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Florist Friday Recap 11/17 – 11/23: Floral Thanks

November 23, 2012 by Mandy Maxwell Leave a Comment

It’s Friday! Boy was this a busy and short week for florists, just like the rest of us. Not nearly as many photos shared with us as our usual Friday recaps, but still very beautiful fall arrangements that deserve your attention. Very colorful and beautiful designs this week – mostly Thanksgiving themed, so check it out!

Thanksgiving Flowers

Thanksgiving flowers by Libby’s Flowers & Gifts, Elberton GA

“Flowers, feathers and turkey inside a wire pumpkin for a Thanksgiving table arrangement”

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Cornucopia Design by Rittners School of Floral Design, Boston MA

“It’s Thanksgiving… Cornucopia Rock!!”

(See more of their cornucopia designs here)

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Filed Under: Floral Design Tagged With: Facebook Friday, Floral Design

Happy Thanksgiving From FSN!

November 22, 2012 by Mandy Maxwell Leave a Comment

We hope you all have a SAFE and happy Thanksgiving!

There is so much for us to be thankful this year. We hope you all count your blessings on this day of “Thanks!”

Filed Under: FSN Announcements Tagged With: Thanksgiving

Last Minute Thanksgiving Centerpieces & Flowers

November 21, 2012 by Mandy Maxwell Leave a Comment

Whether Grandma’s house is across town or across the country, thousands of faithful family members make the trek each and every year at this time. No matter how far the journey, don’t show up empty handed!

Your casserole may not hold up for the trip, so stop by the local florists’ for a lush bouquet of fall flowers. From a small centerpiece to a magnificent cornucopia, most local florists will have extras on hand even this close to Thanksgiving! Simply stop by and pick one up! Not only does Grandma get to enjoy them for Thanksgiving, she can keep them long after you and the family have headed back home.

(Learn the differences in Thanksgiving flower styles here.)

Need Help Finding A Florist?

If you are traveling to a town you are unfamiliar with, you can always use Flower Shop Network’s handy florist finder to find a real local florist anywhere in the US and Canada.

Above all else, have a wonderful and SAFE Thanksgiving holiday.

Filed Under: Flower Suggestions, Holiday Info Tagged With: Fall Flowers, Flower Shop Network, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Flowers

The Creative Process Of Local Florist – Blossom Shop

November 20, 2012 by Mandy Maxwell Leave a Comment

Take a peek inside the creative mind of a florist as they design something truly unique for a special someone. This is a story shared with us by Blossom Shop in Strasburg CO.

I got a wire order over the phone from another flower shop. I was pleasantly surprised to get a very good budget for a sympathy arrangement and no specifics other than they would like a nice fall arrangement if you can do that otherwise…

So I got to thinking, I wanted to do several matching pieces, something really large in a basket. I just knew I wanted it to be creative, but not something they might dislike being too interesting.

Getting Inspiration

So I took a tour of my shop a few times, front and back, to see what sizes and different containers that I might want to use. Some of my best-liked arrangements come from me finding something I can’t seem to get rid of (container wise) and making it beautiful with flowers. So I found these square wreath forms that I’ve yet to sell; one, because they have structure in the middle for placing a picture or something of the like, and two, they are a big size. I have yet to convince anyone to let me customize the center or pay enough so I could do something “interesting”.

So I grabbed one on those bad boys and got the wheels spinning. I used the leaf-looking ribbon to cover the back. To make that interesting I wove 10 lengths of that ribbon and covered all that maché and the center structure. After soaking it I laid it flat to start my designing.

Bringing It All Together

I covered the center structure with fall-colored, preserved leaves. Then I did the four corners, each with a different type of green to add interest, and then filled in with beautiful fall flowers. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Floral Design, Florist Spotlights, Funeral Flowers Tagged With: Colorado Florists, Floral Design, Florist Spotlights, Florist Stories, Sympathy Flowers

Thanksgiving Is Just Around The Corner…

November 19, 2012 by Mandy Maxwell Leave a Comment

If you haven’t decided what you’re bringing to the family or friends get-together… your local florist still has you covered!

Click to see more ideas for Thanksgiving centerpieces, arrangements, and cornucopias.

Thanksgiving is the time of year for making family memories. What do you remember from early Thanksgivings with family? Grandma’s dressing and desserts, or was it the hustle and bustle of family coming together to laugh and love with each other? Probably a good mixture of both. These memories we make during Thanksgiving last for a lifetime. Make sure your extended family takes away special memories of food, family and the beauty of the fall harvest.

Whether this Thanksgiving is at your home, or at a family or friends, you can help share the beauty of fall through flowers – always tasteful. Flowers make a wonderful hostess gift to bring.

