Beautiful Valentines Flowers - The Perfect Gift

Back in Roman times there was a feast of Juno on February 14th. Juno was the queen of Roman Gods and Goddesses. February 15th marked the start of the feast of Lupercalia. On the Eve of Lupercalia, it was tradition that all young roman Girls would write their names on a piece of paper and place it in a heart shaped bowl. Young men of similar age would draw a single name from the bowl and that would be their partner for the duration of the festival. Sometimes the pairing would last to the end of the year and many fell in love and married. The Emperor of the time Claudius was trying to expand his Empire and therefore needed more people for his Army. He had noticed that many young Roman males were not joining the army because they were marrying young or wishing to stay with their families, so Claudius decreed that all engagements and marriages should be cancelled.

Valentine a Priest continued to secretly marry young Romans in private until he was caught, imprisoned and sentenced to death. Whilst in prison, he started to receive notes of love and flowers from people he had helped. He even received visits from supporters and in particular from the daughter of the Prison Guard. They fell in love , and before his execution, Valentine left a note for this girl thanking her for her love and friendship and signed it 'from your Valentine'.

To this day February 14th is a day where people remember and think about love and friendship and reflect that whatever happens in life, Love cannot be beaten !
Valentine became immortalized as people remember and celebrate St. Valentines Day every February 14th.

 

Fishlocks Florist - Chelsea Flower Show Young Florist of the Year

Fishlocks Flowers are your perfect solution for Valentines day , 14th Feb 2010, We have a stunning selection of Valentines gifts available to be bought from our castle street branch, or ordered for Valentines delivery in Liverpool or the Wirral. You can order by phone or of course you can order your valentines flowers flowers online. Remember, at Fishlocks we offer not only the finest quality of Red roses and flowers for you to select your perfect Valentine gift, but also our amazing quality of personal service and delivery. If you want to see the elegance of a Chelsea Gold medal award winning florist and the effect one of our designs will have on your loved one, then why not send Amour at £60.00, 12 stunning red roses decorated with diamante pins and finished with a salal collar in a mirrored Nigella glass vase, or for the latest unique style, send 'Panache' at £85.00, 12 grand prix roses with diamante pins and aspidistra leaves stunningly arranged in a black satin hat box, topped with diamante and Signature ribbon. Valentines day is traditionally celebrated with the giving of Red Roses, because a red rose is a symbol of love and perfection, where the red rose or love is even stronger than than the thorns. As Valentines Day is a lovers holiday, the giving of a red rose gift such as the Fishlocks Dramatic Dozen a stunning gift of 12 red roses at a competitive price of £39.99 has become almost essential. Some customers will go for the slightly more luxurious Temptation at £59.99, 12 long stemmed red roses with foliage in a stunning hand tied presentation, or for the really romantic only Sensation, at £129.99, a stunning gift of 24 grand prix roses carefully presented with eucalyptus and other foliages in a luxury black glass hand tied vase. Of course there are a few customers who are totally infatuated and for that person we have 'Infatuation' at £499.99. This is the height of decadence, 100 luxurious Grand Prix Roses decorated with Diamante and presented in a packed domed hand tied bouquet. Why not combine this with some Laurent Perrier Champagne and a selection of our luxurious Belgian chocolates.

If Valentines Day is your first message to someone you hope will 'be your Valentine', then why not try a 'single Kiss', a single red rose with foliage , beautifully presented in a gloss back ceramic vase with red organza ribbon, kissed with a diamante pin and wrapped in one of our gift bags. Or try 'six stolen Kisses' at £29.99 (6 red roses and gypsophilia) or Sweetheart Perfect Gift at £29.99, with 1 red roses, pink spray carnations, white chrysanth, cerise carnations and red chrysanth in a glass vase.

Whatever your Valentine idea, we have the perfect Valentine gift available to find your target at a price to suit your pocket !

Try 'Hearts’s Desire' at £44.99, with 6 red roses, 3 stargazer lilies and foliage in a delightful hadn tied presentation, and add Heart chocolates at £6.99, love balloons at £4.00 each, Rose sparkling wine at £14.99 or Roualet-Desbordes Champagne at £24.99 or Laurent Perrier Champagne at £39.99.

So put your order in now and relax and enjoy the rewards of sending the right gift from Fishlocks Valentines selection.

Fishlocks Valentines Flowers

Sunday 14th Feb 2010 is a date not to be missed if you value your life ! You can send Valentine Flowers on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, but either way, don't forget !

Look we know there is a recession on, so to help you out we are going to have a different offer on each day (until 10th Feb) to encourage you to order early.(quick, tell your mates !) The offer for 28th Jane is free heart chocs worth £6.99 with every valentines order. Just quote VAL2801 when placing your order on www.fishlocks.co.uk

Here are a sample of our stunning 2010 range

For the 1st Time romantics, we have Single Kiss at £19.99 , a single red rose decorated with a diamonte pin, presented with foliage in a stunning black vase inside an Interflora carrier.

Hearts Desire at £44.99 ticks all the right boxes, with a stunning display of stargazer lilies and red roses

For the traditionalist, try our most popular item from our Valentines Flowers range 2009, Dramatic Dozen £39.99

Order Now, - Best of Luck.

