Anaheim CA Flowers by Avante Gardens Florist
15 December 2009
We're a Google Favorite Place
The buzz about Google sending out Favorite Places packets with window decals to 100,000 of the “most sought out and researched businesses on Google and Google Maps” began last Monday with an announcement on the Official Google Blog. Actually, I first Read More...
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29 November 2009
Christmas Flowers Hands-On Workshop Dec. 12
Deck your house with boughs of holly and bouquets of flowers this year and immerse yourself in the holiday spirit! We’re pleased to announce our first-ever Christmas flowers hands-on workshop in conjunction with our sister company, the Southern California Read More...
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09 August 2009
Fear the Florist Will Ruin the Surprise?
Like thousands of florists, we request the phone numbers of recipients when flower orders are placed - just in case we need to contact them in the course of making the deliveries. Previous posts about the topic explain why we sometimes call the recipient Read More...
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09 August 2009
Shades of Surprise: When Rose Colors Aren't an Exact Match
If you are a bride combing through images on the web in search of the perfect flower color varieties to match your wedding, here's a quick lesson in rose color variation. Popular sites like SierraFlowerFinder.com display thousands of flower photos by Read More...
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23 June 2009
Google Map of Wedding Flowers and Special Event Decor
A few months ago, Matt McGee of SmallBusinessSEM.com blogged about the creative use of Google Maps' user-created content feature by Pennsylvania lawn care company WiseGrass . (Great name, BTW.) WiseGrass designed a real-life portfolio of showcase lawns Read More...
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18 June 2009
Luigi's Names a Pizza After Us
Folks who have visited our Anaheim flower shop know we're just four doors down from Luigi's D' Italia restaurant, an OC mecca for family style Italian food lovers. Over the years as neighbors, we've tried nearly every combination of pizza toppings on Read More...
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19 May 2009
It's Fresh Lei Season in Orange County
Graduations have started, with one of the biggest in the area being held at Cal State Fullerton this weekend. Neighboring high school like Katella , Canyon , Anaheim High and many others are just around the corner. Fresh leis, a long-standing gift tradition Read More...
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12 May 2009
Post-Mother's Day Thank You's
Wow. We just had our twenty-fifth Mother's Day here at Avante Gardens. Hard to believe a it's been a quarter century of delivering flowers to happy Moms in Orange County. Many, many thanks are due: -To our customers. Thank you for letting us send smiles Read More...
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03 May 2009
The Real Moms of OC and their Favorite Flowers
Planning the flower menu for our 25th Mother’s Day caused me reflect on the changes in taste of Moms in the OC over the last 2 1/2 decades. Popular flowers and floral design styles, like fashion, ebb and flow so keeping up on the trends is just as import Read More...
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15 April 2009
Memo to OC Businesses: Honor Your Admin Assistants
Next week marks the annual Administrative Professionals Week which honors office workers for their contributions to your companies' successes throughout the year. It's one of the largest workplace observances in the nation. No, it's not a 'Hallmark Holiday' Read More...
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30 March 2009
Flower Fashion Accessories for a Birthday Party
Many of the floral designs we create at Avante Gardens Florist are custom and unique for each event. While our eCommerce site allows shoppers to browse through lots of arrangement choices, we frequently find that fresh flower designs for special events Read More...
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28 March 2009
It's Time for Easter Flowers
Spring is here and the flowers of the season have arrived in abundance. With eye-popping colors and amazing fragrances, they tell us Easter is just around the corner. East Coast and Midwest transplants here in California often miss the Easter flowers Read More...
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17 March 2009
White Wedding Bouquets for the Bride
This past year, we've been seeing a resurgence of Orange County bride's choosing to carry all white or predominantly white flowers for their wedding day. Colorful, seasonal bouquets have been popular for the last several years, but the return to classic Read More...
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15 March 2009
Orange County Wildflowers Spring from the Ashes
Orange County Register photographer Bruce Chambers shot a gorgeous series of California wildflowers for today's edition. Trekking to the formerly burned out hillsides of Chino State Park (scene of last fall's devastating Freeway Complex fire ), Chambers Read More...
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10 February 2009
Valentine's Day Flowers: Celebrating the Week
With Valentine's Day falling on a Saturday this year, many of our customers have pondered when to have their Valentine's Day flowers delivered this week. My favorite quip came from a successful Orange County business man who called to request his wife's Read More...
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