This summer, decorate your home with plants and flowers!
Image source: http://goo.gl/jd4gyx Plants provide your home with oxygen, are natural remedies for some illnesses, help you to relax and yield edible fruits. Besides all that, they can also be used to decorate your home!
Read moreTantalise your tastebuds and beautify your dishes with edible flowers
You might think that adding edible flowers to our dishes is something novel and out of the ordinary, but that’s far from the truth. In actual fact, cooking and decorating with flowers is a tradition that stretches back thousands of years, from the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations through to the present day. So rest […]
Read moreFlowers for a summer party
If someone close to you is celebrating their birthday this July, what could be better than adding a summer touch to the celebration! Here at FloraQueen we give you some ideas to throw a pretty and flowery party that will be remembered. Image source: http://goo.gl/bMHHS7
Read moreEnrich your life with summer flowers
Image source: http://goo.gl/nlsG8v Besides making our days more pleasant, the sun performs another wonderful miracle; it makes delightful, strikingly beautiful flowers grow and blossom. What’s more, summer flowers are perfectly suited to people’s long summer days, often turned into an elegant and stylish accessory. For instance, think of flower headbands adorning the hair of girls […]
Read moreIf you have something to say, say it with colours!
When you wish to send flowers to someone special, I bet you think of their type of favourite flower to get the gift right. But do you also think about what the chosen colour expresses? We’re offering you a guide so you can reflect what you feel in a bouquet.
Read moreMidsummer and flowers: an ancient tradition
Image source: http://goo.gl/Eqgkf2 The summer season barely ever arrives unannounced. It doesn’t just knock on our doors any day, looking for hospitality. With punctuality and coherence, it officially starts on 21st June every year. Its appearance, as noted by all, bares the name of Midsummer, the date on which the sun sets at its latest […]
Read moreSummer is coming… Brighten it up with colourful flowers!
Image source: http://goo.gl/7Z0fl6 Summer is already rearing its head and we couldn’t be happier at FloraQueen. The season of brightness and vivid colours, we spend these months outdoors basking in the sun and the fine weather, in the best of company.
Read moreBirth Month Flowers For June
Giving flowers for a birthday is something that is quite traditional, but this year instead of giving any old bouquet that looks pretty, why not give one with a meaning?
Read moreHow to Decorate Your House for a Spring Party
Spring is in the air and what better way to enjoy the sunshine than with family and friends? There are a number of ways to do this and quite possibly the most fun way to do this is with a party!!
Read moreSpring Flowers for a Wedding Bouquet
Spring has arrived and we are surrounded by buds on the trees and flowers about to burst with colour, there can be no nicer time to get married or plan your wedding than the springtime. With so many beautiful flowers around this season it can be quite difficult to choose a floral theme. Here’s how […]
Read moreShow Mom How Much You Care This Mother’s Day
Remember those little dry pasta necklaces you used to make for Mom? How about the flowers you picked from the garden and put in the empty yogurt pot? Well, I’m afraid to say that as an adult you are now expected to knock it out the ball park! No more last minute pairs of slippers […]
Read moreThe complete guide to choosing flowers for any occasion
At FloraQueen we want you to hit the mark with your gift, so we have prepared an infographic to help you choose the perfect bouquet for each occasion. Is an important birthday coming up? Is your best friend getting married? Or perhaps you simply want to add a touch of colour to your home. Whatever […]
Read moreWhat to Do If You Forgot Administrative Professionals’ Day…
Did you forget to send flowers for Administrative Professionals’ Day? Oh dear… Don’t worry; it’s not too late to remedy that. Your poor overworked employee will appreciate the token gesture that you can provide them with – a gift card, a bouquet or, if you know them quite well, then how about choosing an original […]
Read moreHow to Decorate Your Home for Easter
The celebration of Easter is upon us! A time to rejoice amongst family and friends, for having fun and of course for egg hunting! To make sure you are ready for this most joyous event we have compiled a little how to list full of good and crafty ideas about Easter decoration and, because […]
Read moreBooks, roses, knights and dragons
The International Day of the Book is approaching. Do you know on which day it falls? On April 23rd! It’s almost here. So start getting ready for this really special occasion and have a little something prepared for your nearest and dearest.
Read moreHow To Keep Your Staff Happy – Do Not Forget Administrative Professionals’ Day!
If you are an employer there is one date that you really cannot and should not forget… Wednesday April 23rd 2014. Why? Well, the clue is in the title, it’s Administrative Professionals’ Day! The one day of the year where you can really show your support staff that you appreciate their efforts. Of course this […]
Read moreHow to Make an Easter Flower Arrangement
Your Easter flower arrangement doesn’t have to be a huge display; with Easter flowers you can really have some fun. There are plenty of props that you can use – ones that you will already have around the home too. Making an Easter Centrepiece is very simple and only has to be as big and […]
Read moreHow to Choose Mother’s Day Flowers
Life is so busy for many of us that we never get the chance to express ourselves as well as we should or spend enough time letting people who matter to us know exactly how we feel. This Mother’s Day let’s make a special effort and spoil our Mums!
Read moreDear Son… Please Do Not Do This On Mother’s Day
A Mother here at FloraQueen has created this hypothetical open letter to her son offering some unexpected and surprising advice on how he may want to improve on his Mother’s Day celebration with her this year. A Mother’s role is to offer guidance to her children after all… isn’t it?
Read moreHow to Decorate For a St Patrick’s Day Party
What better excuse to throw a party than St Patrick’s Day? No other day dictates that you should be the hostess with the mostess than the 17th March! Decorating for this occasion has never been easier – the theme is usually green and…? Stuck for ideas? Well it’s not all about shamrocks and leprechauns… You […]
Read moreThe Best Birthday Present Ever – How to Send Birthday Flowers
| 2 Comments on The Best Birthday Present Ever – How to Send Birthday FlowersWhen choosing the perfect birthday gift you really want to get it right. Nothing says ‘I didn’t know what to buy you so I got you this bunch of carnations’ more than an ill planned bouquet. Flowers don’t have to look like an afterthought – here’s how you can get it right. The definitive guide on how to […]
Read moreLook Ahead to Spring – Plants and Flowers for the New Season
Bright flowers are the surest sign of spring approaching, happy thoughts of sunny, warm days are the perfect antidote to grey skies. But just what are the perfect spring flowers to help you shake off the winter blues? Look ahead to the spring with these plants and flowers.
Read moreWomen’s Day: 10 ideas to show women how important they are
Under the slogan “Inspiring Change” that inspires this year’s edition of International Women’s Day, at FloraQueen we wished to bring together a series of simple and really inexpensive ideas to acknowledge the role played by all women in our lives: our mothers, wives, sisters, female friends, co-workers and even our bosses, to name but a […]
Read moreFlowers for Your Children – Plants that Will Grow With Them
We can all cast our minds back to a flower or plant that we remember fondly from our childhood, whether it be the plant themselves or the scent from a powerful bouquet. The one thing we can help give a child is the happy memory of such a thing by showing them how they can […]
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