This charity event took place on Saturday 10th October and was only the second such event to be held at the school. This years benefitting charity was The Wirral Resource Centre & Toy Library and present was Professor Ron Jones OBE, chairman to introduce the Charity.

It is amazing how a school hall can be converted into a venue fit for a ball. 

  Pink hydrangea, pink sassy heliconia, shamrock blooms, pink mitsumata and fatsia leaves, in a tall black lily vase on a mirrored base 

   
 

add some cool lighting and a photographic twist !  Add some people   Add a really cool Wirral Band "Biker Groove", and all of a sudden you have afantastic party !   Well done to the organisers, it was a fantastic enjoyable night and thank you to the school for allowing it to take place.

It was the Merseyside Young Professionals event at the Crowne Plaza on Friday 9th October. The design brief, as with most clients these days was - something striking, not a lot of budget !

 

  I think it worked well. I hope they all had a really good time.

If I had a pound for every time i had been asked how to look after a Phalaenopsis Orchid plant, I could have retired to the South of France by now. Despite being one of our best sellers for many many years, and despite each plant carrying a care card (which always seems to be eaten by some magical label eater), this is especially for you if you have just bought one of these plants.

Water sparingly (half a cup of water once a week), but more if the flowers look floppy.

Keep in light but not sunlight

Keep between 18-22 centigrade.

Once it has flowered, cut back stem to the second node up from the base.

Do not try and cover the grey roots - they like daylight.

Do not repot in soil- they like bark.

That's it ! The recipe to  successful Phalaenopsis growing. If however, your plant has suffered too much care or water, we have some beautiful white  3 stem exapmles in our castle street branch at the moment. £19.99 each including the pot, but mention this blog and you can have one for £15 !

I know I haven't posted for a while, but it has been so busy and one of the reasons was the preparation for the ITV programme, 60 minute makeover. This was the second one we have done in the last 2 months and this time I got to meet Linda Barker who was really lovely.She is  tall, elegant, very beautiful and great fun to talk to. Oh and her designs were amazing as well ! Sadly I'm not allowed to tell you any more details or show you any photos until the programme has aired, but it was a great experience on both occasions. For those who will ask the obvious question, yes it really is put together in 60 minutes of mad television.

Ros and Tom had their reception at the Racquets Hotel in Liverpool. The theme was "English Summer flowers" with a simple country look. After lots of consultation, i think the reults were fabulous. May we wish you & Tom many years of happiness together. 

  St. Cecilia roses, pink astrantia, scabious, astilbe, pink eustoma, alchemelia mollis, brodea, pink snowberry,with rosemary. A perfect summer flower bouquet !

 

 

    The Raquets Hotel , Liverpool.     

 

  Entrance Hall table, Raquets Hotel. - St. Cecilia roses, brodea, scabious, rosemary, eucalyptus and eustoma.

   

  St.cecilia rose and rosemary, to decorate the Bar tables - Scented Heaven !  

   

  St Cecilia roses, scabious, eucalyptus, astilbe, alchemelia mollis, brodea, astrantia and eustoma make a lovely country table arrangement. Presented in a Glass Cube Vase.

   

  A formal traditional setting with a country twist. Perfect !   

 

   The mantlepiece arrangements had to be big, but retain the country feel and look, so we used monte casino, larkspur, st.cecilia, scabious, mollis and Delphinium to create the height and  asparagus fern , eucalyptus and oak leaf to give a

natural flowing look.           

This is the question we get asked every day. We don't always have an immediate answer, but through a process of consultation with a steady eye on Budget, we normally manage to get it right for your event. Start with a few ideas, maybe a few pictures cut out of a magazine. decide on the design that you favour, but for the moment, ignore the colours. If this is hard to imagine, try and just look at a design in White and green. It is normally easier to then imagine your favourite flowers/colours added. Try these tall table designs for example.

 

            Although these designs are similar, they both give a very different image. the first gives a distinct coutry garden English feel. Perfect for a large Victorian style building . The second design utilises Molucella, giving a modern design twist to a traditional vase. Both have Avalanche roses, eucalyptus and Monsterra leaves.

Now, all you need to do is add your favourite colours, flowers, the shape of the tables, the time of year, a special design twist unique to you and hey presto you have the perfect flower solution ! Well, it's not quite that simple, but this process normally helps.

 

Every Bride is special to us, but it is even nicer when you finally deliver the flowers and see the smiles of Joy as they are received. On Saturday I had the pleasure of delivering Kristina Robinson's flowers. Thank you for using us, we hope you liked your flowers and that you had a wonderful day, and may we wish you luck, health and happiness in your future life together.

Posy style Bridal bouquet of white Avalanche roses with silver vine collar and diamonte detail

Bridesmaids bouquet- a posy of Avalanche roses, with blue butterfly detail

 

Buttonholes of White Avalanche rose

Ladies wrist corsage of white spray rose

It has been really busy with Brides just recently. We have had a lot of consultations for weddings later this year and next year, some confirming the final details and some just making enquiries. Either way, it is wonderful to be so busy even if it means I haven't been keeping up to date with my blogs. Anyway, here is an event we did on the 14th July at the ACC, which I forgot to post.