This Sunday, February 26th is the Oscars, the biggest awards show of the season that caps off all the various awards show with a focus on the best movies of the year. It’s a popular awards event that brings friends and neighbors together for Oscars viewing parties to enjoy the gowns, jewelry, and movies rather than watching it all alone. It means lots of nibbles and great social time. Some of you may even like to decorate and recreate some of the glitz that defines the Oscars. Flowers are always a large part of the Oscars parties with spectacular floral displays at the many after-parties. Why not recreate those looks at your own party? We’re here to help! To get you started and on the way to ordering for this weekend’s viewing party, check out these luxurious flower arrangements: • White Roses & Orchids showcases two of the most flower varieties with white garden roses and green cymbidium orchids. • Elegant Nature’s Harmony Bouquet has a mix of flowers that include green carnations and roses, red hypericum, white hydrangea, and hanging amaranthus along with sword fern, eucalyptus, and blupleurum. All these beauties are displayed in a leaf-lined bunch vase. • … Read More about Host an Oscars Viewing Party with Lots of Flowers to Add a Touch of Elegance »
Posted by Charles Carithers on February 23, 2017
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February is a month of love, so it makes sense that it is also National Wedding Month. It’s that time to either get engaged, have a wedding, or start planning that spring or summer wedding. We’ve got the perfect solution for all your wedding flower needs. Our floral event and wedding staff offer you a dedicated floral specialist to work with for your wedding. That means they are available to provide ideas, answer questions, coordinate all wedding flower deliveries, and ensure everything goes smoothly so you can relax and enjoy your big day! Our dedicated wedding flower website is also a great place to start your wedding flower research. It’s full of great visual ideas from previous wedding flowers we have designed – from bridal party flowers to wedding bouquets to wedding ceremony flowers and wedding reception flowers. You can also consider us for your wedding shower flowers. Our wedding flower website also offers great ideas and regularly updated content about how to plan and enjoy the best wedding for your budget. Throughout the many decades that we have served the Atlanta area, we’ve gotten to know all the Atlanta wedding venues, so we have a good understanding of what … Read More about February is National Weddings Month »
Posted by Charles Carithers on February 19, 2017
| Last Updated: November 1, 2022
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Since Valentine’s Day falls on Tuesday this year (February 14th), consider delivering your flowers and gifts on Monday as a special surprise and way to extend the celebration of love that defines this holiday! We are happy to deliver throughout the Atlanta area as well as across the country on an earlier date. We have great Valentine’s Day gift ideas for your spouse or significant other, family and friends, colleagues and clients, and even the kiddos! If you are still shopping for Valentine’s Day, here are some great ideas available at our Atlanta flower shops as well as online through our website: • P.S. I Love You offers 18 red roses and 20 pink tulips for a stunning display of nature’s two most popular varieties of flowers. • Head Over Heels includes stock, hydrangea, roses and spray roses, tulips, gerbera daisies and seasonal accents in a lily grass lined vase. The floral design style is European bloom on bloom for a truly unique look. • Stunning Pink Peonies & Garden Hydrangea offers pink peonies and full-bloom white hydrangea. • Fairytale Fragrance includes lilies, roses, and eucalyptus in a wire-wrapped decorative vase. • Standing at over two feet tall, Exotic Red … Read More about Deliver Your Gifts of Love Early for Valentine’s Day! »
Posted by Charles Carithers on February 11, 2017
| Last Updated: January 13, 2020
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It’s that time of year again to focus on that special someone and spoil them silly to express just how much they mean to you. This year, Valentine’s Day falls on a Tuesday, so we’ve discovered that many of our customers have decided to order for a Monday delivery in order to extend the gift-giving portion of this celebration of love. Whether you visit our Atlanta flower shop, call us, or go online, you can enjoy an expansive collection of flowers and gifts for Valentine’s Day. Here are some of the highlights that show you the range of prices and styles that are available to suit everyone: • Red Hot Romance includes a range of red flowers like antique hydrangea, spray roses, roses, gerbera daisies, hypericum and more. • You’re All That is a garden style design with hydrangea, gerbera daisies, and roses in a glass vase. • Dazzling Orchids offers roses, full-bloom hydrangea, cymbidium orchids and exotic leaves for a truly stunning floral display. • The True Love Bouquet showcases shades of red, purple, and lavender, including roses, lisianthus, hydrangea, and garden flowers all hand arranged in a European cube. • The Pink Sensation Bouquet has pink roses, lisianthus, … Read More about Time to Order for Valentine’s Day! »
Posted by Charles Carithers on February 7, 2017
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Roses top of the list of favorite Valentine’s Day gifts every year. That’s because they have become synonymous with love and beauty. Roses are a wonderful symbol and expression of love. Why not show how big that love is by giving that special someone our Grand Reserve roses, which are 30% larger than any other rose and have an extraordinary amount of petals that even last longer than others? We are proud to offer these exclusive roses to our customers throughout the Atlanta area. And, these roses happened to have been voted the best roses among all those offered throughout the flower shops and stores here. Here are some stunning examples of our Grand Reserve roses from our Valentine’s Day collection, which are currently on sale and come in a wide range of colors and quantities: • Red is one classic rose color that represents love and makes an excellent choice for Valentine’s Day. These Grand Reserve roses come from the Ecuadorian mountains and offer an extraordinary way to say, “I love you.” • Carnival Mix Roses offers a carnival color assortment of our luxury roses. You can choose from 18, 24, or 36 roses for this flower arrangement. • … Read More about Celebrate Your Love on Valentine’s Day with Our Grand Reserve Roses »
Posted by Charles Carithers on January 25, 2017