Your fall decor is a tradition from long ago when our ancestors where still closely connected with the changing of seasons and a bountiful Thanksgiving meant security for the upcoming winter. Celebrate what you have to be thankful for; all of the bounty in your life.

Just remember, show your thanks to your community by shopping local this holiday.

Filed Under: Holiday Info Tagged With: Hostess Gift Ideas, Sending Flowers, Thanksgiving

Florist Friday Recap 11/10 – 11/16: Floral Romance

November 16, 2012 by Mandy Maxwell Leave a Comment

Fall romance is in the air this week as most of our florists’ contributions this week are of their beautiful wedding design work. For those of you who don’t follow our blog, every Friday we do a recap of all the beautiful flower arrangement photos shared with us on our Facebook page by local florists all across the US & Canada. Without further adieu, let’s get on with the pictures!

Wedding & Event Flower Pictures

Outdoor wedding flowers by Libby’s Flowers & Gifts, Elberton GA

“Overhead Swag for wedding at Lake Lanier Islands.”

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Wedding bouquet by Alma Blooms, Alma WI

“Close up of a bridesmaid bouquet.”

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Filed Under: Floral Design Tagged With: Facebook Friday, Fall Flowers, Fall Weddings, Flower Pictures

FSN Thanksgiving 2012

November 15, 2012 by Mandy Maxwell Leave a Comment

Today we had a feast at FSN! It was Thanksgiving and everyone brought their own delicious contribution to fill all of our buffet tables to the brim. Ham, turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes… you name it, we probably ate it today!

That doesn’t mean we aren’t doing our part to help those that need it. Since school started back, we’ve donated hundreds of items to our local food bank’s School Backpack Program to help students who may not get all that they need at home. Because it’s an ongoing competition between our departments, we have given a ton!

Here are more pictures from today’s Thanksgiving feast!

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Filed Under: FSN Announcements Tagged With: FSN Announcements, Thanksgiving

What Is Causing My Plant To Drip Sap?

November 14, 2012 by Jamie Jamison Adams

Ask the Plant Expert:

I am finding odd brown colored fluid dripping on the sides of my outdoor potted plant. What is causing it, and how can I get rid of it? I can’t see anywhere on the leaves where it could be coming from. Thank you. – Lisa

Flower Shop Network Plant Expert Reply:

It looks like you might have damage from borers. Did you happen to see any ants climbing up the trees? Ants aren’t a problem, but they often indicate that borers are in your tree. Borers are a problem. Borers are a larvea, usually placed by a type of beetle into the trunk of trees and plants. The borers cause damage from the inside out, often creating a hole in which the sap of the tree is released. What kind of plant/tree is it?

Your local garden center nursery will have the right chemical to kill the borers.

Filed Under: Plant Care Questions Tagged With: Borers, Plants & Insects, Sap

All-Flower Floats In This Parade Will Blow Your Mind!

November 13, 2012 by Mandy Maxwell 2 Comments

I just saw photos from the 2012 Bloemencorso Zundert flower parade in Zundert Netherlands. To say the least.. mind blown!

Bloemencorso Zundert is the largest flower parade in the world entirely made by volunteers. The parade takes place on the first Sunday of September. Foats are large artworks made of steel wire, cardboard, papier-mâché and flowers.

In the Bloemencorso Zundert, only dahlias are used to decorate the objects, and it takes thousands of them just to cover one float. The huge floats are made by twenty different hamlets and each of them consists of hundreds of builders, aged 1 to 100, who are all equally crazy about the bloemencorso.

The older members of the hamlet are often responsible for planting and growing the dahlias, while the younger ones build the float in large temporary tents that are built exclusively for the event. The bloemencorso is also a competition. A professional and independent jury decides which float is the most beautiful and which hamlet will be crowned the winner of that year.

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Filed Under: Floral Design, Floral Industry News, Videos Tagged With: Dahlia, Floral Parade Designs, Parade

Plant Expert Needs Help With Queensland Plant

November 13, 2012 by Jamie Jamison Adams 4 Comments

Ask the Expert:

Could you please identify this plant. We live in Queensland Australia. It is a soft stemmed plant with a long tap root that is purple in colour. – Errol

Plant Expert Reply:
Errol,

Sorry to be so tardy in with my identification, but I am having a difficult time. My initial thought was that it was a type of Datura or Brugmansia. However, the blooms of these plants are large and appear at the end of the stalk rather than on the stems. The bloom look like they belong to Phytolacca Americana. So I am not really sure.

Hopefully one of the blog reader will have an idea of what this plant is. READERS PLEASE HELP IDENTIFY THIS PLANT.

Filed Under: Plant Identification Tagged With: Ask The Plant Expert

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