Florals on 5th #002

A Story on Angie Atkins and the Beauty She Brings to Columbus

From the sidewalk, it looks like a flower shop. Through the window: fresh cut stems, soft lighting, a handwritten card being tucked into place. But step inside, and you feel something deeper — the quiet confidence of someone who has been preparing for this chapter long before she knew it would begin.

For years, Angie Atkins has been planning weddings, styling events, and running a successful catering business. Her experience spans almost thirty years at Mississippi University for Women, where she planned campus events, selected linens, sourced flowers, and helped create meaningful spaces.

That is where the roots began.

Coworkers saw her gift and started asking her to design their weddings. One event led to another, and what began as support slowly blossomed into something of her own.

During her first Mother’s Day rush in May 2025, it was not a staff of drivers who carried the load. It was friends who showed up simply because they believed in what she was building. That kind of care now lives inside Florals on Fifth, her new downtown flower shop.

A Shop Built in Layers

This shop did not appear out of nowhere. It was built in layers — through support, through skill, and through the kind of leadership that believes beauty is meant to be shared, not rushed.

Angie trains her team the same way she designs arrangements:
with care, patience, and attention to what really matters.

Floristry is not just part of her work. It is the center of this new chapter. This shop is not a pivot — it is a home for the craft she has spent years gently mastering.

She grew up downtown. Her grandmother ran an alteration shop just blocks away. Those memories stayed with her, so opening her own shop was not a branding decision. It was a return.

“I have watched downtown evolve since I was a little girl.
To be part of that now and bring something beautiful into it —
that means more than I can explain.”

She did not step into this shop to start over.
She stepped in to continue — a gentle anchor for the community.

A New Generation, Growing Forward

Alongside Angie is her granddaughter, Emma, who has been part of the journey from the beginning. From helping choose inventory to assisting with design and customer care, she has been involved in shaping the shop in meaningful ways.

They work side by side, creating with purpose. They notice people, move with care, and give attention to the small details that matter most.

There is something deeply meaningful about building this way. Not just building a business, but building together. Learning through presence. Growing through shared moments.

What is taking shape is more than a skill being passed down. It is a way of caring that carries forward with intention and heart.

In that shared work, something lasting is formed.
A continuation of care, connection, and calling that reaches beyond the shop itself.

Faith, Beauty, and Presence

Angie leads with presence. Her faith is visible in the way she works.

She tells her team:

“Take your time. Don’t rush beauty.”

She trains new designers to treat every arrangement like it is for someone they love.

Stories fill the shop:

• A daughter sent flowers from out of state — they lasted for days.
• A woman on Mother’s Day felt remembered because of Angie’s delivery.
• A grieving family needed a casket cover — Angie stepped in with design and with presence.

These are not transactions.
They are emotional bridges.

“Sometimes you are there for the happiest day of their lives,” Angie says,
“and sometimes you are there for the hardest.”

A Calling Built Through Trust

Running a flower shop comes with new challenges — inventory, markets, unpredictable demand. Angie talks about needing bigger signs — not the kind that hang in windows, but the kind she prays for.

She did not plan to be a florist.
She just kept saying yes to what called her forward.

Now she dreams of:

• coolers filled with ready-to-go flowers
• small gifts for every occasion
• repurposed florals for hospitals and nursing homes

“If we have beauty to share,” she says,
“why wouldn’t we share it?”

A Community’s Florist

Florals were once only one part of her broader work. But people remembered the flowers — their design, their feeling. Trust built the business long before there was a storefront.

One customer, Dr. Bobby Young, understood immediately.

“This isn’t just a business. It is community focused.
You are not just receiving a product — you are being cared for.”

What stood out to him was sincerity.

“She is providing the best product and service, not for a review,
but because that is who she is.”

He described Angie as a born leader.

“Some people have finesse, but she has something deeper.
It is a God given talent.”

Her team reflected that same integrity.
“Handpicked,” he said.
“They gleamed with character.”

From that moment on:

“She is my florist. For life.”

A Welcome That Blooms

She sees you.
She remembers.
And with every bouquet, there is a gentle thank you tucked inside.

The light is on.
The door is open.
Come in — you are part of the story now.

Whether you are planning something big
or simply wanting to brighten someone’s day,
there is always something blooming here for you.