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Thanksgiving Centerpieces

Our San Diego flower shops and our online store have a bountiful collection of fall flower arrangements and Thanksgiving centerpieces for that special family tradition that arrives on Thursday, November 26th. By ordering now to decorate your home and holiday table or to bring something special to a holiday party, you will be able to check off one of the many things you find you have to do during this season. We’re here to help you make the season the most enjoyable one yet. To get you started, check out these beautiful fall flower centerpieces and floral décor for Thanksgiving: Warm Lights is a Thanksgiving flower centerpiece that offers two pillar candles that are set in a sea of roses and orchids in red, orange, and bronze hues. Thanksgiving Lights also offers two elegant taper candles that are surrounded by red roses, orange and bronze chrysanthemums, orange Asiatic lilies and natural wheat. The Family Centerpiece is truly heartwarming and features orange roses, dark orange alstromeria, yellow and rush cushion spray chrysanthemums, bronze button spray chrystanthemums, Asiatic lilies and fall foliage. The Thanksgiving Gathering Centerpiece has roses, daisies, lilies and fall foliage. The Fall Centerpiece showcases a harvest themed array of fall flowers and foliage, including decorative berries, roses, sunflowers, orchids and lilies. The Autumn Cornucopia offers the traditional look for the Thanksgiving table with a rustic cornucopia that has been filled with roses, chrysanthemums, and sunflowers as well as fall foliage. As you can see, we offer a wide variety of styles, sizes, and colors to fit your Thanksgiving look. If you don't see anything you like, remember that you can meet with the floral design team at any one of our three San Diego flower shops and create your own [...]

Celebrate Veteran’s Day in San Diego at the Parade

Wednesday, November 11th is Veteran’s Day and while there have been many celebrations over this past weekend, San Diego’s biggest event is on the actual holiday. This year’s 2015 Veteran’s Day Parade is scheduled for November 11th on Harbor Drive. Although all veterans will be honored during this event, there will be special recognition for the veterans of World War II. The event is produced by Veterans Week San Diego, which consists of all volunteers, including veterans and citizens, who put together a program each year to thank all veterans for their courage. The parade starts at North Harbor Drive on November 11th at 11:00am and ends at 1:00pm. From Fountain Plaza, located in front of the County Administration Building, the parade then will proceed south past grandstands and Broadway, including the USS Midway. Then it will go one block east to Pacific Highway and end there. The route is about a mile long and will include floats, bands, and, of course, veterans. Viewers should consider traveling to the parade viewing areas by taking the trolley to the Santa Fe Depot or another nearby trolley stop since parking nearby to the parade is extremely limited and accessibility is difficult. This includes any green, orange, or blue line trolley station, which has plenty of parking. In addition to the Veteran’s Day parade, don’t forget that we have a wide array of patriotic flower arrangements, wreaths, and baskets that you can give to a veteran, display at an event, or leave in remembrance at a gravesite. We can also create custom Veteran’s Day flower arrangements at any one of our San Diego flower shops. Order today by phone, in-store, or online through our website.

adminMWL2015-11-10T19:32:08+00:00November 10th, 2015|Categories: Veteran's Day|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, San Diego best florist|Comments Off

