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7 Spots To Display Flowers Besides the Kitchen Table

bloomery — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:19:00 GMT

A few sunny days have turned two-and-a-half feet of snow into about two feet of snow, but it feels a little more like spring already! Swing by The Bloomery and chase cabin fever away with a little indoor spring time. Add flowers in several places for full effect--Re-nest has seven ideas for spots to put flowers besides the kitchen table:

It's always when we find ourselves super busy that we feel the need to buy ourselves flowers. The inspiration and color that fresh flowers bring into our space always seems to make up for the hectic work week. Unfortunately, the kitchen table (our go-to spot for displaying our fresh flowers) usually doubles as our current project command center.

Full story at http://www.re-nest.com/re-nest/plants-flowers/7-spots-to-display-flowers-besides-the-kitchen-table-108312.

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The Bloomery Florist Boutique is one of Butler and Pittsburgh, PA's leading florists, featuring beautiful flowers and creative designs. Our wedding and event work is second to none. For more information, please visit our websites at http://www.bloomery.com/ and http://www.bloomeryweddings.com/. This post was syndicated from http://www.floristblogs.com/blogs/bloomery/. See the truth about Proflowers.

Valentine's Day 2010 Specials at The Bloomery

bloomery — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:07:00 GMT

One of this year's coolest specials "My Sweetheart".

My Sweetheart is a keepsake wooden box containing a heart shaped arrangement of petite spray roses. Chocolate hearts are an extra surprise when your loved one opens this box for Valentine's Day. Roses are available in pink (shades will vary) or red. Specify below. See the box being opened at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq2kkwzjAgE!

Order online at http://www.bloomery.com/detail.aspx?ID=949.

This is a Bloomery exclusive, available in our local delivery area only, and quantities are limited so be sure to order ahead!

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Isabella's Journey Handbags come to The Bloomery

bloomery — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:00:00 GMT

If you stopped in the shop before Christmas, you got to see some of the new product lines we've added. Today we're pleased to let everyone know that the beautiful Isabella's Journey handbags are now available online, and can be ordered for local delivery! If you'd like one sent out of our local delivery area, we'll be happy to ship it to the recipient.

View the full selection of Isabella's Journey handbags at http://www.bloomery.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryId=83.

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Christmas 2009 at The Bloomery

bloomery — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:36:00 GMT

Are you ready for Christmas? Do you have people on your list that you just don't know what to get them? It's too close to Christmas for standard shipping, and express shipping costs more than the gift. What to do? We suggest Flowers! Not only are they the gift that people remember receiving the most, flowers are pretty much guaranteed to bring a smile! Choose from our wide selection of either fresh or silk Christmas arrangements and bring some beauty to this Christmas! Our silk arrangements are Bloomery exclusives--designed by our talented staff and found nowhere else!

If fresh flowers are what you're after, you can view our entire Christmas selection at http://www.bloomery.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryId=37, or check out our highlighted specials below:

Family Celebration

Celebrate a traditional family Christmas with this wonderful holiday centerpiece. Red carnations, fragrant evergreens and shiny ornament balls surround a red pillar candle, and a fancy ribbon adds a special touch! A lovely way to light the holiday table or a pretty sideboard decoration. Approximate size is 15 in wide x 10 in high. Our price: $39.95

Scent of the Season

Two gifts in one! Our Candle jar burns for almost 200 hours, and is topped with a fresh arrangement of long lasting flowers. After the flowers have faded, the candle will provide hours of enjoyment! ***Please note: This is a Bloomery Exclusive, and is available for delivery in our local zip codes only: 16001, 16002, 16023, 16025, 16027, 16034, 16037, 16045, 16052, 16053, 16055, and 16056. Our price: $38.99

As a special bonus, all of our Christmas silk arrangements are now 20% off! View the entire selection at http://www.bloomery.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryId=66.

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How to Choose and Care For a Poinsettia

bloomery — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:02:00 GMT

With all the places you can buy a poinsettia, how do you know if you're about to buy a good one? Once you have it home, how do you keep it nice for the holidays? And how can you keep it nice after the holidays? The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Doug "Digging with Doug" Oster visited nearby Janoski's Farm, a grower of poinsettias, and Dan Janoski gives a great deal of real insider tips to choosing and caring for your poinsettias. Janoski's has huge greenhouses filled with hundreds of poinsettias, and Dan and Doug look at a number of varieties besides the traditional red. Well worth 6 minutes of your time.

