Follow a Valentine’s Day bouquet from Bachman’s to its tearful recipient
This particular bouquet of tulips represented a neighbor's gesture of friendship and support to a friend who really needed it right now.
- Jamie McLaughlin, Bachman’s lead designer, creates a Valentine’s Day bouquet consisting of 22 tulips and 6 sword fern stems at Bachman’s Minneapolis Garden Center on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Workers, many of them from other departments, create bouquets for the busy Valentine’s Day week at Bachman’s Minneapolis Garden Center on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Pascual Briones, Bachman Farm shift leader, switches duty during the busy Valentine’s Day week and helps get bouquets ready for delivery in the shipping department at Bachman’s Minneapolis Garden Center on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Allison Lackey, a landscape designer at Bachman’s Inc., helps prepare bouquets of roses for delivery during the busy Valentine’s Day week at Bachman’s Minneapolis Garden Center on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. Lackey, who normally works at a desk and meets with customers, joins many other coworkers in helping create bouquets, “It’s always a nice break and I get to hang out with coworkers I don’t normally get to see.” (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
A Valentine’s Day bouquet and its delivery ticket at Bachman’s Minneapolis Garden Center on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Workers, many of them from other departments, create bouquets for the busy Valentine’s Day week at Bachman’s Minneapolis Garden Center on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Karen Bachman Thull, Director of Community and Business Development for Bachman's -- and a temporary delivery driver -- drives the familiar Bachman’s purple delivery van while helping out with deliveries during Valentine's Day week in Mendota Heights on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Nora Gulyas, right, receives a Valentine’s Day bouquet, gifted to her by a neighbor, from Karen Bachman Thull, Director of Community and Business Development for Bachman's at her Mendota Heights home on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
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Jamie McLaughlin, Bachman’s lead designer, creates a Valentine’s Day bouquet consisting of 22 tulips and 6 sword fern stems at Bachman’s Minneapolis Garden Center on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
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