Halloween Party Décor

With Halloween on Saturday, October 31st, there are lots of parties in the works to celebrate this spooktacular holiday for both adults and kids alike. It's the perfect time to create a fun environment to enjoy costumes and Halloween goodies. If you are in the midst of planning your decorations, consider our San Diego flower shop as a great resource for adding beautiful and fun Halloween and fall flowers around your home. Here are some great ideas from our fall collection to get you started on your Halloween party decorations: Allen’s Cornucopia features oranges roses, burgundy mini carnations, peach lilies, greenery and eucalyptus in a natural cornucopia basket. Another great cornucopia display is the Autumn Cornucopia, which has fall leaves, roses, sunflowers and chrysanthemums also in a natural cornucopia basket. Autumn Luxury is an incredible display of rich red hues across many types of flower varieties. Country Harvest is a gorgeous fall centerpiece with golden colors, oak leaves, wheat, lilies, chrysanthemums, candles and a country plaid ribbon. Majestic Fall is truly majestic fall flower arrangements highlighted by roses, hydrangea, lilies and orange pincushion protea within a rectangular vase. The Bronze Calla Lily Design is a modern look for a sophisticated Halloween party that makes quite a statement. It contains miniature bronze callas with equisetum stalks in a square glass vase. Our San Diego floral design teams can custom create some fun Halloween-themed flower arrangements and floral centerpieces that are accented with all types of Halloween symbols, including witches, ghosts, pumpkins and more. Don’t forget that we also have gift baskets and balloons that are perfect for taking to Halloween parties or even using at your own holiday party. We can deliver throughout San Diego County for your party. Order by phone, [...]

adminMWL2015-10-25T17:32:40+00:00October 25th, 2015|Categories: Halloween|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, San Diego best florist, San Diego best flower arrangement, San Diego flower delivery|Comments Off

Join the Helping Hands Program for Make a Difference Day

With Make a Difference Day just around the corner on Saturday, October 24th, it makes sense to participate in our Helping Hands Program, which gives back to the local community and San Diego schools, nonprofits, and churches throughout San Diego County. We added this program to our San Diego flower shops and online flower shop because, as a long-standing business in San Diego, we believe it is important to give back to the community. This unique fundraising program can helps many throughout San Diego plus it is easy to donate or to join. It was designed to be as convenient as possible to encourage as many people to donate and as many organizations to join as possible. For those of you that would like to contribute, all you need to do is select from a pull-down menu on your order form. There is an option for the Helping Hands Program, which provides a way for you to donate money as you order flower arrangements, plants, or gifts. Here, you can also select where you would like your donations to go to. Currently, the organizations enrolled in the program include: Solana Highlands Elementary School Valhalla Foundation Cheer Del Mar Sharks Soccer Club Susan G. Komen For the Cure Congregation Beth Israel Spina Bifida Association of San Diego If you would like to join all you need to do is contact us and fill out a small form. Once you do, we provide you with cards that you can share with friends, family, and the general public that encourages them to shop online with Allen’s Flowers and Plants. Once they do and select your organization, your donation will be made available at the start of the month in the form of a check [...]

adminMWL2015-10-21T20:46:59+00:00October 21st, 2015|Categories: Make a Difference Day|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, Make a Difference Day San Diego|Comments Off

Celebrate Bosses Day on Friday, October 16th

Your boss works hard and deserves some recognition so the best way to thank them for taking a chance on you is to celebrate them on Friday, October 16th also known as Bosses Day. It's a great way to recognize what they do for you and the company whether you work directly in an office together or you are a virtual employee. Here in San Diego, we have three flower shops to serve you as well as an online flower shop where you can find the perfect gift of flowers, plants, or gift baskets that suits your boss and your budget. To give you an idea of what is possible, check out these gift ideas for Bosses Day that range from flower arrangements to plants to gift baskets: Majestic Fall contains roses, hydrangea, orange pincushion protea and lilies in a rectangular vase. This is a visual delight that showcases the current range of fall flowers now available. Fall Elegance also uses seasonal flowers to create a stunning display of roses, gerberas, hydrangea, lilies and more within a clear glass cylinder that has been wrapped with a ti leaf. San Diego Succulent Cylinder is a plant display of local succulents, offering a stylish terrarium that includes a range of succulents that can be displayed at the office or taken home. The Phaleonopsis Orchid Triple Spike Plant includes a generous sized orchid plant along with tropical accents for a sophisticated present for the boss. The Fruit and Crackers Gift Basket offers a delightful mix of fresh, seasonal fruit and snack items. The Deluxe Gourmet Basket is overflowing with all types of goodies that your boss will enjoy. Maybe they will even share some with you! For these and many other items now available [...]

adminMWL2015-10-13T21:42:06+00:00October 13th, 2015|Categories: Boss's Day|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, San Diego best flower arrangement|Comments Off

