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Shop Allen’s Flowers and Find Impressive National Best Friends Day Flowers

Allen's Flowers has been proudly serving California residents and business owners for more than 32 years Having a "best friend" is a fortunate thing and you want to show appreciation. Whether the person is a life long friend since childhood or someone you met later in life, regardless, this person is an important part of your life and brings you great joy and happiness. A perfect way to celebrate National Friends Day on June 8th is to send a fresh flower bouquet from Allen's Flowers. We have fresh and festive National Best Friends Day Flowers. The history behind the origination of this day is that in 1935 Congress decided this was a significant enough cause to declare June 8th as National Friends Day. In addition, Congress wisely selected the summer season as the best time to desiginate this special day. This season is typically the best time weather wise and schedule wise for people to celebrate. Reasons for celebrating National Best Friends Day are pretty obvious. These people are special in your life and you want them to know you appreciate them. However, like many other occasions or life events, there are some research studies that indicate there are health reasons for celebrating. For example, studies have shown that 22% of people have a longer live span when they have a group of close friends. Of course there is a relationship to depression and anxiety as people who spend time with their friends generally have less of these issues. There are many ways to celebrate with a friend for National Best Friends Day and many things you can do to make them feel special. Below are a few: Send Flowers - Obviously our favorite. Our Floral Designers have created beautiful bouquets [...]

2022-06-07T13:13:17+00:00June 6th, 2022|Categories: Allens Flowers, Florist San Diego California, flower delivery San Diego, Flowers, flowers San Diego, National Best Friends Day Flowers, Plants, plants San Diego, Roses, Same Day Flower Delivery, San Diego florist, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Shop Allen’s Flowers and Find Impressive National Best Friends Day Flowers
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In San Diego, Shop with Allen’s Flowers to Celebrate National Rose Month

Allen's Flowers Allen's Flowers offers the very best fresh roses in San Diego. We have roses of all types and colors.  Because June is designated as National Rose Month, this is the perfect time to shop with us. In addition, we also offer many other varieties of flowers and plants. Most recently, I was provided with a sensational article regarding roses that was written by the Chairman of the Society of American Florists. There is so much great information in the article, and it is so relevant for National Rose Month that I wanted to share it. Roses are the most popular flower in the world, with over a billion stems sold annually. Over 250 million are produced for Valentine’s Day alone. They are popular because of their beautiful colors, shape and petal structure, as well as their lovely fragrance. While many landscape roses have 5 petals, hybrid tea roses, those produced for commercial cutting, can have up to 40 petals. Best of all, there are always new varieties to discover with over 150 rose species and thousands of fabulous cultivars. June is National Rose Month, a perfect time for me to share with you some of my favorite varieties, not ranked, because they are simply too beautiful to pick a favorite. Alabaster is a breathtaking, off-white rose with many soft, delicate petals. Catalina warms my soul with creamy yellow petals that reveal sunshine as they open. Ashley is a luscious pink rose that is not too pale and not too bold. Juliet captivates me with a very interesting petal structure and perfect peach color. Miyabi Wabara is a pink rose with a peach heart and wonderfully ruffled petals. Free Spirit combines yellow, peach and pink in its countless petals. Just WOW! [...]

2022-06-01T13:28:54+00:00June 1st, 2022|Categories: Allens Flowers, Florist San Diego California, flower delivery San Diego, Flowers, flowers San Diego, plants San Diego, Roses, Same Day Flower Delivery, San Diego florist, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on In San Diego, Shop with Allen’s Flowers to Celebrate National Rose Month
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Shop Allen’s Flowers for Stunning Memorial Day Flowers

