15 March 2010
Battle of the Flower Designers Competition
It’s been almost 2 decades since I last entered a floral design competition but one of the young designers at FlowerChat.com asked us to be part of a fun March Madness Floral Design Challenge so we agreed… in part to encourage more local florists to show
Read More...
14 March 2010
Organic Center VIP Dinner Flowers
For the third consecutive year, we’re delighted to have been selected by the Organic Center to create the floral designs for their VIP Dinner in conjunction with the Expo West Natural Products Show . Each year the flowers have been donated by OrganicBouquet.com
Read More...
14 March 2010
Flowers for Expo West - the Natural Products Show
One of our favorite trade shows returned to Anaheim this weekend - Natural Products Expo West . The massive show utilizes the entire Anaheim Convention Center and adjacent hotels, features more than 1700 exhibitors of organic, natural and healthy products
Read More...
09 February 2010
Local Florists vs Online Florists
Kudos to Bob Sullivan of MSNBC for his well written article about online flower companies' low-ball flower prices loaded with hidden fees: Online Flower Prices Still Grow and Grow . "If you study hidden fees and price distortions for a living, Valentine's
Read More...
09 February 2010
Valentine's Day Flowers for Anaheim and Orange County
Just a quick reminder that Avante Gardens Florist will be delivering Valentine's Day flowers on both Saturday, February 13 and Sunday, February 14 to Anaheim, Fullerton, Brea, Anaheim Hills, Fullerton, Placentia, Yorba Linda, Orange, Tustin, Villa Park,
Read More...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
More Posts
Next page »
Home
About
Email
Avante Gardens - florals unique, Anaheim, CA - Orange County Florist Since 1984
Commentary about flowers and florists by Catherine Hillen-Rulloda, AAF, AIFD, PFCI.
RSS 2.0
Atom 1.0
Recent Posts
Battle of the Flower Designers Competition
Organic Center VIP Dinner Flowers
Flowers for Expo West - the Natural Products Show
Local Florists vs Online Florists
Valentine's Day Flowers for Anaheim and Orange County
Tags
amazing race
Anaheim
Avante Gardens News
Easter
Eco-friendly flowers
Floral Design Competition
Floral Industry Issues
florist
Flower Buying Advice
Flower Events
Flower Fun and Humor
Flower Style and Trends
French Tulips
Google Local/Maps
Making It Big
Occasions and Holiday
Orange County
Organic Flowers
ProFlowers
Spring Flowers
user reviews
Weddings and Special Events
Archives
March 2010 (3)
February 2010 (2)
December 2009 (1)
November 2009 (1)
August 2009 (2)
June 2009 (2)
May 2009 (3)
April 2009 (1)
March 2009 (4)
February 2009 (1)
December 2008 (2)
November 2008 (2)
October 2008 (1)
September 2008 (1)
July 2008 (1)
June 2008 (1)
May 2008 (1)
March 2008 (5)
February 2008 (2)
January 2008 (7)
December 2007 (2)
November 2007 (5)
October 2007 (3)
September 2007 (1)
August 2007 (3)
July 2007 (3)
June 2007 (2)
May 2007 (3)
April 2007 (6)
March 2007 (7)
February 2007 (5)
January 2007 (3)
December 2006 (4)
November 2006 (7)
October 2006 (3)
September 2006 (5)
July 2006 (4)
June 2006 (2)
May 2006 (3)
April 2006 (2)
March 2006 (1)
February 2006 (3)
October 2005 (1)
Search
Go
Navigation
FloristBlogs.com Home
Blogs
Photos
Avante Gardens Sites
Our Florist in Anaheim CA
Wedding and Event Flowers Galleries
Blog Arrangement Gallery
Blogs by Florists
Bloomery - Butler, PA
Smith's Flowers - Midland, MI
Flowers from the Rainflorist - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Crighton's Florist - Prospect, PA
Flowers Insolita - Huntington, NY
Everyday Flowers - Tustin, CA
The Flower Pot - Montreal, PQ
Bouquet Florale Gigi - Montreal
Bella Fiori - Denver, CO
Central Square Florist - Cambridge, MA
Nunan Florist & Greenhouses - Georgetown, MA
Butera the Florist - York, PA
Rose Garden Florist - Barnegat, NJ
bbrooks fine flowers blog
Belvedere Flowers - Philadelphia, PA
Bonnie Doon Garden Company - Santa Cruz, CA
Dragonfly Flowers - Winnipeg, MB
Gammages Flowers - London, ON
Twigs - Yerington, NV
Mocha Rose - Pittsburgh, PA
La Jolla Village Florist - San Diego, CA
Second Street Seasonals - Minnemucca, NV
Avenue Gardens - Wilson, NC
Affordable Elegance - Battle Creek, MI
Petal and Bean - Breckenridge, CO
Bergeron's Flowers & Events - Springfield, VA
Jodi Duncan - Southern IL
Sprout - Worcester, MA
Compost in My Shoe - Charleston, SC
Terrafolia Flowers - Montreal
For Flower Lovers
Human Flower Project
About Flowers
Florist Community Image Gallery of Ideas
Dirt: a blog by Amy Stewart
For Real Florists
Real Florist Blog
The Florist Detectives
Real Florist Info
FlowerChat Community
Floral Design Blog
AIFD
Society of American Florists
Recommended Reading
My Google Reader Shared Items