Homecoming in San Diego

With school underway and the fall season here, it’s time to celebrate homecoming with a football game, dance, and the return of alumni to many San Diego high schools. Along with the dress, tux, and limousine, it’s time to start thinking about homecoming flowers, including a corsage and boutonniere that will go well with the outfits plus fit the budget. At all of our San Diego flower shops, we are here to help with many styles, colors, and prices for these types of homecoming flowers that you can order in our stores, by phone, or online. To give you some ideas as you begin to plan, here are some of the many homecoming corsages and boutonnieres that we offer: Corsage White Rose is a triple white rose corsage wristlet that comes in a choice of a black, gold, silver or iridescent ribbon. This same style is also available as a triple red rose corsage. You can also choose the same ribbon designs to go with a Purple Dendrobium Orchid Corsage or a White Dendrobium Orchid Corsage. Each of these homecoming corsage styles has a matching boutonniere, including a white rose, red rose, purple orchid or white orchid. You can also come into any of our San Diego flower shops and order a custom homecoming corsage or custom homecoming boutonniere. It’s a great idea to also bring your dress to ensure a perfect style match. Our floral design team looks forward to working with you!

adminMWL2015-10-08T22:01:53+00:00October 8th, 2015|Categories: Homecoming|Tags: homecoming boutonnieres San Diego, homecoming corsages San Diego, homecoming flower delivery San Diego, homecoming flowers San Diegoi|Comments Off

Our Design Team Can Help Your Business Bloom!

We offer a wide range of options for supplying regular flowers at your place of business to add that extra special touch to your décor and create a welcoming atmosphere. Your customers or clients will appreciate that you go that extra step to add something beautiful to your store or office. Whether you are a retailer or restaurant, a hotel or inn, or a corporate business, we can bring a touch of flowers throughout your office or store with regularly refreshed flower arrangements. These can be delivered to you on a timeframe that fits your needs and budget, including daily, weekly, or monthly. Here are some examples of the various styles of flower arrangements that are available: Vivacious is a spectacular display of hot pink roses, pastel gerbera daisies, and stargazer lilies in a designer vase. Pacific Breeze is a large flower arrangement that contains roses, lilies, orchids, hydrangea and calla lilies in a massive vase. Rancho Santa Fe Modern is a tropical display of numerous vibrant flowers hand arranged within a tall, tropical leaf-lined vase. Dior Blue is a smaller flower arrangement with crème roses, thistle, blue and white hydrangea and hypericum in a square glass vase. La Jolla Tropics is a dramatic presentation of birds of paradise, yellow oncidium orchids, heliconia, ginger and foliage mixed together. Beautiful San Diego is a delight with multiple colors and flower varieties in a leaf-lined vase. Pink Dreams shows that even a simple flower arrangement is utterly stunning. This includes 18 pink roses with overflowing greenery. Of course, we can also design custom flower arrangements that fit your business and brand, including by color and flower variety. Call us or visit one of our San Diego flower shops to learn more about this [...]

adminMWL2015-09-28T17:50:28+00:00September 28th, 2015|Categories: Decorating|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, San Diego best florist, San Diego best flower arrangement, San Diego flower delivery, San Diego flowers|Comments Off

