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Preparing for Special Holiday Shopping Days

We are spending this week at all of our San Diego flower shops getting ready for some of the biggest shopping days of the year. These holiday shopping events include Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday where we will be open for our regular hours but offering a look at our holiday collection, holding demonstrations, taking orders for event and gift flowers, offering suggestions for holiday décor and giving you special discounts. Each of our San Diego flower shops will have extra staff on hand to take orders through this very busy time, including our floral design staff for custom holiday orders and special garlands, wreaths, miniature trees, floral centerpieces and more. Plus, our event staff is at the ready to handle flowers and holiday décor for Christmas parties, events, and winter weddings. Our open houses on Friday, November 27th and Saturday, November 28th will also feature demonstrations and special prices that you will not want to miss. You can also enjoy special holiday gifts and gift baskets, Christmas decorations, and greeting cards. However, we also want to ensure that our online customers who like to shop from home or their mobile devices will also be able to access promotional pricing and our new holiday collection. You will be able to shop for wreaths, garlands, mini Christmas trees, gifts, gift baskets, holiday centerpieces, flower arrangements and more. During these three special retail days, we will also be offering some great discounts and deals while supplies last. We understand you have a lot of gifts and décor to shop for so we want to make sure your money goes as far as possible. We look forward to seeing you in any one of our three San Diego flower shops during [...]

2015-11-25T21:29:55+00:00November 25th, 2015|Categories: Christmas Flowers|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Preparing for Special Holiday Shopping Days
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Remember Those Who Have Helped All Year Long with a Special Gift

As another year draws to a close, it’s time to look back and remember all those people who were so helpful throughout the year, making life more convenient and offering their support along the way. This could mean so many different type of people that it may seem overwhelming to know just what to get them at the holidays. That’s where we can help! All of our San Diego flower shops as well as our online holiday boutique is full of great gift ideas for everyone that has helped you and your family throughout the year, including teachers, the pool guy, housekeeper, postman and gardener as well as friends that provided support. Here are some floral gift ideas as well as gift and fruit basket options: CHRISTMAS SUCCULENT CYLINDER - HO HO HO Bring the outside indoors with stylish succulent terrariums. This is a great gift that can be displayed in a home or office. THOMAS KINKADE'S A KISS FOR SANTA BY ALLEN'S FLOWERS This Christmas classic is a bouquet of red roses, white carnations, holly and noble fir that creates a winter wonderland around a hand-painted, hand-sculpted Thomas Kinkade keepsake. CHRISTMAS CACTUS A Christmas cacti is delivered in a terra-cotta pot with matching saucer and wrapped with a bright red satin bow, which creates a unique alternative to the traditional poinsettia plant gift. HOLIDAY TULIPS This unique floral gift features bright red and white tulips, real candy canes, pinecones and holiday greenery in a pretty ginger vase that is wrapped up in a pretty holiday bow. FRUIT AND POINSETTIA BASKET A beautiful live poinsettia plant is combined with fresh apples, bananas, pears and oranges in a beautiful basket that's all wrapped up with a red and green taffeta ribbon. ALLEN'S [...]

2014-12-16T19:25:37+00:00December 16th, 2014|Categories: Christmas Flowers|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Remember Those Who Have Helped All Year Long with a Special Gift
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Celebrating Poinsettia Day

