The Flower Blog

  St. Patrick's Day Flowers!

St. Patrick's Day is here again! This Thursday, March 17th to be exact. I love St. Patrick's Day because of all the green flowers we get to use! Did you know we have green carnations, roses, berries, Bells of Ireland, fuji mums, button pomps, cushion mums and more? Who new you could get so much in green?

Wear Green

This Thursday don't forget to wear green or you may be pinched! Of course we can help you with that! Why not wear a St. Patrick's Day corsage or boutonnière, like the one pictured to the left?

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This is a great way to wear your St. Patrick's Day Green and be sure to be noticed!

Embrace Your Inner Irish

Did you know that the potato is the symbolic food of Ireland? To celebrate that, we created a bouquet filled with daisies, green carnations and potatoes!

This would make a great centerpiece at  your St. Patrick's Day party or for someone you know loves the holiday!

Embrace your inner Irish and get a St. Patrick's Day bouquet today!

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When deciding how we are going to present Valentines Day to our customers, we like to come up with a theme that you see with-in ten feet of the main entrance.  We focus on creating an elaborate display designed to amerce the customer in the feeling of the holiday and then pull that theme through to the main show room floor inviting them to investigate further.

This year we are celebrating one of our favorite Valentines Day legends pertaining to Spring that originated in England and France.

Around 1400, during the dark ages, it was commonly believed that February the 14th, was when all the birds returned from Winter.  Signifying the beginning of their nesting season, it added to the idea that the middle of February -Valentines Day- should be a day of romance.

In keeping with the beginning of nesting season, we have featured 2 white doves building their nest under the careful watch of cupid.  The display is brought to life with an authentic woods scene depicting the last winter's snow holding on even as the Spring approaches.  Brightly glittered red hearts give a dynamic color infusion against the stark white background also featuring little red birds spritely perched among the branches.  To finish the effect, several different silk arrangements are set in at any given time to enhance the overall effect.

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Watch us put this amazing display together! Watch the video below!

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Every year, all of us at Gillespie's enjoy seeing what Mr. G will come up with for his wife on Valentines Day.  No matter how busy we get, he takes time out of his schedule to make her the perfect bouquet.  Knowing that she has been surrounded by flowers for the past 36 years, we were wondering if she ever tires of receiving flowers for special occasions.  So, we asked her!

"The answer is an emphatic NO.  I always love getting flowers because they are an instant pick me up.  It brings unparalleled beauty and fragrance to where ever I place them.  It's like a little luxury just for me especially when he designs them himself.  On several occaisions, he has even brought home a loose assortment of flowers wrapped in tissue and then arranged them in one of my vases that I keep at home.  So, I absolutely love receiving flowers, every time!"

What will Mrs. Gillespie's bouquet look like this year? I asked Mr. G if he would mind doing it up early for us. This is what he came up with!

He designed a beautiful arrangement just for her!  He started by filling a large clear glass vase with several different varieties of spring flowers that he knows she loves. Featuring an elegant pink Star Gazer Lily, snapdragons, tea roses, larkspur, heather and alstromeria, he always adds a few pastel roses that are her particular favorite.  This stunning bouquet stands over three feet tall and will fill the entire room with fragrance!

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Want your Valentine to feel just as special as Mrs. Gillespie? Click here to buy this exclusive arrangement!

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Fresh new ideas and colors are sweeping the trends for Valentines Day this year.  With a new resurgence of all the beautiful bright shades of pink being at the forefront and delicate hues of soft ballet pink showing up in several varieties of flowers are destined to create quite a lovely new look to the designs this season.  Look for roses, gerbera's and stargazer lilies as well as the long lasting carnations making a strong showing as they are being presented in beautiful garden style vased arrangements. A great example of this popular style bouquet is seen in our own "Love Speak" Valentines Day designed garden vase.

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It features lovely and very fragrant Star Gazer Lilies as well as delicate pink roses, carnations and lively larkspur.  It will fill an entire room with fragrance and beauty!

For the more traditional romantics, nothing says "I love you" like a dozen long stem red roses vased all around style with complementary filler of limonium or babies breath.

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 White roses as well as the various shades of pink are showing up as a strong preference to many of the
the more traditional customers who are often opting to mix several shades of roses together creating quite an eye catching palette in either brights or pastels. 

Here we are showing, in one of our main window displays, a stunning all white arrangement with a reclined angel.

This display window features a contempory garden styled vase featuring several types of flowers and mixed greens.

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New Years is just around the corner!

Be sure to let Gillespie Florists help you ring in the New Year

with flowers! We have fresh flower bouquets starting at just $24.95!

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Send a fresh fragrant bouquet with the wish for a wonderful 2011! Send this festive and colorful bouquet for a striking addition to any holiday table!

Tinsel Town

08X14

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Start the New Year off right with Silver lights! The Silver Lights centerpiece is filled with daisies, fuji mums, silver accents, evergreens, and a beautiful silver keepsake pine cone that holds a tea light candle! Flowers, keepsake and container may vary. This product is available for the Indianapolis area and surrounding communities only.

This spectacular arrangement of belles of Ireland, green fuji mums and festive trim is sure to make their New Year bright!

Funky Fur
08X23
$59.95
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