Florist Blogs

The last couple weeks we've worked with the most spectacular French tulips I can ever remember.  Though available year-round, Spring is truly French tulip season. With 24-30 inch tall, graceful stems and large blossoms, these elegant flowers are spectacular by themselves and can also be combined wonderfully with other ...

It's Sweetheart Season with the approach of Valentine's Day next week. While the classic flower gift of choice for the holiday is a dozen longstem red roses, there are many more fun, flirty and sexy ways to express your Valentine wishes. For just plain fun, we're offering a Valentine's Day Puppy Dog flower arrangement, complete with a ...

One of the many things that's been on my 'to do' list was to get an excerpt of Phil's video with the Hawaii Tropical Flower Council uploaded to YouTube. With the help of Steve Creel of Faithworks Media Productions, the 'how-to' about creating a contemporary tropical design is finally available for viewing: [YouTube:7Maz8cvnFZ8] Our Anaheim ...

According to an article from CNN.com, 72% of the respondents to a BIGResearch survey said they'll be choosing flowers as a gift for Mother's Day. The article also mentions how one-of-a-kind gifts are a popular choice. On such an important day for flower giving, I'd like to offer some tips on selecting the perfect gift for Mom - one that ...

Thanks to the engineering wizards at Google Co-op, users can now provide customized search by filtering results, adding priority to trusted resources and omitting less relevant sites. So I've taken the leap and created a 'Local Florist and Flower Shop' custom search and placed a link to it on AvanteGardens.com in hopes it will help some ...

Flower-covered pool floats make great decor accents for special events, especially in Orange County where swimming pools seem almost as plentiful houses. We doubt most customers think about the issues involved with delivering and installing pool floats - and making sure they stay strategically placed in the water.  Without proper anchoring, ...

Anaheim, CA –- 2/6/06 – A group of Orange County professional florists wants to ensure that OC Valentines receives fresh, top quality flowers so they are taking the unprecedented step of offering a consumer satisfaction guarantee to any recipient who receives a box of cut blossoms delivered by a parcel delivery services (i.e. UPS, FedEx) and gets ...