This Friday is Poinsettia Day, a day that honors this beautiful flowering plant that is most commonly associated with the Christmas season. This blooming plant is a great way to decorate your home or office, but it also makes a wonderful gift for loved ones, colleagues, clients and service providers. Our Poinsettia Collection We have a poinsettia collection available at all of our San Diego flower shops as well as through our online flower store. Here is what is now available for order and delivery throughout the country.  CHRISTMAS LARGE RED POINSETTIA We offer a large red poinsettia that is hand delivered in a 8" natural container that's all wrapped up with a beautiful red ribbon. It's a beautifully traditional gift that is larger than most poinsettia plants you will see. CHRISTMAS DOUBLE RED POINSETTIA Go even larger with this double red poinsettia that is also hand delivered in a natural basket that is wrapped with a beautiful red ribbon. This timeless classic gift for the holidays will be loved by anyone who receives it from you. CHRISTMAS WHITE POINSETTIA The white poinsettia plant comes in a natural basket and is complemented by a fabulous satin ribbon. It's as beautiful as fresh snow, offering a unique alternative to the traditional red poinsettia plant. HOLIDAY BASKET You will receive a brilliant red poinsettia and dazzling white cyclamen, which are nestled together with bright green pothos and dieffenbachia. Add a festive plaid taffeta ribbon and this basket delivers a lively holiday message for friends, family, colleagues or clients. FRUIT AND POINSETTIA BASKET A beautiful live poinsettia plant is joined by apples, bananas, pears and oranges in a beautiful basket that's all wrapped up with a red and green taffeta ribbon. This is a [...]

2014-12-09T21:26:59+00:00December 9th, 2014|Categories: Christmas Flowers|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Celebrating Poinsettia Day
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Start Your Holiday Shopping with Floral Décor and Christmas Centerpieces

Although you are pounding the pavement and surfing the Internet for great deals on gifts, you can’t forget all that goes into decorating your home for the holidays. This time-honored tradition goes back to 15th century London. Much of the décor, such as ivy and the colors selected relate to the spiritual nature of Christmas, including the coming of Christ and the use of holly to protect people from pagans and witches. Today though these traditional décor items are purely about the festivities of the holidays. While garlands are added to fireplace hearths, door frames, and stairwells, a popular decorative item for the holiday table is the centerpiece, which includes fragrant flowers, Christmas symbols like evergreen and pinecones, and often the warm glow of one or more candles. We offer a wide range of Christmas centerpieces because we know that everyone has their own personal decorating style. Here are some of our favorite Christmas centerpieces, but remember we have more or our team of floral designers can also create custom Christmas centerpieces for you. CHRISTMAS TRADITION ONE CANDLE CENTERPIECE This holiday floral design includes red carnations or red roses, mini-carnations, gold ornaments and pinecones. It also features a red taper candle and ribbon accent that has been mixed holiday greenery. This is the perfect holiday centerpiece for your dining room table. CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS This glowing Christmas centerpiece has ruby red amaryllis, roses, and spray roses that have been combined with golden pinecones and holiday greenery. Two pillar candles in a stunning shade of pomegranate add to this beautiful holiday dinner feature. ALLEN'S CELEBRATION Festive red carnations, shiny ornaments, winter greenery, an elegant pillar candle and red taffeta ribbon make this Christmas floral centerpiece into a charming celebration of the season.  CHRISTMAS [...]

2014-12-02T19:59:45+00:00December 2nd, 2014|Categories: Christmas Flowers|Comments Off on Start Your Holiday Shopping with Floral Décor and Christmas Centerpieces
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San Diego Holiday Shopping Events

Be sure to come to our open house at all of our Allen’s Flowers and Plants locations over the holiday shopping season, which kicks off just after Thanksgiving. Here are the big events so mark your calendar to make time to come visit our San Diego flower shop and also shop online. In-Store Holiday Shopping Events Black Friday is November 28th, and Small Business Saturday is November 29th. These special holiday shopping events are meant to encourage shopping at local businesses.  This helps the small business owner like us not to mention it boosts the local San Diego economy. As a San Diego small business, our focus is on providing unique products and gifts, a great selection, and personalized service. We will be introducing our holiday collection on those days as well, and this collection is already available online with a range of Christmas centerpieces, Christmas bouquets, Christmas flower arrangements and Christmas décor like wreaths, garlands, and poinsettia plants. Our holiday flower collection also includes beautiful choices for Hanukah. These holiday shopping events also encourage shoppers to work with the San Diego florist’s on-site floral design team for custom flower arrangements, Christmas décor, and holiday centerpieces for holiday parties, home decorating, gift giving, special occasions and winter weddings. Online Holiday Shopping Event In addition, we will participate in Cyber Monday on December 1st with special prices, upgrades, and promotions that also encourage shopping with a local San Diego business. This is a great way to shop at your convenience by computer, tablet, or smartphone. Our Facebook page will also offer special deals. Start Planning Now! To get ready for these big holiday shopping events, make a list of what you might want to decorate your home and to whom you want [...]