Allen's Flowers has been proudly serving the Otay Ranch community for more than 30 years. Express your gratitude this Memorial Day 2022 on Monday May 30th with patriotic Memorial Day Flowers from Allen's Flowers.  This appreciative and patriotic day of respect was officially designated as a federal holiday in 1971.  It was in earlier years, referred to as Decoration Day and started post the Civil War. People held many tributes to the unfortunate thousands of fallen American Soldiers that died in the Civil War. The tradition was to decorate graves with Memorial Day Flowers while also reciting prayers. Now, in addition to visiting memorials,  people attend or participate in parades and have family gatherings. There are many ways to reflect on our fallen heroes, including ceremonies, celebrations, and festive occasions that focus on patriotism and how much we value the freedom that we hold dear. These selfless warriors fought for us and now we must remember and honor them. Memorial Day celebrations and remembrances often feature beautiful and patriotic flowers. They are a great way to reflect the beauty and love represented in remembering these heroes, many of which were our loved ones. The skilled floral designers at Allen's Flowers will eagerly assist you with select a caring, thoughtful and patriot flower arrangement or green plant to honor a special military hero and members of his or her family. Below are some of the more popular flowers to commemorate Memorial Day: Red Poppy - This pretty flower has a history dating back to World War I. A Canadian soldier wrote a poem that referred to red poppies that grew between the graves of fallen military personnel. The flower symbolizes the blood of the soldiers who died but also symbolizes new life and [...]

2022-05-23T18:28:37+00:00May 23rd, 2022|Categories: Allens Flowers, Florist San Diego California, flower delivery San Diego, Flowers, flowers San Diego, Memorial Day Flowers, Same Day Flower Delivery, San Diego florist, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Shop Allen’s Flowers for Stunning Memorial Day Flowers
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Make a Difference Day in San Diego

The fourth Saturday of every October is Make a Difference Day. Celebrated all over the country, this is a day dedicated to serving the local community in some way. It's a great day to get involved in a volunteer project anywhere in San Diego or create your own project that can make a difference in the lives of others. There are even websites to help you find something to do in your local area on Make a Difference Day. Just in San Diego County, there are food drives, car washes, and other volunteer projects that you can join. There are also many listed that can involve your kids so you can get them started early on becoming more socially conscious and service-oriented. Also, there are many Breast Cancer awareness events still going on through the end of October. This is the perfect time to send a flower arrangement and use this simple gesture to make a difference in someone else's life. Or, a gift of a bouquet could recognize an individual or organization that has gone out of their way to help others on Make a Difference Day and every other day in the year. Here are some flower arrangement ideas: PINK POWER This floral design offers green hydrangea as well as pink and fuchsia roses in a gold heart container. PINK PANTHER This unique flower arrangement contains pink calla lilies, dahlias, and roses within a stone container. BURGUNDY BLUSH Our newest addition to our fall collection of flowers is this stunner. It features burgundy cymbidium orchids, antique hydrangea, blush gerbera daisies, and ivory roses within a wooden box. AUTUMN DREAMS This floral arrangement provides a wide variety of fall flowers in an array of colors all arranged in a white concrete dish. WOODLAND SUNSET [...]

2017-10-27T16:39:40+00:00October 27th, 2017|Categories: Make a Difference Day|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Make a Difference Day in San Diego
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Make a Difference in Your San Diego Community

There are always opportunities to contribute to your local community and get involved in community events and fundraisers. However, Make a Difference Day on October 21st is a good way to get motivated to stop what you are doing and go help someone else through volunteering or contributing in a financial way. Throughout San Diego, there are events on Make a Difference Day as well as over the coming days after the day like planting trees in Chula Vista or participating in a 5K run where you can give your time or money to better someone else’s lives plus just enhance the community where you live or work. Throughout the course of our existence as a family-owned flower shop in San Diego, we have contributed to charities and participated in numerous events as well as encouraged our customers to do the same. For many years, we have also offered the Helping Hands program, which is an easy way for our customer to get involved and help a local charity with every purchase they make through our online flower shop. The program helps numerous schools, churches, and non-profit organizations in La Mesa County, such as Emerald Middle School PTSA, Solana Highlands Elementary School, Valhalla Foundation Cheer, Del Mar Sharks Soccer Club, Susan G. Komen For the Cure, Congregation Beth Israel, Spina Bifida Association of San Diego, Housing on Merit an USS America. It’s easy to enroll and get involved. When you order flowers online, all you have to do is select the “Helping Hands” pull down menu and select an organization that will receive your contribution. This is also an opportune time to encourage more local San Diego organizations to join our Helping Hands program. You will receive a list and funds [...]