Today is National Good Neighbor Day

Monday, September 28th has been designated as National Good Neighbor Day. This means it is a good opportunity to thank your neighbors and create stronger bonds or perhaps mend fences. You can also use it as an opportune time to introduce yourself to a new neighbor and begin building that community spirit. To help you celebrate this special day, come by any of our Atlanta flower shops and pick up a special gift to give to your neighbor like these ideas: Countryside Harvest is a fall floral delight with lilies, garden roses, and sunflowers in a glass vase. The Carithers Fond Arrival Bouquet comes in three sizes of 15, 19, or 24 stems and contains lavender roses, burgundy mini carnations, and peach Asiatic lilies in a cube vase that has been wrapped with a fall-themed plaid ribbon. Monet’s Garden is an artfully crafted flower arrangement of yellows and blues, including field asters, garden roses, and southern full-bloom hydrangea. The Vibrant Presentation Bouquet is a large display of stunning flowers in vibrant colors. The Autumn Flowers, Fruit, and Chocolate Gift Basket has a little bit of everything, which makes it a nice delivery for your neighbor. The Chocolate Gourmet Gift Basket features all types of chocolate, including truffles, chocolate treats, and cookies in milk and dark chocolate varieties. The Fall Frenzy Flowering Plant Basket is a large display with a peace lily, azalea plant, mums and daisy mums, ivy, begonia and pothos in a wicker basket. The Ivy Bear Topiary Flowering Garden has a cute bear topiary peeking outside from within a flowering garden basket. Of course, we can also hand deliver it for you, but it makes great sense to bring it to your neighbor personally and let them know how [...]

adminMWL2015-09-28T17:27:49+00:00September 28th, 2015|Categories: Neighbors|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego flower delivery, San Diego best flower arrangement|Comments Off

Fall is in the Air and Our San Diego Flower Shops

It’s that time of year to say goodbye to summer and hello to fall, or autumn as some people call it. This is when the weather here in San Diego stays mostly sunny but offers slightly lower morning temps. With it comes stunning new colors and reminders of a new harvest season. That means the fall holidays of Halloween and Thanksgiving are also on their way. Along with it, there are special celebrations to commemorate as well as events like fall weddings that could all use fall flowers to add that special look. Our fall flower collection has arrived in each of our San Diego flower shop locations. To give you a taste of what we have on offer, here are some of the highlights: Bright as Day is a fall collection of lilies, sunflowers, and fall roses in shades of orange, yellow, lavender and pink in a handcrafted vase. Del Mar Sunset is a bold array of roses, lilies, and hydrangea in a leaf-lined glass vase. Picnic at the Beach contains peach spray roses, sunflowers, miniature green hydrangea, purple stock and hot pink matsumoto asters in a wicker basket. The Sunflower Lovers Bouquet has hot pink roses, sunflowers, gypsy dianthus and solidaster in a vase. A Modern Enchantment contains a hand arranged bouquet of stock, calcynia, and sunflower in a rectangular glass vase. The Flower Fields of San Diego offer a clear glass vase tied with raffia and filled with roses, lilies, poms and alstromeria. Many of the flowers reflect those found in nearby Carlsbad. We will be adding more fall flower arrangements in the coming weeks so be sure to check our website and visit our three San Diego flower shop locations to discover these new floral designs.

adminMWL2015-09-19T19:57:55+00:00September 19th, 2015|Categories: Fall Flowers|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, Best San Diego roses|Comments Off

Rosh Hashanah is September 13-15th

The Jewish New Year begins tomorrow, Sunday, September 13th and is celebrated through September 15th. It’s a special time of year that offers reflection on the past year and provides an opportunity to set new goals for the new year. To help you dress your home and table for the Jewish New Year, here are some beautiful ideas in the form of flower arrangements and flower centerpieces: La Jolla Elegance is a sophisticated display of green cymbidium orchids, white hydrangea, and white calla lilies in a tall glass. Symphony is a stunning arrangement of roses, hydrangea, and orchids arranged in a curly willow lined glass vase. Frais Du Jardin is an elegant flower arrangement with hydrangea, peonies, and roses along with ivy in a leaf-lined cylindrical vase that has been filled with river rocks. Prestige offers roses, hydrangea, and oncidium orchids in this luxury flower arrangement. Good things come in smaller packages too like this Summer Sunflower Cube with sunflowers, alstromeria, and delphinium. Yellow Sunshine is a flower arrangement that makes a bold statement with roses, snapdragons, and lilies. You can also pick up special gift baskets if you are invited to a special dinner for Rosh Hashanah, including those with seasonal fresh fruit or others that feature gourmet food. We deliver throughout San Diego County as well as around the country. Call our San Diego flower shops, come in and order, or order online today!