’t an everyday thing for a lot of people,” Eagy said. “It’s just really an exciting moment for them and it’s kind of fun to basically be the deliverer of good news.”
To order from Lavender and Thyme, call (208)-892-0222 for same-day delivery or stop in 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
This BFF comes to you late as The Argonaut team finishes working on our summer print issue. Keep an eye out for it on stands Thursday.
Stevie Carr can be reached at [email protected]