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Celebrating Thanksgiving in San Diego

We are ready to help you have a fantastic celebration this Thanksgiving with friends and family by offering decorations for your feast table, buffet table, and home. Our Thanksgiving collection is designed to appeal to all types of styles and budgets so that you can add some special flare to your table with a Thanksgiving centerpiece or bring a special Thanksgiving flower arrangement to someone hosting a special dinner. Here are some special ideas that you can incorporate in your Thanksgiving celebration: Higher Grounds features Mokara orchids, roses, hydrangea and kale in a unique designed flower arrangement. The Fall Centerpiece has roses, orchids, decorative berries and lilies. Allen’s Cornucopia includes roses, lilies, carnations, eucalyptus and lush greenery in a cornucopia basket. Country Harvest is a Thanksgiving centerpiece with oak leaves, wheat, chrysanthemums, lilies, ribbon and candles. Autumn Glow includes green hydrangea with eucalyptus, roses, and calla lilies in a white glass container. The Thanksgiving Gathering Centerpieces has fall décor mixed with roses, lilies, and daisies. Order now in our San Diego flower shops, call us, or go online and order through our website. We do deliver locally and nationally through the evening of Wednesday, November 23rd. However, we will be closed on Thanksgiving so our staff can enjoy Thanksgiving with their friends and family. Don’t forget us on Black Friday or Small Business Saturday! We will have special open houses at our San Diego flower shops to kick off the holiday season and get you in the mood for Christmas and Hanukkah!

Veteran’s Day is November 11th and it is a special day that provides a way to recognize all the veterans who have fought across all battles, wars, and conflicts to save our freedom and protect the rights of others. While they deserve praise every day of the year, this is at least a way to draw attention and awareness to the plight of our veterans who still need help and assistance after they return home from the fight. In San Diego, we have many events that honor veterans on Veteran’s Day. Many events are produced by San Diego Veteran’s Week, including the annual Veteran’s Day Parade. This year ‘s parade has the theme of a “Tribute to the Guardians of Freedom.” It’s the 30th year that the parade has been held and draws attention to the fact that these courageous people have chosen to fight on behalf of all of us to preserve our freedom and rights. The parade will begin at North Harbor Drive, one block south of Grape Street. It will proceed south past numerous grandstands and the USS Midway. It will continue on Harbor Drive to Pacific Highway and conclude there, making the parade route about one mile in distance. It starts at 11am and ends by 2pm. Other events in San Diego for Veteran’s Day include the following November 11th activities: The USS Midway The USS Midway will offer free admission for veterans and their families all day long. Chula Vista Memorial Bowl Park Memorial Bowl Park in Chula Vista (373 Park Way) will host a Veteran’s Day celebration at 11am led by the American Legion Post 434. The event includes a ceremony at the park, reception, and luncheon at 1 p.m. at the American Legion Post [...]

flyline content2016-11-05T18:20:57+00:00November 5th, 2016|Categories: Veteran's Day|Tags: Patriotic flowers San Diego, San Diego florist, Veterans Day events San Diego|Comments Off

Make a Difference in Your San Diego Community

There are always opportunities to contribute to your local community and get involved in community events and fundraisers. However, Make a Difference Day on October 21st is a good way to get motivated to stop what you are doing and go help someone else through volunteering or contributing in a financial way. Throughout San Diego, there are events on Make a Difference Day as well as over the coming days after the day like planting trees in Chula Vista or participating in a 5K run where you can give your time or money to better someone else’s lives plus just enhance the community where you live or work. Throughout the course of our existence as a family-owned flower shop in San Diego, we have contributed to charities and participated in numerous events as well as encouraged our customers to do the same. For many years, we have also offered the Helping Hands program, which is an easy way for our customer to get involved and help a local charity with every purchase they make through our online flower shop. The program helps numerous schools, churches, and non-profit organizations in La Mesa County, such as Emerald Middle School PTSA, 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, Housing on Merit an USS America. It’s easy to enroll and get involved. When you order flowers online, all you have to do is select the “Helping Hands” pull down menu and select an organization that will receive your contribution. This is also an opportune time to encourage more local San Diego organizations to join our Helping Hands program. You will receive a list and funds [...]

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Gift Ideas for Special Day in October

Besides Halloween, the month of October has a few special days that you will want to plan for. There’s the Sweetest Day on October 15th, Bosses Day on October 16th, and Mother-in-Law Day on October 23rd. Here are some gift ideas we have put together to help you pick out something special whether they are here in San Diego or across the country. Sweetest Day We have a range of sweet floral arrangements that are sure to celebrate this special day. Great Gerberas is a colorful display of gerbera daisies in a range of colors arranged in an inspiration vase. Rainbow Sorbet offers vibrant colors like orange and pink roses, blue and green hydrangea, and hot pink gerbera daisies. Peachy Keen is a stunning flower arrangement with dahlias, gerbera daisies, and other blooms along with greenery accents. Bosses Day Allen’s Snack Attack Crate features both sweet and savory snacks along with a colorful pave arrangement with half a dozen of premium roses within a wooden crate. Mood for Autumn contains orange roses, exotic cymbidium blooms, yellow mini ross, and succulent cuts. Mother-in-Law Day Show your mother-in-law that you care with any one of these incredible flower arrangements. Symphony has an array of flowers like roses, orchids, and pastel-colored hydrangeas in a glass vase that has been lined with curly willow. Fall Grandeur has blooms like orchids, hydrangea, and roses in a glass pedestal vase. The Deluxe Dendrobium Orchid Vase is a clear triangular vase with sweet orchids. Ordering You can order in our San Diego flower shops, by phone, or through our website. Order now for best selection and preferred delivery date.