2016-10-21T20:10:03+00:00October 21st, 2016|Categories: Gifts|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Make a Difference in Your San Diego Community
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National Grandparents’ Day is September 11th

This Sunday is National Grandparents’ Day so it’s time to honor those special family members who have always spoiled us and provided good advice to follow based on all their years of living and experience. They love us unconditionally and we do them. However, this is the day to show them with a special gift or, if possible, day together if they are local. Sometimes, there is great geographic distance or just simple a challenge to get them out and about, so one way to make up for this is to send a special gift like a bouquet, a dish garden, or other token that shows them just how much you love them. We have some great gift ideas to share with your for National Grandparents’ Day, including these beautiful new fall flowers: Fall Elegance offers shades of orange, yellow, and bronze in such floral varieties as roses, hydrangea, lilies, gerbera daisies, and more displayed in a clear glass cylinder vase that has been wrapped with a ti leaf. Suns and Roses has sunflowers, roses, and macara orchids for a stunning flower arrangement that is sure to please. Pacific Beach Perfection offers cayenne roses along with hydrangea, orchids, and other flowers and greenery. Sunburst Roses includes premium roses in various bright hues. Pink Panther is a unique flower arrangement with pink calla lilies, dahlias, and roses in a stone container. Simply Elegant is just that with lavender phalaenopsis orchids and purple dahlias along with roses and hydrangea in a glass container. California Sunshine includes yellow roses and green hydrangea arranged with a locally grown succulent and other accent flowers. You can order at any one of our San Diego flower shops or call us. We also take online orders for both [...]

2016-09-10T20:10:49+00:00September 10th, 2016|Categories: Grandparents Day|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on National Grandparents’ Day is September 11th
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Two Great Reasons to Send Flowers: Kiss and Make-up Day and Just Because Day

There always is a good reason to send flowers, especially during the month of August with so many special days. Remember that is National Romance Month plus August 25-31st is Be Kind to Humankind Week. Additionally, Kiss and Make Up Day is August 25th and Just Because Day is August 27th. All of these special days are intended to provide a positive message to others about how we should all treat each other every day. Whether it is to someone who has had a tough day or is struggling in their lives or you just want to make others smile, flowers definitely do the trick. Check out these stunning gift ideas for these special August days: Cabernet Coast offers premium roses and phalaenopsis orchids along with greenery and seashells. La Costa Purple includes purple tulips, mokara orchids and hydrangea along with roses, spray roses and Asiatic lilies in different hues of pink along with aralia leaves and eucalyptus in a pink jewel vase. Pacific Beach Perfection has orchids, hydrangea, greenery and flowers along with bright cayenne roses. Garden Celebration offers lilies, lisianthus, hydrangea and roses along with stock, larkspur, and spray roses. Extravagance has hydrangea, phalaenopsis orchids, succulents, roses and calla lilies in a vase with lily grass and stones. You can order by phone, in our San Diego flower shops, or through our website as well as come in and create your very own special bouquets or flower arrangements by working with our floral design team. Make a special moment for a lifetime with our flowers and gifts!

2016-08-24T15:26:11+00:00August 24th, 2016|Categories: Flowers|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Two Great Reasons to Send Flowers: Kiss and Make-up Day and Just Because Day
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Not Sure What Flowers to Get? We Can Help!

While you may know you want to get flowers for a friend or family member or maybe even a client or colleague, picking the right ones can be the hardest part. However, it doesn’t have to be because your local florist like us, your favorite San Diego flower shop, can help you select the perfect flowers for each occasion. One of the best places to start looking, especially if you want to do it on your own time, is our website. Here, we have done a lot of the work for you to narrow down your choices and make it easier. First, we offer a list on our website of occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, new babies, and more that include recommended flower arrangements that are appropriate for those special days. Within each category there are many styles and prices to choose from to further ease the challenge of finding the right flower arrangement or bouquet. Second, we have a menu category called flowers, which allows you to shop by the type of flower. This helps if you know your loved one likes roses or is enamored with tulips. We show you all the various types of flower arrangements that feature this desired flower. Third, we created a bestsellers category so you can see what other people like to give and order for their loved ones. Sometimes, what’s popular is an easy choice for you to give to someone else because you see what the trends are right now. Fourth, you can simply shop by budget and see what works for you that way. Whatever you choose, we include a picture and description so you see exactly what you are getting, which should make it easy to pick the right one for [...]

