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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
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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
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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
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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
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29 February 2008
Flowers for Surprise Weddings
Want to get married surrounded by friends and family without all the pre-wedding craziness that usually surrounds traditional ceremonies? Then consider a surprise wedding. We had back-to-back weekends with surprise weddings this month and for couples
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02 August 2007
Avante Gardens Wedding Flowers Video
Orange County and Southern California brides and grooms can now view a slide show video of our custom wedding bouquets , ceremony decor and reception centerpieces on YouTube. The presentation features notable local wedding sites including the Richard
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04 March 2007
Wedding Ceremony Flowers In A Garden
Many Los Angeles and Orange County wedding ceremony locations include a garden with a gazebo, arch or cupola as a backdrop. These structures allow florists to embellish and customize with a wide variety of styles and colors - and create the perfect look
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28 February 2007
Wedding Ceremony Flowers - Outdoor Decor
More than half of all Southern California weddings are held outside - in public and private gardens and lawns and on or near the beach. With our great year-round weather, it makes sense to want to utilize the natural beauty of our scenic region. Creating
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23 July 2006
Anniversary Flowers
Calls often start with "I'd like to send flowers to my wife for her anniversary" and I usually chuckle to myself thinking " weren't you there, too ?". Anniversaries are one of the most popular occasions to send flowers and this last week we helped with
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18 July 2006
Rainforest by Moonlight at the Fullerton Arboretum
The Friends of the Fullerton Arboretum held its annual Midsummer Night in the Garden gala and auction on July 15. The more than 350 attendees dined on a wonderful meal by Panache Catering , danced to Mike Henebry's Big Band Orchestra and enjoyed both
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02 June 2006
Flowers for a Sage Green Wedding
The soft gray-greens of sage coupled with blossoms in whites, eggshells and ivories creates a cool and contemporary look for today's spring and summer brides. One of our favorite materials to use in this color scheme is seeded eucalyptus for its light
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28 March 2006
Wheatgrass in Flower Arrangements
The benefits of wheatgrass to good health have long been known, but were you aware that it can also make a lush, verdant addition to fresh floral designs? The Avante Gardens design team has used wheatgrass in a variety of ways in wedding and special event
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03 October 2005
That Autumn Flower Feeling in Southern California
Fall flowers and floral designs from an Orange County, CA florist.
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