View the video at http://www.post-gazette.com/multimedia/?videoID=102687.

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2009 Thanksgiving Specials at The Bloomery

bloomery — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Thanksgiving is less than a week away, and you can find beautiful Thanksgiving flowers at The Bloomery. Here are a few of our specials, find the rest online at http://www.bloomery.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryId=62.

Heavenly Cornucopia

A mix of fresh flowers such as sunflowers, Asiatic lilies, roses and chrysanthemums in shades of yellow, bronze, red and orange – with accents such as huckleberry, seeded eucalyptus, preserved oak leaves, natural wheat and hypericum – is arranged in a cornucopia.

Price: $72.95

Twice as Nice

Need a touch of fall flowers on more than one table? This centerpiece duo is the answer. Two of our small fall centerpieces, complete with a taper candle, are perfect for an extra long table or for two smaller tables. Available in our local delivery area only.

Price: $30.00

Harvest Centerpiece

Two fall gourds are accentuated by an abundance of fall flowers, including miniature gerbera daisies, yarrow, carnations, spray mums, wheat and assorted foliages.

Price: $39.99

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The Bloomery's 2009 Open House

bloomery — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:09:00 GMT

You're Invited!

The Bloomery is having our Holiday Open House on Friday December 4th from 9 AM to 5 PM, and Saturday December 5th from 9 AM to 2 PM. Come and experience the sights and fragrance of the season, as we showcase fresh and silk holiday arrangements, scented candles, framed prints and more!

New this season include the much asked for wind chimes and Isabella's Journey handbags. We're refilling the shelves with our popular Beanpod candles and inspirational throws.

We probably won't be getting any more shipments this season, so this is your best chance for the best selection.

See you in December!

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The Next Trends in Flowers

bloomery — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:36:00 GMT

We're here at the Society of American Florists (SAF) 2009 Convention, and we've seen the future of flowers in the Outstanding Varieties competition.

First off, the Best in Show award went to Green Valley Floral for their Balance gerbera daisy (photo below). According to GVF, this is "one of the whitest gerberas daisies we have seen". Balance is perfect for weddings or sympathy tributes.

Wile viewing the hundreds of entries in this year's competition, we noticed two exciting future trends in flowers.

Trend 1: Unusual and Vibrant Colors

Breeders contibute to hybridize flowers, resulting in more color variations, and stronger colors. We saw stronger greens and a wider variety of oranges, with a beautiful shade near pumpkin pie. In mums, we saw stringer greens and purples, and more mixed colors. Below are photos of some of the rose and mum entries.

Trend 2: Unusual textures

Believe it or not, the flower below is a type of carnation! Below is a Green Ball dianthus, and aside from its bright green color, the petals have a feathery texture.

Similar in texture and color to the Green Ball dianthus (above) is Jade Trachelium (below).

Both Jade and Green Ball will provide a unique texture to an arrangement, both up close and at a distance.

There were also several new anthuriums on display, including the gigantic Madame Pele. Madame Pele is 15 inches by 9 inches, with a distinctive fire red spathe and deep green lobes.

Unique floral designs are enhanced by the color and the texture of the flowers used, and the new varieties on display this year will influence designs as they become more commercially available.

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Funeral Arrangements for Billy Mays

bloomery — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:28:00 GMT

(updated 6/30/2009)

As confirmed in today's Post-Gazette (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09181/980777-54.stm), visitations for Billy Mays will be Thursday June 2, 2009 from 1 to 8 pm. His funeral will be held 9:30AM Friday, June 3 at one of the St. Mary's churches in McKees Rocks (there are three). Burial will be private.

If you wish to come pay your respects to Billy, here's the funeral home information:

Musmanno Anthony M Funeral Home
700 Seventh Street
Mc Kees Rocks, PA 15136
Phone Number: (412) 331-0900

Flower order deadline: Wednesday evening.

By local custom, we florists must have flowers delivered two hours prior to the start of the viewings. This means you really need to have your order placed by Wednesday evening, so the florists can make and deliver your arrangement in time.

You can read Billy's local obituary at http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09180/980603-122.stm. If you're interested in more Billy Mays and the rest of the "As Seen on on TV" industry, you might like to read "But Wait…there's more!":

But Wait ... There's More!: Tighten Your Abs, Make Millions, and Learn How the $100 Billion Infomercial Industry Sold Us Everything But the Kitchen Sink: Remy Stern: Books

ISBN: 006126055X
ISBN-13: 9780061260551

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Colored Rose Sale at The Bloomery - Save $20!

bloomery — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:40:00 GMT

June is National Rose Month, and to celebrate, The Bloomery is offering our Mixed Color Rose Bowl for only $29.99--a savings of $20!

