April 2016 - Allen's Flowers

Celebrating Our San Diego Teachers During Teacher Appreciation Week

It’s that time of year again to say a huge “thanks!” to all those teachers that are working so tirelessly to make sure our kids learn and enjoy learning. They are with our kids between six and eight hours a day, helping to shape them as people and citizens. We can officially thank them during Teacher Appreciation Week from May 2nd to May 6th and National Teachers Day on Tuesday, May 3rd. To help you get your homework done, we’ve put together a cheat sheet of gift ideas that offers a range of styles and prices to make sure you get an A+ on your teacher gifts this year. Check out these gift ideas for teachers: Mood Changer offers hot pink roses arranged with green cymbidium orchids, orange mini roses, and succulents within a leaf-lined glass cylinder. The Dendrobium Orchid Vase is a real stunner. It contains an orchid plant within a clear triangular vase. Great Gerberas is a bright and festive arrangement of color gerbera daisies in a vase. Bowl Full of Sun Diego is a glass bowl stuffed with sunflowers, offering a nod to summer, which is just around the corner. Phaleonopsis Orchid in Glass Block has up to nine blooms and offers a stunning color with blooms that can last up to two months. Succulents are a long-lasting gift for teachers that look great on a classroom desk. Our San Diego Succulent Cylinder offers a terrarium-style arrangement while Succulents in Stone is a stone bowl that has a variety of California-grown succulent plants. We also offer a custom flower arrangement and custom bouquet service for teacher gifts. Just call our San Diego flower shop to make an appointment. Other available teacher gifts include gourmet treats and gift baskets, [...]

adminMWL2016-04-27T18:03:27+00:00April 27th, 2016|Categories: Teacher|Tags: San Diego teacher flower delivery, San Diego teacher flowers, San Diego teacher gifts, Teacher appreciation day San Diego, Teacher appreciation week San Diego|Comments Off

It’s Time for Prom in San Diego! We Have Corsages and Boutonnieres for You!

As the school year gets closer to the end, some of the year-end festivities are set for the coming weeks, especially for high school juniors and seniors who will be getting ready for the biggest dance of the year: Prom. While you have a lot to think about for prom like dress, tux, limo, hair and makeup, we can definitely help you with one part: Prom flowers. We’ve been helping out local San Diego students for decades look their sharpest for prom, including prom corsages and prom boutonnieres. Our selection of prom flowers is priced for all budgets and offers fresh, unique floral designs that are sure to match all styles and dress designs for prom, including incorporating all the latest trends in prom corsages. Here are some of the highlights from our prom flowers collection: Corsage with roses. We have rose corsages in a number of colors, including white and red. Each prom corsage rose wristlet comes with a number of roses along with your choice of gold, silver, black or iridescent ribbon. Corsage with orchids. Orchids are another favorite prom flower. We have dendrobium orchids in purple or white that adds a sophisticated look to your corsage for prom. It also comes with your choice of gold, silver, black or iridescent ribbon. Of course, we also offer corsages with other gorgeous flowers like tulips, lilies, or carnations just to name a few of the choices. Matching prom boutonnieres are available for these and all the other styles and colors available in prom flowers. You can order by phone, in our San Diego flowers shops, or on our website. We also are accepting appointments for custom prom corsages and custom prom boutonnieres where you can bring your dress in and [...]

adminMWL2016-04-18T21:15:31+00:00April 18th, 2016|Categories: Prom|Tags: prom boutonnieres San Diego, prom corsages San Diego, prom flower delivery San Diego, prom flowers San Diego|Comments Off

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 [...]

adminMWL2016-04-13T23:48:24+00:00April 13th, 2016|Categories: Administrative Professionals Day Flowers|Tags: best florist San Diego, best San Diego florist, best San Diego flower delivery, San Diego best florist, San Diego best flower arrangement|Comments Off

Celebrate April Birthdays with Us!

All of our Allen’s Flowers and Plants locations in San Diego love celebrations. Even better, we love making flower arrangements for these celebrations, especially birthdays. Maybe the month of April is full of birthdays for you. There are friends, family, and maybe even a colleague or client that might enjoy a birthday flower arrangement. Flowers are not often something we buy ourselves, so that’s why they make such great gifts! If you are not sure what to get, then look to our San Diego flower shop and our birthday flower collection. It features many floral designs, colors, sizes, styles and prices all designed to fit your preferences and budget. Here are some of the highlights from our birthday flower collection: The Birthday Blast Bouquet with Birthday Mylar Balloon has stargazer lilies, spray roses, alstromeria, hydrangea and gerbera daisies in a glass vase with a Birthday Mylar balloon. Allen’s Special Birthday offers roses, matsumoto asters, miniature carnations, carnations, daisy spray chrysanthemums and gerberas in a vase with a celebratory happy birthday Mylar balloon. Happy Birthday Tulips offer an array of bold colors in a vase that is overflowing with tulips along with a Mylar balloon. The San Diego Birthday Bouquet has lilies, poms, roses and alstromeria in a clear glass vase that has been tied with raffia. It also comes with a Mylar balloon. The Fly Away Birthday Bouquet has roses, carnations, miniature carnations, alstromeria, statice and daisy spray chrysanthemums along with a Mylar balloon. These are just a few of the examples of our birthday flower arrangements. You can also schedule an appointment and come in to create your own custom birthday flower arrangement. We also offer green and blooming plants, succulent plants, flower baskets and delicious gift baskets. Our San [...]