flyline content2016-10-14T01:14:38+00:00October 14th, 2016|Categories: Gifts|Tags: Bosses Day San Diego, Halloween San Diego, Mother-in-Law Day San Diego, San Diego florist, San Diego flower shop, San Diego gift shop, sweetest day San Diego|Comments Off

It’s Homecoming Time in San Diego!

Our San Diego area high schools are ready to welcome back alumni from all previous years as well as celebrate a new school year topped off with a special homecoming dance and football game. This is a memorable occasion for all high school students who get to don their best dresses and finest tuxes as well as crown a homecoming king and queen, win the football game, and enjoy a fun time filled with a parade and other festivities. To help you get ready, consider us your source for homecoming flowers in San Diego. Our San Diego flower shop locations offer all types of corsages, boutonnieres, homecoming court flowers, homecoming dance floral decorations or homecoming flowers for floats. These homecoming flowers are made to match your school colors or coordinate with your homecoming outfits. We have numerous examples of stunning homecoming corsages, including those made with some of the most beautiful flowers. Traditional looks include roses in all colors as well as orchids in a range of hues. More unique corsages might include gerbera daisies, berries, and other accents. We also have pinned and wrist corsages in various styles, including those that offer a jeweled wristband. Ribbons and other accents can be added to your corsage. Each of these has a coordinating boutonniere to make sure your data matches your style. You can also make an appointment with our design center to have our floral artists create that perfect corsage and boutonniere. Place your order now to take advantage of the best selection of fresh, unique floral designs!

flyline content2016-10-11T20:54:13+00:00October 11th, 2016|Categories: Homecoming|Tags: homecoming boutonnieres San Diego, homecoming corsages San Diego, homecoming flowers San Diego|Comments Off

Breast Cancer Awareness Month in San Diego

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month in San Diego and around the country. It’s a time to reflect on those we have lost and support those that are fighting breast cancer. It’s also an opportune time to spread awareness to encourage more proactive behaviors like more mammograms and to help raise money for ongoing research. There are a number of events during the month of October here in San Diego that are focused on raising awareness of breast cancer. We are proud to supply fresh flowers for many of these events and are available to decorate your event as well. We also have a wide array of pink flower arrangements and pink bouquets that make great gift ideas for someone who has fought and won their battle against breast cancer or even someone who may be fighting it right now. It may also be a way to show loved ones you are remembering someone who has lost their fight. Pink has long been the color associated with Breast Cancer Awareness Month due to its symbolizing femininity and grace. Here are some great examples of what we can do to help you put breast cancer at the forefront of everyone’s minds this month: Special Someone features roses, spray roses, and gerbera daisies in various shades of pink along with red gerbera daisies and ranunculus that have been arranged in a pave style in a leaf-lined glass vase. Blushing Rewards offers bright fuchsia roses, pale pink spray roses, and pastel pink hydrangea along with floral greenery in a clear glass vase. A Little Pick Me UP has Asiatic lilies and pink roses along with hot pink gerbera daisies, mini carnations, and full-sized pink carnations in a clear glass ball. A Pink Polka Dot [...]

flyline content2016-10-03T20:28:34+00:00October 3rd, 2016|Categories: flowers San Diego|Tags: Breast Cancer Awareness Month San Diego, breast cancer flower arrangements San Diego, Mammography Day San Diego, San Diego florist|Comments Off

Celebrating the Jewish New Year

Rosh Hashanah, also known as the Jewish New Year, is October 2-4th. This is a special time where we reflect on the year and make goals for the new year to do better on those things we need to improve on and reprioritize for what’s really important. It’s a spiritual time and opportune point to get together with loved ones to share in this reflection and goal setting. We have numerous flowers that are a wonderful way to decorate the home for these Jewish New Year gatherings. Check out these ideas: La Jolla Elegance comes in two sizes and offers a tall glass vase full of white hydrangea and calla lilies as well as green cymbidium orchids. Luxury Roses White offers stunning and lush 24-inch premium long-stemmed white roses in a 10-inch clear glass cylinder. It comes with 48 stems as well as greenery. The Phaleonopsis Orchid in Glass Block is an elegant display with its white blooms and yellow center. The blooms can last up to two months, carrying that feeling of the Jewish New Year through the year. Calla ME Crazy offers 20 full-size calla lilies along with foliage in a glass rectangular vase. Crystal White Lilies has 15 Oriental lilies in a glass vase and offers a perfect centerpiece or side table display. White Lilies and Orchids brings together three of the most beautiful flowers – lilies, roses, and orchids. It’s a beautiful way to set the table for the Jewish New Year. You can order from our San Diego flower shops by calling or visiting as well as going online to our website and ordering for local or national delivery. Let us help you prepare for the Jewish New Year!