2014-11-24T23:51:33+00:00November 24th, 2014|Categories: Christmas Flowers|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on San Diego Holiday Shopping Events
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Remember to Thank All Those Who Helped You This Year!

Sometimes, during the Christmas season, we are so focused on the gifts for our immediate family members and friends that we forget to include all those other important people that helped us throughout the year in various ways. Now is the time to make that gift list for those special people like clients, teachers, and service people like the gardener, pool technician, and mail delivery person. This is the perfect time of year to show them how much they are appreciated and how much you know they do for you the whole year around. Holiday Gift Ideas for All Those Special People Allen’s Flowers and Plants has a wide range of gift ideas that will help you wrap up all your thank you gifts for clients, teachers, and service people that help you out every day of the year: Poinsettias are a great gift idea for anyone as it helps celebrate the holidays, says thanks, and offers a beautiful way to decorate their own home, classroom, or office for Christmas. A Christmas centerpiece makes a nice gift because it helps others decorate their own holiday table and provides a visual reminder throughout the holiday about how much you appreciate them. Christmas wreaths and garlands also make great gifts because they are an affordable way to send Christmas cheer and say thank you for all the help you have received throughout the year. Of course, one of the best ways to say thank you this season is with a gift basket. We have a number of choices that are both affordable and show just how much you appreciate their hard work and assistance: Fresh fruit baskets are a delicious and healthy way to say thank you. Our fruit baskets feature fresh seasonal [...]

2013-12-16T21:14:55+00:00December 16th, 2013|Categories: Christmas Flowers|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Remember to Thank All Those Who Helped You This Year!
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Poinsettia Day is December 12

While you may connect poinsettias with Christmas, you may not realize that there is an official Poinsettia Day in December on December 12th that recognizes this beautiful symbol of Christmas. This blog post offers some information on Poinsettia Day and provides you with information on this year’s poinsettia collection at Allen’s Flowers and Plants. About Poinsettia Day The reason that Poinsettia Day is celebrated on December 12th each year is because this is the date that Joe Roberts Poinsett died. He was an American botanist, minister to Mexico, and physician who discovered the poinsettia plan in Southern Mexico in 1828 and sent it back to his home in Charleston, South Carolina. This special day was created in 2002 by the House of Representatives to also honor Paul Ecke, Jr. who is considered to be the founder of the poinsettia industry because he discovered how to cause the poinsettia seedlings to branch and grow. Today, the Ecke ranch in Encinitas, California continues to promote and grow the poinsettia plan, which has become known as a beloved symbol of Christmas. It is now a popular blooming plant that is displayed around the world during the holidays in both its red and white varieties. Our Poinsettia Collection With Encinitas just a few miles away from our San Diego flower shops, we are proud to include local varieties of the poinsettia in all our locations as well as through our online flower store. This year, we have a few different options to choose from when buying a poinsettia to display in your home or office or to give as a gift to a loved one, colleague, or client.  Our poinsettia options include the following choices: Christmas red poinsettia in regular, large, and double varieties; Christmas [...]

