A FLORIST is on a mission to spread a little happiness — by leaving tiny bouquets in the most unlikely of places.

On the last Sunday of every month, Beci Rice arranges five “lonely bouquets” to leave in parks and outside buildings in the hope a passer-by will adopt them or give them to a loved one.

Attached to each bouquet is label which reads: “The Lonely Bouquet, please adopt me. I’m all alone and looking for a new home. Perhaps I can live with you or a loved one?”

The message encourages finders to contact Beci at her shop Rose Hip in Over Hulton, Salford, to let her know who discovered the bouquet. The 36-year-old first started leaving the bouquets as part of the International Lonely Bouquet Day in June and loved the gesture so much, she made it a monthly rotuine.

She says the response has been overwhelming from the bouquet finders.

Beci, who lives in Ramsbottom, started dropping the bouquets off around Bury. She said: “All I want to do is spread a bit of happiness through flowers. Since I’ve been doing it has been great to see where the bouquets end up, who finds them and who they give them to.

“It’s created a really big following on Facebook and people seem to love it.

“We even have people racing to get them in Bury they’ve become so popular. I think flowers can just brighten up someone’s day, either if they find them or if they give them away to a loved one.

“Quite a few people say they have given the bouquet to an elderly or sick relative and say it really cheered them up. Some of the stories are quite heartbreaking really but that’s why I love doing it.”

Beci’s bouquets are usually made in the cup cake style or in a jam jar.

She also runs a flower stall on Ramsbottom Market every Saturday and opened the Rose Hip Florist in Over Hulton in October.

Her next bouquet drop in Bolton will be on Sunday, November 24.