Celebrations

Sometimes flowers are the gift. If someone in your life has just bought a house, a big basket of fresh flowers makes the perfect housewarming present. If your best friend and her spouse just welcomed a new baby into their lives, a bouquet of flowers in subtle shades...

Sometimes only flowers make the perfect gift for someone in your life has just bought a house, a big basket of fresh flowers makes the perfect housewarming present. If your best friend and her spouse just welcomed a new baby into their lives, a bouquet of flowers...

M.J. Ryan, happiness expert and author of the Random Acts of Kindness book series, has coupled her expertise on the power of gratitude with her love of flowers to create Random Acts of Flowers, a list of her favorite reasons to send a floral gift. “I see flowers as a...

There’s nothing like the satisfaction of giving the perfect gift. These articles reveal how to give great gifts and when to give them. How to be the Savviest, Most Sophisticated Gift Giver of All Time At one time or another, most everyone has experienced the near...

What’s the best way for a man to make a lasting impression on a woman? Recent consumer research by the Society of American Florists (SAF) shows that the answer to making a memorable impact is right under his nose – through flowers. In fact, 77% of...

Men love to get flowers for the same reason they send them – to be recognized. Everyone likes to feel special. A good indicator of when it might be appropriate to send flowers would be to consider his favorite occasions for sending them. Does he send flowers for...

SAF and Rebecca Cole, author of Flower Power and co-host of Discovery Channel’s Surprise by Design, created the Hip Giver’s Guide, a month-by-month resource to flowers that are in style, a library of flower and plant varieties, holiday tips and advice, fresh floral...

The power of color is well established. Throughout time, nature’s spectrum has played a vital role in areas that significantly impact our everyday lives, from the color of our walls, to our clothes, to our cars – and, even more meaningfully, our emotional responses....

With the hundreds of sizes, shapes and colors flowers come in, floral arrangements are one of the easiest gifts to customize. When it comes to gift giving, carefully selecting the flower varieties and colors you send will result in thoughtful, customized gifts people...