2013-12-09T21:09:34+00:00December 9th, 2013|Categories: Christmas Flowers|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Poinsettia Day is December 12
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The Allen’s Flowers and Plants Holiday Sale

Christmas is just around the corner and soon after will be the New Year. If you have yet to begin your holiday shopping or still have a few last minute gift shopping trips to make, why not pay a visit to San Diego’s finest florist, Allen’s Flowers and Plants? You will see that we have stocked up for the holidays with always local and always fresh flowers.  And, the best part is that most everything in the store and on our website is part of our annual holiday sale. It’s a jolly time of year for our holiday sale. With the Allen’s Flowers and Plants Holiday sale, you can take up to 20% off not some, but most all of our bouquets, arrangements, and gift baskets. Christmas shopping has never been so easy before this year. Let Allen’s Flowers and Plants take care of all your gift shopping needs with ease. Gifts for Everyone You Know Men and women, young and old, at Allen’s Flowers and Plants, you will find that we literally have something for everyone -- flowers for mom, a living green plant for dad, and a basket for everyone in the workplace. It’s true that the gift giving possibilities are endless. Plus, with our holiday sale going on right now, it has never been easier to save while getting gifts for anyone and everyone close to you. Whether you want to get a little something for the trash man or your kid’s hard working teacher, you’re sure to find something that says, “You are appreciated.” Moreover, with most of our entire product line on sale, there has never been a better time to save some money while showing those in your lives that you care. The only thing [...]

2012-12-18T00:01:08+00:00December 18th, 2012|Categories: Christmas Flowers|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on The Allen’s Flowers and Plants Holiday Sale
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Covering Your Holiday Decorating This Spirited Season

The holidays are a time of great festivities and whether you go at them alone or with the family and friends doesn’t change the fact that everyone at least to some degree gets into the holiday spirit. Whether you want to break away into something new or are a slave to the family traditions, it doesn’t matter. When you decorate this year, remember that San Diego’s best florist has you covered for all of your decorating needs, including Christmas flowers, Christmas flowering plants, Christmas centerpieces, and fresh garlands and wreaths. Decorating on a Budget Who isn’t decorating on a budget these days? Take a look at our economy and its obvious why couponing has become so popular. Well, we have a few great decorating tips that shouldn’t cost you more than a dime and some time. If you have kids, know that these decorations make great crafts, too. You may remember popcorn strings from when you were a kid. It involves stringing popcorn on thread like a bead and making what looks like snowflakes on the Christmas tree. Speaking of Christmas trees, why not make your own ornaments? With Christmas colored construction paper and some paint, crayons, or markers, you can cut and draw shapes and Christmas pictures to hang on the tree. Kids love it and it adds such a personal touch to your Christmas décor. You can make wreaths from items around the house, such as recycled fabrics, ties, corks, cards and the like, which means you can make quite a few and place them all around the house while you save the fresh wreath that you get at Allen’s Flowers and Plants for the front door. Make snowflakes and angels with the kids. You can do this by [...]

2012-12-02T22:18:08+00:00December 2nd, 2012|Categories: Christmas Flowers|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Covering Your Holiday Decorating This Spirited Season
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Allens Flowers Decorates Our Website, Blog & Social Media Sites For The Holidays!

Click On The Photo Above To Visit The Allen's Flowers  & Plants Facebook Page! As you can see we have been decorating for Christmas. We hope that you enjoy our blog and Facebook page and will come back and visit us often. If you enjoyed your visit, please let us know by clicking “Like” on our Facebook page! Allen's Flowers & Plants is a second generation, family owned and operated floral design firm. We have been serving up Holiday smiles in the San Diego, California area for more than 30 years. We invite you to stop by any of the three floral design centers we have, located in downtown San Diego, El Cajon and La Mesa and enjoy the beautiful holiday decorations that we have put up. We offer the areas best selection of Christmas Flowers, Holiday Gift & Fruit Baskets, Seasonal Flowering Plants, Floral Table Centerpieces and so much more. Christmas Flower Arrangements On Sale Now!    Holiday Gift & Fruit Baskets      Holiday Floral Table Centerpieces      Seasonal Plants   

2012-11-27T11:31:25+00:00November 27th, 2012|Categories: Allens Flowers, Christmas Flowers, Holiday Gift Baskets|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Allens Flowers Decorates Our Website, Blog & Social Media Sites For The Holidays!
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