2016-07-26T16:40:22+00:00July 26th, 2016|Categories: Flowers|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Not Sure What Flowers to Get? We Can Help!
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Offering Southern California’s Favorite Tulip Arrangements

Next to roses, tulips are one of the most beloved flowers and a true favorite in San Diego with the tulip farms found in nearby Carlsbad. We tend to sell a lot of tulips at all of our San Diego flower shops because our customers love how they look, including the bright colors. They also like that they last quite a long time and that they are easy to care for. We offer a wide selection of tulips in various colors (white, light pink, hot pink, yellow, red, orange and purple just to name a few) and styles of flower arrangements as part of our tulip collection, which is available in our San Diego flower shops as well as online through our online flower shop. Here are some of the beautiful tulips we offer: Amazing Tulips offers four groups of 15 multicolored tulips in vibrant shades. This offers a fresh bouquet of 60 blooms in a vase. It creates a truly stunning effect. Tulips Together features a trio of tulip bunches. Each bunch contains ten tulips and has been tied with bear grass. The three colors include purple, red, and yellow and are displayed together in a rectangular glass vase. Vivid Tulips Bubble Bowl contains 20 tulip stems in a bubble bowl. Tulips in Love is a tulip arrangement that brings together red roses and pink tulips in a breathtaking way that shows your love for that special someone. One of the most vibrant color choices is purple. Holland Purple Tulips shows off these beauties in a vase that’s been wrapped with a purple satin ribbon. Our tulips are available for order by phone, in our San Diego store, or online through our online flower shop. The tulips make a perfect [...]

2016-07-12T21:43:03+00:00July 12th, 2016|Categories: Tulips|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Offering Southern California’s Favorite Tulip Arrangements
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Plan Ahead and Order Early for Administrative Professionals Week

We are excited to announce that we have a new collection of flowers, plants and flowering plants, and gifts for Administrative Professionals Week, which runs from April 25 to April 29th and features Administrative Professionals Day on Wednesday, April 27th. Our selection of Administrative Professionals Day flowers includes a diverse range of flower arrangements and bouquets, many featuring spring flowers like tulips. The flower arrangements for that special office or virtual admin come in a number of sizes, including cube flower displays that are perfect for an admin’s desk or office space. In addition to these flower arrangement choices, the San Diego florist offers blooming plants like elegant orchids in a number of colors as well as green plants and succulent plants. Here are some highlights from our Administrative Professionals Week collection: Mood Changer offers hot pink roses combined with orange mini roses, green cymbidium orchids, and succulent cuts in a leaf-lined glass cylinder. Beautiful San Diego is a vibrant array of spring flowers hand arranged in a leaf-lined vase. Go Green features an array of green hues, including cymbidium orchids, echeveria succulents, chrysanthemums, roses, eucalyptus, bupleurum and viburnum in a leaf-lined cube vase. Purple Pride has lisianthus and Monte Casino asters arranged with cream roses and lush greenery in a glass vase. Many of our flower arrangements are now on sale, making it a great time to plan ahead by ordering early and then saving more money. In addition to this collection, we also have green and blooming plants, dish gardens, basket gardens, succulents, gift baskets, fruit baskets, balloons, greeting cards and more. Plus, you can also schedule an appointment with our floral design team to create custom bouquets or custom flower arrangements.  For Administrative Professionals Week, we will hand [...]

2016-04-13T23:48:24+00:00April 13th, 2016|Categories: Administrative Professionals Day Flowers|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Plan Ahead and Order Early for Administrative Professionals Week
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