Flowers insolita Blog

A dintinguished florist, Cathy of Avante Gardens in Anaheim California, has asked me to write something about “Florists, Flowers, and Moms.” She asks “What are your three favorite Mother’s Day flowers and how did/does your Mom inspire you in the flower business?”
I have been struggling a bit to answer these question, because, to tell […]

Yesterday (Apr 25th), ABC’s ‘20/20′ aired a story about a “boy” born with female brain. That is, this “boy” is a biological male, but “he” feels “he” is a girl, a condition known as “Gender-identity Disorder” or “Gender Dysphoria.”
Read ABC’s “Born with the wrong body”
For most people like me, it is very difficult to imagine […]

We would like to warn our loyal customers that there is a scam website called “flowersinsolita.com” (without a dash/hyphen ‘-’) which has nothing to do with us, flowers-insolita.com.
Their sole purpose of existence is to trap the customers who are looking for our website and re-direct them to paid advertisers, earning commissions in the process.
Does this […]

The harder you an’I work,
The less and less you an’I make,
Welcome to America

In this series of articles, we would like to present a few tips on ordering a flower arrangment.
First and foremost… If you would like to send a unique, tasteful flower arrangement that can “WOW” the recipient, you should forget about “same-day” delivery. Don’t wait until 1 pm of your wife’s birthday to order her […]

This week has been one that everyone will remember for one reason or another. The country was hit with devistating storms which left thousands homeless. Some were more fortunate and only had their possessions ruined, others were not as lucky and lost their lives.
The true tragedy happened on a college campus  Virginia Tech. 33 people died as […]

I hope everyone is enjoying Passover and being with their families.
I know I am looking forward to Easter and spending a day off with my family.
So, to everyone Happy Easter and Happy Passover.

Forget about Global Warming.  It’s not happening in Long Island.  It’s been so cold here, highs around low 40F and lows below freezing.  We even had SNOW flurry in the last two days.
Daffodils are shivering, tulips not growing.  All the nurseries took the “Spring” plants back into their greenhouses.  Who said it’s April?  Feels like […]

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It seems to me , that these days the Mom and Pop shops are disappearing all to fast. It is really a shame. The “American Dream” is fading. What ever happened to taking pride in the work that we do, in the products that we make and sell, and customer service. What happened to service […]