Florist Blogs

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 for graduates in Orange County, have started arriving in our store and we're delighted with ...

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 and hugs to your Moms with pretty flowers. Wish we had little cameras to show your Mothers' ...

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 as making sure our flowers are delivered fresh. Your Mom isn't wearing the same looks as ...

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' devised by by gift merchants and it's roots go back to 1952 when the International ...

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 and entertaining need one-of-a-kind solutions. So I'm going to share the consultation process ...

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 they remember growing in their neighborhoods - tulips, daffodils, lilacs, hyacinths and iris to ...

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 arrangement (a large presentation of roses, Dutch and tropical flowers) be delivered Monday, so ...

To add a bit of fun to the holidays, we're offering a free bunch of Kiss Bait (aka mistletoe) with any Christmas flowers order placed online for local Anaheim, Fullerton and North and Central Orange County area delivery.  Just use coupon code ''XOXO'' and we'll tuck in a red ribbon trimmed cluster. The bunch comes with ...

The Christmas season is in full swing so I thought our readers might like to see a few of the holiday displays from our Anaheim store. [photo:15512]   We've added groupings of white seed lights across the face of our building and decorated the front window with a large contemporary Christmas wreath. Know for our selection of unique ...

Readers of our blog know I've long urged shoppers to go local and buy direct when ordering flowers.  You'll get the absolutely best gift delivery value dollar-for-dollar. In case you still don't believe me, watch this consumer report from Washington DC's NBC4: Mother's Day Flowers. The reporter compared $50 in flowers from ...