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With just a few weeks to go, one of our biggest holidays of the year is nearly here. For florists like us, we become inundated with orders for Valentine’s Day roses, flower arrangements, bouquets, and special gifts, and we love it! That’s because we know we are creating gifts that are all about love, and it’s special to be a part of that magic. This year, we have even more beautiful gifts available for Valentine’s Day in our Atlanta flower shops and through our website. Check out these gorgeous ways to say, “I Love You”: • The Love Story Bouquet includes our premium Ecuadorian roses, ranunculus, lisianthus, gerbera daisies and garden hydrangea in a leaf-wrapped cylinder vase. • Wild at Heart delivers 48 long-stem roses that will absolutely stun your recipient. These roses are hand arranged in a leaf-wrapped vase. • The Grand Romantic features red Ecuadorian roses, a phalaenopsis orchid spray, and garden hydrangea in a keepsake glass vase. • It’s not just red roses that you can send your loved one on Valentine’s Day. These Hot Pink Roses are one of our favorites. They’ve also been featured in Floral Trends National Magazine for their luxurious petal counts and … Read More about Beautiful Gifts for Valentine’s Day! »
Posted by Charles Carithers on January 16, 2017
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Houseplants offer aesthetics and health to your home or office. Their various textures, sizes, and colors provide a wide range of décor choices while their leaves and natural structure offer health benefits, including cleaner air. This is the day to celebrate them! On January 10th, it’s Houseplant Appreciation Day, so do your best to treat your houseplants to some extra special care and attention. Or, if you are just starting out with indoor plants and blooming plants, here is some great advice on how to care for them: • Your houseplants may need propagating, which means that you can take any new shoots of offsets them off your houseplant and start growing them in new pots. • If your green thumb has been working, then your houseplants have been growing and may need to be repotted. If the roots are circling around the inside of the pot, then it means they are running out of room. Try dividing up the houseplant stems and putting them in various pots or alternatively you can just move the entire plant to a much larger container. • Take the time to groom your houseplant by removing any dust that may have built up on … Read More about Celebrating Houseplant Appreciation Day in Atlanta »
Posted by Charles Carithers on January 10, 2017
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The holidays are a magical time of giving and spending time with special people, and now that you have made it through the parties and gifts, you can reflect on those memorable moments where you might have received an unexpected gift or been invited to a great party. These people may not have been on your regular holiday gift list so now is the time to surprise them with a special thank you gift to show appreciation for the holiday hospitality they gave you. Our Thank You and Appreciation Collection brings together a wide array of flower arrangements and gifts that are sure to match your style and budget. Here are some highlights from this thank you flower arrangement collection: • Elegant Celebrations features white garden roses, full-bloom hydrangea, winter greenery and lisianthis hand-arranged in a glass vase. • Garden Veranda is a southern-style flower arrangement with numerous southern variety of flowers, including lisianthis, field fillers, willow accents, stargazer lilies, roses and fresh-cut hydrangea. • Inspiration is a stunning floral display with wildflowers in a range of hues like cream, lavender, purple and white all combined in a glass vase. These are just a few of the floral designs available … Read More about Send Special Thanks for All that Holiday Hospitality »
Posted by Charles Carithers on January 5, 2017
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While 2016 is nearly over, the holiday parties are still rolling on and into the New Year with Hanukkah continuing until the evening of January 1st as well as New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day as well as Kwanzaa and other holiday festivities. We’ve been extremely busy helping our customers with both home and office holiday parties, offering readymade holiday flower arrangements and floral centerpieces as well as providing our flower event services that include a free consultation, custom flower arrangements, and delivery and setup. To give you an idea of the wide range of holiday styles and designs we offer, check out these flower arrangements from our holiday collection: • The White and Gold New Years Centerpiece offers premium white blooms with gold accents, ribbon, and seasonal greenery. • The Candlelight Traditions Centerpiece includes white mountain lilies and full-bloom hydrangea. It’s great for a Hanukkah party. • The Favorite Winter Whites Bouquet has white hydrangea, lilies, and winter accents hand arranged in a glass vase. • The Holiday Buffet Table and Party Centerpiece is a spectacular display of winter amaryllis, hydrangea, roses, Oriental lilies and greenery. • The Pure Heaven Bouquet features garden hydrangea, calla lilies, roses, lisianthus … Read More about Floral Designs for Holiday Parties in Atlanta »
Posted by Charles Carithers on December 29, 2016
| Last Updated: October 17, 2022
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It’s a very special time of year made more so by the fact that Christmas and Hanukkah are so close together, which means there is so much more to celebrate across all friends and family members as well as those other special people that have helped us throughout the year. We have many ways to help you surprise and delight everyone this holiday with our expanded holiday collection that recognizes all celebrations, including New Year’s. Here is a sampling that illustrates the wide range of prices and styles that you can choose from: Christmas Flowers • Good Tidings offers hydrangea, garden roses, orchids and greenery in a cube vase. • Season’s Greetings has hydrangea, garden roses, amaryllis, and greenery in a festive container. • Deck the Halls has white hydrangea, red roses, green hydrangea, tulips and winter greenery in a glass vase. • The Christmas Enchantment Centerpiece features amaryllis, hydrangea, garden roses, berries and greenery. Hanukkah Flowers and Gifts • The Festival Bouquet has white roses and lilies as well as blue delphinium in two sizes with curly willow and blue acrylic rocks. • Hanukkah Table Setting is a centerpiece with a mix of blue and white flowers with three … Read More about Surprise and Delight with a Special Christmas or Hanukkah Flower Arrangement »
Posted by Charles Carithers on December 20, 2016
| Last Updated: November 20, 2020
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