Gorgeous colored roses are a sure way to brighten someone's day! Whether for love or friendship, our modern style arrangement of colored roses will be a true delight. Colors will vary based on what we have in stock, but will be a mixture of at least three colors.

http://www.bloomery.com/detail.aspx?ID=475

Offer expires June 15, 2009, for local delivery orders only.

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Mother's Day 2009 at The Bloomery, Butler's Florist of Distinction

bloomery — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:59:21 GMT

This is your one-week-to-Mother's-Day warning, and the designers at The Bloomery have created a number of distinctive arrangements so you can let your mom know how special she is. The Bloomery Exclusives are available in limited quantities, so don't wait too long. Below are a few of our most unique selections; check out the full list at http://www.bloomery.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryId=53.

If you're looking for something special in addition to flowers or plants, you can add a manicure from Above it All Hair Design and Day Spa to any of our Mother's Day items!

Kitchen Herb Garden - $34.99

Nothing can beat fresh herbs for a well seasoned, enjoyable meal. And, there is no easier way to grow an herb garden than by taking care of this all-in-one bowl! Herbs are ready to start snipping and enjoying today, and will continue all summer long. Our patio bowl is filled with Basil, Oregano, Rosemary, Thyme, Garlic Chives, Sage and Mint. Something for every recipe! A Bloomery Exclusive, grown in our family's greenhouses! This item is only available for delivery in our local area.

Salad Garden - $29.99

A fresh salad, right at your fingertips! Our garden bowl arrives ready to start enjoying, and contains red and green leaf lettuce, beet tops, Swiss chard, scallions, and radishes. We've even included a viola plant - the flowers are edible! This is a great gift for someone who loves to garden but doesn't have a big yard, or who can't get out in the dirt anymore. Just set the garden on the patio, give it some tender loving care (water and sunlight), and it is ready to enjoy. A Bloomery Exclusive, grown in our family's greenhouses! This item is available for delivery in our local area only.

Best Chef - $74.99

For the top chef in your family! We've taken a restaurant quality 5 qt metal colander and filled it with a gorgeous hard-covered Great American Cookbook, as well as a new set of wooden spoons, two kitchen towels, and a 2 cup Pyrex measuring cup filled with a fresh arrangement of cheerful flowers. A Bloomery Exclusive! Due to the exclusivity of this item, this is available for delivery in our local area only. For a gift that's even more special, add one of our Kitchen Herb Garden Bowls so she has fresh herbs to cook with all summer long!

Pink Dream - $55.99

Think Pink! Our pink frosted cube vase is filled with pink tinted hydrangea, pink carnations and pink spray roses. A Bloomery Exclusive - this item is available for delivery in our local area only.

For our full selection of Mother's Day specials, visit us at http://www.bloomery.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryId=53.

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Celebrate Administrative Professional's Day, 2009

bloomery — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:57:27 GMT

Whether you know Wednesday as "Secretary's Day" or "Administrative Professional's Day" or simply "April 22, 2009", it's now your chance to thank the people you can't function without.

We at The Bloomery have some unique and affordable ways to say thanks. These are exclusives to our shop, and quantities are limited.

Tea Time - $17.99

A beautiful ceramic cup is filled with fresh white daisies, and comes with an herbal tea to enjoy later!

Snack Break - $29.99 (shown)

Looking for a group gift, or have an assistant who loves to snack? This snack tub is the perfect choice. (Also available in larger sizes - see our website for more info)

Bright Days - $25.99

Our vibrant Lime Green vase is filled with assorted colors of fresh Gerbera Daisies - bold and beautiful to brighten the day.

Check out all of our selections at http://www.bloomery.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryId=65.

Hint: If your assistants keep the calendar, they know what day Wednesday is. We mean besides Earth Day.

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Easter Specials from The Bloomery

bloomery — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:28:21 GMT

It may be cold and snowy in Butler, but believe it or not, Easter is just a few days away. This year we have lots of Easter Lilies, Tulip and Hyacinth Plants and more to help bring some Spring into the Easter Holiday! Plus, check out our Cymbidium Orchid Corsage -- a simple way to bring some tradition of "Easters Gone By" into this year's celebration.

