Smell Flowers, Not Smoke!

This has been an ongoing battle in NYC and the government finally sided with the flowers, so to speak.

As of May 23rd, smoking is now banned in all public parks. With the heath risks and prices of cigarettes so high, we're surprised smokers still exist in New York anyway! Below is a picture of the sign that has gone up. The use of flowers is a clever marketing tactic used to incite a sentimentality that may not necessarily be related to the issue at hand, but works! What are your thoughts on the matter?

#freedeliveryfriday

We are doing something new around here. To celebrate the coming of the Spring and to help alleviate some of the aggravation our NYC clients have from April and May rain, we are announcing: FREE DELIVERY FRIDAY!

Every third Friday of the month, we will waive delivery charges for orders of $75 or more. So mosey on over to our website where you can browse through our established classics or call in a custom order: 212.308.3794.

Happy Friday! Spread the word on Twitter with our #freedeliveryfriday hash-tag!

Pretty Peonies

Lately, we've been getting a lot of requests for peonies. Of course, we can see why -- they're beautiful Spring flowers. As one of our Twitter friends put it, they are "feminine and gorgeous, classic yet contemporary!" We couldn't have put it better ourselves.

There is a lot of myth and folklore surrounding the peony, too! Records that date back thousands of years give us a few different stories. One legend has it that the peony is named after Paeon, a physician to the gods, who received the flower on Mount Olympus from the mother of Apollo. And another tells the story of that same physician who was “saved” from the fate of dying as other mortals by being turned into the flower we know today as the peony.

Whether your believe one story or the other, you can believe this: these gorgeous flowers are versatile and look lovely both pre-bloom and in bloom:

Wedding Pompadours!

So, who saw Grey's Anatomy last night? It was a great episode! We're so excited for Callie and Arizona (minus Callie's horrible mother.)

But we were most excited about... of course... the flowers! Oh, they were so perfect and elegant! Our favorite part? The pompadours! Last night, we speculated on Twitter that they were made of hydrangea, but on closer inspection they are garden roses!

Unfortunately, that's the only shot that's up online right now, but hopefully they will release a full "wedding album!"

Speaking of May Flowers...

Today on Style.com, there is a poll asking readers to cast a vote for the best floral fashion moment. One big problem! We aren't in the poll! Sure, we're just a little flower shop, but we've done big things. In February, as some of you may know, we participated in NY Couture Fashion Week. We presented three gorgeous dresses made all out of flowers:

And as biased as we may be, ours were way better looking and natural than the tacky 80's floral patterns that the industry is trying to bring back. Plus, our dresses are the most couture of them all; after a day or two, they die. Could real flowers ever be the next fashion trend? We like to think so. Flowers, after all, are as ephemeral as fashion itself.