Easter Baskets

Top 5 Easter Flower Arrangements

March 23, 2016 by Rachel Brantley 2 Comments

Each year Easter ushers in springtime and bring families together. With Easter being a sign of all things spring, everyone is heading to their local florists to take care of their flower needs. Whether it’s purchasing a beautiful table centerpiece, ordering a fun Easter basket for children, or purchasing an arrangement to send to a loved one, you don’t want to miss out on the beauty that flowers can bring to your holiday celebrations.

Here are the top five Easter Flower Arrangements for 2016.

1. Easter Parade Bouquet
This fun bouquet is perfect for a table centerpiece. It is arranged with beautiful daffodils, lavender carnations, and pink spray roses. Easter eggs fill the vase of this bouquet with purple and white striped ribbon bringing it all together.

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Celebrating Easter with Flowers

March 13, 2013 by Mandy Maxwell Leave a Comment

Easter will be here the very last day of this month, March 31st. Can you believe it? Whether you’ve been stocking up on egg dye, or completely forgot (it happens), we’re taking a look at how you can perk up your Easter activities with the aid of flowers!

The Easter Lily

First of all, we can’t forget the spiritual significance of the holiday. For many, the white Easter Lily symbolizes purity, virtue, innocence, hope and life. According to the legend, lilies were found growing in the garden of Gethsemane after Christ’s agony. Tradition has it that the beautiful white lilies spring up where drops of Christ’s sweat fell to the ground in his final hours of sorrow and distress. You will find white lilies gracing pulpits, churches, and other places of worship. (Learn more history and fun facts about lilies here.)

Easter lily poem:

Easter morn with lilies fair
Fills the church with perfumes rare,
As their clouds of incense rise,
Sweetest offerings to the skies.
Stately lilies pure and white
Flooding darkness with their light,
Bloom and sorrow drifts away,
On this holy hallow’d day.
Easter Lilies bending low in the golden afterglow,
Bear a message from the sod
To the heavenly towers of God.

-Louise Lewin Matthews

Who says Easter baskets have to be for kids? Why not send a colorful basket of flowers to your favorite far-away relative? Or maybe ones not-so-far away? And who says you can’t order flowers for yourself? No one! A lovely basket full of beautiful flowers not only enhances home decor, but also puts you in a springtime mood.

There are many different options when ordering Easter baskets from your local florist. You might choose something like what’s pictured left — a colorful, springtime treat. Or you could go with something a little more elegant, such as an all-white basket of flowers with a braided vine handle. Stop by your local florists’ or friend them on Facebook to preview their Easter collections. And if you don’t see what you’re looking for, don’t be afraid to ask! (Read more about how baskets make all the difference.)

Easter Flowers For Kids

March 22, 2012 by Mandy Maxwell 1 Comment

Let’s face it, little kids LOVE Easter and for good reasons: dying eggs and getting messy; hunting them outside in the sunshine; getting more candy than you know what to do with; AND there’s an Easter Bunny?? Sure, there’s more to Easter than that, but to a small kid, it’s all about the bunny!

This year, instead of a basket full of candy, why not fill it with other Easter and springtime favorites, such as flowers! I know what you’re thinking, “Flowers for kids? No way!” But really, flowers teach kids about spring and the changing seasons. Kids also learn about the different types of flowers and how to take delicate care of them.

It can’t be all flowers to excite kids though. Include little plastic eggs filled with candy, bunny stuffed animals and other kid favorites. Your child will grow up learning there is more to Easter than candy and hopefully be excited to learn more about the history of this significant holiday.

Check out these great Easter flower basket just for kids:

Easter is March 31st 2013. Don’t forget an Easter Card! Check out these great Easter Card Messages.

And remember, always always always use a real local florist when sending or ordering flowers. You’ll get the full value for your money and great results! Don’t know your local florist? Use Flower Shop Network’s handy florist finder.

Filed Under: Floral Design, Gift Ideas, Holiday Info Tagged With: Easter Baskets, Easter Flowers, Sending Easter Flowers

How Baskets Make The Design Difference

April 6, 2009 by Flower Shop Network 1 Comment

Everyone has heard of the traditional Easter basket. It’s popular enough to be sent every Easter. What many haven’t seen yet is that unique baskets can make a huge difference for other holidays. Creative baskets, just like unique vases, are excellent for making the gift of flowers stand out. Want to truly grab attention? Send the same arrangement in a colorful basket.

Don’t get stuck using your baskets just for gift baskets! Here are some ways that baskets can be used by both florists and gift givers to add spice to the traditional gift of flowers.

Liven It Up With A Solid Color Basket

Add color to the mix with a solid colored basket! Green baskets help celebrate the luck o’ the Irish on St. Patty’s Day. Pastel baskets are simple for spring and summer gift ideas. Decorating for a wedding? How about a nautical reception or “bon voyage” party? White baskets work here also. Whatever the theme of the event, solid colored baskets add just enough color to be fun.

Make It About The Gift, Not Just One Component

A plain glass vase can be boring and actually detract from the flowers by showing the stems. One single color (regardless of its brilliance) does not detract from the many colors of the flowers. Even a multicolored basket draws attention back to the arrangement itself. Liven up the gift with a colorful basket and redirect the attention to the arrangement as a whole and not just the container.

Create A Talking Piece

It’s easy to discuss how beautiful a basket is once it has been woven with a complementing color of ribbon. It’s easy to note how much beauty the unique basket brings to the arrangement. It’s not so easy to chat up a plain Jane vase.

(Just For Florists) Talk About Baskets With Your Customers & Employees

These aren’t just selling points for designing flower baskets. These are the things that your customers want to see when they come to your flower shop in search of a gift idea. In essence, they want unique and fun. They want simple and easy. They want creative and likeable. They want the gift to be loved. Unique basket flower arrangements are all of these things. You can’t make them love flower baskets, but you can sure know why they do when they see unique baskets of flowers in your shop.

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