flyline content2016-09-28T16:53:36+00:00September 28th, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off

Celebrating the Arrival of Autumn with Our Fall Flower Collection

Autumn officially arrives on September 22nd and that brings with it a change in seasons, temperatures, light and mood. There are holidays to look forward to like Halloween and Thanksgiving plus new colors and textures to decorate your home. We’re excited to offer our new fall flower collection as well that includes new floral designs and ways to share autumn with others as a gift or even for yourself. Check out these cool fall flower arrangements: Bowl Full of Fall offers a burst of color in an array of flower varieties. You can choose three sizes to create different looks throughout your home or to gift someone with. San Diego Fall also comes in three sizes and offers a selection of the best and brightest colors for fall. Mood For Autumn includes orange roses, cymbidium orchids, yellow mini roses and succulent cuts in a leaf-lined glass cylinder. Fall Grandeur includes hydrangea, roses, orchids and more in a glass pedestal vase, offering one of our most elegant flower arrangements. Fall for San Diego offers lilies, sunflowers, roses, daisy poms, dried oak leaves and more. The flowers are hand arranged and placed in a glass vase that has been tied with raffia. Majestic Fall includes roses, hydrangea, lilies, and pincushion protea in a rectangular vase. It’s a great addition to a dining table or coffee table. These fall flower arrangements are now available online and in our San Diego flower shops. You can order from both places for the San Diego area as well as for across the country. Welcome fall today with a special fall flower purchase!

flyline content2016-09-21T12:53:47+00:00September 21st, 2016|Categories: Fall Flowers|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, San Diego flower delivery, San Diego flowers|Comments Off

National Grandparents’ Day is September 11th

This Sunday is National Grandparents’ Day so it’s time to honor those special family members who have always spoiled us and provided good advice to follow based on all their years of living and experience. They love us unconditionally and we do them. However, this is the day to show them with a special gift or, if possible, day together if they are local. Sometimes, there is great geographic distance or just simple a challenge to get them out and about, so one way to make up for this is to send a special gift like a bouquet, a dish garden, or other token that shows them just how much you love them. We have some great gift ideas to share with your for National Grandparents’ Day, including these beautiful new fall flowers: Fall Elegance offers shades of orange, yellow, and bronze in such floral varieties as roses, hydrangea, lilies, gerbera daisies, and more displayed in a clear glass cylinder vase that has been wrapped with a ti leaf. Suns and Roses has sunflowers, roses, and macara orchids for a stunning flower arrangement that is sure to please. Pacific Beach Perfection offers cayenne roses along with hydrangea, orchids, and other flowers and greenery. Sunburst Roses includes premium roses in various bright hues. Pink Panther is a unique flower arrangement with pink calla lilies, dahlias, and roses in a stone container. Simply Elegant is just that with lavender phalaenopsis orchids and purple dahlias along with roses and hydrangea in a glass container. California Sunshine includes yellow roses and green hydrangea arranged with a locally grown succulent and other accent flowers. You can order at any one of our San Diego flower shops or call us. We also take online orders for both [...]

flyline content2016-09-10T20:10:49+00:00September 10th, 2016|Categories: Grandparents Day|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, San Diego best flower arrangement|Comments Off

Add to Your Labor Day Celebration with Flowers

Labor Day weekend is sort of the official end to summer even though the fall season doesn’t kick off until September 22nd. Yet, it’s that last three-day weekend to enjoy a short break away from work and school. San Diego Events Over the Labor Day Weekend In San Diego, we have lots of exciting events going on to enjoy this weekend: The US San Sculpting Challenge and Dimension Art Exposition takes place September 2-5 on the beaches near downtown. Festival of Sail is September 3-5 and offers the largest tall ship festival on the west coast. It’s hosted by the Maritime Museum of San Diego, providing all types of activities for adults and kids, arts and crafts vendors, a beer garden and tons of food options. The Annual Barona Powwow takes place September 2-4 and includes a weekend of contest dancing along with cultural immersion. Saying Goodbye to Summer Flowers Unfortunately, it’s time to say goodbye to summer flowers, but the good news is that they are on sale while supplies last and fall flowers will be arriving in the next few days. Here are some highlights from our summer flower collection that you can enjoy over the Labor Day weekend and into the last weeks of summer: Del Mar Sunflowers includes sunflowers, ocean blue delphinium, alstromeria and more. Sunflower Fun includes a dozen sunflowers that have been accented with folded aspidistra leaves for a unique look. Suns and Seeds includes California sunflowers along with other garden flowers and some packets of sunflower seeds to grow your own. Garden Sunset features sunflowers, Peruvian lilies, summer fillers and roses. It’s available in two different sizes. Sunflowers of San Diego includes sunflowers, delphinium, alstromeria, yarrow, Monte Casino asters and more in a clear [...]