Birthstone Flower Arrangements

Make someone's next birthday extra special with the gift of flowers designed around the color of their month's birthstone. August is Peridot, a kiwi/limey green color gem. Each month we will design a new flower arrangement with that month's birthstone in mind.

We hope you like this month's flowers and can help us name it. For now, it's called August Birthstone Arrangement. However, if you submit the name we choose, we will send this arrangement to you or anyone locally. Just let us know.

Every one needs a Valentine

For whatever reason, some of us may find ourselves with no Valentine one year. Divorce, separation, death, war, all these things can separate us from those we love, leaving us with no one to celebrate Valentine's Day with. There was a point in my life when I had no Valentine, and I don't like to see that happening to anyone.

So, every year, since we have been a florist, we try to remember those who may find themselves in this or a similar situation, and make sure that they receive some flowers on this day of Love.

Do you know someone who could use the gift of flowers this Valentine's Day? Give us a call, send us an email, let us know a little bit about them, and we'll send flowers to the first 10 people who respond. Because we think everyone needs a Valentine.

Read on if you want to hear more about why we started this practice.

It was 1999, widowed and alone, I found solace in poetry in those quiet times. Around Valentine's Day I received the attention of a long time friend. It was then that I wrote the following poem.

Last year I had no valentine,

But a gracious man stepped up,

Suggesting he could play the role,

If I were so inclined.

The broken heart I had then

Was ready for a mend

And so I told this kindly gent

"My valentine's a friend."

Since then the friendship's grown

With some direction from above

For now this man is more than friend

He's someone that I love.