Month: February 2010

The finest restaurants know all the secrets; high quality butter, extra virgin olive oil, fine sea salt and a beautiful bouquet of flowers on the table. Bring their secrets into your home today. With a quick stop at the grocer and a visit to Flora2000, even the plain and standard family spaghetti dinner will taste better. Plan ahead and make a list – flowers, butter, sea salt and olive oil… all the kitchen necessities.

The sun comes up and it’s out of bed. OK, often it is out of bed before the sun comes up. Where is the coffee? Oh, no! It’s a bad hair day. Does this sound like you? Perk up your day with coffee and flowers. Yes, a little pot of flowers sitting next to the coffee pot is sure to start you off on a good day. I love this baby Oncydium orchid plant. It’s radiating stems exude the random chaos of the morning. Bed head for me and my flowers! Add a bagel (toasted with cream cheese) and you know it will be great day.

Happy daffodil time! Like little rays of sunshine the vibrant yellow daffodil can light up the room. These early spring blooms ask little in return. Just give them a fresh cut and place them in water mixed with flower food. They’ll last a little longer if you keep them away from direct sunlight, heat sources and drafts. But of course, set them where you’ll see them often.
Spring blooms have fleeting beauty. Enjoy them now before they are gone!

Spring is just around the corner. (Thank goodness!) It has been a long, dark and cold winter. Did I say cold? And, snow! Don’t get me started… Give spring a head start by bringing home springtime favorites today. Tulips, paperwhites, daffodils and pussy willow of course! Gather together a bouquet of all your favorites. One or two, three or four, a dozen or more! Chase away winter and welcome spring into your home.

Chocolate, roses and candlelight… Nothing could be more romantic. Add soft music in the background and a glass of champagne…Wow! You’ll make serious points this Valentine’s Day if you gather all the icons of the season. Write a personal note of love and have them delivered. Everyone will be jealous and you’ll be the hero. What are you waiting for?

Who buys most flowers? Women! Yep, we love to get them and we love to give them. A surprising fact is that men love to get them, too. You know that warm, happy feeling you get when flowers arrive? Why not share that feeling with the man you love. Of course, in all the macho bravado they may deny it but look close, you’ll see a little smile, a blush of color and that unmistakable aura of love. Calling all women! Let’s share the fun. Buy flowers for your man today.

Roses say it all for Valentine’s Day. A single rose expresses a sophisticated “I love you”. Two dozen roses gathered together in a vase shouts out, “I LOVE YOU!” The color that you choose makes a statement as well: Red = passionate love, Yellow = happy friendship, White = innocence, Pink = admiration and appreciation, Purple = love at first sight, Orange = dynamic energy. In the new rose color palette, Bronze = meet me for a cup of coffee and Green = peace and tranquility. What do you want your rose bouquet to say? Let Flora2000 help you write a love story today.

Roses are red, violets are blue…
Oh, my! Oh, my!
Flowers come in every hue.

This Valentine’s Day, let your love know she is the sunshine of your life with a yellow bouquet. Gather blue delphinium and hydrangea for your “true blue best friend”. A confectionary collection of fabulous pink blossoms will let her know you are “tickled pink”. Flora2000’s Serenade Collection has a rainbow of florals to choose from.

Designer Marc Blackwell’s chic and contemporary table-top accessories make an appearance in the David Beahm Signature Collection. Marc’s designs often feature lustrous china and glassware produce, rimmed and decorated with delicate sheets of precious metals. David has used Marc’s beautiful creations for Lyle, George and Wanda.

A gold-plated cup-and-saucer, a set of 22K gold champagne flutes and a very appealing gold-plated cow-creamer are innovative Marc Blackwell holders in David Beahm’s collection.

Flora2000, David Beahm and Marc Blackwell invite you to experience the luxury and feel the love and warmth that has gone into creating these gorgeous arrangements.

Wanda: This Florentine-inspired 24K gold-plated cup and saucer glows beneath an exotic assortment of blue hydrangeas and purple orchids.

Lyle: Gleaming gold-plated cow-creamer vase is filled with exotic Mambo and Lydia roses.

George: This beautiful pair of 24K gold-plated champagne flutes are brimming with Pink Intuition and Red Angel roses.

Flowers, chocolate, champagne, love notes and romance. We all know the trappings and most of us celebrate Valentine’s Day, but very few know that the holiday honors a young priest named Valentine who was put to death nearly 2,000 years ago. Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers, so he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine was outraged by this injustice and continued to perform marriages in secret for young lovers. In due course he was discovered and sentenced to death. While in prison he fell in love with the jailer’s daughter. Before he was taken away to his execution, Valentine sent a letter to the girl and signed it, “From You Valentine”, an expression that we still use today. Eventually Valentine was grated sainthood and in 496AD, Pope Gelasius declared February 14 as a day to honor Saint Valentine.