Easter Lily

This Easter favorite is a sign of new life. Plus, did you know that you can plant these outdoors and have them bloom again next year? Our Lily plant arrives in a wicker basket pot-cover, and also includes a pretty pastel bow to finish the presentation.

Our Price: $24.99

Cymbidium Orchid Corsage

Remember when all of the kids got a new Easter dress, and every woman had a corsage for Easter Services? Revive that tradition with this elegant, traditional Cymbidium Orchid corsage.

Our Price: $18.99

Basket of Spring

Pink and lavender flowers make this garden-like arrangement a beautiful sight to behold. A great gift for a loved one's Easter, or as a special treat for yourself!

On Sale! $ 39.99 (Sale price effective until April 13th, 2009. Regular price is $47.50)

Also for Easter, we are featuring our Pansy Bowls, Spring Mixed Tulips, and our Nesting Basket. Need some potted tulips or hyacinths? They start at $14.99 - call the shop and we'll be glad to help you with those!

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Caring for Phalaenopsis Orchids

bloomery — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:56:00 GMT

Phalaenopsis orchids are native to tropical Asia, and are also known as "moth orchids" for their large moth-shaped blossoms. The bloom size and number of of flowers can vary, with up to 15 blooms per stem. Phalaenopsis are elegant plants that are remarkably easy to care for. In the right conditions, the plant will bloom for months at a time.

Care Instructions

Place in a bright room, but not in direct sunlight
Water every 7-10 days
Mist leaves often (avoid misting flower heads)
Ideal temperature is 16-20C (61-68F)
Fertilize regularly with a specialized orchid food

(Thanks to Bayview Flowers for the information)

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Congrats AIFD Design Team for Philadelphia Flower Show Wins!

bloomery — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:17:00 GMT

Our own Polly Bergic was part of the AIFD design team that won BIG at the 2009 Philadelphia Flower show:

The AIFD design team wowed the crowd and the judges at the 2009 Philadelphia Flower Show that took place in March in Philadelphia, PA. The AIFD team won four awards for their designs including Best in Show, People's Choice Award for the major exhibit voted most favorite by PHS members and Special Achievement Awards-Garden Club Federation of PA PHS Achievement Awards. Congratulations to the following team members: Mike O'Neill, Dan Vaughn, Deryck de Matas, Robert P. DeBellis, Theresa Colucci, Brad & Kelly Harnisch, Michael A. Hasco, Laurie Duell Lemek, Adriene Presti, Claire Won Y. Kang, Susan Weisser, Chris Ondrak, Anthony Palmieri, Catherine Elizabeth Epright, Colleen Ann Kelly, Janet Copeland Black, Ann Jordan, Michael Boskey, Polly Berginc, Sue Krabill, Lori Himes, James Dempsey, Kenneth E. Norman, and Diane Spalding.

In addition to the honors listed here, the AIFD team won three additional People's Choice awards (these are awarded daily). This year's theme was "fashion", and the designs were amazing dresses, hats, jewelry, etc made from flowers.

AIFD has some photos at http://www.aifd.org/2009phillyshowrecap.htm, and we'll post some more as Polly selects her favorites.

About the 2009 Philadelphia Flower Show

This year's theme is Alta Moda Floreale, Milan and its fashion district. The AIFD booth will consist of innovative designs from over 30 designers. There are many tasks ahead so volunteers are needed for set-up and breakdown. We will also need volunteers to man the booth to answer questions about the designs and AIFD.
The culture of Italy, which has enchanted visitors and artists for centuries, will serve as inspiration for the 2009 Philadelphia Flower Show theme, "Bella Italia." The celebration of the natural beauty, art, food, music and people of Italy will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
The Entrance Garden of the 2009 Show will capture the majesty of ancient Rome with its formal gardens of statuary, topiary, manicured hedges and tiered plantings. Show exhibitors will also pay tribute to the many distinctive regions and cities of Italy: Milan and its fashion district, as seen through innovative floral designs of AIFD.
The country's top floral designers will expand on the Italian theme with a variety of creations that evoke the Italian way of life. AIFD floral designers will feature Fashion of Italian-inspired handbags, shoes, dresses, hats perfume, jewelry and art.

Seen below are Michael A. Hasco, Dan Vaughn and Ron Mulray (team co-chair) with a couple of their awards.

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